College Football
Preview
UCLA at Washington
When: 9:00 PM ET, Friday, November 15, 2024
Where: Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium, Seattle, Washington
By Field Level Media

From a white-out to a black-out.

After suffering a 35-6 loss to then-No. 6 Penn State last Saturday in the Nittany Lions' annual white-out game in University Park, Pa., Washington will return home for its own black-out night when they take on UCLA (4-5 overall, 3-4 Big Ten) on Friday in Seattle.

The usually purple-clad Huskies (5-5, 3-4) instead will don black uniforms, and fans are also encouraged to wear black.

"Some great uniforms coming out," Washington coach Jedd Fisch said. "So excited about that."

The Huskies this season have played in a black-out at Rutgers (Sept. 27), a stripe-out at Iowa (Oct. 12) and a red-out at Indiana (Oct. 26) before last Saturday's white-out.

They lost all of those games, although they are 5-0 at Husky Stadium.

Washington likely needs to defeat UCLA to become bowl eligible as its last game of the regular season is Nov. 30 at No. 1 Oregon.

The Huskies have had a short turnaround after not getting back to Seattle until 5 a.m. Sunday following their game at Penn State.

"Short week, a little bit of a cram session," Fisch said. "But as I told the staff, ‘Sleep Saturday.'"

Quarterback Will Rogers is expected to start against UCLA after getting benched at halftime last weekend for Demond Williams Jr.

"Will was a victim of circumstances, a little bit," Fisch said. "He was 10-for-13 in the first half, just we weren't able to get anything going."

The Bruins have won three in a row, including a 20-17 decision against visiting Iowa last Friday. They have games remaining against rival Southern California and Fresno State as they try to qualify for a bowl game.

The win over the Hawkeyes was UCLA's first in four tries at the Rose Bowl this season.

"I didn't want to make too big of a deal about us being back home, but we kind of treated this game like a road game," Bruins coach Deshaun Foster said. "I just think my guys, they came out and they earned the right to win. Just in how they practiced (last) week and I think as long as we continue to do that, this team can really just take off."

UCLA quarterback Ethan Garbers started his collegiate career at Washington in 2020 -- he was named the Huskies' offensive scout squad MVP -- before transferring to Westwood the next year.

--Field Level Media

Stats and Records
Team Comparison
  W‑L Strk PF PA Home Away Grass Turf Conf
UCLA 4-5 W3 18.8 26.7 1-3 3-2 1-5 0-0 3-4
Washington 5-5 L1 21.8 20.6 5-1 0-4 0-1 0-0 3-4
Last Meeting
UCLA Washington
Date Away Home Tot Rus Pas Tot Rus Pas
9/30/22 WASH 32 UCLA 40 499 184 315 410 65 345
Player Stats
Previous Matchup
Passing Player COMP % YDS TD INT
UCLA D. Thompson-Robinson 72.7 315 3 0
Washington M. Penix Jr. 68.8 345 4 2
Rushing Player CAR YDS AVG TD
UCLA Z. Charbonnet 22 124 5.6 1
Washington W. Taulapapa 10 48 4.8 0
Receiving Player REC YDS AVG TD
UCLA J. Bobo 6 142 23.7 2
Washington R. Odunze 8 116 14.5 2
Touchdowns Player TD
UCLA J. Bobo 2
Washington R. Odunze 2
Season
Passing Player COMP % YDS TD INT
UCLA E. Garbers 64.8 1907 12 11
Washington W. Rogers 71.4 2343 13 5
Rushing Player CAR YDS AVG TD
UCLA T. Harden 93 351 3.8 1
Washington J. Coleman 152 913 6.0 7
Receiving Player REC YDS AVG TD
UCLA M. Matavao 24 303 12.6 0
Washington D. Boston 55 717 13.0 9
Touchdowns Player TD
UCLA L. Loya 4
Washington D. Boston 9
Quickchart Matchup
UCLA UCLA Off vs  Washington Washington Def
UCLA 320.9 yards
Washington 312.1 yards
UCLA 3.2 yards/rush
Washington 4.5 yards/rush
UCLA 7.3 yards/attempt
Washington 5.3 yards/attempt
Washington Washington Off vs  UCLA UCLA Def
Washington 407.1 yards
UCLA 350.9 yards
Washington 4.5 yards/rush
UCLA 3.2 yards/rush
Washington 7.9 yards/attempt
UCLA 7.6 yards/attempt