Tulsa Headed To Montlake For First-Ever Meeting With UW

Saturday, September 9

Seattle, WA

2:00 PM

University of Washington

Tulsa

Tickets

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September 04, 2023 | Football

Full UW Notes (PDF)

THE GAME: The Washington football team (1-0) returns to Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium for the second Saturday afternoon in a row as the Dawgs play host to Tulsa (1-0) in a 2:00 p.m. PT game. Both teams opened the season with convincing wins as UW beat Boise State, 56-19, last Saturday. Two days earlier in a Thursday night opener, the Golden Hurricane handled Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 42-7. This week's game will mark the first-ever meeting between the two programs and Tulsa's first game against a current member of the Pac-12 since 2006 (as well as the first road game against a current Pac-12 team since 1996). The following week, the Huskies close out the non-conference schedule with a trip to Michigan State on Sept. 16.

QUICK HITTERS: Michael Penix Jr. has notched three of the top-four single-game passing yards marks in UW history, including his 450 (4th-most) last week vs. Boise State ... Penix completed 11 passes of 20 or more yards in the Boise State win ... WR Jalen McMillan caught two TD passes, rushed for another, and also completed a pass, vs. the Broncos, making him the first Pac-12 player since at least 1996 to accomplish those three things in a game ... the following players made their UW debut vs. Boise State: CB Jabbar Muhammad, WR Germie Bernard, TB Dillon Johnson, LB Ralen Goforth, TE Josh Cuevas, OL Parker Brailsford, CB Thaddeus Dixon, EDGE Milton Hopkins Jr., OL Jalen Klemm, CB Darren Barkins, RB Daniyel Ngata, CB Jakson Berman, S Tristan Warner, LB Deven Bryant and WR Taeshaun Lyons ... Washington enters the week with the nation's second-longest active winning streak among Power 5 teams, with eight victories in a row ... only Georgia, with an 18-game run, has a longer active streak ... not counting the four-game 2020 season, the Huskies have won 10 or more games in four of the last six seasons ... the current UW roster includes players who list hometowns from 19 different states, as well as in Germany ... UW's 119-man roster entering the year includes just 15 players in their final year of eligibility, along with 29 true freshmen, 15 redshirt freshmen, 35 sophomores and 25 juniors, meaning that 79 of 120 (essentially two-thirds) enter the 2023 season with three or more years of eligibility remaining ... all 11 full-time coaches from the 2022 staff have returned for 2023.

TELEVISION: The Washington-Tulsa game will air on Pac-12 Network, with Ted Robinson and Yogi Roth calling the action. Fans with the proper subscription can also watch at pac.com/live.

RADIO: All Washington football games will air on the Washington Sports Network from Learfield, with Tony Castricone (play by play), former Husky tight end Cameron Cleeland (analyst) and former UW basketball player Elise Woodward (sidelines) on the call. Radio coverage begins four hours before kickoff on the network's flagship station – Seattle's SportsRadio KJR 93.3 FM – with "Husky Gameday" live from The Zone for Husky home games. Statewide coverage on the 17-station Washington Sports Network begins two hours before kickoff. The entire broadcast is available worldwide on the Huskies Gameday mobile app and the Varsity app. The UW broadcast of this game will also air on Sirius/XM channel 108 or 198. Additionally, the Husky Football Coaches Show airs each Wednesday d uring the season at 6:00 p.m. PT.

STAFF CONTINUITY: Washington's entire full-time coaching staff remained in tact following the 2022 season, which was coach Kalen DeBoer's first at the UW. He, along with all 10 full-time assistants, are back in 2023. That's actually rare in UW history as the coaching staffs have gone unchanged over two or more seasons only three times before (UW records for coaching staffs go back to the mid-1950s): 1989-90, 2009-11, and 2014-15.

HUSKIES vs. AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE: Washington has had very limited interaction with the current members of the American Athletic Conference. In fact, the Dawgs have faced just four current AAC programs: Navy, RIce, Tulane and East Carolina – and the Huskies have met three of those four just once. Over nine meeting, the Huskies are 5-2-2 vs. current AAC programs. Washington is 3-2-1 in six games vs. Navy. The Huskies took on the Midshipmen in the UW's first Rose Bowl appearance, 100 seasons ago on Jan. 1, 1924. That game ended in a 14-14 tie. In 1960, Navy upset 3rd-ranked Washington, 15-14, at Husky Stadium. The teams also met, all in Seattle, in 1970, 1975, 1980 and 1983. Washington earned wins in three of those four (all but the 1980 game). In a 1968 meeting at Husky Stadium, Rice earned a 35-35 tie vs. the Huskies. In the 1987 Indepencence Bowl, Washington beat Tulane, 24-12. Thirty years ago, East Carolina visited Husky Stadium, where 16th-ranked UW beat them, 35-0.

EXPERIENCE AND YOUTH: Washington's current roster includes a total of 34 players – 17 each on offense and defense – who have started at least one game for the Huskies. The 17 offensive players have totaled 145 starts in the Purple & Gold, while the 17 defensive players (which includes former offensive line starter Ulumoo Ale) have 156 starts between them. Tight end Devin Culp enters the 2023 season with the highest total of starts under is belt among offensive players, with 18, while safety Asa Turner, with 23 career starts entering 2023, leads the defensive side. None of those totals take into account the list of UW players who have started games at other colleges prior to transferring to UW. The list of Dawgs with starting experience doesn't take into account the 10 current Huskies who transferred to UW after having started at another four-year college, nor does it account for starting "specialists." Washington 119-man roster entering the year includes just 15 players in their final year of eligibility, along with 29 true freshmen, 15 redshirt freshmen, 35 sophomores and 25 juniors. Potentially, 104 current Huskies could return for 2024, while 79 enter the 2023 season with three or more years of eligibility remaining.

GRADUATED DAWGS: The 2023 Washington football roster includes 23 players who have earned their bachelor's degree. Here are those 23, alphabetically: Ulomoo Ale, Jacob Bandes, Julius Buelow, Devin Culp, Troy Fautanu, Drew Fowler, Ralen Goforth, Dominque Hampton, Antonio Hill, Giles Jackson, Tuli Letuligasenoa, Matteo Mele, Quentin Moore, Dylan Morris, Jabbar Muhammad, Richard Newton, Michael Penix Jr., Faatui Tuitele, Zion Tupuola-Fetui, Alphonzo Tuputala, Asa Turner, Edefuan Ulofoshio, Jack Westover

HOME vs. NON-CONFERENCE: Washington has been very tough to beat in home, non-conference games over the last several decades. Going back to (and including) the 1981 season, the Huskies have posted a 76-14 record against non-Pac-10/Pac-12 foes in Husky Stadium. Those 14 losses have come to Montana (2021), Nebraska (2010), LSU (2009), BYU (2008), Oklahoma (2008), Ohio State (2007), Notre Dame (2005), Fresno State (2004), Nevada (2003), Air Force (1999), Nebraska (1997), Notre Dame (1995), Colorado (1989) and Oklahoma State (1985). Notable wins wins during that stretch include victories over No. 11 Michigan State in 2022, No. 19 Boise State in 2013, No. 22 Boise State in 2007, No. 11 Michigan in 2001, No. 4 Miami in 2000, and No. 12 Nebraska in 1992. Prior to the 2004 loss to Nevada, Washington hadn't lost a home game to a non-league opponent since falling to Air Force, 31-21, on September 18, 1999. The Huskies had won 10 such games before that Nevada loss. UW had a 20-game home, non-conference win streak broken in 2021.

LONG PLAYS: Washington notched 13 scrimmage plays of 20 or more yards Saturday vs. Boise State, the second-highest, single-game total so far this season. That included 11 passes of 20 or more yards from quarterback Michael Penix Jr. Penix's 11 20-plus-yard passes are tied for most in the nation so far, along with USC's Caleb Williams, who has played in two games. Last year, Washington finished the season with 62 passing plays for 20 or more yards, tied for eighth-most in the nation (five teams that ranked higher played more games than UW's 13). Washington led the nation last year with 193 pass plays for 10 or more yards.

CONFERENCE MOVES: Along with USC, UCLA and Oregon, the Huskies will move to the Big Ten Conference after this coming academic year (2023-24) and will play a Big Ten schedule in 2024. Four other current Pac-12 programs – Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah – are also departing, as those four will join the Big 12 Conference in 2024-25. Washington has been a member of what is now the Pac-12 since the inception of the league, in 1915. Only the UW and California have/had been members in every year since. The UW football team has won a league title in every decade since the 1910s, other than the 2020s – the Dawgs will have one last chance to extend that streak this year.

ALASKA AIRLINES FIELD AT HUSKY STADIUM: The Oregon game on Nov. 5, 2011, marked the final game in Husky Stadium prior to major renovations that were completed in summer, 2013. The Huskies re-opened their home field with a 38-6 win over then-No. 19 Boise State on Aug. 31, 2013. The 2023 season marks the 103rd season of play in Husky Stadium. Original construction on the facility was completed in 1920 when Washington played one game in the new campus facility. UW's all-time record in Husky Stadium stands at 407-185-21 (.681). Washington is 51-16 in home games since the stadium re-opened in 2013.