1983 Washington Huskies football team

American college football season

1983 Washington Huskies football

Aloha Bowl, L 10–13 vs. Penn State
Conference	Pacific-10
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
Seasons← 1982 1984 →

1983 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	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 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.

The Huskies shut out USC 24–0 to improve to 8–2, were ranked fifteenth in the AP poll, with the inside track to the Rose Bowl. They dropped their final two games, the Apple Cup in Seattle, and the Aloha Bowl to Penn State.

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 Halawa, 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
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

Don James (9th year)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Bob Stull – OC
Jim Lambright – DC

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Source:

Game summaries

Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Midshipmen	7	0	3	0	10
• No. 18 Huskies	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

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USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Trojans	0	0	0	0	0
• No. 18 Huskies	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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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

"Washington Yearly Results (1980–1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
^ "Huskies sets sights on Rose Bowl berth". Gainseville Sun. (Florida). Associated Press. November 13, 1983. p. 7C.
^ Myhre, Rich (November 13, 1983). "Cougs in Huskies' path again". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C5.
"Top twenty". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 15, 1983. p. 21.
Devlin, Vince (November 20, 1983). "Cougs wilt UW's roses again". p. C1.
Barrows, Bob (November 20, 1983). "Cougars spoil Huskies hopes, 17-6". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
"Penn State slips by Washington in Aloha Bowl". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 27, 1983. p. 1C.
"Penn State rallies to edge Huskies". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 27, 1983. p. C1.
Joe Lapointe (September 18, 1983). "U-M falls in final minute". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1H, 11H – via Newspapers.com.
"LSU quarterback jolts Huskies, 40–14". The Columbian. September 25, 1983. Retrieved November 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 8, 1983. p. 4B.
"Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 22, 1983. p. 2B.
"Apple Cup: The starters". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 19, 1983. p. 18.
Barrows, Bob (November 19, 1983). "Apple Cup: WSU looks for encore". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
Myhre, Rich (October 2, 1983). "Huskies' victory isn't pretty". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
"Washington 27, Navy 10". Gainesville Sun. (Florida). Associated Press. October 2, 1983. p. 5C.

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