Football Loses at Washington

Friday, October 10

Seattle, Wash.

9:00 PM

Rutgers University

3-3 , 0-3

Washington

5-1 , 2-1

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Rutgers

Washington

Photo by: Ben Solomon/Rutgers Athletics

Oct 10 | Football

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WASHINGTON 38 (5-1, 2-1), RUTGERS 19 (3-3, 0-3)
HUSKY STADIUM • SEATTLE, WASH.
OCTOBER 10, 2025 • ATTENDANCE: 63,743

SEATTLE – Rutgers football (3-3, 0-3) lost to Washington (5-1, 2-1), 38-19, on Friday night at Husky Stadium. Despite RU holding a 13-10 halftime lead, the Huskies scored 28 points in the second half to earn the victory.

QB Athan Kaliakmanis threw two touchdown passes and posted career highs with 386 passing yards and 31 completions. RB Antwan Raymond rushed for 89 yards and added seven receptions for 89 yards, both career highs, and his first receiving touchdown. WR Ian Strong contributed seven catches for 124 yards and WR KJ Duff hauled in three catches for 59 yards and his fourth touchdown grab of the season.

LB Dariel Djabome led the defense with seven tackles, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery, while DB Jett Elad also had seven stops from the secondary. DL Jordan Thompson recorded two tackles-for-loss and DL Jordan Walker picked up a sack.

FIRST QUARTER

The Rutgers offense started by marching 74 yards down the field in just four plays to score the opening touchdown, with Kaliakmanis finding Duff on a 20-yard strike to make it 7-0.

After a missed field goal from Washington, the Scarlet Knights put together a 12-play drive that resulted in a 35-yard field goal from PK Jai Patel to push the advantage to 10-0.

SECOND QUARTER

The Huskies got on the board with a quick drive early in the second quarter, scoring a touchdown on a 23-yard pass to cap off a three-play, 50-yard drive and make it 10-7.

The teams would trade field goals late, with Patel drilling a 37-yard field goal with 39 seconds left before UW kicked a 36-yarder as time expired to bring the score to 13-10 in favor of Rutgers at halftime.

THIRD QUARTER

The Huskies took their first lead of the game on a four-play, 75-yard drive to start the third quarter, capping it off with a one-yard touchdown run to jump ahead 17-13. Another quick scoring drive for UW made it 24-13 on a 38-yard touchdown pass.

Raymond helped cut into the deficit with a 48-yard touchdown reception from Kaliakmanis, his first career receiving touchdown that brought RU within five at 24-19.

The back-and-forth quarter continued as Washington added to its lead on a 12-yard rush, pushing its advantage to 31-19.

FOURTH QUARTER

A rushing touchdown for UW extended its lead with 6:52 remaining. The Scarlet Knights were unable to find the end zone the remainder of the game, falling to the Huskies by a final of 38-19.

NOTES

• Rutgers recorded 493 yards of total offense, its most in a Big Ten game since picking up 596 at Indiana in 2015.

• QB Athan Kaliakmanis set career highs for passing yards (386), completions (31) and attempts (50). The 386 passing yards tied for fifth most in a game in the school record book. It marked his fifth career game with at least 300 passing yards and second this season. He added two touchdown passes to reach 29 at Rutgers in tying Rich Policastro (1968-69) for eighth most in program history.

• RB Antwan Raymond rushed for 89 yards to surpass 1,000 career yards in 16 games played. That included a season-long 51-yard rush in the first quarter. In addition, he collected career highs with seven receptions for 89 receiving yards and his first career score through the air.

• WR Ian Strong recorded seven catches for 124 yards, his fourth game of the season in triple figures and sixth career. He now has nine straight games with at least five receptions.

• LB Dariel Djabome forced two fumbles to become the first Scarlet Knight since Robert Longerbeam (2023 versus Michigan State) to achieve the feat.

• PK Jai Patel made his 36th and 37th career field goals to pass Tom Angstadt (1983-85) for sixth most in program history. It was his 11th career game with multiple makes.

• OL Bryan Felter became the 48th player in program history to appear in 50 games for Rutgers.

• Consecutive games played: DL Jordan Thompson (44), DB Cam Miller (43), DB Timmy Ward (40), TE Colin Weber (34), PK Jai Patel (32), OL Gus Zilinskas (32)

UP NEXT

No general public tickets remain for Rutgers football's Oct. 18 matchup against No. 3/2 Oregon at SHI Stadium, presented by RWJBarnabas Health. Part of Homecoming & Family Weekend on campus, the game time is confirmed for 6:30 p.m. on Big Ten Network.

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