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Washington 42, Brigham Young 20 September 6 Cougar Stadium
Washington opened the 1997 season in impressive fashion by handing the 19th-ranked Cougars a 42-20 loss to snap BYU's 12-game winning streak, the longest in the nation at the time.
BYU opened the game with an 80-yard scoring drive, sparked by a 43-yard pass on the Cougars' first play from scrimmage. The Huskies answered with a five-play, 80 yard drive of their own to open the season, capped by a one-yard TD plunge by Maurice Shaw, the first of his two TDs on the day. Washington poured it on before the intermission, scoring two touchdowns in the final three minutes on a run from senior tailback Rashaan Shehee and a 6-yard TD pass from Brock Huard to Fred Coleman. The Huskies came out just as fired up after halftime, scoring touchdowns in their first two possessions of the second half.
That would be more than enough for a Husky defense that held the Cougars' high-powered offense in check. Washington held BYU to only two rushing yards and 306 passing yards. BYU did not record a first down in four drives during the second quarter and managed one first down in the first 12 minutes of the third quarter. Washington's offense was clicking on all cylinders. Shehee finished the day with 171 yards rushing on only 12 carries, had one rushing TD and caught a 23-yard touchdown pass. Shehee's rushing total included runs of 65 and 75 yards (third and fourth longest of his career). Huard completed 18 of 23 passes for 285 yards and no interceptions. His favorite target was senior Jerome Pathon, who pulled in career-highs of seven receptions and 163 yards. Senior flanker Fred Coleman tied his career-high with five catches for 65 yards and two touchdowns.
Scoring SummaryWashington (1-0) 7 14 14 7 -- 42 BYU (0-1) 7 0 0 13 -- 20 First QuarterBYU: Paul Shoemaker 1-yard run (Owen Pochman kick), 11:09 left. Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:51 UW: Maurice Shaw 1-yard run (Randy Jones kick), 9:22 left. Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:47.Second QuarterUW: Rashaan Shehee 2-yard run (Jones kick), 2:43 left. Drive: 6 plays, 56 yards, TOP 2:06. UW: Fred Coleman 6-yard pass from Brock Huard (Jones kick), 0:32 left. Drive: 4 plays, 40 yards, TOP 0:56.Third QuarterUW: Maurice Shaw 2-yard run (Jones kick), 13:53 left. Drive: 3 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:07. UW: Rashaan Shehee 23-yard pass from Brock Huard (Jones kick), 10:45 left. Drive: 3 plays, 41 yards, TOP 1:10.Fourth QuarterBYU: Aaron Roderick 62-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Pochmam kick blocked), 14:51 left. Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:39. UW: Coleman 27-yard pass from Huard (Jones kick), 12:15 left. Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:36. BYU: Ben Cahoon 34-yard pass from Feterik (Pochman kick), 6:36 left. Drive: 4 plays, 65 yards, TOP 1:31.Team StatisticsBYU UW First Downs 14 19 Rushing 3 9 Passing 10 9 Penalty 1 1 Rushing Attempts 25 40 Yards Gained Rushing 50 301 Yards Lost Rushing 48 12 Net Yards Rushing 2 289 Net Yards Passing 306 288 Passes Attempted 33 24 Passes Completed 20 19 Had Intercepted 0 0 Total Offensive Plays 58 64 Total Net Yards 308 577 Average Gain Per Play 5.3 9.0 Fumbles: No. -- Lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties: No. -- Yards 8-59 8-53 Punts -- Yards 8-377 4-160 Avg. Per Punt 47.1 40.0 Punt Returns: No.-- Yards 0-0 7-78 Kickoff Returns: No. -- Yards 4-63 1-3 Interceptions: No. -- Yards 0-0 0-0 Possession Time 28:53 31:07 Third-Down Conversions 3-13 5-11 Fourth-Down Conversions 0-0 0-2 Sacks By: No. -- Yards 1-6 3-26 Washington RUSHING ATT GAIN LOST NET TD LG Rashaan Shehee 12 172 1 171 1 75 Maurice Shaw 12 51 2 49 2 19 Jason Harris 12 50 3 47 0 21 Fred Coleman 1 18 0 18 0 18 Brock Huard 2 7 6 1 0 7 Pat Conniff 1 3 0 3 0 3 Totals 40 301 12 289 3 75 PASSING ATT COMP INT YDS TD LG Brock Huard 23 18 0 285 3 46 Marques Tuiasosopo 1 1 0 3 0 3 Totals 24 19 0 288 3 46 RECEIVING NO. YDS TD LG Jerome Pathon 7 163 0 46 Fred Coleman 5 65 2 27 Cameron Cleeland 3 26 0 16 Rashaan Shehee 1 23 1 23 Jason Harris 1 8 0 8 Andre DeSaussure 1 3 0 3 Maurice Shaw 1 0 0 0 Totals 19 288 3 46 PUNTING NO. YDS AVG. LG Sean O'Laughlin 4 160 40.0 47 RETURNS PR KO INTS Jerome Pathon 3-72 1-3 -- Joe Jarzynka 4-6 -- -- DEFENSE UT AT TOT TFL QBS FC-R Tony Parrish 5 4 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 Mel Miller 4 2 6 0-0 0-0 1-1 Nigel Burton 2 3 5 1-na 0-0 0-0 Jason Chorak 3 1 4 2-na 0-0 0-0 Chris Campbell 2 2 4 2-na 2-na0-0 BYU RUSHING ATT GAIN LOST NET TD LG Snowden 5 13 2 11 0 8 McKenzie 10 18 9 9 0 13 Sitake 3 6 0 6 0 6 Paul Shoemaker 3 12 11 1 1 11 Feterik 4 1 26 -25 0 1 Totals 25 50 48 2 1 13 PASSING ATT COMP INT YDS TD LG Kevin Feterik 20 13 0 216 2 62 Paul Shoemaker 13 7 0 90 0 43 Totals 33 20 0 306 2 62 RECEIVING NO. YDS TD LG Cahoon 6 106 1 39 Johnson 4 76 0 43 Cupp 4 33 0 12 McKenzie 3 37 0 16 Roderik 1 62 1 62 Hooks 1 0 0 0 Snowden 1 -8 0 -8 Totals 20 306 2 62 PUNTING NO. YDS AVG. LG Hartsfield 8 377 47.1 65 RETURNS PR KO INTS Hooks -- 3-38 -- Dabney -- 1-25 -- DEFENSE UT AT TOT TFL QBS FC-R Morris 6 5 11 1-na 0-0 0-0 Reid 6 2 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 Martin 5 3 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 Walker 5 2 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 Williams 4 2 6 0-0 0-0 0-0
