Saturday, September 19
Seattle, Wash.
4:15 p.m. PT
University of Washington
vs
Eastern Washington
Photo by: Scott Eklund / Red Box Pictures
Huskies Continue Homestand vs. Eastern Washington
September 14, 2026 | Football
THE GAME: The Washington football team (2-0) wraps up the 2026 nonconference slate this Saturday, Sept. 19, taking on Eastern Washington (1-2) in a 4:15 p.m. game at Husky Stadium. The game will air on Big Ten Network. The Dawgs have opened the season with home victories over Washington State and Utah State. Eastern, which played in week zero, boasts a win over Northern Iowa alongside losses at Northern Arizona and South Dakota. The game marks the third of four straight home games for the Huskies, who open up Big Ten play the following Saturday, Sept. 26, vs. Minnesota. UW enters the EWU game ranked No. 24 in the latest USA Today coaches' poll, and one spot out of the AP Top 25.
QUICK HITTERS: The Huskies are plus-6 in turnovers this year (six takeaways, no turnovers) ... only two FBS programs have a larger margin: New Mexico (8) and Colorado State (7) ... Washington will open the season with four straight home games for the first time since 2022 and just the second time since 1976 … all four games will be played in September ... in '22, UW played host to Kent State, Michigan State, Portland State and Stanford to begin the year, followed by a September game on the road, Sept. 30 at UCLA … in '76, the Huskies opened with Virginia, Colorado, Indiana and Minnesota, but seasons started later in those days, and that Minnesota game was played on Oct. 2 … along with Indiana, Michigan and Louisville, UW is one of four Power 4 programs with four home games in September … in the 2026 season opener, UW held Washington State to no successful third-down conversion attempts, in 11 tries (WSU did convert its lone fourth-down attempt) ... the last time a Husky opponent failed to convert a single third-down conversion in a game was in the Huskies' memorable, 16-13 win over USC in 2009 ... Washington started four first-year players in the WSU game, three on defense (edge Ramzak Fruean, defensive tackle Derek Colman-Brusa and nickelback Jeron Jones) and one on offense (left tackle Kodi Greene) ... another, RB Brian Bonner Jr., started vs. Utah State ... UW QB Demond Williams surpassed passed 1,000 career rushing yards in the Utah State game, finishing with 1,010 ... he's the third UW QB to rush for 1,000 career yards, joining Jake Locker (1,939) and Marques Tuiasosopo (1,495).
TELEVISION: The UW-EWU game will air on Big Ten Network, with A.J. Kanell, Marcel Reece and Alyssa Charlston-Smith on the call. For more info, go to: https://bigten.org/btn/game-finder/
RADIO: All Washington football games will air on the Washington Sports Network from Learfield, with Elise Woodward (play by play), former Husky tight end Cameron Cleeland (analyst), and Dave Mahler (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 83.
ACADEMIC SUCCESS: Washington's football players have continued to perform at the highest academic levels, as the program continues to post impressive cumulative team GPAs. Last school year (2024-25), the UW football team achieved a team grade-point average of 3.31 in both the fall and winter quarters, and then wrapped up the year with a 3.27 in the spring quarter. In the spring quarter, a whopping 31 members of the UW roster earned a place on the Dean's List, and 49 of the players on the 2026 roster were on the Dean's List at least once in 2025-26 (most of them multiple times): Deji Ajose, Xe'ree Alexander, Buddah Al-Uqdah, Aiden Anderson, Dash Beierly, Elijah Brown, Jace Burton, Quaid Carr, D'Aryhian Clemons, Derek Colman-Brusa, Lowen Colman-Brusa, Charlie Crowell, Parker Cross, Decker DeGraaf, Kolt Dieterich, Luke Dunne, Kade Eldridge, Soane Faasolo, Jake Flores, Hunter Green, Kayden Greene, Kodi Greene, Landen Hatchett, Devin Hyde, Justin Hylkema, Ksani Jiles, Jacob Lane, Jayden Limar, Jacob Manu, Kai McClendon, Hunter McKee, Julian McMahan, Bodpegn Miller, John Mills, Ryken Moon, Hayden Moore, Baron Naone, Zaydrius Rainey-Sale, Donovan Robinson, Dylan Robinson, Tyler Robles, Victor Sanchez Hernandez, Champ Taulealea, Sam Vyhlidal, Beck Walker, C.J. Wallace, Isaiah Ward, Jordan Washington, and DeSean Watts.
IN THE CFP ERA: The era of the four-team College Football Playoff is gone, but that 10-season stretch (2014-2023) is instructive in terms of illustrating the teams that operated at the top level of the sport during that timespan, and Washington is one of those teams. Over that 10-year stretch, only 15 different programs earned a berth in the CFP semifinals, and only eight reached the tournament more than once. With two CPF berths in the four-team era (2016 and 2023), Washington is one of those eight, and one of just two programs to reach the four-team CFP under two different head coaches (Oklahoma was the other). Only six teams made more than two appearances: Alabama (8), Clemson (6), Ohio State (5), Oklahoma (4), Georgia (3) and Michigan (3). For what it's worth, six more teams made their CFP debut in the 12-team bracket in 2024, and another five were first-time selections in 2025, but UW still remains one of just 11 teams to have appeared in the CFP more than once, when counting the latest data.
B1G TIME: As has been well documented over the last couple of years, Washington officially joined the Big Ten Conference ahead of the 2024-25 school year, effective on Aug. 2, 2024. The Huskies were 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.
HOME vs. NON-CONFERENCE: Washington has been very tough to beat in home, non-conference games over the last several decades. Going back to the 1981 season, the Huskies have posted an 83-14 record against nonconference foes at home. 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 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, but have won 13 in a row since that loss.
CAPTAINS: The following players have been named captains for the 2026 season: Drew Azzopardi, Elinneus Davis, Landen Hatchett, Jacob Manu, Alex McLaughlin, John Mills and Demond Williams Jr. Hatchett and Williams were also captains in 2025.
FUTURE SCHEDULES: In October, 2023, the Big Ten revealed 18 football teams' home and away, conference opponents for the next for the following five seasons (2024-28). Here are the UW's home and road, Big Ten games, for the coming two years:
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. EAGLES HISTORY: Washington and Eastern Washington have faced one another three times in the two teams' histories, all within the last 16 seasons. Washington has won all three, but the first two went very much down to the wire. Here's a look at the three UW-EWU games.
Sept. 3, 2011 • Washington 30, Eastern Washington 27
The first UW-EWU game was the 2011 season opener. The UW was coming off of a Holiday Bowl victory over Nebraska that ended the 2010 season, and starting a new quarterback in Keith Price. Meanwhile, the Eagles came to Husky Stadium as the defending NCAA FCS champions, having edged Delaware, 20-19, in the 2010 title game. The game was close throughout. The Eagles took a 10-7 lead through one quarter, but a TD pass from Price to James Johnson and two Erik Folk field goals put UW on top. Eastern got a field goal to end the first half, with the Dawgs in front, 20-13. The teams traded TDs in the third quarter and Folk made his third field goal to give the UW a 30-20 lead in the fourth period. But EWU QB Bo Levi Mitchell closed the gap with a scoring pass with 3:50 on the clock. On the ensuing drive, UW picked up one first down, but had to punt, giving the ball back to Eastern on its own five-yard line with 1:17 left. Mitchell completed passes of 15, 23 and 32 yards before taking a shot at the endzone from the UW 25. That pass was intercepted by UW cornerback Desmond Trufant, essentially ending the game with 29 seconds on the clock. Mitchell ended the day 39-for-69 for 473 yards. His 69 attempts are still 10 more than any other UW opponent in history. Price was 17-for-25 for 102 yards and three TDs while Chris Polk rushed for 125 yards for the Huskies.
Sept. 6, 2014 • Washington 59, Eastern Washington 52
The second UW-EWU game was the Huskies' second game of the 2014 season, coach Chris Petersen's first year on Montlake. Eastern had won the Big Sky and made it to the NCAA FCS semifinals the year before, and had another hot quarterback in Vernon Adams, who would go on to transfer to Oregon following the 2014 season. As the score indicates, the game was an offensive showcase with the 111 combined points making for the third-highest total in Husky football history. Washington actually jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter before the Eagles came back. The teams traded shots until Adams connected with Cooper Kupp for one of three such TD passes on the day, giving the Eagles a 38-37 lead early in the third quarter. But the UW scored three of the next four TDs, on a run by Dwayne Washington and two others from Cyler Miles, to build a 59-45 lead. Adams threw his seventh touchdown of the day to cut the lead to 59-52, and after an unsucessful onsides kickoff, the Huskies took over on the EWU 44 with 3:14 on the clock. The UW converted one third-down attempt, good enough to run out the clock. Adams (31-for-46, 475 yards) set a UW opponent record with his seven TD passes while the Huskies rushed for 356 yards and seven scores.
Aug. 31, 2019 • Washington 47, Eastern Washington 14
In the most recent UW-EWU game, the 2019 season-opener, Washington once again jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter, on a run from Richard Newton and TD passes from Jacob Eason to Andre Baccellia and Aaron Fuller. Unlike the previous matchup, Washington was able to hold on to a comfortable advantage the rest of the day. Eason connected with Chico McClatcher on a 10-yard TD pass in the second quarter to increase the lead to 28-0, and after EWU got on the board thanks to a 64-yard scoring pass from Eric Barriere to Andrew Boston to make it 28-7 at half, the Huskies opened the third quarter with another Eason-to-Fuller connection and a touchdown run from Salvon Ahmed to increase the edge to 42-7. Eastern scored a second TD in the fourth, and Washington got a Peyton Henry field goal and a safety on a sack from Laiatu Latu to cap the scoring. Eason finished 27-for-36 for 349 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions.
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 2026 season marks the 106th 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 424-187-21 (.688). Washington is 70-18 (.795) in home games since the stadium re-opened in 2013.
QUICK HITTERS: The Huskies are plus-6 in turnovers this year (six takeaways, no turnovers) ... only two FBS programs have a larger margin: New Mexico (8) and Colorado State (7) ... Washington will open the season with four straight home games for the first time since 2022 and just the second time since 1976 … all four games will be played in September ... in '22, UW played host to Kent State, Michigan State, Portland State and Stanford to begin the year, followed by a September game on the road, Sept. 30 at UCLA … in '76, the Huskies opened with Virginia, Colorado, Indiana and Minnesota, but seasons started later in those days, and that Minnesota game was played on Oct. 2 … along with Indiana, Michigan and Louisville, UW is one of four Power 4 programs with four home games in September … in the 2026 season opener, UW held Washington State to no successful third-down conversion attempts, in 11 tries (WSU did convert its lone fourth-down attempt) ... the last time a Husky opponent failed to convert a single third-down conversion in a game was in the Huskies' memorable, 16-13 win over USC in 2009 ... Washington started four first-year players in the WSU game, three on defense (edge Ramzak Fruean, defensive tackle Derek Colman-Brusa and nickelback Jeron Jones) and one on offense (left tackle Kodi Greene) ... another, RB Brian Bonner Jr., started vs. Utah State ... UW QB Demond Williams surpassed passed 1,000 career rushing yards in the Utah State game, finishing with 1,010 ... he's the third UW QB to rush for 1,000 career yards, joining Jake Locker (1,939) and Marques Tuiasosopo (1,495).
TELEVISION: The UW-EWU game will air on Big Ten Network, with A.J. Kanell, Marcel Reece and Alyssa Charlston-Smith on the call. For more info, go to: https://bigten.org/btn/game-finder/
RADIO: All Washington football games will air on the Washington Sports Network from Learfield, with Elise Woodward (play by play), former Husky tight end Cameron Cleeland (analyst), and Dave Mahler (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 83.
ACADEMIC SUCCESS: Washington's football players have continued to perform at the highest academic levels, as the program continues to post impressive cumulative team GPAs. Last school year (2024-25), the UW football team achieved a team grade-point average of 3.31 in both the fall and winter quarters, and then wrapped up the year with a 3.27 in the spring quarter. In the spring quarter, a whopping 31 members of the UW roster earned a place on the Dean's List, and 49 of the players on the 2026 roster were on the Dean's List at least once in 2025-26 (most of them multiple times): Deji Ajose, Xe'ree Alexander, Buddah Al-Uqdah, Aiden Anderson, Dash Beierly, Elijah Brown, Jace Burton, Quaid Carr, D'Aryhian Clemons, Derek Colman-Brusa, Lowen Colman-Brusa, Charlie Crowell, Parker Cross, Decker DeGraaf, Kolt Dieterich, Luke Dunne, Kade Eldridge, Soane Faasolo, Jake Flores, Hunter Green, Kayden Greene, Kodi Greene, Landen Hatchett, Devin Hyde, Justin Hylkema, Ksani Jiles, Jacob Lane, Jayden Limar, Jacob Manu, Kai McClendon, Hunter McKee, Julian McMahan, Bodpegn Miller, John Mills, Ryken Moon, Hayden Moore, Baron Naone, Zaydrius Rainey-Sale, Donovan Robinson, Dylan Robinson, Tyler Robles, Victor Sanchez Hernandez, Champ Taulealea, Sam Vyhlidal, Beck Walker, C.J. Wallace, Isaiah Ward, Jordan Washington, and DeSean Watts.
IN THE CFP ERA: The era of the four-team College Football Playoff is gone, but that 10-season stretch (2014-2023) is instructive in terms of illustrating the teams that operated at the top level of the sport during that timespan, and Washington is one of those teams. Over that 10-year stretch, only 15 different programs earned a berth in the CFP semifinals, and only eight reached the tournament more than once. With two CPF berths in the four-team era (2016 and 2023), Washington is one of those eight, and one of just two programs to reach the four-team CFP under two different head coaches (Oklahoma was the other). Only six teams made more than two appearances: Alabama (8), Clemson (6), Ohio State (5), Oklahoma (4), Georgia (3) and Michigan (3). For what it's worth, six more teams made their CFP debut in the 12-team bracket in 2024, and another five were first-time selections in 2025, but UW still remains one of just 11 teams to have appeared in the CFP more than once, when counting the latest data.
B1G TIME: As has been well documented over the last couple of years, Washington officially joined the Big Ten Conference ahead of the 2024-25 school year, effective on Aug. 2, 2024. The Huskies were 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.
HOME vs. NON-CONFERENCE: Washington has been very tough to beat in home, non-conference games over the last several decades. Going back to the 1981 season, the Huskies have posted an 83-14 record against nonconference foes at home. 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 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, but have won 13 in a row since that loss.
CAPTAINS: The following players have been named captains for the 2026 season: Drew Azzopardi, Elinneus Davis, Landen Hatchett, Jacob Manu, Alex McLaughlin, John Mills and Demond Williams Jr. Hatchett and Williams were also captains in 2025.
FUTURE SCHEDULES: In October, 2023, the Big Ten revealed 18 football teams' home and away, conference opponents for the next for the following five seasons (2024-28). Here are the UW's home and road, Big Ten games, for the coming two years:
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. EAGLES HISTORY: Washington and Eastern Washington have faced one another three times in the two teams' histories, all within the last 16 seasons. Washington has won all three, but the first two went very much down to the wire. Here's a look at the three UW-EWU games.
Sept. 3, 2011 • Washington 30, Eastern Washington 27
The first UW-EWU game was the 2011 season opener. The UW was coming off of a Holiday Bowl victory over Nebraska that ended the 2010 season, and starting a new quarterback in Keith Price. Meanwhile, the Eagles came to Husky Stadium as the defending NCAA FCS champions, having edged Delaware, 20-19, in the 2010 title game. The game was close throughout. The Eagles took a 10-7 lead through one quarter, but a TD pass from Price to James Johnson and two Erik Folk field goals put UW on top. Eastern got a field goal to end the first half, with the Dawgs in front, 20-13. The teams traded TDs in the third quarter and Folk made his third field goal to give the UW a 30-20 lead in the fourth period. But EWU QB Bo Levi Mitchell closed the gap with a scoring pass with 3:50 on the clock. On the ensuing drive, UW picked up one first down, but had to punt, giving the ball back to Eastern on its own five-yard line with 1:17 left. Mitchell completed passes of 15, 23 and 32 yards before taking a shot at the endzone from the UW 25. That pass was intercepted by UW cornerback Desmond Trufant, essentially ending the game with 29 seconds on the clock. Mitchell ended the day 39-for-69 for 473 yards. His 69 attempts are still 10 more than any other UW opponent in history. Price was 17-for-25 for 102 yards and three TDs while Chris Polk rushed for 125 yards for the Huskies.
Sept. 6, 2014 • Washington 59, Eastern Washington 52
The second UW-EWU game was the Huskies' second game of the 2014 season, coach Chris Petersen's first year on Montlake. Eastern had won the Big Sky and made it to the NCAA FCS semifinals the year before, and had another hot quarterback in Vernon Adams, who would go on to transfer to Oregon following the 2014 season. As the score indicates, the game was an offensive showcase with the 111 combined points making for the third-highest total in Husky football history. Washington actually jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter before the Eagles came back. The teams traded shots until Adams connected with Cooper Kupp for one of three such TD passes on the day, giving the Eagles a 38-37 lead early in the third quarter. But the UW scored three of the next four TDs, on a run by Dwayne Washington and two others from Cyler Miles, to build a 59-45 lead. Adams threw his seventh touchdown of the day to cut the lead to 59-52, and after an unsucessful onsides kickoff, the Huskies took over on the EWU 44 with 3:14 on the clock. The UW converted one third-down attempt, good enough to run out the clock. Adams (31-for-46, 475 yards) set a UW opponent record with his seven TD passes while the Huskies rushed for 356 yards and seven scores.
Aug. 31, 2019 • Washington 47, Eastern Washington 14
In the most recent UW-EWU game, the 2019 season-opener, Washington once again jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter, on a run from Richard Newton and TD passes from Jacob Eason to Andre Baccellia and Aaron Fuller. Unlike the previous matchup, Washington was able to hold on to a comfortable advantage the rest of the day. Eason connected with Chico McClatcher on a 10-yard TD pass in the second quarter to increase the lead to 28-0, and after EWU got on the board thanks to a 64-yard scoring pass from Eric Barriere to Andrew Boston to make it 28-7 at half, the Huskies opened the third quarter with another Eason-to-Fuller connection and a touchdown run from Salvon Ahmed to increase the edge to 42-7. Eastern scored a second TD in the fourth, and Washington got a Peyton Henry field goal and a safety on a sack from Laiatu Latu to cap the scoring. Eason finished 27-for-36 for 349 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions.
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 2026 season marks the 106th 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 424-187-21 (.688). Washington is 70-18 (.795) in home games since the stadium re-opened in 2013.
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