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
1983 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 UCLA $ 6 –1 –17 –4 –1
Washington 5 –2 –08 –4 –0
Washington State 5 –3 –07 –4 –0
USC 4 –3 –04 –6 –1
Arizona 4 –3 –17 –3 –1
Arizona State 3 –3 –16 –4 –1
Oregon 3 –3 –14 –6 –1
California 3 –4 –15 –5 –1
Oregon State 1 –6 –12 –8 –1
Stanford 1 –7 –01 –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
DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 10at Northwestern*No. 19
W 34–026,165
September 17No. 8 Michigan*No. 16
KOMOW 25–2460,638
September 24at LSU*No. 9
L 14–4082,390
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. 14
KOMOW 32–344,303
October 29at UCLANo. 11
L 24–2760,094
November 5at ArizonaNo. 20
W 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

Conference opponents not played this season: Arizona State, California

Roster
1983 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
P 94 Thane Cleland Fr
K 18 Jeff Jaeger Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt
Source:[9][10][11][12]

Game summaries
1 234Total
Midshipmen 7 030 10
• No. 18 Huskies 3 10014 27
Scoring summary
1NAVYStevens 4-yard pass from Williamson (Young kick)NAVY 7-0
1WASHJaeger 33-yard field goalNAVY 7-3
2WASHJaeger 35-yard field goalNAVY 7-6
2WASHGreene 26-yard pass from Pelluer (Jaeger kick)WASH 13-7
3NAVYYoung 21-yard field goalWASH 13-10
4WASHLutu 2-yard pass from Pelluer (Jaeger kick)WASH 20-10
4WASHHinds 53-yard run (Jaeger kick)WASH 27-10
Source:[13][14]

USC
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
Scoring summary
Q2WASHJaeger yard field goalWASH 3–0
Q2WASHGreene 39 yard pass from Peuller (Jaeger kick)WASH 10–0
Q33:41WASHGreene 71 yard punt return (Jaeger kick)WASH 17–0
Q4WASHFeeney 1 yard run (Jaeger kick)WASH 24–0
Source:[2][3]

Vs. Penn State (Aloha Bowl)
Main article: 1983 Aloha Bowl
See also: 1983 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. 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.


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