Dawgs To Play Host To OSU For Senior Night
November 17, 2014 | Football
Quick Slants: Washington leads the nation with seven defensive touchdowns (four by Shaq Thompson, two from John Timu, one from Travis Feeney) ... Temple and Georgia Tech have each scored six, and two other teams have five ... Washington ranks second in the nation with 40 sacks... senior Hau'oli Kikaha, who has broken both the UW season and career sacks records, leads the nation (tied) with 16.5 sacks ... Kikaha also leads the nation in tackles for loss (22.5) ... Danny Shelton ranks 10th in TFLs (16.0) and 12th in sacks (8.5) ... with 23 takeaways and 13 turnovers, the Huskies' turnover margin of plus-10 is eighth in the nation ... the Huskies' 14 fumble recoveries are fourth-most in the nation ... with a 141.17 rating, Husky QB Cyler Miles ranks No. 33 in the nation in pass efficiency, five spots behind WSU's Connor Halliday, nine spots higher than Stanford's Kevin Hogan, 23 spots in front of Arizona's Anu Salomon and 24 places ahead of OSU's Sean Mannion ... UW opponents have just 43 punt returns yards while UW punt returner Dante Pettis has 278 by himself ... Pettis scored on an 87-yard punt return at Colorado, the first punt return for a TD by a Husky since 2003 ... Shelton and Shaq Thompson share the national lead (with three others) for fumble recoveries, with four ... Thompson has scored four defensive touchdowns this season (plus two more on offense) ... Thompson's 100-yard fumble return at Cal is one of just five 100-yard plays in UW history ... John Ross has two of those five with his 100-yard kick return last season vs. BYU and this season vs. UCLA ... Ross' six touchdowns this season have had an average length of 71.2 yards ... Ross (WR and CB) and Thompson (LB and TB) have each started on offense and defense this season ... UW has had eight true freshmen play this year: DB Budda Baker, DL Will Dissly, DB Darren Gardenhire, DB Naijiel Hale, DB Sidney Jones, WR Brayden Lenius, WR Pettis and PK Tristan Vizcaino ... Baker, Jones, Hale, Pettis and Lenius have started.
Television: The Washington-Oregon State game will air live to a national audience on the Pac-12 Network with Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play), Anthony Herron (color) and Guy Haberman (sideline) providing the commentary. The Pac-12 will also re-air one-hour versions of the game the following week.
Radio: The Washington IMG College Network, with its flagship station KOMO AM-1000 and FM-97.7, will carry the live broadcast of every football game on 18 Northwest radio stations. Longtime play-by-play man Bob Rondeau and color analyst Damon Huard are joined by sideline reporter Elise Woodward. The UW broadcast of the game will also air on Sirius (139) and XM (197) satellite radio.
Huskies vs. Beavers History: Washington holds a 60-34-4 record in the all-time series against Oregon State, having won the 18 of the last 26 meetings and 28 of the last 37, dating back to 1975. The series against the Beavers is the second-longest (to Stanford) active series in Washington football history in terms of years and third-longest in terms of total meetings (to Oregon and Washington State). The teams first met on Dec. 4, 1897, with Oregon State earning a 16-0 home win. That game was Washington's second-ever against a major college. The next OSU-UW game didn't come until 1902, a 16-6 UW win. Last year in Corvallis, Washington rushed for 537 yards and seven TDs en route to a 69-27 win. Three Husky backs ran for more than 100 yards (Bishop Sankey, 179; Deontae Cooper, 166; Dwayne Washington, 141) in QB Cyler Miles first UW start. Two seasons ago in Seattle, Washington handed a 6-0 OSU squad its first loss in a 20-17 victory at CenturyLink Field. The winning score came on a 30-yard field goal from Travis Coons with one minute, 20 seconds remaining. In 2011 at OSU, the Beavers upset the UW with a 38-21 victory. In 2010 in Seattle, Washington won 35-34 in two overtimes, denying a two-point conversion for the winning play. Jake Locker tied a school record with five TD passes, including four to Jermaine Kearse. In 2009 at OSU, the Beavers got 159 rushing yards from Jacquizz Rodgers to roll to a 48-21 win over the Huskies. In 2008 in Seattle, James Rodgers rushed for 110 yards on only three carries and Lyle Moevao was 18-for-22 for 191 yards to lead OSU past the UW, 34-13. The 2007 game in Corvallis was memorable for an injury to Locker, controversial calls from referees and five Alexis Serna field goals in a 29-23 Beavers win. In 2006 in Seattle, QB Isaiah Stanback's college career came to an end with a devastating foot injury and the Huskies' lost, 27-17. In 2005, the Beavers got six field goals from Serna in an 18-10 win over Washington. In 2004 at Husky Stadium, OSU picked up its second win in four seasons against the UW with a 29-14 win, the Beavers first at Husky Stadium since 1985. Serna kicked a then-school-record five field goals to provide the winning margin. In 2003 in Corvallis, Charles Frederick piled up a school-record 371 all-purpose yards, scoring three touchdowns, as the Huskies cruised to a 38-17 win. The Beavers' next-most recent win (prior to 2004) in the series came in Corvallis on Nov. 10, 2001, when the Beavers broke a 13-game losing streak to the Huskies. That day, an unranked OSU team trounced No. 8 Washington, 49-24, the first Beaver win (home or away) since the 1985 Husky Stadium game. Several other recent meetings have come down to the wire. In 2000, Ryan Cesca missed a game-tying field goal in the closing seconds as the Huskies held on for a 33-30 win. In 1998, the Beavers went for a two-point conversion with no time left. The pass attempt was batted down by Husky safety Nigel Burton and the Huskies won, 35-34.
Washington-Oregon State Ties: Washington offensive line coach Chris Strausser was a graduate assistant coach at Oregon State in 1990-91. OSU special teams coach Bruce Read was on the staff at Montana during Husky receivers coach Brent Pease's tenure both as the Grizzlies' quarterback and as an assistant coach, in the early-to-mid 1990s. Read's father, Don Read, was the Grizzlies' head coach when Pease was a starting QB in 1986. Fourth-year OSU receivers coach Brent Brennan was a graduate assistant at the UW in 1999. Oregon State's current roster includes 10 players who graduated from Washington high schools: OL Drew Clarkson (Camas), TE Kellen Clute (Mt. Spokane), WR Rahmel Dockery (Curtis), TE Connor Hamlett (Meadowdale), OL Mason Johnson (Kentlake), OL Josh Mitchell (Mount Si), QB Nick Mitchell (Mount Si), LB Caleb Saulo (Kentlake), TE Caleb Smith (Kentridge) and TE Dustin Stanton (Lakewood). Washington's current roster includes just two players from the state of Oregon: senior OL James Atoe (The Dalles-Wahtonka) and RS-freshman OL Andrew Kirkland (Portland/Jesuit). Kirkland attended Jesuit High, as did Beaver Ryan Cope and Jacob Wark. Husky kicker Cameron Van Winkle is a graduate of Mount Si, as are the Beavers' Mitchell brothers. Several other Huskies and Beavers attended the same high school somewhere other than Washington or Oregon: UW's DiAndre Campbell and OSU's Ryan Murphy (Oakland Tech); UW's Psalm Wooching and OSU's Manase Hungalu (Kealakehe); UW's Jesse Sosebee and OSU's Roman Sapolu (Edison); UW's Hau'oli Kikaha and OSU's LaMone Williams (Kahuku); and UW's Jaylen Johnson and OSU's Trevor Romaine and Larry Scott (Corona Centennial). Finally, Beaver Michael Morovick is the younger brother of former UW snapper Danny Morovick.
Dawgs and the Northwest: Washington's most-played rivalries are against the other three other northwest Pac-12 schools. The Huskies have faced Washington State 106 times, Oregon in 107 games and Oregon State on 98 occasions. Washington owns the advantage in all three series. The Huskies lead the Ducks 58-44-5, Washington State 68-32-6 and Oregon State 60-34-4. Combined, Washington has a 186-110-15 (.622) record against its northwest rivals. Washington has played all three of the Northwest teams in a season on 85 prior occasions. Over those 85 seasons in which Oregon, OSU and WSU were all on the UW schedule, the Dawgs have swept all three 28 times. In the meantime, the Huskies have lost to all three in the same season on only seven occasions.
