Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Adam Jude’s new book, “100 Things Every Washington Fan Should Know & Do Before They Die,” reprinted with the permission of Triumph Books. Copyright 2017.
From the perspective of a modern-day football enthusiast, the statistics for Don Heinrich’s final game in a Husky uniform hardly jump off the page. The quarterback’s passing numbers in the 1952 Apple Cup included a mere seven completions, on 16 attempts, for 145 yards with no touchdowns and one interception. Again, hardly impressive upon first glance.
Consider, though, that the forward pass was still something of a novelty of the era.