2019 Washington Huskies football team
The 2019 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Huskies were led by head coach Chris Petersen, in his sixth and final year as head coach. The team looked to improve upon its 10–4 record from 2018. After the regular season, Petersen announced that the team's postseason bowl game, the Las Vegas Bowl, would be his final game with the Huskies. Respected defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake would take over the reins after the Las Vegas Bowl, firing two offensive coordinators within 24 hours. They played their home games at Husky Stadium in Seattle, competing as a member of the North Division in the Pac-12 Conference.
2019 Washington Huskies football | |
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Las Vegas Bowl champion | |
Las Vegas Bowl, W 38–7 vs. Boise State | |
Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
North Division | |
Record | 8–5 (4–5 Pac-12) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Bush Hamdan (2nd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Jimmy Lake (2nd season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Pete Kwiatkowski (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium (Capacity: 70,083) |
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No. 5 Oregon x$ | 8 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 4 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 4 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 3 | – | 6 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 3 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. 16 Utah x | 8 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 7 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 4 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 4 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 3 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 2 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Oregon 37, Utah 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preseason
Coaching changes
Matt Lubick, who served as wide receivers coach and co-offensive coordinator in the previous two seasons, resigned in January 2019. He indicated he was leaving the coaching profession entirely.[1] On January 17, 2019, Washington announced it had hired Junior Adams to replace Lubick as wide receivers coach.[2]
Recruiting
Washington's 2019 recruiting class consisted of 23 recruits. The class was ranked as the 16th best in the country and the second-best in the Pac-12 Conference behind Oregon according to the 247Sports.com Composite.[3]
Pac-12 media poll
In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Washington was predicted to finish in second place in the North Division, receiving one fewer vote than Oregon. The Huskies finished with the third-most votes to win the Pac-12 Championship Game.[4]
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Schedule
Washington's 2019 schedule began with a home non-conference game against Eastern Washington of the Big Sky Conference. Washington's two other non-conference games were against Hawaii of the Mountain West Conference at home, and a road game against BYU, a football independent. In Pac-12 Conference play, the Huskies played the other members of the North Division and drew Arizona, Colorado, USC, and Utah from the South Division.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 4 (FCS) Eastern Washington* | No. 13 | P12N | W 47–14 | 65,709 | |
September 7 | 7:30 p.m. | California | No. 14 |
| FS1 | L 19–20 | 66,327 |
September 14 | 4:30 p.m. | Hawaii* | No. 23 |
| P12N | W 52–20 | 67,589 |
September 21 | 12:30 p.m. | at BYU* | No. 22 | ABC/ESPN2 | W 45–19 | 62,117 | |
September 28 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 21 USC | No. 17 |
| FOX | W 28–14 | 66,975 |
October 5 | 7:30 p.m. | at Stanford | No. 15 | ESPN | L 13–23 | 33,225 | |
October 12 | 8:00 p.m. | at Arizona | FS1 | W 51–27 | 47,933 | ||
October 19 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 12 Oregon | No. 25 |
| ABC | L 31–35 | 70,867 |
November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 9 Utah |
| FOX | L 28–33 | 69,270 | |
November 8 | 7:30 p.m. | at Oregon State | FS1 | W 19–7 | 34,244 | ||
November 23 | 7:00 p.m. | at Colorado | ESPN | L 14–20 | 44,618 | ||
November 29 | 1:00 p.m. | Washington State |
| FOX | W 31–13 | 70,931 | |
December 21 | 4:30 p.m. | vs. No. 19 Boise State* | ABC | W 38–7 | 34,197 | ||
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Conference opponents not played this season: Arizona State, UCLA
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
AP | 13 | 14 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 15 | RV | 25 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV |
Coaches | 12 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 16 | RV | 23 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV |
CFP | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
Personnel
Coaching staff
Name | Position | Alma mater |
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Jimmy Lake | Defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach | Eastern Washington (2000) |
Junior Adams | Wide receivers coach | Montana State (2004) |
Bush Hamdan | Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach | Boise State (2008) |
Will Harris | Assistant defensive backs coach | USC (2009) |
Keith Bhonapha | Recruiting coordinator/running backs coach | Hawai'i (2003) |
Bob Gregory | Assistant head coach/inside linebackers coach/special teams coordinator | Washington State (1987) |
Scott Huff | Offensive line coach/Run game coordinator | Boise State (2002) |
Pete Kwiatkowski | Co-defensive coordinator/Outside linebackers coach | Boise State (1990) |
Ikaika Malloe | Defensive line coach | Washington (1997) |
Jordan Paopao | Tight ends coach | San Diego (2006) |
Tim Socha | Strength & conditioning coach | Minnesota (1999) |
Roster
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Quarterback
Tailback
Wide receiver
Tight end
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Offensive line
Defensive line
Long snapper
Placekicker
Punter
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Inside linebacker
Outside linebacker
Defensive back
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Game summaries
Eastern Washington
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 4 (FCS) Eagles | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
No. 13 Huskies | 21 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 47 |
at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
- Date: August 31, 2019
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. PDT
- Game weather: 74 °F (23 °C) • Hazy • Wind @ 0 mph (0 km/h)
- Game attendance: 65,709
- Referee: Kevin Mar
- TV announcers (P12N): Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth, and Lewis Johnson
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California
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Bears | 0 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 20 |
No. 14 Huskies | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
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Hawaii
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Rainbow Warriors | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
No. 23 Huskies | 21 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 52 |
at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
- Date: September 14, 2019
- Game time: 4:30 p.m. PDT
- Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C) • Cloudy • Wind @ 9 mph (14 km/h)
- Game attendance: 67,589
- Referee: Mike McCabe
- TV announcers (P12N): Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth, and Lewis Johnson
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At BYU
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 22 Huskies | 21 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 45 |
Cougars | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
at LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah
- Date: September 21, 2019
- Game time: 12:30 pm PDT
- Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C) • Partly cloudy • Wind @ 0 mph (0 km/h)
- Game attendance: 62,117
- TV announcers (ABC): Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Todd McShay, and Molly McGrath
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Referee: Steven Strimling
USC
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 21 Trojans | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
No. 17 Huskies | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 28 |
at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
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At Stanford
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 15 Huskies | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
Cardinal | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
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At Arizona
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Huskies | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 51 |
Wildcats | 0 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 27 |
at Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ
- Date: October 12, 2019
- Game time: 8:00 PDT
- Game weather: 77 °F (25 °C) • Clear • Wind @ 3 mph (5 km/h)
- Game attendance: 47,933
- Referee: Mike McCabe
- TV announcers (FS1): Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman, and Coley Harvey
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Oregon
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 12 Ducks | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
No. 25 Huskies | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
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Utah
Referee: Mike McCabe
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 9 Utes | 0 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 33 |
Huskies | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
- Date: November 2, 2019
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. PDT
- Referee: Mike McCabe
- TV announcers (FOX): Joe Davis, Brock Huard, Bruce Feldman
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At Oregon State
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Huskies | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
Beavers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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At Colorado
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Huskies | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Buffaloes | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
at Folsom Field • Boulder, CO
- Date: November 23, 2019
- Game time: 7:00 pm PST
- Game attendance: 44,618
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Washington State
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cougars | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
Huskies | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
at Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
- Date: November 29, 2019
- Game time: 1:00 pm PDT
- TV: FOX/FS1
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Vs. Boise State (Las Vegas Bowl)
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Huskies | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
Broncos | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
at Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV
- Date: November 29, 2019
- Game time: 4:30 pm PDT
- TV announcers (ABC): Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (color), Molly McGrath (sideline)
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Players drafted into the NFL
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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4 | 122 | Jacob Eason | QB | Indianapolis Colts |
5 | 160 | Nick Harris | C | Cleveland Browns |
References
- Jude, Adam (January 7, 2019). "Huskies searching for yet another new wide receivers coach following Matt Lubick's departure". The Seattle Times.
- Kirschman, Lauren (January 17, 2019). "Huskies name Junior Adams wide receivers coach". The News Tribune. Tacoma, WA. Archived from the original on July 3, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
- "Washington 2019 Football Commits". 247Sports.com. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
- "Utah picked as Pac-12 favorite in preseason media poll". pac-12.com. July 24, 2019.
- "2019 Washington Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
- 2019 Washington Huskies roster