Dawgs Travel To Bloomington To Face Undefeated Indiana

Saturday, October 26

Bloomington, Ind.

9:00 AM

University of Washington

Indiana

Photo by: Scott Eklund / Red Box Pictures

October 21, 2024 | Football

UW Game Notes (PDF)

THE GAME: The Washington football team (4-3, 2-2 Big Ten) travels to Bloomington, Ind., to take on undefeated and No. 13-ranked Indiana (7-0, 4-0) at Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is set for 9:00 a.m. PT / noon ET and the game will air on Big Ten Network. Bloomington will also play host to ESPN College Gameday on Saturday. Washington, coming off an off week, hasn't played at Indiana since 1978, and has only faced the Hoosiers three times in the two programs' histories. Following the Indiana trip, Washington returns home for its first Husky Stadium game in nearly a month, Nov. 2 vs. USC – Washington's Homecoming game.

QUICK HITTERS: Washington ranks No. 3 in FBS in pass efficiency defense, No. 8 in total defense, and No. 16 in scoring defense ... UW opponents are averaging 4.70 yards per pass attempt and 4.44 per play, No. 2 and No. 8 in FBS, respectively ... among active FBS players, UW QB Will Rogers III ranks No. 1 in career attempts (2,088) and completions (1,454); and No. 2 in passing yards (14,135), TDs (107) and completion percentage (.696) ... Rogers is just the 14th player in FBS history to pass for 14,000-plus yards ... UW RB Jonah Coleman is tied for No. 3 in FBS with 34 scrimmage plays of 10 yards or longer, and tied for second with 27 rushes of 10-plus yards ... WR Denzel Boston leads the Big Ten and is No. 2 in FBS with nine touchdown receptions ... nine receiving TDs is tied for 8th-most in UW single-season history ... Washington has won 18 consecutive home games, longest in modern school history (the longest, 45 games, was from 1908-1917, part of UW's NCAA-record 64-game unbeaten streak) ... 34 players made their Husky debut in the Weber State game, including nine true freshmen ... four more players saw their first UW action vs. EMU ... UW has just three turnovers through six games ... only one FBS team with six games played this season has fewer ... not counting the four-game 2020 season, the Huskies have won 10 or more games in five of the last seven seasons ... Washington is 76-29 since the end of the 2015 season, and 29-6since the end of 2021 ... the current UW roster includes players who list hometowns from 19 different states, as well as in Germany and Canada ... UW's 109-man roster entering the year includes 25 true freshmen, 20 redshirt freshmen, 16 sophomores, 27 juniors, and 21 seniors ... the Husky roster includes five players in their sixth season at UW: DL Jacob Bandes, RB Cameron Davis, S Kamren Fabiculanan, LB Drew Fowler, and LB Alphonzo Tuputala ... those five are playing for their fourth different head coach in 2024.

TELEVISION: The Washington-Indiana game will air on Big Ten Network, with Guy Haberman, Yogi Roth, and Rhett Lewis calling the action. For more information on how to watch, go to btn.com/watch-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 16-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 372 (Indiana broadcast on 139 or 195). Additionally, the Husky Football Coach's Show airs each Monday during the season at 6:00 p.m. PT.

B1G TIME: As has been well documented over the last year-plus, Washington has officially joined the Big Ten Conference ahead of the 2024-25 school year, effective on Aug. 2, 2024. The Huskies are joined be fellow former Pac-12 programs Oregon, UCLA and USC in making the move to the B1G, which now includes 18 schools. Washington was one of four founding members of the Pacific Coast Conference (along with Cal, Oregon and Oregon State), and, along with Cal, was one of just two teams that were a part of that league (which changed names to the AAWU, Pac-8, Pac-10 and Pac-12) for the entirety of its full-fledged existence from 1915 to 2024.

FUTURE SCHEDULES: Last October, the Big Ten revealed 18 football teams' home and away, conference opponents for the next for the next five seasons (2024-28). Here are the UW's home and road, Big Ten games, for the coming four years:
2025: home – Illinois, Ohio State, Oregon, Purdue, Rutgers; road – Maryland, Michigan, UCLA, Wisconsin
2026: home – Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Penn State; road – Michigan State, Nebraska, Oregon, Purdue, USC
2027: home – Maryland, Michigan State, Nebraska, Oregon, USC; road – Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, Rutgers
2028: home – Michigan, Northwestern, UCLA, Wisconsin; road – Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio State, Oregon

HUSKIES vs. HOOSIERS HISTORY: Washington and Indiana have played just three times in the two programs' histories. Indiana holds a 2-1 advantage, with a pair of victories in the 1970s. UW's lone win in the series came in Seattle in 2003. Here's a brief look at those three games:

Sept. 25, 1976 • Indiana 20, Washington 13 • Husky Stadium
The first UW-Indiana game came in the third game (for both teams) of the 1976 season, in Seattle. Indiana, under fourth-year head coach Lee Corso, took the early lead on a 19-yard run from quarterback Terry Jones, but a touchdown run from Ron Rowland and a Steve Robbins field goal gave UW a short-lived, 10-6 lead, before a one-yard rushing TD from Hoosiers running back Ric Enis gave the visitors a 13-10 advantage at halftime. Despite 121 rushing yards from Rowland, and 101 from Robin Earl, Washington managed only a field goal in the second half, tying the score at 20-20. Enis' second score, in the fourth, proved the game-winner for Indiana.

Sept. 23, 1978 • Indiana 14, Washington 7 • Memorial Stadium
Two years after the first meeting, the 15th-ranked Huskies traveled to Bloomington for another week-three matchup. The Huskies were 1-1 following a 10-7, season-opening loss to UCLA and a 31-2 win over Kansas. The 1978 Rose Bowl Champions were upset by the Hoosiers, 14-7, as Corso employed a defensive, ball-control strategy to take down the Huskies. In the second quarter, Indiana's Mike Harkrader opened the scoring with a one-yard scoring run. In the fourth, IU tacked on seven more, on a two-yard run from Darrick Burnett, who finished with 117 rushing yards. UW's lone score came with 6:33 left in the game, on a five-yard pass from Tom Porras to Spider Gaines.

Sept. 6, 2003 • Washington 38, Indiana 13 • Husky Stadium
After a tumultuous offseason that included the firing of head coach Rick Neuheisel in June, Washington had opened the 2003 season at defending national champion and No. 2-ranked Ohio State (a 28-9 loss) under new head coach Keith Gilbertson. One week later, the Huskies welcomed Indiana, under second-year coach Gerry DiNardo. UW opened the scoring with a 23-yard TD pass from Cody Pickett to Charles Frederick, but Indiana got a two-yard TD run from Chris Taylor and a field goal to take a 10-7 lead in the second. At halftime, an Evan Knudson field goal had tied the score at 10-10. The Huskies' offense then exploded in the third quarter, posting four touchdowns after an IU field goal had broken the tie. Pickett connected with Reggie Williams for a 70-yard touchdown, and then Shelton Sampson scored on rushes of six and four yards, before another Pickett-to-Williams pass (six yards this time) with two seconds left in the third, wrapped up the scoring. Pickett passes for 290 yards, while IU was limited to 284 yards of total offense.

RECENT vs. RANKED TEAMS: Washington has won 11 of its last 12 games vs. ranked opponents (AP Top 25), with the lone loss coming vs. No. 1 Michigan in the CFP title game last January. Those 11 wins include just four home victories, along with three neutral-site wins, and four on the road. Eight of the 11 wins have come vs. opponents ranked No. 13 or better, and five have come against top-10 foes. Here are UW's last 12 games vs. ranked opponents:

Oct. 5, 2024 – home vs. #10 Michigan – W, 24-17
Jan. 8, 2024 – vs. #1 Michigan (CFP Championship Game) – L, 34-14
Jan. 1, 2024 – vs. #3 Texas (Sugar Bowl / CFP Semifinal) – W, 37-31
Dec. 1, 2023 – vs. #5 Oregon (Pac-12 Championship Game) – W, 34-31
Nov. 18, 2023 – at #10 Oregon State – W, 22-20
Nov. 11, 2023 – home vs. #13 Utah – W, 35-28
Nov. 4, 2023 – at #22 USC – W, 52-42
Oct. 14, 2023 – home vs. #8 Oregon – W, 36-33
Dec. 29, 2022 – vs. #21 Texas (Alamo Bowl) – W, 27-20
Nov. 12, 2022 – at #6 Oregon – W, 37-34
Nov. 4, 2022 – at #24 Oregon State – W, 24-21
Sept. 17,2022 – home vs. #11 Michigan State – W, 39-28

ROSTER TURNOVER: One main storyline for the 2024 UW football team has been about the amount of change that has occurred since the end of the 2023 season. In fact, UW has just two returning, regular starters back from '23 (LB Alphonzo Tuputala and CB Elijah Jackson), and the Huskies lost 41 letterwinners off of last year's team, while adding 59 new players to the roster since the end of last season. On the depth chart for the season-opener in 2023, 44 players were listed on offense and defense. Just 11 of those 44 are still on the Husky roster (and just two of those 11 are on offense). In the season-opener vs. Weber State, a total of 34 players saw their first action in a Washington uniform. Nine of those 34 were true freshman.

GRADUATES: A total of 21 Huskies head into the 2024 season already having earned their undergraduate degree. Here's the list: RB Sam Adams II, S Cameron Broussard, DL Jacob Bandes, LB Carson Bruener, TE Owen Coutts, RB Cameron Davis, S Makell Esteen, S Kamren Fabiculanan, LB Drew Fowler, S Justin Harrington, WR Jeremiah Hunter, WR Giles Jackson, DL Deshawn Lynch, OL Gaard Memmelaar, TE Quentin Moore, QB Will Rogers, DL Logan Sagapolu, WR Camden Sirmon, OL D'Angalo Titialii, LB Alphonzo Tuputala, OL Enokk Vimahi.

MORE LONG PLAYS: Over the last several years, Washington has been one of the top teams in the nation in terms of long scrimmage plays. And, while the players and coaches have largely changed, that's no different in 2024. Through seven games, UW has 125 plays of 10 yards or longer (6th-most in FBS). UW running back Jonah Coleman is tied for 3rd in FBS with 34 scrimmage plays of 10 or more yards, and is tied for second in the country with 27 rushes of 10-plus yards.

NFL CONNECTIONS: Much has been made of the UW coaching staff's NFL connections, including that coordinators Steve Belichick (Bill) and Brennan Carroll (Pete), as well as analyst Luke Del Rio (Jack) and GA Jake Lynch (John), are all sons of prominent NFL coaches and GMs. Three other staff members – Scottie Graham, Vinnie Sunseri and quality control analyst Caleb Wilson – played in the NFL. Also, graduate assistant Dom Caldwell's uncle, David, is a longtime NFL executive, having served as the Jaguars general manager, among other roles. UW's player roster also includes a number of sons of former NFL players: Sam Adams II (Sam), Carson Bruener (Mark), Roice Cleeland (Cam), Quentin Moore (Mark), Russell Davis II (Russell), Dyson McCutcheon (Daylon; plus grandfather, Lawrence), and Justice Williams (Roland). Lastly, Daniyel Ngata (Joseph), Ryan Otton (Cade), and Keleki Latu (Laiatu) each have older brothers who are active NFL players.