Washington 16-14 Utah State (Sep 12, 2026) Final Score

Team pages: Utah State · Washington

Utah State0-214

No. 19 Washington2-016Final

Sat, Sep 12 · Husky Stadium, Seattle, Wash. · Crowd 62,152BTN

No. 19 Washington beat Utah State 16-14.

We had Washington favored. It won.

Next: Utah State lost to Utah 33-0, Sat Sep 19

Next: Washington beat Eastern Washington 48-16, Sat Sep 19

Top comment in the game thread

He was just making sure they couldn't put an extra second on the clock

Q4 0:11 · r/CFB game thread · Sat, Sep 12

How it swung

The turning point: Brosterhous 21-yd pass to Starling (Q4, 0:06). Washington went from 95% to 77% to win. Fans right then: “He was just making sure they couldn't put an extra second on the clock” r/CFB game thread

Before kickoff, our ratings gave Washington a 78% chance, and the closing betting line (Washington was a 28.5-point favorite) put it at 99%.

Favored the whole way: Washington never fell below 77%.

Utah State never had better than a 23% chance.

78-yard TD pass

Utah State · Q2 11:19

FinalWashington 16-14 Utah StateWashington wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.

The two plays that swung it

1Q4 0:06Brosterhous 21-yd pass to StarlingWashington 95% → 77% (−18)
2Q4 0:03InterceptionBrosterhous intercepted by Clark at the Washington 4, returned 57 yardsWashington 89% → 100% (+11)

The two plays that swung it

1Q4 0:06Brosterhous 21-yd pass to StarlingUtah State 5% → 23% (+18)
2Q4 0:03InterceptionBrosterhous intercepted by Clark at the Washington 4, returned 57 yardsUtah State 11% → 0% (−11)

What fans said, play by play

The line in bold above each quote is written by our model from the thread’s comments and the play-by-play.

Q4 13:03Washington fans celebrate replay transparency as officials uphold incomplete pass rulingI do like the transparency of the review here, that’s neatr/CFB game thread
Q4 7:18Washington fans criticize Jedd Fisch's play-calling after Sanoe's run stalls the driveit is peak Jedd that his trick play is replacing his highly paid QB with the 5th string frosh QB to get the yards he needsr/CFB game threadGetting bullied upfront by a team that lost by two scores to an FCS team last week.r/CFB game thread
Q4 1:50Washington fans rip coach Fisch for passing instead of kneeling with 1:50 leftJedd Fisch eats crayonsr/CFB game threadI feel vindicated that I thought Fisch was a weak hire and Demond was worse than Rogersr/CFB game thread
Q4 0:11Clark intercepts Brosterhous' Hail Mary, sparking fan outrage over the decisionQuoted at the top of the page.

Washington’s chance to win after every play.

How to read this chart

Starts from the pregame line (Washington -28.5), at 98% for Washington (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. Outlined diamonds mark rare plays. Under the scores, r/CFB comments per minute from fans with a Washington or Utah State flair (645 and 48); both sides share one scale, regulation only. A gold diamond marks a play fans were reacting to.

Watch the plays

The bar and the arrow show Washington’s chance to win after each play; the logo is the team the play helped.

Every drive

Washington scored on 4 of its 12 drives; Utah State on 2 of its 12.

Washington’s drives are teal, Utah State’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.

From Utah State’s side

Utah State’s best moment: Brosterhous 21-yd pass to Starling (Q4 0:06). It lifted Utah State’s win chance by 18 points.

How Utah State fans took it: “Even if USU had won the game against Idaho, I still feel that Washington should be embarrassed” r/CFB game thread

“I don't know if I can handle watching this team for the rest of the season.”

A Washington fan

When fans got loud

Busy

Fans saved the biggest reaction for the closing minutes.

Jump to the loudest stretch

The jump was busy; the crowd was steady.

What it cost

Washington’s chance to make the playoff rose from 7% to 8%.

Make the playoff

Utah State · lost0% → 0%

Washington · won7% → ▲8%

Before the game (September 11, 2026) → after this result, in our model.

Box score

Washington 16, Utah State 14

Utah State covered +28.5 by 26.5. The total, 30, stayed under 55.5.

Team totals	Utah State	Washington
Total yards	271	356
Passing	17 of 29, 196 yds	26 of 41, 249 yds
Rushing	29 for 75 yds	33 for 107 yds
First downs	14	18
Third down	6 of 13	6 of 17
Fourth down	0 of 1	0 of 1
Turnovers	3	0
Penalties	5 for 35 yds	6 for 44 yds
Time of possession	24:55	35:05

Utah State leaders

Passing Grady Brosterhous 17 of 28, 196 yds, 2 TD, 3 INT
Rushing Grady Brosterhous 21 for 81 yds; Javen Jacobs 6 for -3 yds
Receiving Javon Robinson 3 for 100 yds, 1 TD; Eli Wood 6 for 53 yds, 1 TD

Washington leaders

Passing Demond Williams Jr. 26 of 41, 249 yds
Rushing Demond Williams Jr. 11 for 56 yds; Trevion Cooley 7 for 22 yds
Receiving Dezmen Roebuck 7 for 59 yds; Trez Davis 4 for 44 yds

No rain and calm

65° at kickoff · no rain recorded · wind 6 mph from the west-northwest, gusts to 16

September game-day temperatures at Husky Stadium

Drag along the chart, or step through the game.

Fourth quarter, 0:03 left3:52 p.m.

Utah State 14, Washington 16 · Washington 100% to win

no rain · wind 6 mph from the west · 65°

Brosterhous intercepted by Clark at the Washington 4, returned 57 yards

Measured at Seattle/boeing Fld airport, 8.3 miles away, and Renton Municipal airport, 12 miles away. Rain is NOAA's radar-and-gauge estimate at the stadium and wind is an airport reading; neither is measured on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; rain radar from NOAA MRMS, through Iowa State University. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Before kickoff

Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.

Recent games

Last three games · 2025 season

Utah State · 6-7

Rated 52nd in our preseason ratings, 56th now.

1-2 in its last three, including a 11-point win over Fresno State as a 1.5-point underdog.

L 21-34 vs Washington State #45 of 667

lost by 13 as a 1.5-point favorite

L 24-25 vs Boise StateTop 25 #52 of 667

lost by 1 as a 1.5-point underdog

W 28-17 @ Fresno State #117 of 667

won by 11 as a 1.5-point underdog

L 26-29 @ UNLV #81 of 667

lost by 3 as a 4.5-point underdog

W 51-14 vs Nevada #209 of 667

won by 37 as a 9.5-point favorite

L 14-33 @ New Mexico #107 of 667

lost by 19 as a 2.5-point underdog

W 30-25 vs San José State #110 of 667

won by 5 as a 3.5-point favorite

L 26-44 @ Hawai'i #134 of 667

lost by 18 as a 1.5-point favorite

L 35-55 @ VanderbiltTop 25 #27 of 667

lost by 20 as a 24.5-point underdog

W 48-7 vs McNeese #217 of 667

won by 41 as a 23.5-point favorite

W 49-30 vs Air Force #140 of 667

won by 19 as a 3.5-point underdog

L 22-44 @ Texas A&MTop 25 #19 of 667

lost by 22 as a 34.5-point underdog

W 28-16 vs UTEP #117 of 667

won by 12 as a 4.5-point favorite

Last three games · 2025 season

Washington · 9-4

Rated 26th in our preseason ratings, 25th now.

2-1 in its last three, one over ranked or top-40 competition.

W 38-10 vs Boise StateTop 25 #54 of 667

won by 28 as a 10-point favorite

L 14-26 vs OregonTop 25 #3 of 667

lost by 12 as a 6.5-point underdog

W 48-14 @ UCLA #85 of 667

won by 34 as a 10.5-point favorite

W 49-13 vs Purdue #110 of 667

won by 36 as a 14.5-point favorite

L 10-13 @ Wisconsin #68 of 667

lost by 3 as a 10.5-point favorite

W 42-25 vs IllinoisTop 25 #48 of 667

won by 17 as a 3.5-point favorite

L 7-24 @ MichiganTop 25 #19 of 667

lost by 17 as a 4.5-point underdog

W 38-19 vs Rutgers #62 of 667

won by 19 as a 9.5-point favorite

W 24-20 @ Maryland #55 of 667

won by 4 as a 5.5-point favorite

L 6-24 vs Ohio StateTop 25 #1 of 667

lost by 18 as a 9.5-point underdog

W 59-24 @ Washington State #138 of 667

won by 35 as a 20.5-point favorite

W 70-10 vs UC Davis #115 of 667

won by 60 as a 29.5-point favorite

W 38-21 vs Colorado State #96 of 667

won by 17 as a 22.5-point favorite

Week by week

Washington

Wk 1Wvs Washington State24-10

Utah State

Wk 1Lvs Idaho State17-29

Matchups

Biggest mismatch: Utah State’s rushing EPA against Washington, 72 points

Each row ranks the two sides among all teams. The longer the line, the bigger the mismatch.

Utah State’s EPA/play against Washington’s defense
Utah State offense, 5th percentile · Washington defense, 71st
Utah State’s rushing EPA against Washington’s defense
Utah State offense, 11th percentile · Washington defense, 83rd
Utah State’s explosive plays against Washington’s defense
Utah State offense, 95th percentile · Washington defense, 49th

Season profile, all the rows

Season profile

Utah StateWashington

EPA/play, offense

EPA/play, defense

Success rate, offense

Success rate, defense

Explosive-play rate, offense

Explosive-play rate, defense

Rush EPA, offense

Rush EPA, defense

Pass EPA, offense

Pass EPA, defense

The series

Washington leads the series 2-0

2 meetings since 1998 · Washington has won the last 2

2015Washington 31-17
1998Washington 53-12

Line, fans and home field

The betting line, and the fans

Washington fans are feeling it less than most fanbases this week (9th among FBS fanbases), and the other side is no happier.

Washington favored by 28.5 · Total 55.5

How games like this usually go

Washington by 28.5, and it went to form

Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game

The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 411 games since 2025 with a favorite of 21.5 points or more.

The market

The spread moved 4 points toward Washington.

The total fell 1 point.

The books’ cut: 3.2%, the margin built into the odds

Weather at kickoff

Mild and dry. Feels like 66° at kickoff.

Utah State at Washington · Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026 · Husky Stadium, Seattle

66°feels like at kickoff
Dryno rain at kickoff
100weather score, Ideal

At kickoff, Sept. 12, 2026.

Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better, for the first 3 hours and 20 minutes of the game. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.

Kickoff times that Saturday

Games in this time zone used 4 kickoff times that day, local time (kickoffs within 30 minutes of each other count as one). This game is ringed.

12:30 pm: 100, Ideal (this game)
4:15 pm: 100, Ideal
6 pm: 100, Ideal
7:30 pm: 100, Ideal

Weather score at each kickoff time.

Tap a dot to read that kickoff time.

At kickoff, Sept. 12, 2026. Wind is not drawn here; gusts are in each score.

Home field

Washington is worth +3.9 points (±3.4) more at home than on the road since 2018 — middle of FBS, 46th percentile.

76% at home, 54% on the road against FBS opponents (37-12 home, 20-17 away).

Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads +1.3 at home vs. away over 92 games — inside the ±5.6 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.

The visitors travel about 656 miles to get here.

No. 19 Washington beats Utah State 16-14