Washington Huskies Offense Shows Out in 48-16 Win Against Eastern Washington Eagles

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SEATTLE — The Washington Huskies offense did exactly what it was supposed to do against the Football Championship Subdivision's (FCS) Eastern Washington Eagles on Saturday at Husky Stadium and prevailed 48-16.

Saturday's contest against the Eagles closed out the nonconference slate for the Huskies. UW will go into Big Ten play 3-0.

Washington put up a season-high in yards (548) and was able to have more efficient drives on offense compared to the first two games of the year.

The Huskies put up 14 points in the first 15 minutes compared to Eastern Washington's three.

Washington's first drive of the game ended with a 15-yard touchdown pass from third-year quarterback Demond Williams Jr. to second-year wide receiver Chris Lawson with 10 minutes, 50 seconds to go in the first quarter.

The Eagles' first drive of the game, which started at its own 35 due to a kickoff that went out of bounds, ended in a 20-yard field goal for the visitors with 5:56 left in the opening frame.

The Huskies scored again before the period ended with a five-yard touchdown pass from Demond Williams to fourth-year wide receiver Rashid Williams. That pass made it 14-3 with 45 seconds left in the game.

The pass-catching Williams finished the day with six receptions for 86 yards and two touchdowns.

The only touchdown for Eastern Washington came with 13:47 left in the second quarter on a 14-yard keeper from Eagles quarterback Nate Bell.

EWU's scoring drive was extended by two pass interference calls against Washington's defense, one on third-year cornerback Rahshawn Clark and another on true freshman corner Jeron Jones.

The Huskies defense was unusually undisciplined in Saturday's game. The team committed eight penalties for 101 yards and the first six were against the defense. Two of them, an unnecessary roughness against fourth-year edge rusher Jacob Lane and a targeting called on fourth-year linebacker Xe'ree Alexander, happened on the same play in the third quarter and led to both players' ejections.

"Defensively, very disappointed in the penalties," UW head coach Jedd Fisch said in a postgame news conference Saturday. "That is not OK to have 100 yards in penalties. Multiple drives were kept alive because of penalties. We're too talented on defense to let our emotions get the best of us."

After Bell's touchdown, UW rattled off 17 unanswered points to go into halftime with a 31-10 lead.

First-year wide receiver Jordan Clay scored his first career touchdown — three-yard reception on a back-shoulder fade — with 7:47 left in the first half.

"(Clay's) awesome," Rashid Williams said after the game. "We always work back-shoulder, sky balls and stuff like that. Over the top. Every scenario we can and he executed it perfectly."

Rashid Williams' second touchdown of the day was an 18-yard one-handed grab that bolstered Washington's lead to 28-10 with 3:30 left in the first half.

Fourth-year kicker Tyler Robles connected on a 25-yard field goal try with eight seconds left that sent UW into halftime with the three-touchdown lead.

The Eagles' final six points of the game both came on field goals — a 37-yard field goal with 10:44 left in the third quarter and a 43-yarder with 13:07 left in the fourth.

In between and around those two Eastern Washington field goals, the Huskies put up 17 more points in the second half.

First-year running back Ansu Sanoe had his second 1-yard touchdown run in as many games with 3:08 left in the third (UW's first points in the third quarter of the season), which made it 38-13 Washington.

Robles hit a 32-yard field goal with 5:51 left in the game to make it 41-16. First-year wide receiver Trez Davis joined his fellow freshman Clay in scoring his first career touchdown after he took a front-toss on a jet sweep four yards to the house with 1:10 remaining in regulation.

"Really glad we got a bunch of the young guys touchdowns," Fisch said. "Nobody's built like our team right now and it's pretty cool when you see Trez Davis get his first touchdown, Jordan Clay get a touchdown."

Second-year tight end Baron Naone finished the game with two receptions for 103 yards, including a 75-yarder that set up Sanoe's touchdown. Second-year wide receiver Dezmen Roebuck finished with a game-high nine catches and 121 yards and first-year running back Brian Bonner carried the ball six times for 81 yards.

Demond Williams finished his game 27-for-33 for 373 yards, four touchdowns and an interception and added another 33 yards on the ground on seven carries.

The Huskies will now look towards their Big Ten slate, which will begin against the Minnesota Golden Gophers at 8 p.m. PT on Sept. 26 at Husky Stadium.

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