ya know whats funny, i looked up tyrone willingham after my last post and man, i forgot HOW BAD his last year at Washington was
yeah it was 0-12
but look
2008
Willingham's stiff demeanor resulted in a somewhat acrimonious relationship with fans, boosters, and the Seattle media. The turning point came at the end of his third (losing) season when there was a big question as to whether he would be retained. However President Emmert gave him a vote of confidence and he was retained for a fourth year. The fans were hugely divided, with some calling for his firing.[
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The 2008 season started off inauspiciously with #21
Oregon defeating Washington 44–10. This marked the first time Oregon had ever beaten Washington five times in a row in the history of the century-long rivalry.
[14] The second game against #15 BYU was a nail biter and Washington scored the final touchdown in the final minute. The PAT would have tied the game, however an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty was called against quarterback Jake Locker who had thrown the ball up in the air in celebration after scoring the touchdown. This moved the PAT attempt to 35 yards which was blocked and the BYU escaped with a 28–27 victory. In the next game, the Huskies were dismantled
55–14 by the #3 Oklahoma Sooners, giving the overmatched Huskies their greatest margin of defeat at home since 1929.
[15] In the fourth game, the Huskies lost to
Stanford leaving them as the only winless team in a BCS conference. The Huskies were without a sack, leaving them as the only school without a sack at this point of the season.
[16] It was the second 0–4 start in the last 5 years and only the fourth time ever in the history of the program. Starting quarterback Jake Locker was lost for the season, injuring his left hand during a block on a reverse.
In the fifth game,
Arizona put Washington away early and the game ended with a
48–14 wipeout of the Huskies. This was the biggest margin of victory by Arizona over Washington ever, and started a watch of just how bad the team could get. The Huskies had a flat performance in their sixth game to lose to
Oregon State 34–13. This was the fifth consecutive loss to the Beavers, something that had never happened in the long history of the series.
[17] Game 7 was another loss versus his former team Notre Dame. The Huskies were nearly shutout in suffering a 33–7 loss that left them 0–7 and ineligible for a bowl game yet again. On October 27, 2008, seven games into the 2008 season, Willingham announced that his contract was being terminated and he would be leaving UW after the regular season.
[18] Game 8 was a shutout by USC.
At 0–11, Washington was the only winless team in the
FBS, and the owner of a 13-game losing streak stretching from the last season.
Washington closed out the season with a loss at 1–10 Washington State in double-overtime, making it four of the last five, and with a season ending loss at
California. Willingham finished the season with an 0–12 record, the Huskies' first winless season in 119 years.
His .229 winning percentage is the worst in school history.