Live updates: Washington State battles Washington for 116th Apple Cup
Fourth quarter
12:26 – WSU 24, UW 19: Cougars get one 3rd down conversion, but not two in a row and are forced to punt. The Huskies start at their 22.
Third quarter
0:00 – WSU 24, UW 19: Gross converts from 43 yards, his fourth field goal of the game. Huskies go 50 yards in 12 plays, but the Cougars defense comes up with another big stop. Onto the fourth quarter.
5:54 – WSU 24, UW 16: Mateer hits Meredith for a 16-yard touchdown to extend WSU’s lead. Meredith is WSU’s leading receiver with six catches for 90 yards.
Cougars got bailed out on a defensive holding penalty after a sack on 3rd-and-18. They then took advantage with a 37-yard run from Parker to spark the 77-yard drive.
9:47 – WSU 17, UW 16: Cougars defense steps up in the redzone, Gross hits a 24-yarder his third field goal of the game.
Huskies go 67 yards in 11 plays, hurt by penalties on the drive.
13:38 – WSU 17, UW 13: Huskies first play is another fumbled snap, followed later by a false start, but the Huskies still move the chains. Now at the UW 36.
Halftime
Washington State has a 17-13 lead on Washington at halftime thanks to excellent play from quarterback John Mateer and some timely stops from the Cougars defense.
Mateer has completed 12 of 24 attempts for 182 yards and has two rushing touchdowns for 23 and 25 yards, the second coming right before half.
Not much separating the two teams, though. WSU has an edge on total yards 257-231 and time of possession 16:07-13:53. Cougars could be up a touchdown if not for a missed 26-yard field goal.
Washington will receive the second half kickoff.
Second quarter
0:21 – WSU 17, UW 13: Mateer takes a designed run on 3rd-and-20 for a 25-yard touchdown to give the Cougars the lead before halftime. Huge play by the Coug QB, who has seven carries for 42 yards and 2 TDs. He’s also 12 of 24 for 182 yards passing.
2:02 – UW 13, WSU 10: Cougars defense gets a stop and WSU takes over at its 9 with three timeouts and the 2-minute warning left.
4:36 – UW 13, WSU 10: Janikowski shanks a 26-yarder and the Cougars drive comes up empty after driving deep into UW territory. Mateer had three straight incompletions inside the UW 10.
Huskies gave up multiple penalties on the drive. They have five for 65 yards so far.
9:10 – UW 13, WSU 10: Gross hits a 42-yarder to give the Huskies the lead. UW drive stalls after going 56 yards, mainly on another deep pass over the top of the WSU defense from Rogers to Jackson.
12:29 – WSU 10, UW 10: Janikowski’s punt goes into the endzone and UW takes over on its 25. WSU’s usual punter is out for the third consecutive week; reason unknown.
Pressure got to the Cougars on third down, bringing in extra rushers up the middle and doing a good job of keeping Mateer contained. Cougs got a big play in the run game early in the drive with a 22-yard reverse to Hutson.
14:56 – WSU 10, UW 10: Gross hits a 44-yarder to tie the score. Rogers fumbles a bad snap on third down to stall the drive. Huskies LT Faasolo goes out on the play.
Rogers is 8 of 11 for 112 yards. Huskies just have four carries for 10 yards, haven’t been able to get Coleman going (one carry, 0 yards), who was their offensive leader the first two weeks.
First quarter
4:16 – WSU 10, UW 7: Mateer moves the Cougs right down the field for a touchdown, as he scrambles in 23 yards for the score. WSU QB looking really good early, especially maneuvering in the pocket. He has completed 8 of 12 passes for 95 yards.
7:16 – UW 7, WSU 3: Here come the Huskies. Rogers airs it out for a 31-yard touchdown to Jackson over the top of the WSU defense. Huskies go 75 yards in four plays, all in the pass game with a sequence of screen-jet sweep and two throws over the middle.
8:58 – WSU 3, UW 0: Janikowski hits a 44-yarder to get WSU on the board. Nothing doing for Mateer on that possession, one short completion and then two incompletions.
9:49 – WSU 0, UW 0: Cougs defense steps up and forces a 3-and-out. WSU starts at the UW 29 after a 33-yard return from Freeman. Pretty clear late hit out of bounds on the return goes uncalled. WSU with a good start to this one, aside from being stopped on fourth down.
11:26 – WSU 0, UW 0: Cougars come up with nothing after an impressive opening drive from Mateer. Huskies force a turnover on downs after tackling Parker behind the line at the UW 10.
WSU didn’t have trouble moving the ball though. Mateer is 4 of 6 for 62 yards.
15:00 – WSU 0, UW 0: Huskies win the toss and defer to the second half. Cougars will start with the ball. Game time temp of 63 degrees with 8 mph winds.
Pregame
The year of change in college football has brought forth the feeling of another unusual Saturday.
Today even more for fans of Washington State and Washington, as the Cougars and Huskies are set to kickoff the 116th Apple Cup as nonconference opponents in the third week of the season. The game begins at 12:30 p.m. and will stream exclusively on Peacock.
Follow this thread throughout the game for live updates and highlights.
Series history
The Huskies hold a 76-33-6 all-time lead in the series dating back to 1900. Washington has won the last two meetings since the Cougars won 40-13 in 2021, their largest margin of victory over the Huskies. That was WSU’s first win in the series since 2012.
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