For three quarters, Washington hung around with the nation’s top-ranked team. But red-zone struggles, untimely penalties, and a dominant Ohio State defense ultimately doomed the Huskies in a 24-6 loss Saturday at Husky Stadium, snapping their 22-game home winning streak.
Washington had early opportunities to set the tone but came up empty. On the opening possession, quarterback Demond Williams Jr. missed a wide-open Jonah Coleman on third down, forcing a punt that ultimately set the Huskies back in the possession game from the jump.
The Huskies stiffened with a fourth-down stop in the red zone on the Buckeyes' subsequent possession, but any momentum was quickly undone by sideline penalties that stalled Washington’s next series.