SEATTLE (AP) -San Diego State traveled to Washington for their season opener and was unable to pick up a win, losing 21-12 to the Huskies. Safety Will Shamburger returned a fumble 44 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter, Keith Price threw for 222 yards and a TD to Kasen Williams, and Washington raced to an early lead then held on for a 21-12 win over San Diego State on Saturday night. The Huskies revamped, new look defense under new coordinator Justin Wilcox more than held their own against the Aztecs and took the first step in erasing the embarrassing memories of last year's 67 points allowed to Baylor in last December's Alamo Bowl. Washington forced three turnovers, sacked Aztecs quarterback Ryan Katz four times and picked up its first defensive touchdown since November 2010 on Shamburger's scoop-and-score early in the third quarter.
| | QUICK STATS | SDSU | UW | | First Downs | 16 | 22 | | Total Yards | 327 | 328 | | Passing Yards | 128 | 222 | | Rushing Yards | 199 | 106 | | Number of Plays | 59 | 66 | | Penalties-Yards | 4-40 | 4-46 | | 3rd Down Conversions | 6-13 | 9-15 | | 4th Down Conversions | 2-3 | 0-0 | | Kick Return Yards | 110 | 47 | | Punt Return Yards | 0 | 0 | | Punts-Average | 3-42,3 | 5-37.2 | | Turnovers | 3 | 1 | | Time of Possession | 28:57 | 31:03 |
| STATISTICAL LEADERS | | Passing | C-Att | Yds | TD | Int | | SDSU - Ryan Katz | 10-19 | 128 | 1 | 1 | | UW - Keith Price | 25-35 | 222 | 1 | 0 | | Rushing | Car | Yds | TD | Long | | SDSU - Walter Kazee | 9 | 86 | 0 | 9.6 | | SDSU - Ryan Katz | 16 | 77 | 0 | 4.8 | | UW - Bishop Sankey | 22 | 66 | 1 | 3.0 | | Receiving | Red | Yds | TD | Long | | SDSU - Colin Lockett | 4 | 48 | 0 | 32 | | UW - Steferian Jenkins | 9 | 82 | 0 | 20 |
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