1983 Washington Huskies football team

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]

1983 Washington Huskies football
Aloha Bowl, L 10–13 vs. Penn State
ConferencePacific-10
Record8–4 (5–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBob Stull (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Lambright (7th season)
MVPSteve Pelluer
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 UCLA $ 6 1 1 7 4 1
Washington 5 2 0 8 4 0
Washington State 5 3 0 7 4 0
USC 4 3 0 4 6 1
Arizona 4 3 1 7 3 1
Arizona State 3 3 1 6 4 1
Oregon 3 3 1 4 6 1
California 3 4 1 5 5 1
Oregon State 1 6 1 2 8 1
Stanford 1 7 0 1 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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

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DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 10at Northwestern*No. 19W 34–026,165
September 17No. 8 Michigan*No. 16KOMOW 25–2460,638[9]
September 24at LSU*No. 9L 14–4082,390[10]
October 1Navy*No. 18
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 27–1059,912
October 8Oregon StateNo. 16
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 34–760,354
October 15StanfordNo. 17
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 32–1560,270
October 22at OregonNo. 14KOMOW 32–344,303
October 29at UCLANo. 11L 24–2760,094
November 5at ArizonaNo. 20W 23–2248,808
November 12USCNo. 18
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 24–060,690
November 19Washington StateNo. 15
CBSL 6–1759,220
December 26vs. Penn State*MetroL 10–1337,212
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

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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
Pos. # Name Class
SS 6 Vince Albritton Sr
DT 99 Dean Browning (C) Sr
LB 56 Ron Hadley So
LB 46 Stewart Hill (C) Jr
DT 90 Ron Holmes Jr
CB 24 Vestee Jackson So
LB 56 Joe Krakoski Jr
FS 24 Robert Leaphart Sr
MG 68 Lynn Madsen Sr
LB 42 Tim Meamber Jr
CB 12 Ron Milus So
CB 4 J. C. Pearson Jr
FS 39 Jim Rodgers Jr
LB 5 Fred Small Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 94 Thane Cleland Fr
K 18 Jeff Jaeger Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt
Source:[11][12][13][14]

Game summaries

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1 234Total
Midshipmen 7 030 10
No. 18 Huskies 3 10014 27
Source:[15][16]
1 234Total
Trojans 0 000 0
No. 18 Huskies 0 1077 24
  • Date: November 12
  • Location: Husky Stadium
  • Game attendance: 59,190
  • Game weather: Rain
Source:[2][3]

Vs. Penn State (Aloha Bowl)

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NFL draft

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Three Huskies were selected in the 1984 NFL draft.

Player Position Round Overall Franchise
Steve Pelluer QB 5 113 Dallas Cowboys
Scott Garnett DT 8 218 Denver Broncos
Rick Mallory G 9 225 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

References

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  1. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1980–1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Huskies sets sights on Rose Bowl berth". Gainseville Sun. (Florida). Associated Press. November 13, 1983. p. 7C.
  3. ^ a b c Myhre, Rich (November 13, 1983). "Cougs in Huskies' path again". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C5.
  4. ^ "Top twenty". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 15, 1983. p. 21.
  5. ^ Devlin, Vince (November 20, 1983). "Cougs wilt UW's roses again". p. C1.
  6. ^ Barrows, Bob (November 20, 1983). "Cougars spoil Huskies hopes, 17-6". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
  7. ^ "Penn State slips by Washington in Aloha Bowl". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 27, 1983. p. 1C.
  8. ^ "Penn State rallies to edge Huskies". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 27, 1983. p. C1.
  9. ^ Joe Lapointe (September 18, 1983). "U-M falls in final minute". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1H, 11H – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "LSU quarterback jolts Huskies, 40–14". The Columbian. September 25, 1983. Retrieved November 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 8, 1983. p. 4B.
  12. ^ "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 22, 1983. p. 2B.
  13. ^ "Apple Cup: The starters". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 19, 1983. p. 18.
  14. ^ Barrows, Bob (November 19, 1983). "Apple Cup: WSU looks for encore". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  15. ^ Myhre, Rich (October 2, 1983). "Huskies' victory isn't pretty". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
  16. ^ "Washington 27, Navy 10". Gainesville Sun. (Florida). Associated Press. October 2, 1983. p. 5C.