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4 Florida a (1) 3-0 5
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8 Auburn 3-0 12
9 Tennessee 2-1 4
10 Washington 2-1 2
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14 Virginia Tech 3-0 18
15 Washington St. 3-0 19
16 Colorado 1-1 15
17 Clemson 2-1 16
18 Kansas St. 2-0 20
19 Georgia 3-0 25
20 Stanford 2-1 21
21 Alabama 2-1 11
22 Texas A&M 2-0 -
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24 UCLA 1-2 24
25 Arizona a 2-1 14
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Matt Miller/DN
MIKE BROWN gestures to the crowd
during a timeout Saturday. Brown
and the Husker defense held UW to
43 yards rushing.
Freshman QB fills in for Huard
ByAntoneOseka
Senior Reporter
SEATTLE - The biggest college
assignment Marques Tuiasosopo had
before Saturday’s game against
Nebraska was to watch Brock Huard try
to beat Nebraska.
Neither happened.
Huard left the game with an ankk
injury in the second quarter, and fra
Comhuskers beat Washington 27-14.
However, it was the true freshman
Tuiasosopo, who had only 12 snaps in
his college career before Saturday’s
game, who led the Huskies on both
touchdown drives.
With 12:27 left in the half, and
Washington trailing 14-0, Tuiasosopo
took the reins from the injured Huard,
and didn’t look back.
Before halftime, he led the Huskies
to their first score of the day, a 12-yard
pass to tight end Cameron Cleeland
four play, 62-yard drive in 53
Washington coaches and players
were impressed with Tuiasosopo’s play.
“He did a great job,” Huard said. “A
couple ofbig plays, and I think the game
is ours.”
Huard, who injured his ankle when
tackled by NU nidi end Grant Wistrom,
coaching Tuiasosbpo
biggeitlesson Huattfgave the fresh
man, wfaolias not attetidbd an university
class, was to “flow” with the garni; and
not think too much.
But the lesson was easier said than
done.
Tuiasosopo said there wasn’t a lot of
time to think on the field.
“I just tried to keep everybody
together and execute,” he said.
That was difficult most of the day
with Nebraska controlling the line of
scrimmage. The Huskers eliminated
Washington’s running game, and forced
the Huskies to rely on the pass. UW,
which had been averaging 221 yards
rushing per game, mustered just 43
yards on the ground against NU.
Tuiasosopo did answer the chal
lenge throwing the ball. The 6-foot-1,
200-pounder from Woodinville, Wash.,
who has 13 relatives who have played
some sport for the Huskies, finished the
day completing 12 of 22 passes for 270
yards and two touchdowns.
Toiasosopo found senior split end
Jerpme'!*athon three times during his
fn&tbreb drives.
^ On his third play in the game facing
a third-down-and-9 from die Huskies’
12-yard line, Tuiasosopo hit Pathon for
a 41-yard gain to move the ball into
Nebraska territory.
On the next drive, he spotted Pathon
again, this time for 45 yards on a sec
ond-and-13 play. Pathon’s third recep
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tion from Tuiasosopo, a 36-yard strike
from the NU 48, set up the Huskies’
only score in the first half.
“He did an exceptional job, and
we’re proud of the way he played,”
Pathon said.
Pathon said despite the freshman’s
lack of game experience, he was confi
dent in the huddle leading the team.
With 6:36 left in the third quarter,
Tuiasosopo and the Huskies took the
ball from Nebraska on downs.
After a 3-yard run by sophomore
tailback Maurice Shaw, Tuiasosopo hit
Pathon on a 53-yard pass play to give
tite Huskies a first down on the NU 19
yard line. After two Tuiasosopo running
plays, he then hit Cleeland for a 15-yard
gain to the NU 1-yard line.
After a running play for a lo$s of a
yard, Tuiasosopo hit senior fullback
Mike Reed for a 2-yard touchdown pass
to close the Washington gap to seven
points. But the Huskies never got closer.
_ . Matt Miluer/DN
AHMAN GREEN challenges Washington linebackers Jeremiah Pharms (No. 4) and Lester Towns. Green carried the ball 29 thnes for 129 yards.
Matt Miller/DN
RASHAAN SHEHEE tries to go over Nebraska linebacker Jay Foreman (No.
44) and defensive tackle Jason Wlftz. Shehee, a senior tailback, found lit
tle running room Saturday, carrying 11 times for 28 yards, an average of
2.5 yards per attempt.
Scoring Summary
Team Qtr Scoring play Conversion Score
Nebraska UW
NU 1st S. Frost 30yd run K. Brown kick 14 0
UW 2nd Tuiasosopo to C. Cieeland 12-yd f>ass R. Jones kick 21 7
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NU 4th K. Brown kick 2frydFG 24 14
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No. Name Yds Any TD No. Name t Yds Avg TD
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30 Ahman Green 128 4.4 . 1 11. Marques Tuiasosopo 12 1,1 0
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No. Name No Yds TD No. Name No Yds TD
44 lanteBnwn .»M 2 3» 5t ft S 24 Jerome Patbon mm 195 ftSW,
5 Shevin Wiggins 2 24 0 1 Rashaan Shehee 4 18 0
3 Matt Davison 1 14 ft 85 CwneronCteetand \.;40SWMWf
No. Name Att Cmp Int Yds TD No. Name Att Cmp Hit Yds TD
7 Scott Frost 15 ft 0 88 ft 11 M.Tuiasosopo 22 12 0 270 0
7 Brock Huard 8 4 0 29 0
Game Stats Nebraska ew Nebraska VW
First downs g l 23 ; 44 FuTOMeshad 0 0
Rushing attempts 66 28 Interceptions made 0 0
Rushing yards 384 43 Penalties/yards 9/60 6/47
Passing attempts 15 30 Punt returns/yards 0/0 1/10
Puang completions 8 16 Kickoft returns/yards 2/39 4/99
Passing yards 88 299 Time of possession 3431 25:29
Total plays 81 58 Third-down conversion 8 2>
Total yards 472 342 Fourtti-down conversion 2 0
Average yards per play 5.8 5.ft Sacks/yards 4 2
