SportsDirect Inc. staff
Sep 28, 2013
No. 20 Washington 31, Arizona 13: Bishop Sankey rushed for 161 yards and a touchdown on a school-record 40 carries to help the Huskies to a Pac-12 win over the visiting Wildcats to equal their best start since 2001.
Keith Price passed for two touchdowns and guided Washington (4-0, 1-0) on two scoring drives of 90 or more yards in the third quarter. Sean Parker and Marcus Peters each had interceptions for the Huskies.
KaกฏDeem Carey rushed for 132 yards and a score on a career-best 30 attempts for Arizona (3-1, 0-1), which dug itself an 11-point deficit in the first 16 minutes and was unable to recover. B.J. Denker was 14-of-35 passing for 119 yards and the two picks.
The Huskies led 11-6 at halftime and came out strong in the third quarter with a 14-play, 95-yard drive capped by Priceกฏs 1-yard pass to Austin Seferian-Jenkins. Arizona pulled within five later in the stanza on Denkerกฏs 7-yard touchdown run but Washington answered with a 10-play, 90-yard drive with Sankey scoring from a yard out with 1:25 left in the third and put the game away with Jesse Callierกฏs 2-yard run with 3:34 remaining.
Price hit Keith Smith on a 7-yard scoring pass in the first quarter and the lead increased to 8-0 when Arizona punter Drew Riggleman was unable to catch a punt snap in pouring rain and the ball rolled out of the end zone for a safety. Travis Coons booted a 42-yard field goal 49 seconds into the second quarter and the Wildcats finally got on the board on Careyกฏs 3-yard run six seconds before halftime.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Huskies outgained the Wildcats 409-318. กญ Carey, who topped 100 yards for the seventh straight game, also caught four passes for 49 yards. กญ Former NFL standout Corey Dillon held the Washington school mark for carries, rushing 38 times against Washington State in 1996.