1996 Washington Huskies football team

The 1996 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its fourth season under head coach Jim Lambright, the team compiled a 9–3 record, finished second in the Pacific-10 Conference, and outscored its opponents 391 to 254.[1] Running back Corey Dillon was selected as the team's most valuable player. Seniors Ink Aleaga, John Fiala, Dave Janoski, and Bob Sapp were the team captains.

1996 Washington Huskies football
Holiday Bowl, L 21–33 vs. Colorado
ConferencePacific-10
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
APNo. 16
Record9–3 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorScott Linehan (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorRandy Hart (2nd season)
MVPCorey Dillon
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1996 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Arizona State $  8 –0   11 –1  
No. 16 Washington  7 –1   9 –3  
Stanford  5 –3   7 –5  
UCLA  4 –4   5 –6  
Oregon  3 –5   6 –5  
California  3 –5   6 –6  
USC  3 –5   6 –6  
Arizona  3 –5   5 –6  
Washington State  3 –5   5 –6  
Oregon State  1 –7   2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

In his only season at UW, Seattle native Dillon set the team all-time single-season records for rushing yards (1,695 yards) and touchdowns scored (24). In the first quarter against San Jose State in mid-November, he rushed for 222 yards with two touchdowns, then went 83 yards on a pass for a third touchdown, setting NCAA records for both rushing yards and all-purpose yards (305) in one quarter.[2][3][4] Dillon did not re-enter the non-conference game as the Huskies were comfortably ahead 25–0 by the end of the first quarter on a cold and rainy afternoon; the Dawgs led 43–3 at the half and won 53–10.[2][3] For the third time, he was named the Pac-10 offensive player of the week,[4] and was a third team All-American.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 77:00 p.m.at No. 20 Arizona State
FSNL 42–4573,379
September 1412:30 p.m.No. 14 BYU*
ABCW 29–1771,165
September 2112:30 p.m.ArizonaNo. 24
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
ABCW 31–1773,414
October 53:30 p.m.StanfordNo. 18
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
FSNW 27–671,488
October 1211:30 a.m.at No. 11 Notre Dame*No. 16
NBCL 20–5459,075
October 193:30 p.m.UCLANo. 25
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
FSNW 41–2170,444
October 2612:30 p.m.at OregonNo. 23
ABCW 33–1446,226
November 212:30 p.m.at USCNo. 21
ABCW 21–1060,039
November 912:30 p.m.Oregon StateNo. 19
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 42–371,072
November 1612:30 p.m.San Jose State*No. 15
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 53–1070,063
November 233:30 p.m.at Washington StateNo. 12
FXW 31–24 OT37,600
December 305:00 p.m.vs. No. 8 Colorado*No. 13
ESPNL 21–3354,749
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Conference opponent not played this season: California

Roster
1996 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 88 Jeremy Brigham Jr
TE 85 Cameron Cleeland Jr
OT 67 Tony Coats So
WR 22 Fred Coleman Jr
FB 23 Keth Crotty Sr
OT 75 Aaron Dalan So
WR Andre DeSaussure
RB 4 Corey Dillon Jr
QB 15 Shane Fortney Jr
WR Gerald Harris Fr
RB Jason Harris
RB Anthony Hicks
RB Terry Hollimon
QB 16 Brock Huard So
WR 19 Dave Janoski (C) Sr
OT 57 Lynn Johnson Sr
G 70 Ben Kadletz So
FB 25 George Keiaho So
TE Cam Kissel
C 77 Olin Kreutz So
QB Tom Linarelli
QB Jon Minter
G 75 Benji Olson So
WR 24 Jerome Pathon Jr
FB 36 Mike Reed So
OT 72 Bob Sapp (C) Sr
RB Sacha Sarieddine
RB Maurice Shaw
RB 1 Rashaan Shehee Jr
OL Mostafa Sobhi
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 54 Ink Aleaga (C) Sr
LB 48 Eddie Burrell Sr
CB 8 Nigel Burton So
CB 10 Toure Butler Fr
DE 35 Cris Campbell Jr
DE 46 Jason Chorak Jr
LB 57 John Fiala (C) Sr
LB 6 Marques Hairston Fr
LB 40 Jerry Jensen Jr
CB 25 Mel Miller Fr
S 7 Tony Parrish Jr
DT 97 David Richie Sr
DB Kyle Roberts
CB 1 Jermaine Smith Fr
CB 11 Matt Summers Jr
LB 17 Lester Towns Fr
NT 78 Mac Tuiaea Fr
LB 45 Niva Tupua Fr
LB 51 Stuart Williams Jr
S 21 Chad Wolfe So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 14 Geoff Prince Sr
P 34 Hamid Sarshar Jr
K 18 John Wales Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Source:[5][6]


Season summary

At Arizona St
See also: 1996 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
Washington Huskies (0–0) at #20 Arizona State Sun Devils (0–0)
Period 1 2 34Total
Washington 7 7 72142
Arizona St 7 7 141745

at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

  • Date: September 21, 1996
  • Game weather: 95 °F (35 °C)
  • Game attendance: 73,379
Game information

[7]

NFL draft

Three Huskies were selected in the 1997 NFL draft, which lasted seven rounds (240 selections).

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Corey DillonRunning back243Cincinnati Bengals
Bob SappGuard369Chicago Bears
John FialaLinebacker6166Miami Dolphins

References
  1. "Washington Yearly Results (1995–1999)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  2. "A quarter of Dillon too much". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. November 17, 1996. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  3. "No. 15 Washington 53, San Jose St. 10". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). wire reports. November 17, 1996. p. 5C.
  4. "Washington tailback wins weekly honor for third time this season". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. November 19, 1996. p. 3B.
  5. "Washington Huskies". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (Kickoff '96). August 27, 1996. p. C2.
  6. "Matchups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 26, 1996. p. 4D.
  7. "Arizona St. 45, Washington 42". The Washington Post. September 8, 1996. Retrieved October 24, 2019.


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