1983 Washington Huskies football team

1983 Washington Huskies football
1983 Aloha Bowl, L 10–13 vs. Penn State
Conference	Pacific-10
1983 record	8–4 (5–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Don James (9th year)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Lambright
MVP	Steve Pelluer
Captain	Dean Browning, Stewart Hill, Rick Mallory, Steve Pelluer
Home stadium	Husky Stadium

1983 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#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 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 compiled a 8–4 record, finished in second place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 285 to 178.^[1] 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	Result	Attendance
September 10	at Northwestern*	#19	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 34–0	26,165
September 17	#8 Michigan*	#16	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 25–24	60,638
September 24	at Louisiana State*	#9	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 14–40	82,390
October 1	Navy*	#18	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 27–10	59,912
October 8	Oregon State	#16	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 34–7	60,354
October 15	Stanford	#17	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 32–15	60,270
October 22	at Oregon	#14	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	W 32–3	44,303
October 29	at UCLA	#11	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	L 24–27	60,094
November 5	at Arizona	#20	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 23–22	48,808
November 12	USC	#18	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 24–0	60,690
November 29	Washington State	#15	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	L 6–17	59,220
December 26	vs. Penn State*		Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl)	L 10–13	37,212
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

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, WA Source:

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

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

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References

1. "Washington Yearly Results (1980–1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
2. Gainesville Sun. 1983 Nov 13. Retrieved 2015-Sep-20.