California Head Coach Justin Wilcox
On today's win:
"They're all big, I mean it's huge. It gives guys validation. It gives them confidence and we've got to build on it, that's what's most important. I think everyone is really excited and it's a great environment in the locker room as you would expect, but I also don't think anyone is surprised. It's tough to win and our guys competed extremely hard and battled [with] toughness out there but we weren't perfect. But we found a way to win the game and that's what we are most proud of."
 
As a coach with a defensive background, his feeling about the game:
"I loved it. Obviously, we want to go out there and score every time, but we knew that would be hard with Washington's defense. There's going to be a time where two or three yards are good. We also knew that punting the ball and field position would be huge in this game and it was. It was a total team win and I have a ton of respect for their program. They're a heck of a team, great players, and really well coached. We knew it would be a tough and grimy and gritty game and we found a way. I think you can point to a number of plays and players that just had critical plays. You never know when they're coming but we made enough of them and that was huge."
 
On Evan Weaver's interception return for a touchdown:
"Evan has played really well all year. That guy is just a football player through and through – a true competitor. He (UW wide receiver) ran a little jig and he played underneath it with some good depth and jumped up and caught it and ran it in. It was a heck of a play. You can look at a lot of statistics and think what you want, but the turnovers with taking the ball away twice is critical."
 
On running out the clock on the final drive:
"All of the plays are critical because the first down sets up the second. I know the easy one to look at is the third down completion to Pat Laird when we get it by just enough. And then Pat has some big runs to seal it, and then they use a timeout and then we were able to finish it. Everyone's involved in that. Running the ball and winning the game that way, that was huge and there were a lot of guys that contributed to that."
 
On the defense's effort:
"Competing and playing really hard. They weren't perfect. They ran extremely hard, they were communicating really well but not perfect again but I think they just played with an edge. They played confident, they expected us to make good plays and we didn't look surprised when we made them."

California Players
Evan Weaver, LB
On winning for the program:
"It's always good to get a win, especially in front of our Cal fans. This was a great culture win, it really shows where we are headed as a team."
 
On his interception return for a touchdown:
"I dropped back, he threw me the ball and I caught it. I just didn't want to fall down. I was thinking two or three more yards and I was going to run out of steam. They didn't get me this time, that's about that."
 
Getting into the end zone:
"I went back to the running back days there. I was trying to extend, hold on to the ball. Fumbling would have been really bad. We didn't do that, so it's all right. The rest is history."
 
On practicing finishing plays on defense:
"We go through a turnover circuit almost every practice. Punching the ball out, catching the ball, it's all about finding the ball after that. The key part is blocking the person nearest to you after an interception. That's the dude who will give you the tackle. Today, we did a great job getting turnovers. Cam Bynum had an awesome pick on the sidelines. One foot tiptoe over there, that was nice. Just getting turnovers and outplaying the opposing defense is what we try to do."
 
On the postgame celebration in the locker room:
"It was awesome. This is a huge win for us as a program and for the Cal fans, especially. Just to experience this with all of our guys, all of our coaches and all the hard work we've put in. This whole week, the preparation, just being able to bring it home and close out the game. The best part of the game was watching the offense take down that clock at the end. Nothing better than that, watching them punch the ball, punch the ball, punch the ball right down at them and they couldn't do anything to stop them."
 
Patrick Laird, RB
On the win for the program:
"It validates what we were doing the last couple of weeks. We went through a tough stretch and we made a decision as a team. Sometimes teams, players, and organizations just say things and don't follow through. I think that we proved to ourselves that we can follow through with what we were saying among our team."
 
Offense feeding off the defense:
"The mutual energy was there tonight. The defense had a really stout game. The feeling for the offense, right before every drive, right before the defense got a turnover, a fourth down stop or forced a punt – we were like, let's go, let's do something, let's put something together for the defensive guys. Chase [Garbers] and I were talking before this about how we have to finish better in the red zone. Tonight, we let the defense down a little bit in that regard. They set us up with a lot of stuff so I think the focus is that if we move the ball a little, we can definitely finish a lot better as an offense."
 
On Evan Weaver's touchdown:
"I wasn't surprised. If you know the type of guy that Weaver is then you know that if he has a chance to score he is going to do everything he can… That was exactly what our team needed and that got us the lead and we were able to hold it. It was awesome."

Washington Head Coach Chris Petersen
General Comments:
"A few things, horrible on offense. Let me start by saying, pulling Jake out had more to do with me, trying to do something to help this offense, way more than it did with Jake. Jake is a competitor,  he does everything we ask, but we had to try and help our offense out somehow, someway and we're scoring seven points this late in the game we have to look and work at this way or that way. We are going to try something new… We had planned on putting Jake back in, going to try to shake things up, and try to get something done."
 
On taking Browning Out:
"Jake is a competitor, he's made right now, and I expect nothing else, but it is what it is just trying to do something to spark this offense."
 
On bringing him back in:
"No, I was going to give Haener a few series and then get Jake back in there and see if we could get something going."
 
On Haener:
"Jake is a good player, sometimes you just have to go out and try something to spark something, we will learn from it and move forward, the one thing is, is that I don't want to keep doing the same thing over; going to try to do something to help these guys out."
 
On not having Gaskin:
"They play good defense, I know that, but I think we did a good job all year running the ball. We just got to take a hard look at ourselves, and try to help them out."
 
On the defense:
"I think our defense will always give us a chance, those guys play good defense, and they swarm…I think in the Pac-12 has a lot of evenly well-matched teams, I just really do- one team, one side of the ball is not going to show up and do their part, that's what's going to happen, we turn it over twice, we got no turnovers, and our third down performance wasn't good on offense and those key stats. We had very few explosive plays and those are the ones that really get you."

Washington Players
Drew Sample, TE
On Cal's defense:
"We watched all of their tapes and we had a good idea about some of the blitzes that they brought. Obviously, they had good players and I just think we just did not execute in a lot of stuff. We missed some blocks from a tight end perspective. We just, as a whole, were not in good positions so you know it showed. We couldn't sustain drives. We couldn't get in rhythm and we had shots at the end. We couldn't execute."
 
On Drives Not Coming Together:
"Obviously, every time we got the ball, we're trying to score but we had a couple three-and-outs, some sacks. We shot ourselves in the foot a few times with some penalties and those were just rhythm killers, and we couldn't get that back going. We just couldn't sustain drives and get into a rhythm."
 
Tevis Bartlett, LB
On whether Washington underestimated Cal:
"I don't think so. I think just the energy in the stadium was a little flat at the start. And I thought we actually got off to a really good start though. I think we got a three-and-out. And our offense went out and scored. So I thought we were rolling. And then a couple plays here and there. Like I said, on defense get off on third down. And we gave up on some chunk plays in the first half that led to some field goals. And in a game like that, every point counts and so whether it's six points or 30, we've got to score more and we've got to do our job and keep them less from what we are having."
 
Nick Harris, OL
On first down plays:
"It was nothing that we didn't expect. We knew everything that was coming. We just didn't execute at times and it's a little frustrating because we had a good week of practice picking up all of their pressures. Just when it came to game time, we didn't execute all the times when we needed to."
 
On the change at quarterback
"Honestly, I didn't even know until we were running out there, so it doesn't really matter who's back there (same with the running back). To me, if we do our job upfront, then that's all we can do. We can't focus on who's going on behind us. So if we do our job then, it should work."