Huard, a redshirt freshman, was 20-of-31 passing and was intercepted once. Huard became the 11th Husky to pass from more than 300 yards in a game, and the first freshman to do so.

"Most every time they needed a big throw, he got one," Arizona coach Dick Tomey said.

Huard, 20, is the younger brother of Damon Huard, who became Washington's career passing leader last season while his brother was redshirting.

"It's a lot of fun to continue the tradition Damon set and go after his records," Huard said.

"His age doesn't tell the story of his ability," said receiver Fred Coleman, who caught four passes for 141 yards.

Huard was starting in place of Shane Fortney, who was out with a strained right knee. Fortney was injured in the fourth quarter against BYU last week. Fortney, wearing a knee brace, was the holder for kicker John Wales.

"I thought that the team responded great to Brock," Washington coach Jim Lambright said. "The team has responded that way to him in practice all the time. ... This was great for him to come out and establish his own mark on what he can do with this football team."

The Huskies have a bye next week before playing Stanford Oct. 5 at home.

"Shane's fine," Washington coach Lambright said. "He will be our starter against Stanford."

Huard was told by his coaches all week to prepare as if he was going to be the starter against Arizona. He got the official word on Saturday morning.

"I got a lot of reps with the first team all week and I just went out there and did my job," Huard said. "When we have receivers, linemen and running backs doing their job it makes mine that much easier."

Corey Dillon carried 20 times for 125 yards for Washington, which recorded its 300th win at Husky Stadium since the facility opened in 1920.

It was another strong day for Washington's defense, which intercepted three passes by Arizona freshman Keith Smith. Safety Tony Parrish returned an interception for a touchdown for the Huskies.

The Huskies had eight sacks and a safety last week against Brigham Young.

"It was tough because they put eight guys on the front and they are all coming at you. It's pretty crazy," Smith said. "That's the fastest defense I've ever played against in my life."

Washington is 1-1 in Pac-10 play, 2-1 overall. Arizona (2-2) was playing its conference opener.

Huard threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Gerald Harris in the first quarter and followed with scoring strikes of 24 yards to Jerome Pathon and five yards to Dave Janoski as the Huskies opened a 21-10 halftime edge.

John Wales kicked a 37-yard field goal early in the third quarter and Parrish returned an interception 45 yards for a touchdown with 10:16 remaining to pad the lead to 31-10.

"I was back there free, reading the quartback's intentions," said Parrish, a former running back. "He had a little pressure on him and the ball floated in the air and I tried to get under it. ... I caught it and turned into a running back again."

Arizona cut the deficit to 31-17 with seven minutes left on a 17-yard touchdown pass from Smith to Jeremy McDaniel.

Smith found Richard Dice with a 14-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter and finished 16 of 29 for 228 yards.

Rashaan Shehee of Washington, who had 131 yards last week against Brigham Young, carried 19 times for 56 yards.

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