The Vandals (1-1) outgained the Huskies (1-1) 412 yards to 374, but UW's junior quarterback repeatedly found ways to subdue the Vandal defense in a 42-23 loss. He showed his dual personality in running (18 yards, one TD) and throwing (253 yards, three TDs).

Early on, the teams matched scores - only the Huskies were scoring TDs and the Vandals field goals.

"You can't trade field goals for touchdowns," head coach Robb Akey said. "We didn't make plays when we had opportunities to. They played more effectively than we did."

After stalling on a penalty-riddled first drive, the Vandals scored on every remaining first half drive. Unfortunately, the Huskies also scored on each first half drive and held a 21-9 lead at halftime.

"We moved the football pretty well," said junior quarterback Nate Enderle, who completed an impressive 22 of 31 passes for 279 yards save a momentum-stopping third quarter interception. "We just got down to the red zone and couldn't capitalize. We left 12 points on the board in the first half. Kudos to them for playing well."

Akey underscored the Vandals' need to complete drives as well as answer an offensive challenge with a defensive stand.

"They played better than we did today and I give them credit. They made plays and we didn't," Akey said. "What my team needs to take out of this game is that we need to make plays when we're out on the field."

The Vandals were their own worst enemy on their first possession. After Kama Bailey returned the ball to the Idaho 43, Enderle hooked up with Eric Greenwood for a first-down play that covered 11 yards to the Washington 47. Then successive penalties - a delay and two holds backed the Vandals up to their own 34 with a first-down-and-35.

The Vandals whittled it to third-down-and-11 with a six-yard run by Deonte Jackson and an 18-yard Enderle-to-Greenwood pass. But, the drive fizzled when Daniel Hardy couldn't hold onto a first-down ball. The Huskies took over at their own three after Bobby Cowan dropped a punt in near the sideline.

It looked as if the Vandal defense would hold but Locker escaped a furious rush to find D'Andre Goodwin just outside the endzone. A roughing the passer play gave UW the ball at the 3 and Locker went in on the next play to score with 6:24 left in the first.

Penalties again were a bugaboo for the Vandals. Their second drive started on the Idaho 34 but two holds and a facemask had Idaho facing third-and-32 at one point. The Vandals eventually settled for Trey Farquhar's first collegiate field goal - a 44-yard boot with :13 left in the opening quarter.

Locker found Johri Fogerson to cap Washington's next drive - a nine-play, 71-yard effort that wound up with Fogerson finding an open lane to the end zone from 24 yards out with 10:47 to go in the second.

Farquhar added Idaho's second score with a 28-yard field goal with 6:16 to go in the half. The 66-yard drive was aided by two big catches by (13 and 15) and a 13-yard by Peter Bjorvik but the Vandals were able only to make it to the UW 11 and settled for the field goal after Enderle was sacked for one-yard loss, which came after a no-gain run by Komar.

Washington made it 21-6 with Locker's on-target shot to James Johnson. The 31-yard TD came with 1:31 left in the half and capped a nine-play drive that, in its midst, was kept alive by a fourth-and-three conversion.

Farquhar completed a perfect first half with a 34-yard kick to end the second quarter. The drive, however, showed a lot of promise with big catches again by Hardy (13), Jackson (9) and Komar (27) before time wound down to the final seconds and the Vandals opted to kick with five seconds remaining on second-down-and-10 at the Washington 17.

Korey Toomer recovered a fumble on the opening kickoff to give the Vandals the ball at the UW 31. Two runs by Jackson set up a third-down-and-four. The bad news was Enderle's pass on the next play went directly to Mason Foster, who returned the ball 56 yards to give the Huskies excellent field position at the Idaho 21. Locker threw an incomplete pass on first down; a no-gain run followed on second. On third-and-10 he hit Goodwin at the one to set Chris Polk's one-yard run with 12:11 to go in the third for a 28-9 Husky lead.

After an illegal block penalty put the Vandals deep in their own territory, their next drive stalled and a 40-yard punt couple with a 14-yard return gave the ball to the Huskies at the Idaho 36. Despite heavy pressure on first down, Locker was able to connect with Jermaine Kearse at the two to set up a two-yard scoring catch by Chris Izbicki for a 35-9 UW lead.

Idaho scored its first TD on De'Maundray Woolridge's four-yard run with 3:59 left in the first to cap a 65-yard drive that featured a blend of runs, which had been sporadic, and some nice grabs by the increasing proficient receivers. The two big ones in this drive were an 11-yard by Komar, a 16-yarder by Davis and a seven-yard grab by Greenwood as Enderle scrambled to find a receiver. With Farquhar's kick, it was 35-16 with 19 minutes to play.

The Huskies punted for the first time when the Vandals had their first three-and-out of the game on the next series. Polk ran for five yards on first down but Tre'Shawn Robinson caught him for an eight-yard loss before Robert Siavii forced a bad throw by Locker on third down to set up the punt.

Idaho's next drive stalled at midfield and the Huskies added their sixth TD with a 57-yard drive capped by Fogerson's two-yard run with 9:15 left in the game.

The Vandals notched one more score with Woolridge's six-yard run with 13 seconds left in the game.

Notes:

• Daniel Hardy had a career day with six receptions for 103 yards.
• Eric Greenwood also had a career outing with five receptions for 57 yards.
• Max Komar had a career high 111 receiving yards.