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
Conference	Pacific-10
1983 record	8–4 (5–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Don James (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bob Stull (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Lambright (7th season)
MVP	Steve Pelluer
Captains	Steve Pelluer Rick Mallory Stewart Hill Dean Browning
Home stadium	Husky Stadium

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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	at Northwestern*	No. 19	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		W 34–0	26,165
September 17	No. 8 Michigan*	No. 16	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	KOMO	W 25–24	60,638
September 24	at LSU*	No. 9	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		L 14–40	82,390
October 1	Navy*	No. 18	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 27–10	59,912
October 8	Oregon State	No. 16	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 34–7	60,354
October 15	Stanford	No. 17	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 32–15	60,270
October 22	at Oregon	No. 14	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (rivalry)	KOMO	W 32–3	44,303
October 29	at UCLA	No. 11	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		L 24–27	60,094
November 5	at Arizona	No. 20	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		W 23–22	48,808
November 12	USC	No. 18	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 24–0	60,690
November 19	Washington State	No. 15	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	CBS	L 6–17	59,220
December 26	vs. Penn State*		Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl)	Metro	L 10–13	37,212
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1983 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class G 64 Ted Brose Sr T 70 Lance Dodson Sr C 51 Dan Eernissee Jr SE 80 Danny Greene Jr TB 22 Sterling Hinds Sr FB 45 Walt Hunt Jr T 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 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 Don James (9th year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Bob Stull – OC Jim Lambright – DC Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Source:[9][10][11][12]

Game summaries

Navy

1 2 3 4 Total Navy 7 0 3 0 10 • Washington 3 10 0 14 27 Date: October 1 Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle

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:[13][14]

USC

1 2 3 4 Total USC 0 0 0 0 0 • Washington 0 10 7 7 24 Date: November 12 Location: Husky Stadium Game attendance: 59,190 Game 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]

NFL Draft

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

1. "Washington Yearly Results (1980–1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
2. "Huskies sets sights on Rose Bowl berth". Gainseville Sun. (Florida). Associated Press. November 13, 1983. p. 7C.
3. 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. "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 8, 1983. p. 4B.
10. "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 22, 1983. p. 2B.
11. "Apple Cup: The starters". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 19, 1983. p. 18.
12. Barrows, Bob (November 19, 1983). "Apple Cup: WSU looks for encore". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
13. Myhre, Rich (October 2, 1983). "Huskies' victory isn't pretty". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
14. "Washington 27, Navy 10". Gainesville Sun. (Florida). Associated Press. October 2, 1983. p. 5C.