Top 10 Most Compelling Husky Plays of the Season: No. 9

Stanford was one of those games that likely created lingering issues for the University of Washington football team and Michael Penix Jr. 

While the Huskies won 42-33 in Palo Alto, they heard how they didn't win by enough over one of the Pac-12's weaker teams.

And while Penix threw 4 touchdown passes against the Cardinal, people took issue with his accuracy, which wasn't nearly as pinpoint as usual.

An outing like this one probably explains why the odds-makers began making the UW an underdog multiple times over and, dare we say, why Heisman Trophy voters started looking elsewhere.

Yet in an instant, the Huskies, their quarterback and receiver Ja'Lynn Polk showed why they are to be taken seriously if not feared at all times.

In a season full of heroic, heart-felt and sometimes weird moments, we count down in reverse order the 10 most memorable plays for Kalen DeBoer's 13-0 UW team.

At No. 9 is a 92-yard touchdown pass from Penix to Polk at Stanford that went into the record book as the second longest in Husky history. 

In the second quarter, to open a new drive from the UW 8, Penix took the snap, spun right and stood on the "O'" in the Stanford name painted in the end zone when he left fly with a deep ball.

"We knew we were going to take a shot being backed up and, you know, we took advantage of it," a heavily congested and spent-looking Penix said in a postgame interview.

On the other end, Polk was one of two Huskies who ran up the right hashmark before his teammate peeled off and he kept going.

A flag was thrown near the 30 when Stanford cornerback Collin Wright and Polk got tangled up and the Cardinal defender fell down.

Polk ran under the football as he crossed midfield with no one around him and easily ran into the end zone. A lot of people immediately assumed offensive pass interference would be called. A loud groan went up from the home fans when the officials said the defense was the guilty party and the touchdown would stand.