Team Purple Defeats Team Gold, 27-10 in Dawgs After Dark

SEATTLE, WA - MAY 01: Quarterback Demond Williams Jr. #1 of the Washington Huskies throws the ball during the Washington Huskies spring game on May 1, 2026 at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Henry Rodenburg/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images With these kinds of spring games, you usually don’t get a sense of what the team’s trajectory is going to be, considering that it’s so early in the process of preparation for the season.

What you do get is fun, and an opportunity to see the future. Both of these were on display Friday night in Husky Stadium, as men’s soccer coach Jamie Clark and Team Gold took on women’s soccer coach Nicole Van Dyke’s Team Purple, with Jedd Fisch serving as the PA announcer. After team Gold stalled, Demond Williams’ purple squad took the field, and Williams struggled, overshooting a 15 yard out and throwing behind on an in breaking route, before throwing a pass that was intercepted by Dylan Robinson.

Robinson would give Team Gold the early lead, as he would recover a muffed punt by Mason James in the end zone. First @UW_Football spring game TD 😤 📺: @BigTenNetwork pic. twitter.

com/YI7EsI0mD7 — Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) May 2, 2026 That lead would be stretched to 10-3, thanks to field goals kicked by soccer players Maya Loudd and Carter Gay for teams Purple and Gold, respectively. It wouldn’t be long before we had our first usage of a gimmick, as Team Gold’s Jamie Clark used his red card to remove Demond Williams for one play. The 260 pound tight end Baron Naone stepped in to relieve him, and absolutely launched a high fly ball, which was intercepted by Paul Mencke Jr.