SEATTLE_Tristan Vizcaino, Washington's beleaguered senior kicker, converted from 38 yards as time expired to give the No. 16 Huskies an improbable 33-30 come-from-behind victory over Utah late Saturday at Husky Stadium.
The Huskies scored 10 points in the final 58 seconds to complete the comeback.
Earlier Saturday night, Vizcaino had missed a point-after try and a 30-yard field goal attempt, and he came into the final kick have hit just 8 for 15 of his field-goal attempts this season.
Talk about an unlikely hero.
The score tied at 30-30, the Huskies (9-2, 6-2 Pac-12) got the ball back with 29 seconds left at their 28-yard line. It appeared they would be content to go to overtime when they handed off to Myles Gaskin on the first play.
Instead, after a Utah timeout, Jake Browning found Dante Pettis for an 18-yard gain and then scrambled to find Andre Baccellia for a 31-yard pass to the Utah 21. After an incomplete pass for Pettis toward the end zone, Vizcaino trotted out for the game-winning attempt.
The Huskies had tied the score on Gaskin's 2-yard touchdown run with 58 seconds left. Browning set up that tying score with a perfectly placed 28-yard completion to tight end Will Dissly, who broke a tackle at the 10-yard line and dived to the 2.
After Gaskin's TD, the Huskies' defense then got a quick three-and-out to force Utah to punt.
The Huskies' slim chances of repeating as Pac-12 champions were wiped out during the second quarter of their game Saturday night when Stanford held on for a 17-14 victory over California down in the Bay Area.
That means the Pac-12 North will be decided in the Apple Cup next Saturday night at Husky Stadium: If the No. 15 Cougars beat UW, Washington State will represent the North against USC in the conference championship game. If the Huskies win, Stanford will claim the North.
Tyler Huntley, Utah's sophomore quarterback, threw two touchdown passes and ran for the go-ahead score from 5 yards with 10:52 remaining in the game. That go-ahead drive for Utah only happened because of an unthinkable fake punt from Utah's Mitch Wishnowsky, who gained 19 yards on fourth-and-17 to extend that drive.
The Huskies had tied the score at 23-23 on their previous drive when Browning connected with Gaskin for a 76-yard touchdown on the left sideline. Browning's pass to Gaskin on a wheel route appeared to glance off the fingertips of Utah safety Julian Blackmon. Gaskin grabbed the pass and ran in for the easy score with 42 seconds left in the third quarter.
Gaskin had scored the game's first touchdown on a 9-yard run in the first quarter, giving him a school-record 38 rushing touchdown in his career.
In the second quarter, Browning broke the school record with his 76th career touchdown pass, a 6-yard pass to Lavon Coleman to give the Huskies a 13-10 lead.
The Huskies led 16-13 at halftime.
Huntley kept several plays alive throughout the second half. In the third quarter, he found Raelon Singleton on the left side of the end zone for an 11-yard touchdown to give Utah its first lead at 23-16 midway through the third.
