American college football season
1983 Washington Huskies football |
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Conference | Pacific-10 |
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Record | 8–4 (5–2 Pac-10) |
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Head coach | |
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Offensive coordinator | Bob Stull (5th season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Jim Lambright (7th season) |
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MVP | Steve Pelluer |
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Captains | - Steve Pelluer
- Rick Mallory
- Stewart Hill
- Dean Browning
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Home stadium | Husky Stadium |
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The 1983 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its ninth season under head coach Don James, the team was 8–3 in the regular season (5–2 in the Pacific-10 Conference, second), and outscored its opponents 285 to 178.[1]
The Huskies shut out USC 24–0 to improve to 8–2,[2][3] were ranked fifteenth in the AP poll,[4] with the inside track to the Rose Bowl.[3] They dropped their final two games, the Apple Cup in Seattle,[5][6] and the Aloha Bowl to Penn State.[7][8]
Senior quarterback Steve Pelluer was selected as the team's most valuable player. Pelluer, Dean Browning, Stewart Hill, and Rick Mallory were the team captains.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 10 | at Northwestern* | No. 19 | | | W 34–0 | 26,165 | |
September 17 | No. 8 Michigan* | No. 16 | | KOMO | W 25–24 | 60,638 | [9] |
September 24 | at LSU* | No. 9 | | | L 14–40 | 82,390 | [10] |
October 1 | Navy* | No. 18 | | | W 27–10 | 59,912 | |
October 8 | Oregon State | No. 16 | | | W 34–7 | 60,354 | |
October 15 | Stanford | No. 17 | | | W 32–15 | 60,270 | |
October 22 | at Oregon | No. 14 | | KOMO | W 32–3 | 44,303 | |
October 29 | at UCLA | No. 11 | | | L 24–27 | 60,094 | |
November 5 | at Arizona | No. 20 | | | W 23–22 | 48,808 | |
November 12 | USC | No. 18 | | | W 24–0 | 60,690 | |
November 19 | Washington State | No. 15 | | CBS | L 6–17 | 59,220 | |
December 26 | vs. Penn State* | | | Metro | L 10–13 | 37,212 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1983 Washington Huskies football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | G | 64 | Ted Brose | Sr | OT | 70 | Lance Dodson | Sr | C | 51 | Dan Eernissee | Jr | SE | 80 | Danny Greene | Jr | TB | 22 | Sterling Hinds | Sr | FB | 45 | Walt Hunt | Jr | OT | 75 | Dennis Maher | Jr | G | 55 | Rick Mallory (C) | Sr | SE | 19 | Mark Pattison | Jr | QB | 16 | Steve Pelluer (C) | Sr | QB | 14 | Paul Sicuro | Jr | FL | 9 | Dave Stransky | Sr | TE | 88 | Tony Wroten | Jr | | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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- Source:[11][12][13][14]
Game summaries
Navy
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Midshipmen | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | • No. 18 Huskies | 3 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 27 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | NAVY | Stevens 4-yard pass from Williamson (Young kick) | NAVY 7-0 | | 1 | | WASH | Jaeger 33-yard field goal | NAVY 7-3 | | 2 | | WASH | Jaeger 35-yard field goal | NAVY 7-6 | | 2 | | WASH | Greene 26-yard pass from Pelluer (Jaeger kick) | WASH 13-7 | | 3 | | NAVY | Young 21-yard field goal | WASH 13-10 | | 4 | | WASH | Lutu 2-yard pass from Pelluer (Jaeger kick) | WASH 20-10 | | 4 | | WASH | Hinds 53-yard run (Jaeger kick) | WASH 27-10 | |
- Source:[15][16]
USC
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Trojans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | • No. 18 Huskies | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 | - Date: November 12
- Location: Husky Stadium
- Game attendance: 59,190
- Game weather: Rain
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Scoring summary |
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| Q2 | | WASH | Jaeger yard field goal | WASH 3–0 | | Q2 | | WASH | Greene 39 yard pass from Peuller (Jaeger kick) | WASH 10–0 | | Q3 | 3:41 | WASH | Greene 71 yard punt return (Jaeger kick) | WASH 17–0 | | Q4 | | WASH | Feeney 1 yard run (Jaeger kick) | WASH 24–0 | |
- Source:[2][3]
Vs. Penn State (Aloha Bowl)
NFL draft
Three Huskies were selected in the 1984 NFL draft.
References
- ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1980–1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- ^ a b "Huskies sets sights on Rose Bowl berth". Gainseville Sun. (Florida). Associated Press. November 13, 1983. p. 7C.
- ^ a b c Myhre, Rich (November 13, 1983). "Cougs in Huskies' path again". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C5.
- ^ "Top twenty". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 15, 1983. p. 21.
- ^ Devlin, Vince (November 20, 1983). "Cougs wilt UW's roses again". p. C1.
- ^ Barrows, Bob (November 20, 1983). "Cougars spoil Huskies hopes, 17-6". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
- ^ "Penn State slips by Washington in Aloha Bowl". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 27, 1983. p. 1C.
- ^ "Penn State rallies to edge Huskies". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 27, 1983. p. C1.
- ^ Joe Lapointe (September 18, 1983). "U-M falls in final minute". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1H, 11H – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "LSU quarterback jolts Huskies, 40–14". The Columbian. September 25, 1983. Retrieved November 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 8, 1983. p. 4B.
- ^ "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 22, 1983. p. 2B.
- ^ "Apple Cup: The starters". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 19, 1983. p. 18.
- ^ Barrows, Bob (November 19, 1983). "Apple Cup: WSU looks for encore". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
- ^ Myhre, Rich (October 2, 1983). "Huskies' victory isn't pretty". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
- ^ "Washington 27, Navy 10". Gainesville Sun. (Florida). Associated Press. October 2, 1983. p. 5C.
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