Washington and Boise State were locked in a defensive stalement for the first 15 minutes of the LA Bowl on Saturday at SoFi Stadium \u2014 the last game during the bowl\u2019s short history. Each offense was held to under 60 yards, scoring their only points off of field goals. <\/p>\n
But the moment Washington forced an error by the Broncos\u2019 defense, the Huskies called checkmate.<\/p>\n
During Washington\u2019s second drive, sophomore quarterback Demond Williams Jr. threw the ball down the middle to Denzel Boston. The receiver turned the catch into a 78-yard touchdown, the first big spark during a 38-10 Washington win over Boise State.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was just trying to make sure I made it as catchable as possible, so he can go and score,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n
The Huskies kept piling on points and limited the Broncos to just three points for most of the matchup. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey treated the game as we asked them to, which was a championship game, championship opportunity,\u201d Washington coach Jedd Fisch said. \u201cAs we\u2019re sitting here with nine wins, I\u2019m really proud of our players and tonight was a great football game.<\/p>\n
Fisch and Washington defensive coordinator Ryan Walters directed an attack that held the Boise State offense to three points up until the fourth quarter. The Huskies intercepted the ball five times. Meanwhile, Williams was 15 of 24 passing for 214 yards and four touchdowns.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you have an elite quarterback, you have a great opportunity to win a lot of games,\u201d Fisch said of Williams.<\/p>\n
Boise State extended its recent futility against Power Four teams, dropping its 10th consecutive game. The Broncos\u2019 last win against a team from a major conference came in 2019 when they defeated Florida State. Their attack was no match for the Huskies\u2019 defense, converting four times on third down and twice on fourth down.<\/p>\n
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Washington quarterback Demond Williams Jr. (2) fends off Boise State linebacker Boen Phelps (41) as he scampers for extra yards during the L.A. Bowl Saturday at SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n
(Gina Ferazzi\/Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n
Broncos starting quarterback Maddux Madsen, who has battled injury issues this season, was taken out of the game after the end of the first half.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just so proud of these seniors,\u201d Boise State coach Spencer Danielson said. \u201c[The seniors] are leaving Boise State better than they found it \u2014 three straight conference champions. I don\u2019t know how many teams in the country can say that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The chances to score did not come often for the Broncos. With an opportunity in the fourth quarter, Boise State\u2019s Max Cutforth threw a pass intended for Chase Penry, who was waiting in the end zone. The ball, however, was intercepted by Washington\u2019s Leroy Bryant.<\/p>\n
Boise State\u2019s drought ended when Cutforth threw an eight-yard touchdown pass with 1:18 left in the game.<\/p>\n
It was a little too late for any Bronco fans to see it happen.<\/p>\n
Williams earned offensive most valuable player honors, while Xe\u2019ree Alexander took the defensive MVP award after recording seven tackles and one interception.<\/p>\n
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Washington coach Jedd Fisch gets a Gatorade shower from his players during the Huskies\u2019 L.A. Bowl win Saturday at SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n
(Gina Ferazzi\/Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n
\u201cDefense dominated, we did our job,\u201d Alexander said. \u201cIt\u2019s just amazing to win.\u201d<\/p>\n
Williams attributed his dominance on the field to being comfortable with his voice as a leader of the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like it\u2019s easy for a team to let one loss affect the next game and for our team, I feel like we had a great mindset this whole year of just bouncing back from adversity,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n
When Fisch was asked about his interest in the Michigan head football coaching vacancy, he responded: \u201cI\u2019m fully focused on our team. That\u2019s all I would say on that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Washington and Boise State were locked in a defensive stalement for the first 15 minutes of the LA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1794,4472,12842,11594,11155,16945,39730,48240,48,52,51,47,50,49,51718,51717,51719,315,780,558,1539],"class_list":["post-94066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-attack","tag-ball","tag-boise-state","tag-broncos","tag-defense","tag-fourth-quarter","tag-huskies","tag-l-a-bowl","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-max-cutforth","tag-only-point","tag-second-drive","tag-time","tag-touchdown","tag-washington","tag-yard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}