UW Comes Up Short Against WSU, 24-19

Game Recap: Football | September 14, 2024

SEATTLE (AP) – The 2024 Boeing Apple Cup came down to the final possession, but Washington fell short by a score of 24-19 Saturday at Lumen Field.

 

It is just the third time since 2008 Washington State won the Apple Cup.

 

Playing at Seattle’s Lumen Field was part of a five-year agreement to continue the rivalry despite no longer being in the same conference. Purple outnumbered crimson in the crowd.

 

Will Rogers threw for 314 yards and a touchdown for Washington (2-1) and Giles Jackson had eight catches for 162 yards, including a 31-yard TD in the first quarter. But the Huskies were forced to settle for field goals on three trips inside the Washington State 25 and that proved the difference.

 

Washington had one last chance after taking possession at its own 31 with 3:40 left and Rogers hit Jackson for 45 yards on the first play. The Huskies reached the Washington State 10 and on third-and-goal, Denzel Boston was forced out at the 1, setting up fourth-and-goal.

 

The Huskies called an option play to the short-side of the field and Jonah Coleman was stopped for a 2-yard loss. Coleman had 75 yards on 14 carries.

 

Grady Gross made all four of his field goal attempts, both new career highs. He hit from 44, 42, 24 and 43 yards.

 

 
Jackson had 101 yards in the first half, giving him his second career 100-yard game.
 
The Huskies open Big Ten play hosting Northwestern next Saturday at 4 p.m. Tickets are available.
 
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About Washington Athletics

Washington athletic teams have claimed 56 team national championships across 11 different sports, beginning with its first titles in 1923 in men’s rowing and women’s rifle, and counting its most recent national championship, also in men’s rowing (2024). Traditions of Washington Athletics include 320 Olympians and Paralympians, originating The Wave during the third quarter of a 1981 football game, the familiar Huskies nickname in 1922, and its iconic Sailgating activities and encompassing view at what is known as The Greatest Setting in college football.