Coach Chris Petersen will return to his 13-year home of Boise State in the Huskies’ 2015 football season opener, and later match up with his Washington predecessor, USC’s Steve Sarkisian, Oct. 8 in Los Angeles.

The release of Pac-12 Conference schedule Tuesday night has Washington State opening at home against Portland State before flying to New Jersey for a rematch with Rutgers.

The Huskies opener will be either Thursday, Sept. 3 or Friday, Sept. 4 depending on TV networks’ desires.

The Huskies have two other weekday games —  the Trojans game on a Thursday and the Friday Apple Cup, which again will be Friday, the day after Thanksgiving Nov. 26.

Starting with the USC game, The Huskies have a brutal stretch that includes hosting  Oregon Oct. 17 and at Stanford Oct. 24.

The Huskies skip UCLA and Colorado, and the Cougars miss UCLA and Utah.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON  2015 SCHEDULE

Sept. 3 or 4 – at Boise State (Thursday or Friday)

Sept. 12 – Sacramento State

Sept. 19 – Utah State

Sept. 26 – California

Oct. 8 – at USC (Thursday)

Oct. 17 – Oregon

Oct. 24 – at Stanford

Oct. 31 – Arizona

Nov. 7 – Utah

Nov. 14 – at Arizona State

Nov. 21 – at Oregon State

Nov. 27 – Washington State (Friday)

Dec. 4 – Pac-12 Championship Game

WASHINGTON STATE 2015 SCHEDULE

Sept. 5 – Portland State

Sept. 12 – at Rutgers

Sept. 19 – Wyoming

Sept. 26 – Bye

Oct. 3 – at California

Oct. 10 – at Oregon

Oct. 17 – Oregon State 

Oct. 24 – at Arizona

Oct. 31– Stanford

Nov. 7 – Arizona State

Nov. 14 – at UCLA

Nov. 21 – Colorado

Nov. 27 – at Washington (Friday)

Dec. 4 – Pac-12 Championship Game

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    • Utah State is not a bye. They went 7-6, 11-2 and 9-5 the last three years, winning the Mountain West Conference title in 2012 and have been to a bowl game each year. I imagine Sacramento State is on the schedule so the players with familties from the Sacramento area will have reason to come see them play, including Shaq Thompson who hails from Sacramento.

      Either that or a school who was originally supposed to take that date dropped out and Sacramento State was willing to take it.