2019 Washington Huskies football team

2019 Washington Huskies football
2019 Washington Huskies football
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	Chris Petersen (6th season);
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
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Pac-12 Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
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
South Division
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
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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 day

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]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Media poll (North Division)
1	Oregon	190 (17)
2	Washington	189 (17)
3	Stanford	129
4	Washington State	108 (1)
5	California	81
6	Oregon State	38

Rank	Team	Votes
Media poll (Pac-12 Championship)
1	Utah	12
2	Oregon	11
3	Washington	9
4	USC	2
5	Washington State	1

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
August 31	12:00 p.m.	No. 4 (FCS) Eastern Washington*	No. 13	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	P12N	W 47–14	65,709
September 7	7:30 p.m.	California	No. 14	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FS1	L 19–20	66,327
September 14	4:30 p.m.	Hawaii*	No. 23	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	P12N	W 52–20	67,589
September 21	12:30 p.m.	at BYU*	No. 22	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ABC/ESPN2	W 45–19	62,117
September 28	12:30 p.m.	No. 21 USC	No. 17	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FOX	W 28–14	66,975
October 5	7:30 p.m.	at Stanford	No. 15	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	ESPN	L 13–23	33,225
October 12	8:00 p.m.	at Arizona		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FS1	W 51–27	47,933
October 19	12:30 p.m.	No. 12 Oregon	No. 25	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)	ABC	L 31–35	70,867
November 2	1:00 p.m.	No. 9 Utah		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FOX	L 28–33	69,270
November 8	7:30 p.m.	at Oregon State		Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FS1	W 19–7	34,244
November 23	7:00 p.m.	at Colorado		Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ESPN	L 14–20	44,618
November 29	1:00 p.m.	Washington State		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	FOX	W 31–13	70,931
December 21	4:30 p.m.	vs. No. 19 Boise State*		Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	ABC	W 38–7	34,197
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game All times are in Pacific time

Source:^[5]

Conference opponents not played this season: Arizona State, UCLA

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
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
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)