SEATTLE (AP) - The steady stream snaking out of Husky Stadium started at halftime and only intensified once Washington finally scored midway through the third quarter.

By that point, the Huskies only trailed No. 3 Oklahoma 41-7.

Washington was thoroughly outclassed on Saturday night, serving as little more than a speed bump for the Sooners, who rolled to a 55-14 victory that left the Huskies 0-3 for the first time since 2004 when they finished with a school-worst 1-10 record.

Most discouraging for Huskies fans was the lack of competitiveness shown against the bigger and stronger Sooners. From Oklahoma's opening drive - a 51-yard scoring march that came after Washington went three-and-out - to its final scoring drive early in the fourth quarter, the Huskies were simply overmatched.

"I didn't give them anything to get excited about. We didn't do that and that's the honest truth. That is a fact," Washington coach Tyrone Willingham said about the chorus of boos that accompanied the Huskies to the locker room at halftime down 34-0. "But I do believe that this football team has faced one of the most difficult stretches any football team has faced this season and I do think that we are a better football team. Now we have to build on it and show it (in) this next portion of our season."

The Huskies' winless first three weeks wasn't all that unexpected by most. Washington opened the season with three ranked opponents, and nearly pulled off one upset, falling a blocked extra point short of knocking off BYU. But the lack of competitiveness against Oregon and Oklahoma should only add to the piercing dissent of disgruntled fans calling for a change at the head of the football program.

Willingham acknowledged the unhappiness after Saturday night's loss. But he also added the condition that the Huskies likely wrapped up one of the toughest three-week stretches of any team in the nation, especially considering how many freshman and sophomores are being counted on in critical positions.

"That was a tough three-game stretch for us and we've got to figure out where we want this season to go," Washington quarterback Jake Locker said. "There are only two ways it can go and I think the leadership of this team needs to step up and show these young guys which way we're going to go."

While Oklahoma players were given a rock star ovation by the remaining Sooners' fans as they walked off the field, the Huskies quickly and quietly retreated to try and decipher what went wrong.

Defensively, Washington failed to make the Sooners even pause. Oklahoma punted only three times, two of those coming in a first half that saw the Sooners score on their last four possessions of the half. They then scored the first three times they had the ball in the second half, running up 48 points between the end of the first quarter and early in the fourth.

Washington allowed 591 total yards to the Sooners, a number that could have gone much higher if Oklahoma so desired. Through three games, the Huskies are allowing 520.7 yards per game, although they've faced three of the more potent offenses in Oregon, BYU and Oklahoma.

"The three offenses we've seen will probably be in the top 10 in the nation," Huskies defensive coordinator Ed Donatell said.

Offensively, the Huskies managed to move the ball at times, but were done in by three fumbles - all of which were converted into Oklahoma touchdowns - and three missed field goals.

Even a simple shotgun snap between center Juan Garcia and Locker turned into an adventure at times.

"We've got to step up our level of play. We've got to bring more to the table," Locker said. "We have the talent to win games, we can't make mistakes like we did today."