The Ducks recovered from a brutal beginning to the month of October with a 41-20 win over Utah on Saturday. The win snapped a three-game losing streak and has the Ducks one game from bowl eligibility.

The win seems to have reestablished the team and the fanbase's focus and gives both hope for a fun month of November. Today, we'll let you know what the stats say about Washington in this week's By The Numbers:

Pass-heavy, run-heavy or balanced?

Running plays/yards (average): 298/1445 (4.8 ypc)

Pac-12 rushing rank: Fifth

Passing plays/yards (average): 225/1821 (8.1 ypa)

Pac-12 passing rank: Eighth

Run/pass play ratio: 57.0% run/43.0% pass

Run/pass yard ratio: 44.2% run/55.8% pass

Total yardage: 3261 (408.2)

Pac-12 total offense rank: Eighth

Points scored: 38.6 ppg

Pac-12 scoring offense: Second

Summary: The Huskies have managed to score at a very high rate despite fairly average yardage metrics. That's largely due to the team's success in the red zone, where they've scored the second most touchdowns on drives. Still, this isn't the same Washington offense that averaged 457 yards and 42 points per game a year ago.

Offensive Stars for Washington

Junior quarterback Jake Browning remains an impressively efficient passer. Last season he led the conference in pass efficiency, and this year he ranks second behind Arizona wunderkind Khalil Tate. Browning has not thrown more than one interception in a single game this year, and has been picked just four times all year. Browning has had moments of subpar play of late. In fact, he failed to complete a touchdown pass over the previous two weeks in a loss to Arizona State and a win over UCLA. Against the Sun Devils, Browning was pretty pedestrian, going 17-for-30 for 139 yards. He wasn't much better against the Bruins, completing 8-of-11 tries for 98 yards with a pick.

Junior running back Myles Gaskin's role has grown significantly in Pac-12 play. After averaging just eight rushers for 51 yards in non-conference games, Gaskin's output has climbed in conference games to 21.4 carries per game for 162.6 yards per game and six scores. Gaskin may have had his best game of the season last week in the team's 44-23 win over the Bruins. In that one he ran for 169 yards on 27 carries including a touchdown. Lavon Coleman, the team's second running back, had three scores in that win as well.

Senior wide receiver Dante Pettis may feel as if he's been in Seattle for a decade and a half, but he's having his best year to date. The team's leader in receptions (45), yards (484) and touchdowns (6), Pettis has been far and away Browning's favorite target this season. Pettis has 33 more receptions, 329 more yards and four more touchdowns than any other Husky wide receiver. Freshman tight end Hunter Bryant is a star in the making and is second on the team in catches and yards.

-Season stats-

Top passer: Jake Browning (JR.) — 147-for-214, 1703 yards, 14 TDs, 4 INTs

Top rusher: Myles Gaskin (JR.) — 131 carries, 795 yards (6.1 ypc), 9 TDs.

Top receiver: Dante Pettis (SR.) — 45 catches, 484 yards, 6 TDs.

Better against the run or the pass?

Rushing yardage allowed: 71.6

Pac-12 rush defense rank: First

Passing yardage allowed: 164.6

Pac-12 pass defense rank: First

Total yardage allowed: 236.2

Pac-12 total yardage rank: First

Points allowed: 12.1

Pac-12 scoring rank: First

Turnovers forced: 14

Pac-12 turnover rank: Eighth

Summary: Last week I referred to the Utah defense as "a big boy" defense, by comparison, this Husky group is full-grown. Washington leads the conference in just about every defensive stat and ranks near the top of the national list in most as well. The Huskies are fourth in scoring defense, second in total defense, and second in rushing defense. Furthermore, they even top the Ducks in sacks per game. This will undoubtedly be the offense's biggest test yet.

Defensive stars for Washington

Washington Huskies (25) LB Ben Burr-Kirven

While the Washington team stats are unequivocally impressive, this is a Washington defense lacking star power — at least from a statistical perspective. No Husky player ranks in the top 20 in tackles, tackles for loss or interceptions at this point in the year. Junior backer Ben Burr-Kirven and frosh linebacker Ryan Bowman are team leaders in tackles and sacks respectively, but neither player's total is particularly impressive. Tevis Bartlett has collected 9.5 tackles for loss, which ranks eighth amongst Pac-12 players.

Top tackler: Ben Burr-Kirven (JR.) — 49 tackles

Top TFL: Tevis Bartlett (JR.) — 9.5 TFL

Top sacks: Ryan Bowman (FR.)— 3.5 sacks

Top INT: Byron Murphy (FR.), Jordan Miller (JR.) — 2 INTs