2009 Washington Huskies football team
Introduction The '''2009 Washington Huskies football team''' represented the University of Washington in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Steve Sarkisian, who replaced Tyrone Willingham following a winless 2008 season. The Huskies played their home games at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Washington. The Huskies finished the season 5–7 and 4–5 in Pac-10 play.
Schedule
Game summaries ===LSU===LSU came into the game ranked #11 in the nation, but the Washington Huskies earned their respect after they gave up 478 total yards to Washington. The Washington Huskies had 13:44 time of possession edge and ran 83 offensive plays to LSU's 48, but lost the game due to a couple untimely turnovers and blown defensive plays.===Idaho===Washington ended the nation's longest losing streak at 15 games and gave new coach Steve Sarkisian his first victory, beating Idaho 42-23.Sarkisian's first win as a head coach came as the Huskies scored touchdowns on its first five possessions—minus a fumble on the opening kickoff of the second half—making up for a defense that showed weakness against the pass. Locker tossed touchdowns of 24, 31 and 4 yards and added a 3-yard TD run of his own as Washington picked up its first victory since Nov. 17, 2007 when it beat California.Despite the offensive performance, the Huskies defense showed it still has a long way to go in defending the pass. Quarterback Nathan Enderle threw for 279 yards—part of the 349 total passing yards by the Vandals. But Idaho had to settle for three field goals on three trips inside the Washington 20 in the first half.Enderle then made his one crucial mistake on the first possession of the second half. After Washington's Curtis Shaw fumbled the second half kickoff and Idaho recovered, Enderle faced a third-and-4 at the Washington 25.Throwing toward the near sideline, Enderle's pass found the hands of linebacker Mason Foster, who returned the turnover 56 yards to the Idaho 21.Four plays later, and after Locker hit D'Andre Goodwin for 20 yards to the 1 on third down, Chris Polk plowed in for his first touchdown of the season.The Vandals ended up out-gaining Washington 412 to 374, but were hampered by eight penalties and an inability to get Washington off the field===USC===The underdog Washington Huskies upset the USC Trojans on a last second field goal for a 16-13 win. The game snapped a 7-game winning streak for the Trojans over the Huskies, the last victory coming in 2001.For USC, Aaron Corp started for the injured Matt Barkley at quarterback.storm the field in celebration after defeating the No. 3 Trojans in an upset.The Huskies became the latest Pac-10 team to upset the Trojans, only two Pacific-10 Conference teams have failed to beat USC during the Pete Carroll era: Arizona and Arizona State. Other Pac-10 teams have defeated USC at least once during this period, Oregon State did it twice, 2006 and again in 2008.===Stanford======Notre Dame===Notre Dame defeats the Washington Huskies 37–30 at Notre Dame Stadium to give Notre Dame its 4th win of the season. Notre Dame stayed alive with 3 goal line stands resulting in only 3 Washington Husky points. Golden Tate was able to scorch Washington's defense for 244 yards receiving, 31 yards rushing and one touchdown. Notre Dame finally wins in OT and extends their record to 8–0 against the Huskies.===Arizona======Arizona State===With the appearance the game would be heading into overtime, ASU quarterback Danny Sullivan threw a 50-yard touchdown pass to receiver Chris McGaha in the last five seconds of the game.===Oregon===After Erik Folk's 33-yard field goal in the first quarter for Washington, Nate Costa rushed for 3 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter to give the Ducks their first lead. Then Javes Lewis intercepted Jake Locker's pass in the end zone to give Oregon the ball back, which resulted in Jeremiah Masoli scoring from the 1-yard line for their second touchdown. With a second left, Folk kicked a 48-yard field goal to end the half, which was aided by a personal foul on Oregon.Unable to move, the Huskies turned the ball over to Oregon and the Ducks scored their third touchdown on Masoli's 3-yard run in the top of the third quarter.===UCLA===The Huskies failed to capitalize on UCLA's five turnovers and lost to the Bruins by a point at the Rose Bowl. Down by a point, Erik Folk's 38-yard field goal kick in the fourth quarter was no good. Folk kicked three field goals, two in the second quarter, and Jermaine Kearse scored two pass-touchdowns for the Huskies. Jake Locker completed 23 of 40 passes for 235 yards.Kai Forbath kicked a 27-yard field goal earlier in the final period to win the game for the Bruins. Kevin Prince completed 13 of 17 passes for 212 yards and Kevin Craft had 10 of 14 completions for 159 yards. Both gave up an interception.===Oregon State======Washington State=== ===California===Washington's upsets of #19 California becomes the eleventh FBS team since 1946 to follow a winless 2008 season with five victories.
Roster  No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr Exp Hometown/Last School 1  Chris Polk  TB  5-11  210  RS FR-RS  Redlands, Calif./East Valley  1  Talia Crichton  DE  6-3  229  FR-HS  Lakewood, Calif./Lakewood  3  Alvin Logan  LB  6-2  219  SO-1V  Aurora, Colo./Regis Jesuit  3  James Johnson  WR  6-0  193  FR-HS  Valley Center, Calif./Valley Center  4  Vonzell McDowell, Jr  CB  5-9  180  JR-2V  Kent, Wash./Rainier Beach  4  Chris Izbicki  TE  6-3  232  SO-SQ  Kirkland, Wash./Lake Washington  5  Anthony Boyles  CB  6-3  197  RS FR-RS  Compton, Calif./Junipero Serra  5  Matt Houston  LB  6-0  220  JR-1V  Goleta, Calif./Dos Pueblos  6  Desmond Trufant  CB  6-0  172  FR-HS  Tacoma, Wash./Wilson  7  Anthony Gobern  CB  5-11  183  FR-HS  Fair Oaks, Calif./Del Campo  7  Cody Bruns  WR  5-11  176  SO-1V  Prosser, Wash./Prosser  8  Ronnie Fouch  QB  6-1  198  SO-1V  Redlands, Calif./Redlands East Valley  8  Nate Williams  FS  6-0  221  JR-2V  Renton, Wash./Kennedy  9  Devin Aguilar  WR  6-0  184  SO-1V  Denver, Colo./Mullen  9  Donald Butler  LB  6-1  235  SR-3V  Sacramento, Calif./Del Campo  10  Jake Locker  QB  6-3  226  JR-1V  Ferndale, Wash./Ferndale  11  D'Andre Goodwin  WR  5-11  183  JR-2V  Pacoima, Calif./Antelope Valley  12  Luther Leonard  WR  6-2  208  RS FR-RS  Seattle, Wash./Evergreen  13  Taylor Bean  QB  6-1  193  SO-SQ  Vancouver, Wash./Skyview  13  Will Shamburger  S  6-0  188  FR-HS  Compton, Calif./St. John Bosco  14  Curtis Shaw  TB  5-10  186  SO-SQ  Stockton, Calif./Lincoln  15  Jermaine Kearse  WR  6-2  198  SO-1V  Lakewood, Wash./Lakes  16  Vince Taylor  WR  6-2  203  RS FR-RS  Issaquah, Wash./Eastside Catholic  16  Eric Guttorp  PK  5-7  168  SO-SQ  Seattle, Wash./Nathan Hale  17  Erik Folk  PK  5-11  185  SO-SQ  Woodland Hills, Calif./Notre Dame  17  Keith Price  QB  6-1  184  FR-HS  Compton, Calif./St. John Bosco  18  Marlion Barnett  TE  6-2  212  FR-HS  Corona, Calif./Santiago  20  Cole Sager  RB  5-10  196  FR-HS  Burlington, Wash./Burlington-Edison  20  Justin Glenn  S  5-11  198  RS FR-RS  Mukilteo, Wash./Kamiak  21  Jordan Wallace  LB  6-0  221  FR-HS  Sacramento, Calif./Grant  21  Willie Griffin  TB  5-8  191  SO-1V  Oakland, Calif./McClymonds  22  Demitrius Bronson  RB  5-10  206  FR-HS  Kent, Wash./Kentwood  22  E.J. Savannah  LB  6-1  228  SR-2V  Bellevue, Wash./Bellevue  23  Johri Fogerson  TB  6-1  191  SO-1V  Kent, Wash./O'Dea  24  Joshua Gage  LB  6-2  225  SR-2V  Huntington Beach, Calif./Edison  26  Jason Wells  FS  6-2  214  SR-2V  La Verne, Calif./Mt. San Antonio JC  27  Adam Long  CB  5-10  166  RS FR-RS  Los Angeles, Calif./St. Bernard  27  William Chandler  WR  6-0  180  FR-HS  Sammamish, Wash./Skyline  28  Quinton Richardson  CB  6-0  203  SO-1V  Renton, Wash./O'Dea  28  Tony Chidiac  WR  5-11  187  JR-1V  Sammamish, Wash./Skyline  29  Nate Fellner  S  6-1  198  FR-HS  Fresno, Calif./Clovis West  30  Paul Homer  FB  6-1  237  SR-3V  Omaha, Neb./Millard North  31  Cort Dennison  LB  6-1  220  SO-1V  Salt Lake City, Utah/Judge Memorial  32  Kurt Mangum  LB  6-0  241  RS FR-RS  Chandler, Ariz./Chandler  34  Tim Tucker  LB  6-1  234  FR-HS  Harbor City, Calif./Narbonne  35  Brandon Yakaboski  TB  5-11  200  SO-SQ  Duvall, Wash./Mt. Si  35  Tripper Johnson  DB  6-1  211  SR-1V  Bellevue, Wash./Newport  36  David Butler  LS  5-11  225  FR-HS  Liberty Lake, Wash./Central Valley  38  Marquis Persley  CB  6-0  188  SO-1V  Redlands, Calif./East Valley  39  Greg Walker  S  5-10  197  RS FR-RS  Bellflower, Calif./St. Bernard  40  Mason Foster  LB  6-2  244  JR-2V  Seaside, Calif./Seaside  41  Victor Aiyewa  SS  6-1  208  JR-1V  Fresno, Texas/Hightower  41  Tobias Togi  FB  5-11  239  SO-SQ  Seattle, Wash./Evergreen  42  Kimo Makaula  FB  6-2  248  FR-HS  Kailua, Hawai'i/Punahou  42  Taylor Lappano  DB  5-11  196  RS FR-1V  Sammamish, Wash./Eastlake  43  T.J. Poe  LB  6-1  225  SR-2V  Enumclaw, Wash./Enumclaw  45  Anthony Tokunaga  WR  5-11  177  FR-HS  Honolulu, Hawai'i/Kamehameha  46  Will Mahan  P  5-11  200  JR-JC  Bakersfield, Calif./Bakersfield College  47  Austin Sylvester  FB  6-1  241  JR-1V  Reno, Nev./Bishop Manogue/The Hun (N.J.)  48  Jonathan Amosa  LB  5-11  224  RS FR-RS  Seattle, Wash./Rainier Beach  49  Danny Morovick  LS  6-4  217  SR-3V  Mission Viejo, Calif./Saddleback CC  50  Kalani Aldrich  DL  6-7  250  SO-SQ  Hilo, Hawaii/Kamehameha-Hawaii  51  Mykenna Ikehara  OL  6-2  260  RS FR-RS  Mililani, Hawai'i/Kamehameha  52  Nick Wood  DT  6-3  273  SO-SQ  Poway, Calif./Poway  53  Pete Galbraith  DE  6-1  250  SO-SQ  Deming, Wash./Mount Baker  54  Brandon Huppert  LB  6-1  218  JR-SQ  Edmonds, Wash./Edmonds-Woodway  56  Reece Anderson  LB  5-11  188  FR-HS  Bellevue, Wash./Newport/Cheshire Acad. 56  Senio Kelemete  OL  6-4  281  SO-1V  Seattle, Wash./Evergreen  57  Trenton Tuiasosopo  LB  6-1  241  SR-3V  Everett, Wash./Mariner  58  Andru Pulu  DE  6-1  251  FR-HS  Federal Way, Wash./Federal Way  59  Darrion Jones  DE  6-2  256  SR-2V  Lynwood, Calif./Lynwood  60  Brendan Lopez  LS  6-0  223  SO-SQ  Bellevue, Wash./Michigan  61  Gregory Christine  C  6-2  284  JR-SQ  Camarillo, Calif./St. Bonaventure  63  Daniel Kanczugowski  DL  6-4  313  RS FR-RS  Edmonds, Wash./O'Dea  64  Travis Dupart  DL  6-2  245  SO-TR  Roswell, Ga./Valdosta State  65  Ryan Tolar  C/OG  6-5  293  JR-2V  Pasco, Wash./Pasco  66  Daniel Te'o-Nesheim  DE  6-4  263  SR-3V  Waikoloa, Hawai'i/Hawaii Prep  67  Skyler Fancher  OL  6-5  288  SO-1V  Costa Mesa, Calif./Huntington Beach  68  Mark Armelin  OT  6-5  283  SO-SQ  Canoga Park, Calif./Bishop Alemany  69  Nick Scott  OT  6-5  318  SR-SQ  St. Louis, Mo./Drake Univ. 70  Morgan Rosborough  OG  6-6  379  SR-1V  Long Beach, Calif./Jordan  71  Cody Habben  OT  6-6  295  JR-2V  Sammamish, Wash./Skyline  73  Drew Schaefer  OT  6-4  288  RS FR-RS  Sammamish, Wash./Eastlake  74  Alameda Ta'amu  DT  6-3  348  SO-1V  Kent, Wash./Rainier Beach  75  Terence Thomas  OT  6-9  290  RS FR-RS  Caldwell, Idaho/Caldwell  77  Scott Shugert  OG  6-5  304  SO-SQ  Oregon City, Ore./Oregon City  79  Craig Noble  DT  6-3  309  RS FR-RS  Los Angeles, Calif./Taft  79  Ben Ossai  OG  6-6  335  SR-3V  Bakersfield, Calif./Stockdale  80  Kavario Middleton  TE  6-5  253  SO-1V  Lakewood, Wash./Lakes  82  Jordan Polk  WR  5-7  162  SO-1V  Portland, Ore./Lincoln  85  Marek Domanski  TE  6-5  247  RS FR-RS  Seattle, Wash./Shorecrest  86  Ben Hayes  LS  6-3  209  SO-SQ  Renton, Wash./O'Dea  88  Dorson Boyce  TE  6-2  231  JR-JC  New York, N.Y./Allan Hancock College  89  Conrad Remington  DE  6-1  228  SO-SQ  Omaha, Neb./Omaha North  90  Chris Robinson  DT  6-0  250  FR-HS  Tustin, Calif./Tustin  91  Tyrone Duncan  DT  6-2  272  SO-SQ  Westlake Village, Calif./Westlake  92  Everrette Thompson  DE  6-6  262  SO-1V  Renton, Wash./Kennedy  93  Paul Dickey  P  6-1  194  SR-HS  Redmond, Wash./Lower Columbia CC  94  Kiel Rasp  P  6-3  215  SO-SQ  Seattle, Wash./Nathan Hale  95  Houston Hubert  PK  5-10  175  FR-HS  Bellevue, Wash./Bellevue  96  De'Shon Matthews  DT  6-4  261  JR-1V  Sacramento, Calif./Laguna Creek  97  Fred Wiggs  LB  6-1  225  JR-2V  Seattle, Wash./O'Dea  98  Semisi Tokolahi  DT  6-2  340  FR-HS  Hilo, Hawai'i/Hilo  99  Cameron Elisara  DT  6-3  275  JR-1V  Spokane, Wash./Ferris
Game Starters  Opponent WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB TB FB WR LSU  J. Polk  Ossai  Christine  Tolar  Kelemete  Habben  Middleton  Locker  C. Polk  Izbicki%  J. Johnson IDAHO  Aguilar  Ossai  Christine  Tolar  Kelemete  Habben  Middleton  Locker  C. Polk  Izbicki%  J. Johnson USC  Aguilar  Ossai  Christine  Tolar  Kelemete  Habben  Middleton  Locker  C. Polk  Kearse^  J. Johnson at Stanford  Kearse  Ossai  Christine  Tolar  Kelemete  Habben  Middleton  Locker  C. Polk  Izbicki%  Goodwin at Notre Dame  Kearse  Ossai  Christine  Tolar  Kelemete  Habben  Middleton  Locker  C. Polk  Goodwin^  J. Johnson ARIZONA  Aguilar  Ossai  Christine  Tolar  Kelemete  Habben  Middleton  Locker  C. Polk  Izbicki%  J. Johnson at Arizona State  Aguilar  Ossai  Wood  Tolar  Kelemete  Habben  Middleton  Locker  C. Polk  Kearse^  J. Johnson OREGON  Aguilar  Ossai  Wood  Tolar  Kelemete  Habben  Middleton  Locker  C. Polk  Izbicki%  Kearse at UCLA  Aguilar  Schaefer  Wood  Tolar  Rosborough  Habben  Middleton  Locker  C. Polk  Homer  Kearse at Oregon State  Aguilar  Schaefer  Wood  Tolar  Kelemete  Habben  Middleton  Locker  C. Polk  Homer  Kearse WASHINGTON STATE  Aguilar  Schaefer  Ossai  Tolar  Kelemete  Habben  Middleton  Locker  C. Polk  Kearse^  J. Johnson CALIFORNIA  Aguilar  Schaefer  Ossai  Ikehara  Kelemete  Habben  Bruns^  Locker  C. Polk  Homer  Kearse% - started as second tight end ^ - started as third wide receiver Opponent DE  DT  DT  DE  OLB  ILB  OLB  S  S  CB  CB LSU  Te’o-Nesheim  Ta’amu  Elisara  Jones  Savannah  Butler  Foster  Williams  Walker  McDowell  Richardson IDAHO  Te’o-Nesheim  Ta’amu  Elisara  Aldrich  Savannah  Butler  Foster  Williams  Glenn  McDowell  Richardson USC  Te’o-Nesheim  Ta’amu  Elisara  Crichton  Savannah  Butler  Foster  Williams  Glenn  McDowell  Richardson at Stanford  Te’o-Nesheim  Ta’amu  Elisara  Crichton  Savannah  Butler  Foster  Williams  Glenn  Trufant  Richardson at Notre Dame  Te’o-Nesheim  Ta’amu  Elisara  Crichton  Dennison  Butler  Foster  Williams  Glenn  Trufant  Richardson ARIZONA  Te’o-Nesheim  Ta’amu  Elisara  Jones  Savannah  Butler  Foster  Aiyewa  Fellner  Trufant  Richardson at Arizona State  Te’o-Nesheim  Ta’amu  Elisara  Jones  Savannah  Butler  Foster  Aiyewa  Williams  Trufant  Long OREGON  Te’o-Nesheim  Ta’amu  Thompson  Jones  Savannah  Butler  Foster  Williams  Fellner  Trufant  Long at UCLA  Pulu  Ta’amu  Te’o-Nesheim  Crichton  Dennison  Butler  Foster  Williams  Wells  Trufant  Long at Oregon State  Te’o-Nesheim  Ta’amu  Matthews  Jones  Dennison  Butler  Foster  Williams  Fellner  Trufant  Long WASHINGTON STATE  Te’o-Nesheim  Thompson  Elisara  Jones  Dennison  Butler  Foster  Williams  Wells  Trufant  Long CALIFORNIA  Te’o-Nesheim  Ta’amu  Thompson  Jones  Dennison  Butler  Foster  Williams  Wells  Trufant  Long
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Players in the NFL The following UW Huskies were selected in the 2010 NFL draft: '''Player'''  '''Position'''  '''Round'''  '''Pick'''  '''NFL club'''  Donald Butler LB 3  79  San Diego Chargers Daniel Te'o-Nesheim DE 3  86  Philadelphia Eagles
Award winners ===Academics===Washington placed seven players on the 2009 Pac-10 All-Academic Team*DB Victor Aiyewa, Jr. 3.36 GPA in Sociology, First Team*RB Paul Homer, Sr. 3.19 GPA in Biology, Second Team*DB Greg Walker, RFr. 3.45 GPA in Pre-Engineering, Second Team*LB Cort Dennison, So. Honorable Mention*PK Erik Folk, So. Honorable Mention*OT Cody Habben, Jr. Honorable Mention*OG Morgan Rosborough,  Sr. Honorable Mention===Athletics===Washington placed ten players on the 2009 Pac-10 All-Conference Team*WR Jermaine Kearse, So., Second Team Offense*DL Daniel Te'o-Nesheim, Sr., Second Team Defense*LB Donald Butler, Sr., Second Team Defense*WR Devin Aguilar, So. Honorable Mention*OLB Mason Foster, Jr. Honorable Mention*OG Senio Kelemete, So. Honorable Mention*QB Jake Locker, Jr. Honorable Mention*TB Chris Polk, Fr. Honorable Mention*C Ryan Tolar, Jr. Honorable Mention*CB Desmond Trufant, Fr. Honorable Mention
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