1983 Washington Huskies football team

1983 Washington Huskies football
Aloha Bowl, L 10–13 vs. Penn State
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record8–4 (5–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBob Stull (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Lambright (6th season)
MVPSteve Pelluer
Captains
Home stadiumHusky 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
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 3 – 7 – 1
Stanford 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 10at Northwestern*No. 19
W 34–026,165[9]
September 17No. 8 Michigan*No. 16
KOMOW 25–2460,638[10]
September 24at LSU*No. 9
L 14–4082,390[11]
October 1Navy*No. 18
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 27–1059,912[12]
October 8Oregon StateNo. 16
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 34–760,354[13]
October 15StanfordNo. 17
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 32–1560,270[14]
October 22at OregonNo. 14
KOMOW 32–344,303[15]
October 29at UCLANo. 11
L 24–2760,094[16]
November 5at ArizonaNo. 20
W 23–2248,808[17]
November 12USCNo. 18
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 24–060,690[18]
November 19Washington StateNo. 15
CBSL 6–1759,220[19]
December 26vs. Penn State*
MetroL 10–1337,212[20]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Team 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:[21][22]

USC

Team 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

Roster

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

[23][24][25][26]

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. ^ 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. ^ "Northwestern victim of James' rebuilding". The Sunday Oregonian. September 11, 1983. Retrieved February 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Joe Lapointe (September 18, 1983). "U-M falls in final minute". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1H, 11H – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "LSU quarterback jolts Huskies, 40–14". The Columbian. September 25, 1983. Retrieved November 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Pelluer's 290 yards pace Washington over Navy 27–10". Star Tribune. October 2, 1983. Retrieved February 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Huskies finally put Oregon State away". Tri-City Herald. October 9, 1983. Retrieved February 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Hinds leads Washington over Stanford". Oakland Tribune. October 16, 1983. Retrieved February 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Husky rush nips Duck dreams in bud". The Sunday Oregonian. October 23, 1983. Retrieved February 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Huskies don't hold up their end...UCLA wins Pac-10 shootout, 27–24". The Bellingham Herald. October 30, 1983. Retrieved February 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Whew! Huskies hang on for 23–22 win". The Olympian. November 6, 1983. Retrieved February 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Cougs in Huskies' path again". The Spokesman-Review. November 13, 1983. Retrieved February 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Cougars divert UW to Aloha Bowl, 17–6". The News Tribune. November 20, 1983. Retrieved February 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Defense does it for Penn State". Honolulu Star-Bulletin & Advertiser. December 27, 1983. Retrieved February 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ Myhre, Rich (October 2, 1983). "Huskies' victory isn't pretty". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
  22. ^ "Washington 27, Navy 10". Gainesville Sun. (Florida). Associated Press. October 2, 1983. p. 5C.
  23. ^ "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 8, 1983. p. 4B.
  24. ^ "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 22, 1983. p. 2B.
  25. ^ "Apple Cup: The starters". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 19, 1983. p. 18.
  26. ^ Barrows, Bob (November 19, 1983). "Apple Cup: WSU looks for encore". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.


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