American college football season
The 1976 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8). The Huskies were led by head coach Don James in his second year, and played their home games on campus at Husky Stadium in Seattle . They finished season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 3–4 in the Pac-8).[1] This was Washington's last losing season for 28 years, until 2004 .
The Huskies defeated rivals Oregon and Washington State for a third consecutive year.[2] [3] [4]
Schedule [ edit ] Date Opponent Site TV Result Attendance Source September 11 Virginia * W 38–1737,500–40,412 [5] September 18 Colorado * ABC L 7–2143,383 September 25 Indiana * L 13–2040,425–42,206 [6] October 2 Minnesota * W 38–740,694 October 9 at Oregon State W 24–1227,096 October 16 at Stanford L 28–3436,000 October 23 Oregon W 14–743,129 October 30 No. 3 UCLA L 21–3047,187 November 6 California L 0–742,932 November 13 at No. 3 USC L 3–2049,264 November 20 vs. Washington State W 51–3235,800 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1976 Washington Huskies football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 3 Don Feleay Sr PK 7 Steve Robbins Jr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
Source: [8] [9] Game summaries [ edit ] Oregon State [ edit ] Washington Huskies at Oregon State Beavers
Period 1 2 3 4 Total Washington 0 24 0 0 24 Oregon St 0 0 0 12 12
at Parker Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon
Date : October 9Game attendance : 27,096[10]
Game information Washington Moon 9/15, 88 yds, 2 int Steele 17 rush, 78 yds, 2 TD Phillips 5 rec, 40 yds Oregon St Richardson 5/14, 46 yds, int Redwine 18 rush, 70 yds Hammock 6 rec, 62 yds, TD
Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP UW OSU 2 14:19 6 37 Washington 36-yard field goal by Robbins 3 0 2 10:02 Washington Brooks 20-yard blocked punt return for touchdown, Robbins kick good 10 0 2 3:49 9 57 Washington Steele 1-yard touchdown run, Robbins kick good 0 17 2 1:04 5 25 Washington Steele 3-yard touchdown run, Robbins kick good 24 0 4 9:59 2 7 Oregon St Hammock 6-yard touchdown reception from Grossart, 2-point run failed 24 6 4 0:19 3 10 Oregon St Fields 3-yard touchdown run, 2-point run failed 24 12 "TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football . 24 12
NFL draft selections [ edit ] Three University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1977 NFL draft , which lasted twelve rounds with 335 selections.
References [ edit ] ^ "Earl, Rowland blast Cougars" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. November 21, 1976. p. 6C. ^ Withers, Bud (October 24, 1976). "The Ducks get disappointed again, 14-7" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). p. 1B. ^ "Steele's long dash leads Washington" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 24, 1976. p. D1. ^ Missildine, Harry (November 21, 1976). "UW explodes in 3rd, wins 51-32" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). p. D1. ^ "Rowland, Earl pace UW romp" . The Spokesman-Review . September 12, 1976. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "IU Holds Off Washington, 20-13" . The Star Press . Muncie, Indiana . United Press International . September 26, 1976. p. C1. Retrieved December 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com . ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Don James, 1976" . College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 18, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015 . ^ "WSU vs. Washington (probable starters)" . November 19, 1976. p. 21. ^ "Huskies vs. Cougars (rosters)" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). November 20, 1976. p. 17. ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1976 Oct 09. Retrieved 2018-Dec-30. ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame" . gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019 . External links [ edit ]
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