For the most part, there were many good signs that the Washington offense is for real beyond the 52 points it put on the Portland State Vikings.  Firstly, the efficiency of the offense in the red zone, to depth at the receiver position and finally, the emergence of Michigan transfer receiver Giles Jackson.

Below are 10 statistical storylines from Washington’s 52-6 victory over Portland State.

10.  Shortly before the half the Huskies called on Peyton Henry to kick a 32-yard field goal.  The kick gave the Huskies a 31-3 halftime lead.  The three points, along with hitting on all 7 of his PAT attempts gave him 10 points for the game.  With his 9 points last week Henry is the team’s leading scorer with 19, one point ahead of Jalen McMillan who picked up his 3rd touchdown of the season.

9.  A concern that the Huskies will address this week is being disciplined on the field.  In all Washington was flagged 9 times for 90 yards.  If not for a half-the-distance to the goal penalty on a punt return that was downed inside the Huskies’ 1 yard line the numbers would look much worse.

8.  Since his very first play as a Husky 2 years ago when he snapped the ball over punter Race Porter’s head, Husky long-snapper Jaden Green hasn’t missed on any of his snaps.  In fact, he’s become a secret weapon on punts.  By rule, long snappers can’t be touched until after the punt, making Green and his 4.6 forty yard dash an extra gunner, whose like to the punt returner more direct than most gunners.  On the Huskies’ only punt of the afternoon, his speed paid off on new punter, Jack McCallister’s 51-yard punt, dropping PSU returner Beau Kelly after a 2 yard return for a 49-yard net on the punt.   The tackle gave him 8 career tackles out of his long-snapping position.

7.  After throwing his first interception as a Husky, Michael Penix completed 10 of his next 11 for 135 yards including completing his final 7 passes to for 89 yards to six different receivers.  Among the 6 receivers was Lonyatta Alexander, Jr. who caught his first pass in purple and gold.  The other 5 receivers were: Ja’Lynn Polk, Giles Jackson, Jalen McMillan, Quentin Moore, and Cameron Davis.

6.  Before the game was handed over the the backup QBs of Dylan Morris and Sam Huard the Penix-led Washington offense was efficient in the red zone scoring on all six attempts.   With Morris, then Huard under center, the Huskies finished the night 7 for 7.

5.  The Huskies had 617 yards on offense with 241 yards of it coming on the ground.  While 12 receivers caught 23 passes it was the rushing attack that produced the majority of the touchdowns with 5.  In fact, Washington had more explosive plays on the ground than through the air with 10 explosive runs.  However, the nine explosive pass plays, including the 84-yard TD pass from Penix to McMillan netted 256.

4.  A week after several whiffs on sacks the Huskies were able to put PSU QB Dante Chachere on his back 4 times.  Bralen Trice had 4 total tackles with 2-1/2 tackles, and 1.5 sacks, sharing a sack with Jeremiah Martin.

3.  Husky running back Wayne Tualapapa had 12 carries for 94 yards and a touchdown, 1 reception for 9 yards, and one kickoff return for 12 yards.  His 115 total yards made him one of 3 Washington playmakers with over 100 all purpose yards.

2.  The Huskies had two receiver go over the century mark with 100 receiving yards.  Jalen McMillan led the way with 127 yards, followed by Giles Jackson with 5 catches and 105 yards.  It marked the first time since John Ross zig-zagged his way into the end zone against Cal in 2016 that the Huskies

1.  Washington true freshman wide receiver Denzel Boston scored the game’s final TD and his first career touchdown.  After the play he jogged to the Husky bench, dropping his helmet along the way, leaned to his left where the nerves got the better of him, as seen in the video below. In the second video below,  I asked McMillan, who can be seen running past Boston if he had seen what Boston’s unique celebration.