2022-A Season for the Record Books

Note: UW published a 2022 Bowl Game Guide prior to the Alamo Bowl which included the Washington Record Book. I have found errors (omissions) in it (one of which I’ve already reported to UW and they acknowledged and said they will fix), but I used that as a starting point. I added the stats from the Alamo Bowl, and in some cases cfbstats.com, to come up with these records, so they may not be 100% accurate, but should be close.

Most Husky fans know that with Michael Penix Jr. as QB, UW set a number of passing records in the 2022 season. But there are also some other Husky performances this season that will be in the UW record books, including some for not-so-good reasons. Here’s a look at some of them that I’ve found in looking through the UW record books.

Team Statistics

Wins

• With the win in the Alamo Bowl, it was just the 3rd time that a UW team had 11 wins (the others were the 1984 and 2000 seasons). The most wins was 12 by the 1991 and 2016 teams. Their win percentage this season (84.6%) was the 11th highest in Husky history.

TD’s Scored

• The 65 TD’s that UW scored this season is the 2nd-most in a single season for a Husky team (behind the 77 by the 2016 team).

FG’s

• UW attempted 22 FG’s this season, tied for 10th-most in a season.
• They made 19 FG’s, which is tied for 7th-most in a season (with the 2019 team).

Points Scored

• UW scored 516 points; that is the 2nd-most for a Husky team in a season. (The most was 585 by the 2016 team which also played in one more game.)
• The 42 TD’s allowed by UW is tied for 8^th most in a season by a Husky team. (The 1949 team also allowed 42.)
• This season’s team allowed 336 points which is the 9th most allowed by a Husky team.

Penalties

• Surprisingly, UW had 89 penalties this season which is tied for 7^th most in a season (with 1971 and 1999 teams).
• The 786 penalty yards is 8^th most in Husky history in a season.

Fumbles

• This season UW had just 9 fumbles and 2 fumbles lost; both are the fewest by a Husky team in a season. (UW also tied for fewest fumbles lost in the nation this season.)
• This season UW recovered just 5 fumbles (fumbled by the opponent) which is 3^rd fewest in a season by a Husky team.

Punting

• This season’s team punted 25 times which is the second-fewest punts in a season. (The 1943 team only punted 22 times.)
• Not surprisingly, this team had the third-fewest punting yards in a season with 968.
• They are tied for the fewest punt returns (by UW) in a season with 11 and they are 7^th in fewest punt return yards with 121.
• UW had only 9 punts returned (by their opponent) this season which is tied (with the 2019 team) for fewest in a season. (Of course it helped that they didn’t punt many times.)
• Opponents averaged 43.3 yards per punt against UW this season which is the 2^nd most by an opponent. (In the 2021 season, opponents averaged 44.5 yards per punt, which was the most.)

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Offensive Statistics

First Downs

• This season’s team had 354 first downs, that is the most first downs in a season by a Husky team.
• They also have the most first downs by passing in a single season with 222.

Passing

• UW passed the ball 575 times this season; that is the 2nd most by a Husky team. (The 2002 team had 621 attempts.)
• This team completed 373 of those attempts, which is the most in a season.
• This season’s team has the most passing yards in a season with 4807.
• The 32 passing TD’s this season is the 3rd most by a Husky team. (The 2016 team had 47 and the 2011 team had 36.)
• This season’s team has the highest average passing yards per game with 369.8.
• UW’s pass completion percentage for the season was 64.4%, which is the 6th best by a Husky team.

Total Offense

• UW ran 975 offensive plays so far this season; that is the 4th most by a Husky team.
• They had 6711 yards this season which is the most by a Husky team in a season.
• This season’s team averaged 516.2 yards per game, which is the most by a Husky team in a season.

Defensive Statistics

Pass Defense

• The 26 passing TD’s allowed this season is 2^nd most all-time (the most is 27 in 2007).
• UW had 7 interceptions this season which is the 3rd fewest by a Husky team.
• And they only had 2 yards from interceptions which is lowest ever by a Husky team in a season.
• Opponents attempted 418 passes this season which is 10th most against a Husky team.
• UW allowed 263 pass completions this season which is the 8th most.
• This season’s team allowed 3269 yards passing, the 5th most by a Husky team.
• The 251.5 passing yards per game this season is the 7th most.
• Opponents completed 62.9% of their passes this season which is 7th most.

Yards (allowed by the defense)

• This season’s team allowed 4845 yards of offense, the 7th most by a Husky team.

First Downs (allowed by the defense)

• UW allowed 276 first downs this season which is 5^th most all-time.
• 145 of those first downs came from passing which is 4^th most.
• And 25 came from penalties which is 5^th most in a season by a Husky team.

Sacks (by the defense)

• UW’s defense had 37 sacks this season (which is not among the top-10 all-time) which resulted in a loss of 251 yards; that yardage lost is the 7^th most yards lost from sacks (since they started keeping track of those statistics in 1983).

Individual Statistics

Wayne Taulapapa

• Wayne averaged 6.3 yards per carry this season; that is the 3rd highest average for a season by a Husky.
• Wayne’s 57 yard run against Colorado was the longest run by a Husky since Salvon Ahmed’s 89 yard run against USC in 2019.

Cameron Davis

• Cameron had 13 rushing TD’s this season which is the 9th most in a season by a Husky.

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Michael Penix Jr.

• Michael has the most passing yards in a game by a Husky (516 vs Arizona) and the second most (485 vs WSU).
• He has the most passing yards in a season with 4641.
• In just one season, he is already 12th in career passing yards by a Husky. (He could be 4th in career passing yards with another season like this.)
• He also has the highest average passing yards per game in a season with 357.
• His average of 19.4 yards per completion against WSU is the 13th best by a Husky.
• He had 54 pass attempts in the Alamo Bowl, which was the 7th most in a game by a Husky. He also had the 10th and 11th most passing attempts in a game (53 vs Arizona State and 52 vs Oregon State).
• He has the 2nd most passing attempts in a season by a Husky with 554 (behind the 612 by Cody Pickett).
• His 42.6 pass attempts per game is 2nd most by a Husky (again behind Cody Pickett who had 47.1).
• His 36 pass completions against both California and Arizona are the most ever by a Husky in a game. He also had the 7th most with 33 against both Arizona State and UCLA.
• He had 362 pass completions this season, which is the 2nd most by a Husky QB (behind Cody Pickett who had 365).
• Michael is already 12th in career pass completions. (He could finish 4th in career pass completions with another season like this.)
• Four times this season he had 4 passing TD’s in a game; only 6 times have there been more than that in a game by a Husky QB.
• His 31 passing TD’s this season is 3rd most by a Husky QB (behind Keith Price with 33 and Jake Browning had 43).
• He’s already 12th in career passing TD’s. (He could finish 3rd in career passing TD’s with another season like this.)
• He had 13 200-yard passing games this season (all of the games) which ties Cody Pickett for the most 200-yard passing games in a season.
• His 84-yard TD pass to Jalen McMillan against Portland State is the 7th longest passing TD in Husky history.
• His 61-yard pass to Rome Odunze against Stanford is the 7th longest non-scoring pass in Husky history.
• Michael Penix Jr. had 6 passes of 50+ yards this season which is the 2nd most in a season by a Husky QB. (The most is 8 by Jake Browning in 2016.) Those 6 passes of 50+ yards also puts him 9th in career 50+ yard passes.
• He is responsible for 31 TD passes, 4 rushing TD’s, and he had two 2-point conversions this season. That gives him a total of 214 points that he is responsible for, which is the 3rd most in a season by a Husky. (Keith Price is 2nd with 214 in 2011 and Jake Browning is first with 282 in 2016.)

Jalen McMillan

• Jalen finished 4th in receptions in a season with 79, and 6th in receptions per game with 6.1. (The record book might show him tied with Jerome Pathon in 1997 who also had 6.1.)
• He is 7th in receiving yards in a season with 1098, and 8th in receiving yards per game with 84.5.
• And he is tied for 7th in receiving TD’s in a season by a Husky receiver with 9.

Rome Odunze

• Rome finished 6th in receptions in a season with 75, and 4th in receptions per game with 6.3.
• He is 5th in receiving yards in a season with 1145.
• Rome had 4 consecutive games of 100+ receiving yards, which is the longest streak by a Husky receiver.
• He had 6 games of 100+ receiving yards this season which is 2nd most behind Reggie Williams.
• His 6 100+ yard receiving games is 6th most by a Husky in a career.

Peyton Henry

• Peyton has the second-most points in a season for a kicker with 115, which is also the 6th most by any Husky in a season. (The most is 123 by Cameron Van Winkle in 2016.)
• He has the most points in a Husky career with 402 (any player, not just kickers).
• He had 4 field goals in a game 3 times (twice against Stanford and once against California); that is tied for 3rd most in a game by a Husky kicker.
• He was 19 of 22 in field goals this season for 86.4% which is the 5th highest field goal percentage by a Husky kicker in a season.
• The 19 field goals made tied him for 8th in a season (with his 2019 season and Jeff Jaeger’s 1986 season).
• He is second in career field goals made with 71 (behind Jeff Jaeger who had 85).
• His 88 career field goal attempts is the 3rd most by a Husky kicker.
• He has the 3rd most PAT’s attempted in a season with 59. (Cameron Van Winkle had 76 in 2016 and Travis Coons had 63 in 2013.)
• Peyton has the most PAT attempts for a career with 192.

There are probably some that I missed, and as I mentioned above, some of these may be off slightly.