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BYU in review: Cougars tip their hats to Huskies, but say their own mistakes made Washington ‘look a lot better’

Provo • This time around, there were no late-game heroics. No overtime. No rushing of the field after a deflected pass and interception to seal the win.

In what BYU hoped would be a turnaround after last year’s 35-7 loss in Seattle, the rematch looked much the same, with the No. 22 Huskies leaving Provo with a 45-19 victory over the Cougars. BYU coach Kalani Sitake was suitably impressed.

“We’ve faced some really good teams, but I think that [Washington] put us in a really tough spot,” BYU Sitake said. “They got up ahead on us and whenever we tried to get momentum, they were able to stop it.