Huskies Capture The Alamo Bowl By Beating All Their Exes Who Live In Texas 27-20

by Jeff Wright, posted in Football

Per The University of Washington Press Release…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) โ€” Michael Penix Jr. threw for 287 yards and two touchdowns and No. 12 Washington held off No. 21 Texas 27-20 on Thursday night in the Valero Alamo Bowl.

Penix led back-to-back scoring drives of 75 and 90 yards in the second half to stretch the Huskies’ lead to 17. He was 32 of 55, completed passes to eight receivers, and connected with Taj Davis and Jalen McMillan for scores.

Texas scored 10 late points, pulling within seven on a 26-yard field goal with 1:40 remaining, then failed on an onside kick try. The Longhorns (8-5) regained possession on their own 16 with 32 seconds but the Huskies (11-2) didn’t let them advance past the 40 before time expired.

Penix finished the season with 4,641 yards passing to break the 20-year-old Washington season mark of 4,458 set by Cody Pickett. He was named the game’s Offensive MVP. Bralen Trice was the game’s Defensive MVP.

Wayne Taulapapa ran for 108 of the team’s 158 yards on the ground and added a touchdown.

The Huskies held the Longhorns to just 51 yards rushing, becoming just the third team all season to hold them to less than 100 yards on the ground.

Washington finished the 2022 season with an 11-2 record, marking just the 5th time in school history that the Huskies have reached 11 wins. Kalen DeBoer is the first UW head coach to win a bowl game in his first season. Never before had UW won more than 8 games under a first-year head coach.

 

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Published by Jeff Wright

Jeff Wright is the โ€œOwner/Editor In Chiefโ€ for DubLife and has over 28 years of experience and knowledge of Husky Sports. He also is a Huskies Radio Analyst on various shows including the weekly Radio/Podcast show โ€œDawg Thoughtsโ€. Jeff has extensively covered Husky Football, Husky Basketball, Husky Baseball, Husky Softball and Husky fanfare events. As a former athlete and Letterman at the University of Washington in Menโ€™s Tennis, his passion and charisma for the Huskies shows in his writing, expert coverage and analysis.