I, for one, greatly appreciate when the Washington Huskies are able to absolutely punish their opponents in a straightforward beatdown. And when the Washington Huskies and the Washington State Cougars met up for the Apple Cup back in 2009, that’s exactly what happened.
The Huskies managed to get a solid, dominant win over Washington State and it was really because of strong performances on both sides of the ball.
There was a complete and total defensive effort from UW that held the Cougars to a grand total of 163 yards of offense. Meanwhile, Washington managed to rack up 461 total yards of offense. When comparing things, it’s pretty easy to see that UW was a significantly better team than what Washington State was able to field during this matchup.
And this wasn’t a particularly great year for the Huskies. I mean, UW didn’t make it to a bowl game. The Huskies weren’t able to get above .500 on the season. And still, UW punished the Cougars with a 30-pound beating at the end of the season.
Exploring the most dominant wins in Washington Husky football history since 2000: Beating Washington State by 30 points in 2009 is fun, if you ask me
Here’s a few things to know about this game (and this underwhelming UW football season)
- Score: Washington Huskies 30 vs. Washington State Cougars 0
- Margin of victory: 30 points
- Coaches: Steve Sarkisian vs. Paul Wulff
- Washington's leading passer: Jake Locker (16-28, 196 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, 120.6 rating)
- Washington's leading rusher: Chris Polk (25 carries, 130 yards, 5.2 avg, 1 TD)
- Washington's final record: 5-7
- Washington's bowl destination: None (not bowl eligible, which stinks)
Why was Washington able to beat the Cougars by 30 points in 2009?
Washington State was just such a bad team 16 years ago. Just flat out miserable to watch. I mean, we’re talking about a team that managed to go 1-11 on the season. So, UW getting to five wins makes it clear that the Huskies were considerably better pretty much all around.
UW had 23 first downs while Washington State could only get 11. Chris Polk was incredible, running for 130 yards on 25 carries. And of course, UW’s defense pitched a shutout. It just was an incredibly lopsided and fun game for UW football fans.