A week after its season-opening loss to Auburn, No. 9 Washington bounced back with its first victory of the season Saturday, a 45-3 defeat of North Dakota before an announced crowd of 68,093 at Husky Stadium. Early impressions from the Huskies’ home opener:
‘D’ dominates
The Huskies shut out North Dakota, an FCS program, in the first half, holding the Fighting Hawks to 122 yards on 35 plays (3.5 yards per play). The Huskies aggressively came after North Dakota’s Nate Ketteringham, with Taylor Rapp twice sacking the QB on safety blitzes. The Huskies’ last shutout was against another FSC program, Sacramento State, in 2015 (Huskies won 49-0).