The 2017 season's largest margin: Washington 63, Montana 7. A 56-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Ten-Win Year
Washington's 2017 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Jake BrowningQB2,711 passing yards
- Myles Gaskin?1,380 rushing yards
- Lavon Coleman?407 rushing yards
- Salvon AhmedRB388 rushing yards
- Dante PettisWR761 receiving yards
- Hunter BryantTE331 receiving yards
- Aaron FullerWR291 receiving yards
- Ben Burr-KirvenLB84 tackles
- Keishawn BierriaLB60 tackles
- Taylor RappDB59 tackles
- Ryan BowmanLB5.5 sacks
- Tevis BartlettLB4 sacks
- Jaylen JohnsonDL3.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Washington 22, Stanford 30. A 8-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Washington fell to Penn State 28-35 in the postseason.
"Go Dawgs. Purple reigns."
2017 is a middle chapter for Washington — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.