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Washington Huskies

Big TenSeattle, WAHusky Stadium

2026: 4–⁠3 (1–⁠3 Big Ten). Last: won at Purdue 38–⁠26. Next: at Nebraska, Saturday, Oct 31.

  1. W 24–⁠10Washington State
  2. W 16–⁠14Utah State
  3. W 48–⁠16Eastern Washington
  4. L 24–⁠27Minnesota
  5. L 21–⁠25at No. 18 USC
  6. L 24–⁠41No. 20 Iowa
  7. W 38–⁠26at Purdue
  8. Oct 31at Nebraska
  9. Nov 7Penn State
  10. Nov 14at Michigan State
  11. Nov 21Indiana
  12. Nov 28at Oregon
  • Live mascot: Dubs

Washington has played football since 1889 and is 690–⁠453–⁠32 in the 1,175 games on record here, which start in 1915. Washington claims two national championships (1960, 1991). Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 2, in 2023. They have won 14 Pac-12 Conference titles (the last in 2023) and four Pacific Coast Conference titles, counting shared titles. Since 1937, the NFL Draft has taken 210 players from here in its first seven rounds, 31 of them in the first round. The AFL draft also took three players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 12 players and 5 coaches from Washington. Don James (1975–⁠1992) won more games here than any other coach: 150. The most-played rival is Oregon: 118 meetings, Washington leads 63–⁠50–⁠5. This season, under Jedd Fisch, they’re 4–⁠3.

Husky Stadium in Seattle
Husky StadiumPhoto: Atomic Taco, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On this date in 2019No. 25 Washington lost to No. 12 Oregon 35–⁠31 at home.

Résumé

All-time record
792–⁠470–⁠50 official; 690–⁠453–⁠32 on file; how we count
Postseason
21–⁠22 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
15 of 453 ranked
Elo now
1595 33rd of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 42 · Composite No. 66 in FBS, Oct 17; up 6 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
1991 rated 1837
Conference titles
18 last in 2023
Bowl record
22–⁠22–⁠1 official, bowls only
Seasons
112 since 1915, 1,175 games

Identity

Fight song
Bow Down to Washington
Student section
Dawg Pack
Apparel
Adidas
Band
Husky Marching Band since 1929, 280 members

2026 season 4–⁠3

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsWashington StateW 24–⁠1068%
Sep 12vsUtah StateW 16–⁠1482%
Sep 19vsEastern WashingtonW 48–⁠1692%
Sep 26vsMinnesotaL 24–⁠2772%
Oct 3at18USCL 21–⁠2540%
Oct 9vs20IowaL 24–⁠4153%
Oct 16atPurdueW 38–⁠2659%
Oct 31atNebraskaPreview42%
Nov 7vsPenn StatePreview60%
Nov 14atMichigan StatePreview66%
Nov 21vsIndianaPreview32%
Nov 28atOregonPreview28%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Washington’s Elo through 2026: 1614 going into the opener, 1595 after the latest game; AP rank from No. 17 to unranked.1575160016251650Elo 1614 going in; beat Washington State 24–10; AP No. 17Elo 1631 going in; beat Utah State 16–14; AP No. 19Elo 1634 going in; beat Eastern Washington 48–16Elo 1639 going in; lost to Minnesota 27–24Elo 1618 going in; lost to USC 25–21Elo 1605 going in; lost to Iowa 41–24Elo 1574 going in; beat Purdue 38–26Now: Elo 1595 after the latest game1595
1719······
Washington StateUtah StateEastern WashingtonMinnesotaUSCIowaPurdueNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses. Numbers under the line: the AP rank going into each game, and in the newest poll (a dot: unranked).

Future schedule

2027–⁠33
202711 games: 7 home, 4 away
202810 games: 5 home, 5 away
20292 games: 2 home, non-conference only
20302 games: 2 home, non-conference only
20331 game: 1 home, non-conference only

Washington’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of September 23, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Players

The 2026 rosterRecord bookThe money

On the 2026 team

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Washington.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Mascot
Harry the Husky · Official source
Live mascot
Dubs (Alaskan Malamute) · Official source
Student section
Dawg Pack · Official source
Athletic director
Patrick Chun · Official source
Defensive coordinator
Ryan Walters · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Adidas.

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026. Our own research hasn’t confirmed the outfitter yet.

Program strength since 1915

Best seasons ever
Washington end-of-season Elo from 1915 to 2026, best in 1991 at 1837.13001500170019001920194019601980200020201991 peak: Elo 1837
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

On Bluesky

From reporters and writers who cover college football, linked to their posts on Bluesky.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Podcasts

Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Jedd Fisch2024–⁠202619–⁠14
Kalen DeBoer2022–⁠202325–⁠3
Bob Gregory20210–⁠3
Jimmy Lake2020–⁠20217–⁠6
Chris Petersen2014–⁠201955–⁠26
Marques Tuiasosopo20131–⁠0
Steve Sarkisian2009–⁠201334–⁠29
Tyrone Willingham2005–⁠200811–⁠37
Keith Gilbertson2003–⁠20047–⁠16
Rick Neuheisel1999–⁠200233–⁠16
Jim Lambright1993–⁠199844–⁠25–⁠1
Don James1975–⁠1992150–⁠60–⁠2
Jim Owens1957–⁠197499–⁠82–⁠6
Darrell Royal19565–⁠5
John Cherberg1953–⁠195510–⁠18–⁠2
Howard Odell1948–⁠195223–⁠25–⁠2
Ralph Welch1942–⁠194724–⁠20–⁠3
James Phelan1930–⁠194165–⁠37–⁠8
Enoch Bagshaw1921–⁠192963–⁠22–⁠6
Stub Allison19201–⁠5
Claude Hunt1917–⁠19196–⁠3–⁠1
Anthony Savage19181–⁠1
Gilmour Dobie1915–⁠19167–⁠0–⁠1

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesWASH record
Oregon11863–⁠50–⁠5 ‡
Washington State11878–⁠34–⁠6 ‡
California9955–⁠41–⁠3
Oregon State9561–⁠32–⁠2
Stanford9346–⁠43–⁠4
USC8932–⁠52–⁠4 †
UCLA7834–⁠42–⁠2
Arizona State3917–⁠19 †

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.

Rivals the program names: Washington State, Oregon.

The trophy it holds: Apple Cup Trophy (Washington State, since 2025). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.

Every opponent (111)

Every program Washington has played, A to Z, with Washington’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

18, counting shared titles
Pac-12 Conference 14
1959 (shared), 1960, 1963, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1990, 1991, 1992 (shared), 1995 (shared), 2000 (shared), 2016, 2018, 2023
Pacific Coast Conference 4
1916, 1919, 1925, 1936
Pac-12 North 4
2016, 2017 (tied), 2018 (tied), 2020 (tied)

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1889–⁠1907
  2. Northwest (historical) 1908–⁠1915
  3. Pacific Coast Conference 1916–⁠1958
  4. AAWU 1959–⁠1967
  5. Pac-8 1968–⁠1977
  6. Pac-10 1978–⁠2010
  7. Pac-12 2011–⁠2023
  8. Big Ten since 2024
  • 1959Joined the AAWU from the Pacific Coast Conference. Source
  • 2024Joined the Big Ten from the Pac-12, announced August 4, 2023. Source

Washington’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

National award winners

All awards
2023Michael Penix Jr. QBMaxwell
2023Kalen DeBoer coachEddie Robinson, Walter Camp Coach
2014Shaq Thompson RB/LB/SHornung
2013Austin Seferian-Jenkins TEMackey
1991Steve Emtman DTOutland, Lombardi
1991Don James coachEddie Robinson, Bear Bryant Award
1990Greg Lewis RBDoak Walker

Consensus All-Americans 24

2023Rome Odunze WR
2017Dante Pettis APB
2016Budda Baker DB
2014Hau’oli Kikaha LB
2002Reggie Williams WR
1997Olin Kreutz C
1996Benji Olson OL
1995Lawyer Milloy DB
1992Lincoln Kennedy OT
1991Mario Bailey WR
1991Steve Emtman DT
1986Jeff Jaeger K
1986Reggie Rogers DE
1984Ron Holmes DE
1982Chuck Nelson K
1968Al Worley DB
1966Tom Greenlee DT
1964Rick Redman OG/LB
1963Rick Redman OG/LB
1941Ray Frankowski OG
1940Rudy Mucha C
1936Max Starcevich OG
1928Chuck Carroll RB
1925Wildcat Wilson RB

Led the nation 7

2023Michael Penix Jr. passing yards (4,904 yds)
2023Rome Odunze receiving yards (1,640 yds)
2022Michael Penix Jr. total offense per game (364.1)
2017Dante Pettis punt return average (20.4)
1996Corey Dillon rushing touchdowns (22 TD), points (138 pts), points per game (12.6)
1971Tom Scott yards per catch (23.4)
1950Don Heinrich passing yards (1,846 yds)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

Heisman runners-up and finalists

The votes
2023Michael Penix Jr. QB2nd
1991Steve Emtman DT4th

Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
12
Coaches
5
2026Chris Petersen coach here, 2014–⁠2019
2026Olin Kreutz C
2015Lincoln Kennedy OT
2006Steve Emtman DT
1998Don James coach here, 1975–⁠1992
1995Rick Redman OG/LB
1990Max Starcevich OG
1989Bob Schloredt QB/DB
1987Don Heinrich QB
1983Darrell Royal coach here, 1956
1981Hugh McElhenny RB
1976Vic Markov OT
1973James Phelan coach here, 1930–⁠1941
1967Paul Schwegler OT
1964Chuck Carroll RB
1951George Wilson RB
1951Gil Dobie coach, career 1906–⁠1938

In the draft

By college
NFL picks, rounds 1–⁠7
210 since 1937
First-round picks
31
AFL picks
3 1961–⁠63
2024Michael Penix Jr. QBNo. 8, Atlanta Falcons
2024Rome Odunze WRNo. 9, Chicago Bears
2024Troy Fautanu OGNo. 20, Pittsburgh Steelers
2022Trent McDuffie CBNo. 21, Kansas City Chiefs
2021Joe Tryon OLBNo. 32, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2019Kaleb McGary OTNo. 31, Atlanta Falcons
2018Vita Vea DTNo. 12, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2017John Ross WRNo. 9, Cincinnati Bengals

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Enrollment
56,997 40,684 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Seattle, Washington
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1861
Graduates’ median earnings
$78,466 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @UW_FootballInstagram @uw_footballFacebook UWHuskyFootball
Athletics department
X @UWAthleticsInstagram @uwathleticsYouTube UW_AthleticsFacebook WashingtonHuskies

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones gohuskies.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

On the newsreel

And 28 more

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

Season by season

National champions

Shaded: national title seasons, No. 1 in the final AP poll or claimed by Washington (2 claimed).

SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20264–⁠31–⁠317Jedd Fisch15957.1
20259–⁠45–⁠4Jedd Fisch167118.4
20246–⁠74–⁠5Jedd Fisch16193.1
202314–⁠19–⁠0102Kalen DeBoer177916.4
202211–⁠27–⁠28Kalen DeBoer165715.7
20214–⁠83–⁠620Jimmy Lake, Bob Gregory1466-0.7
20203–⁠13–⁠1Jimmy Lake162611.7
20198–⁠54–⁠513Chris Petersen170318.3
201810–⁠47–⁠2613Chris Petersen172819.9
201710–⁠37–⁠2816Chris Petersen172122.1
201612–⁠28–⁠1144Chris Petersen176926.7
20157–⁠64–⁠5Chris Petersen16229.7
20148–⁠64–⁠525Chris Petersen15857.8
20139–⁠45–⁠425Steve Sarkisian, Marques Tuiasosopo166020.5
20127–⁠65–⁠4Steve Sarkisian15506.1
20117–⁠65–⁠4Steve Sarkisian15233.9
20107–⁠65–⁠4Steve Sarkisian15283.2
20095–⁠74–⁠5Steve Sarkisian1443-0.2
20080–⁠120–⁠9Tyrone Willingham1287-21.3
20074–⁠92–⁠7Tyrone Willingham14555.2
20065–⁠73–⁠6Tyrone Willingham14130.3
20052–⁠91–⁠7Tyrone Willingham13791.9
20041–⁠100–⁠8Keith Gilbertson1357-10.0
20036–⁠64–⁠417Keith Gilbertson15493.2
20027–⁠64–⁠49Rick Neuheisel158912.4
Every season back to 1915 (87 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20018–⁠46–⁠21519Rick Neuheisel163211.6
200011–⁠17–⁠1133Rick Neuheisel171021.7
19997–⁠56–⁠2Rick Neuheisel159311.6
19986–⁠64–⁠418Jim Lambright15837.5
19978–⁠45–⁠3418Jim Lambright168727.3
19969–⁠37–⁠116Jim Lambright167424.1
19957–⁠4–⁠16–⁠1–⁠124Jim Lambright161213.0
19947–⁠44–⁠423Jim Lambright159512.4
19937–⁠45–⁠312Jim Lambright162915.2
19929–⁠36–⁠2211Don James170525.3
199112–⁠08–⁠042Don James183736.2
199010–⁠27–⁠1205Don James174828.7
19898–⁠45–⁠323Don James165620.5
19886–⁠53–⁠5Don James159512.0
19877–⁠4–⁠14–⁠3–⁠113Don James16048.8
19868–⁠3–⁠15–⁠2–⁠11618Don James165823.5
19857–⁠55–⁠312Don James16347.6
198411–⁠16–⁠1182Don James172323.0
19838–⁠45–⁠218Don James16166.6
198210–⁠26–⁠227Don James167117.8
198110–⁠26–⁠21510Don James168413.0
19809–⁠36–⁠12016Don James165513.2
19799–⁠35–⁠21511Don James167220.2
19787–⁠46–⁠211Don James165120.4
19778–⁠46–⁠110Don James166720.7
19765–⁠63–⁠4Don James14871.4
19756–⁠55–⁠2Don James148911.0
19745–⁠63–⁠4Jim Owens14511.2
19732–⁠90–⁠7Jim Owens1378-19.1
19728–⁠34–⁠39Jim Owens15959.0
19718–⁠34–⁠319Jim Owens162913.8
19706–⁠44–⁠3Jim Owens154219.1
19691–⁠91–⁠6Jim Owens1366
19683–⁠5–⁠21–⁠5–⁠1Jim Owens1456
19675–⁠53–⁠4Jim Owens1538
19666–⁠44–⁠3Jim Owens1587
19655–⁠54–⁠3Jim Owens1581
19646–⁠45–⁠27Jim Owens1589
19636–⁠54–⁠110Jim Owens1585
19627–⁠1–⁠24–⁠110Jim Owens1638
19615–⁠4–⁠12–⁠1–⁠1Jim Owens1617
196010–⁠14–⁠036Jim Owens1714
195910–⁠13–⁠18Jim Owens1657
19583–⁠71–⁠6Jim Owens1412
19573–⁠6–⁠13–⁠4Jim Owens1460
19565–⁠54–⁠4Darrell Royal1529
19555–⁠4–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1John Cherberg1479
19542–⁠81–⁠6John Cherberg1372
19533–⁠6–⁠12–⁠4–⁠1John Cherberg1491
19527–⁠36–⁠2Howard Odell1600
19513–⁠6–⁠11–⁠5–⁠18Howard Odell1492
19508–⁠26–⁠111Howard Odell1616
19493–⁠72–⁠5Howard Odell1393
19482–⁠7–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1Howard Odell1414
19473–⁠62–⁠5Ralph Welch1478
19465–⁠45–⁠3Ralph Welch1518
19456–⁠36–⁠3Ralph Welch1533
19445–⁠31–⁠1Ralph Welch1465
19431–⁠112Ralph Welch1508
19424–⁠3–⁠33–⁠3–⁠2Ralph Welch1519
19415–⁠45–⁠3James Phelan1582
19407–⁠27–⁠11610James Phelan1624
19394–⁠54–⁠4James Phelan1504
19383–⁠5–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1James Phelan1525
19377–⁠2–⁠24–⁠2–⁠2James Phelan1637
19367–⁠2–⁠17–⁠0–⁠185James Phelan1655
19355–⁠34–⁠3James Phelan1602
19346–⁠1–⁠15–⁠1–⁠1James Phelan1610
19335–⁠43–⁠4James Phelan1540
19326–⁠2–⁠23–⁠2–⁠2James Phelan1584
19315–⁠3–⁠13–⁠3–⁠1James Phelan1512
19305–⁠43–⁠4James Phelan1482
19292–⁠6–⁠10–⁠5–⁠1Enoch Bagshaw1413
19287–⁠42–⁠4Enoch Bagshaw1506
19279–⁠24–⁠2Enoch Bagshaw1623
19268–⁠23–⁠2Enoch Bagshaw1630
192510–⁠1–⁠15–⁠0Enoch Bagshaw1673
19248–⁠1–⁠13–⁠1–⁠1Enoch Bagshaw1608
192310–⁠1–⁠14–⁠1Enoch Bagshaw1606
19226–⁠1–⁠14–⁠1–⁠1Enoch Bagshaw1510
19213–⁠4–⁠10–⁠3–⁠1Enoch Bagshaw1409
19201–⁠50–⁠3Stub Allison1417
19195–⁠12–⁠1Claude Hunt1534
1918few games on file1–⁠11–⁠1Anthony Savage1489
1917few games on file1–⁠2–⁠10–⁠2–⁠1Claude Hunt1493
19166–⁠0–⁠13–⁠0–⁠1Gilmour Dobie1592
1915few games on file1–⁠0Gilmour Dobie1526

Officially 792–⁠470–⁠50 since 1889 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 690–⁠453–⁠32 (1,175 of its 1,312 games are on file). Our file starts in 1915; the program began in 1889. Some games are missing from our source.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.