Washington vs Arizona By-the-Numbers

The Washington football team (2-5 overall, 0-4 in the Pac-10) takes on Arizona this Saturday in a 12 noon homecoming game at Husky Stadium. The Wildcats (2-6, 1-4) come to Seattle after having hosted the Huskies the last two seasons in Tucson.

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ARIZONA VS. WASHINGTON Sat, Oct 27, 2007 12:00pm PDT TV: FSN Husky Stadium Field: FieldTurf	ARIZONA		WASHINGTON
Overall Record	2-6(.250)		2-5(.286)
Location Record	0-3(.000) on the road		1-3(.250) at home
Scoring/G: PF&PA(Rank)	25.4(70)	26.3(62)	27.0(62)	32.1(92)
Yardage/G: PF&PA(Rank)	372.5(76)	349.9(43)	338.7(95)	465.3(107)
Rushing/G: PF&PA(Rank)	83.5(112)	117.5(31)	158.7(54)	241.7(118)
Passing/G: PF&PA(Rank)	289.0(17)	232.4(50)*	180.0(100)	223.6(51)*
Turnover Margin(Rank)	-0.4(81)		-0.1(70)
AP Poll	NR		NR
Coaches Poll	NR		NR
Sagarin Rating	89(64.81)		51(74.82)
Since 1985 records as favorite & as underdog at location	22-47-1 (.321) as ROAD Underdog 24-10-2 (.694) as ROAD favorite		82-22-1 (.786) as HOME Underdog 9-14-1 (.396) as HOME favorite
Schedule/Results	2-6(.250)		2-5(.286)
	09/01/07 At BYU (L 7-20)		08/31/07 At Syracuse (W 42-12)
	09/08/07 Northern Ariz. (W 45-24)		09/08/07 Boise St. (W 24-10)
	09/15/07 New Mexico (L 27-29)		09/15/07 Ohio St. (L 14-33)
	09/22/07 At California (L 27-45)		09/22/07 At UCLA (L 31-44)
	09/29/07 Washington St. (W 48-20)		09/29/07 Southern California (L 24-27)
	10/06/07 At Oregon St. (L 16-31)		10/06/07 At BYE (NP)
	10/13/07 At Southern California (L 13-20)		10/13/07 At Arizona St. (L 20-44)
	10/20/07 Stanford (L 20-21)		10/20/07 Oregon (L 34-55)
	10/27/07 At Washington (NP)		10/27/07 Arizona (NP)
	11/03/07 UCLA (NP)		11/03/07 At Stanford (NP)
	11/10/07 BYE (NP)		11/10/07 At Oregon St. (NP)
	11/15/07 Oregon (NP)		11/17/07 California (NP)
	11/24/07 BYE (NP)		11/24/07 Washington St. (NP)
	12/01/07 At Arizona St. (NP)		12/01/07 At Hawaii (NP)
Last Meeting 2006	Washington 21 Arizona 10
* Rank shown is for pass efficiency defense. Stats appearing in BLUE are the better of the 2 teams.

Statistic	ARIZONA			WASHINGTON			Diff	Last Year
	UA	OPP	DIFF	UW	OPP	DIFF	UA-UW	UW
Pts / G	25.4	26.3	-0.9	27.0	32.1	-5.1	-1.6	21.8
Yds / G	372.5	349.9	22.6	338.7	465.3	-126.6	33.8	321.8
Rushing Yds / G	83.5	117.5	-34.0	158.7	241.7	-83.0	-75.2	127.9
Passing Yds / G	289.0	232.4	56.6	180.0	223.6	-43.6	109.0	193.8
Yds / Play	5.3	4.7	0.5	5.3	6.0	-0.7	0.0	5.0
Rushing Yds / Car	3.1	3.2	-0.1	4.6	5.5	-0.9	-1.5	3.8
Passing Yds / Att	6.5	6.1	0.4	6.0	6.7	-0.7	0.5	6.2
Passing Yds / Cmp	10.3	10.0	0.3	12.7	11.2	1.5	-2.4	13.0
Passing Cmp %	63.3	61.4	1.9	47.1	59.6	-12.4	16.1	48.0
Punt Return Avg	6.8	9.4	-2.6	12.8	6.8	6.0	-6.0	6.5
Yds / 7 Pts	102.8	93.3	-9.5	87.8	101.3	13.5	-14.9	103.2
Plays / 7 Pts	19.6	19.8	0.2	16.7	16.9	0.2	-2.8	20.7
Rushing Play %	37.6	49.0	-11.4	53.4	56.7	-3.3	-15.9	51.9
Passing Play %	62.4	51.0	11.4	46.6	43.3	3.3	15.9	48.1
Plays/Game	70.9	74.3	-3.4	64.4	77.6	-13.1	0.0	58.7
Turnovers / G	2.1	1.8	-0.4	1.9	1.7	-0.1	-0.3	1.8
Fumbles / G	1.1	0.5	-0.6	0.6	0.6	0.0	-0.6	0.5
Intercept / G	1.0	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.1	-0.1	0.3	1.3
Penalties: No/G	6.6	8.0	1.4	6.1	9.1	3.0	-0.5	5.0
Penalties: Yards/G	60.0	71.9	11.9	45.1	78.4	33.3	-14.9	42.3
A positive(+) differential (DIFF) means that a team is better than its year-to-date opponents for a given statistic while a negative(-) differential (shown in red) means that it is worse. Blue in last year's column means current year is better in given statistic.

ARIZONA
Rank	Category	Player	Value
11	Punting (Min. 3.6 Punts/Game)	Keenyn Crier	44.54
12	Field Goals	Jason Bondzio	1.75
22	Receptions Per Game	Michael Thomas	6.63
28	Total Offense	Willie Tuitama	267.13
29	Tackles	Spencer Larsen	10
40	Sacks	Lionel Dotson	0.69
51	Scoring	Jason Bondzio	8.13
55	Passing Efficiency (Min. 15 Att./Game)	Willie Tuitama	129.23
58	Rushing	Nicholas Grigsby	80.17
65	Punt Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game)	Antoine Cason	7.77
68	Interceptions	Antoine Cason	0.38
81	Receiving Yards Per Game	Michael Thomas	67.63
84	Sacks	Jason Parker	0.50
86	Tackles For Loss	Spencer Larsen	1.06
92	Tackles For Loss	Lionel Dotson	1.00
WASHINGTON
Rank	Category	Player	Value
29	Tackles	E.J. Savannah	10.00
29	All-Purpose Runners	Louis Rankin	146.29
35	Punt Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game)	Anthony Russo	10.67
41	Total Offense	Jake Locker	247.14
46	Sacks	Daniel Te'o-Nesheim	0.64
60	Sacks	Greyson Gunheim	0.57
62	Punting (Min. 3.6 Punts/Game)	Jared Ballman	40.98
63	Kickoff Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game)	Louis Rankin	23.57
67	Field Goals	Ryan Perkins	1.00
67	Code	Ryan Perkins	1.00
68	Rushing	Jake Locker	76.71
82	Tackles	Mesphin Forrester	8.43
91	Rushing	Louis Rankin	66.86
98	Passing Efficiency (Min. 15 Att./Game)	Jake Locker	106.76

Category	ARIZONA	WASHINGTON
Average height	6'1"	6'1"
Average weight	226lbs	228lbs
%Seniors(including 5th years)	19%	25%
Average Experience	2.00 yrs	2.09 yrs
%In-state	22%	45%
Top states	CA-45	WA-50
	TX-27	CA-42
	AZ-24	HI-4
Total Players	108	110
RTN Offensive Starters	8	6
RTN Defensive Starters	9	6
RTN Lettermen	44	36
Lost Lettermen	15	26