Kenny Cox | Posted: 29 Sep 2018 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020

BYU at Washington Postgame Notes

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The following notes are from BYU's 35-7 loss at Washington on Saturday at Husky Stadium. 

ATTENDANCE: 70,155
TEAM FLAGS: Matt Hadley (American) Sawyer Powell (state of Washington), Zac Dawe, Jared Kapisi, Mitchell Price
ALUMNI FLAG BEARERS: Markell Staffieri (LB, 2001, 04-07), Terenn Houk (WR 2011-15), Derek Stevenson (LB 1992, 95-98)

TEAM NOTES
Series notes
Washington moved to 6-4 in the overall series and 4-1 in Husky Stadium.   

Spreading it around
BYU continued to share the football with six rushers seeing action and eight different receivers catching passes. Four receivers had multiple catches. The Cougars entered the game averaging eight rushers and nine receivers per game. 

PLAYER NOTES
Lopini Katoa
Katoa caught seven passes for 66 yards for a career high. He added 27 rushing yards and a 1-yard touchdown run. 

Tanner Mangum
Mangum was 18 of 21 for 160 yards. He now has 5,930 career passing yards, passing Gifford Nielsen (5,830) for No. 12 at BYU.

Matt Bushman
With two catches for 47 yards, Bushman (629) passed 600 career receiving yards. He caught a career-best 39-yard reception in the first half. 

Austin Lee
Lee posted seven tackles for a career high, including five solo stops. He also forced a fumble but it was recovered by Washington. 


NOTABLE CAREER HIGHS and FIRSTS
First start: Devin Kaufusi
First reception: Dax Milne (9 yards)
Longest career reception: Matt Bushman (39)
Receptions: Lopini Katoa (7)
Receiving yards: Lopini Katoa (66)
Tackles: Austin Lee (7)
Fumble recovery: Mitch Harris
Forced fumble: Austin Lee

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