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October 19, 2008 12:21 PM

Stats update

Even though some of the numbers were better yesterday, the overall stats for the Huskies this year are still pretty gruesome.

And considering we are now halfway through the season, and have played four Pac-10 games and three against Stanford, Oregon State and Arizona, the numbers are also now pretty indicative of what's going on and no longer just a function of the much-touted brutal schedule.

You can flip through the numbers here yourselves, but here are some of the more telling:

--- UW is dead last in the nation in pass defense efficiency, allowing teams to complete 72.5 percent of their passes with 18 TDs and just two interceptions. UW had never allowed opponents to complete 60 percent or more of their passes for a season until 2004, but since then have allowed 60 percent or better every year, topped by the 66.7 percent of the 2005 team. Last year's team allowed foes to complete 64.4 percent of their passes. And just two interceptions to date is obviously on pace for four for the season --- UW' season-low is four in 1963.

--- UW actually moved up to 117 in the nation in total defense, allowing 483 yards per game. That amazingly still ranks last behind WSU, which is allowing 459.7, though that is largely due to the fact that the Cougars played Portland State and have had a few games where things got out of hand so quickly due to turnovers and short fields that opponents didn't need to gain a lot of yards to put up huge point totals. Still, hard to spin it as a positive that UW is allowing more yards per game than a WSU defense that some are calling the worst in Pac-10 history.

--- UW has forced just four turnovers this year, with just three sacks and only 18 tackles-for-a-loss, all evidence of a severe lack of playmaking on defense.

--- For all the understandable focus on this team's obvious defensive struggles, the Huskies are averaging just 318 yards per game on offense. The only lower total in the last 27 years was the 311 of the 1-10 2004 team. The 1981 Rose Bowl champs averaged only 286.8 per game, but that was obviously a little bit different era in college football.

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