Another dominant offensive showing saw the Huskies climb to 2-0 for the season. The Huskie’s 52-6 win over Portland State was an exact duplicate of their 45-20 win over Kent State in game one. There is doubt the Huskies’ first two opponents are inferior. A team rebounding from one of the worst seasons in program history will take any win it can generate on its way to rebuilding respect and a winning tradition.
PHOTOS FROM THE GAME
GAME NOTES
The 84-yard touchdown pass from Michael Penix, Jr., to Jalen McMillan in the second quarter tied for the seventh-longest pass play in UW history (all of the top seven were TDs).
The record is a 98-yarder from Jake Locker to Marcel Reece, in 2007. It was the longest pass for the Huskies since John Ross III caught a 91-yard TD from Jeff Lindquist in the 2014 season opener at Hawai’i.
The Huskies’ 99-yard drive (on which the 84-yard pass came) was just the fourth 99-yard drive in Husky history. The others: vs. Arizona, 2007 (a 2-play, 99-yard drive that ended on Reece’s 98-yard reception); vs. San Jose State, 2004; vs. Stanford, 1999. All four 99-yard drives in recorded UW history have come at home. McMillan finished with 127 yards, marking his second career 100-yard receiving day.
He had 175 yards last season vs. Arkansas State. Giles Jackson also had a 100-yard day, with six catches for 105 yards, the first such game of his UW career. The last time that UW had two players notch 100 yards receiving in the same game was Nov. 6, 2016, at California, when John Ross III (208 yards) and Dante Pettis (104) did it.
Washington scored on its first four possessions today (all touchdowns). The streak was broken by a Vikings interception that ended a UW drive that had begun with just 1:19 to play in the first half. In last Saturday’s season opener vs. Kent State, the Huskies scored in their first six possessions (TD, TD, TD, TD, FG, TD).
UW did score on seven of its first eight possessions: TD, TD, TD, TD, INT, FG, TD, TD.
Washington finished with 617 yards of total offense, the Huskies’ highest total since a win over North Dakota on Sept. 8, 2018.
True freshman placekicker Grady Gross made his UW debut as he handled the game’s opening kickoff. In the UW’s second offensive drive, true freshman wide receiver Denzel Boston saw his first college game action.
Senior walk-on receiver Brennan Holmes also saw his first UW action, catching a pass. Also appearing for the first time: EDGE Gage Harty, WR Mason Wheeler, and WR Jackson Girouard.
After the first play of Portland State’s first drive of the second quarter (it began at the 9:51
mark), a total of 49 different Huskies had appeared in the game. By halftime, the total was 52
Huskies who had played in the first half.
Washington moved to 3-0 all-time vs. Portland State, in a series that includes games in 2012 and 2016, along with today’s victory.
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