No More Luck: Huskies Beat No. 8 Stanford 17-13 Since taking on the rebuilding of Washington's program, no loss seemed more disheartening to Steve Sarkisian than the beating provided by Stanford a year ago. Sarkisian and his Huskies got their redemption Thursday night. Kasen Williams took a quick screen pass from Keith Price, broke a tackle at the line of scrimmage and raced 35 yards for the go-ahead score with 4:53 left, and Washington rallied from 10 points down to stun No. 8 Stanford 17-13. "That's a win for our program," Sarkisian said. I thought all along that this was a unique group that we had; a resilient group, a very serious tough-minded group. It was Washington's first win over a top-10 opponent since its upset of then-No. 3 USC back in 2009, Sarkisian's first season at Washington. Fans surround Washington's Bishop Sankey after fans ran onto the field to celebrate Washington's 17-13 upset of Stanford in an NCAA college football game, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, in Seattle. "It's a unique challenge when you're playing Stanford just because of all the big bodies," Sarkisian said. I'm just impressed by the guys' discipline in the way they played tonight. Meanwhile, it took almost a month, but Stanford finally felt the sting of not having Andrew Luck roaming The Farm anymore. Yet no one expected Washington to provide the hurt. The Cardinal were riding high following their upset of then-No. 2 USC on Sept. Yet Josh Nunes, Luck's replacement, and the Stanford offense was held without a touchdown against the same defense it steamrolled a year ago. Stanford went more than 21 minutes of the first half without gaining a first down and Nunes failed to lead a winning drive in the closing minutes. Stanford finished with just 235 yards of total offense, the fewest yards allowed by Washington since the 2010 Holiday Bowl against Nebraska and the fewest for Stanford since 2008 against TCU. The Cardinal were also held without an offensive touchdown for the first time since Oct. 27, 2007 at Oregon State, a 23-6 Stanford loss. Stanford finished 5 of 18 on third downs and had only one drive of longer than 50 yards. Nunes finished 18 of 37 for 170 yards. But the most important factor was Washington's ability to control Stanford running back Stepfan Taylor. Last year, Taylor ran for 138 yards against Washington and had 153 yards rushing in the upset of USC. He finished with 75 yards on 21 carries, none of them longer than 7 yards. "We didn't play well enough to win," Stanford coach David Shaw said. We didn't make the throws we needed to make. We didn't make the catches we needed to make. We didn't sustain our blocks in the running game as long as we should have. We got outplayed tonight. Washington's student section poured onto the turf of CenturyLink Field after Price took a knee for the final time.