American college football season
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 [ edit ] Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 10 at Northwestern * No. 19 W 34–026,165 September 17 No. 8 Michigan * No. 16 KOMO W 25–2460,638 [9] September 24 at LSU * No. 9 L 14–4082,390 [10] October 1 Navy * No. 18 W 27–1059,912 October 8 Oregon State No. 16 W 34–760,354 October 15 Stanford No. 17 W 32–1560,270 October 22 at Oregon No. 14 KOMO W 32–344,303 October 29 at UCLA No. 11 L 24–2760,094 November 5 at Arizona No. 20 W 23–2248,808 November 12 USC No. 18 W 24–060,690 November 19 Washington State No. 15 CBS L 6–1759,220 vs. Penn State * Metro L 10–1337,212 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
1983 Washington Huskies football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
Source: [11] [12] [13] [14] Game summaries [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Midshipmen 7 0 3 0 10 • No. 18 Huskies 3 10 0 14 27
Scoring summary 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]
1 2 3 4 Total Trojans 0 0 0 0 0 • No. 18 Huskies 0 10 7 7 24
Date: November 12Location: Husky Stadium Game attendance: 59,190Game weather: Rain Scoring summary 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) [ edit ]
NFL draft [ edit ] Three Huskies were selected in the 1984 NFL draft .
References [ edit ] ^ "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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