SEATTLE, Wash. – There are times, coach Paul Petrino said, when you just get beat. Saturday at Husky Stadium that was the case for the Idaho Vandals as they lost 59-14 to eighth-ranked Washington – a team Petrino said is worthy of its ranking.
 
"We just got whupped," he said. "They whupped us."
 
That's not to say he thought the Vandals were at their best.
 
"We didn't play anywhere like I thought we would," he said, "but give them credit. They just got after us up front.
 
"Our guys stayed fighting in the second half."
 
Idaho's defense stepped up in the first quarter and allowed just 52 yards total offense. The Huskies' lone score in the first 15 minutes came after a fumble recovery on the opening kickoff gave them the ball on the Idaho 21. They scored in one play on a pass from Jake Browning to Dante Pettis just 16 seconds into the game.
 
From that point on, Idaho's defense stepped up with a fumble recovery by Tony Lashley (forced by Kaden Elliss) along with two key tackles for loss to keep Washington at bay – for a while.
 
Washington made it 14-0 with 12:09 left in the first when Browning found Pettis again with a seven-yard pass to cap a 41-yard drive. From that point one, the Huskies started to click. By halftime, they led 35-0. It wasn't until 4:44 remained in the third quarter that the Vandals scored on a 20-yard pass from Matt Linehan to Buck Cowan.
 
Redshirt freshman quarterback Gunnar Amos scored his first collegiate touchdown on a six-yard run in the fourth quarter.