American college football season
The 1979 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season . In its fifth season under head coach Don James , the team compiled a 9–3 record, finished in second place in the Pacific-10 Conference , and outscored its opponents 321 to 154.[2]
The two conference losses were to Arizona State and USC ; Arizona State later vacated its wins due to ineligible players.[3] [4] [5] The conference opponents not played this season were Arizona and Stanford . Washington won the Apple Cup over Washington State for a sixth consecutive year,[6] [7] [8] and the Sun Bowl over favored Texas .[9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Defensive back Mark Lee was selected as the team's most valuable player. Phil Foreman, Doug Martin , Antowaine Richardson, and Joe Steele were the team captains.
Schedule [ edit ]
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 8 Wyoming * No. 15 W 38–241,927 [14]
September 15 Utah * No. 14 W 41–749,735
September 22 at Oregon No. 12 W 21–1742,500
September 29 Fresno State * No. 9 W 49–1447,376
October 6 Oregon State No. 7 W 41–049,881
October 13 at Arizona State No. 6 L 7–1270,912 [3] [4] [5] [15]
October 20 No. 17 Pittsburgh * No. 12 L 14–2652,485
October 27 at UCLA No. 20 W 34–1435,757
November 3 at California No. 16 W 28–2425,000
November 10 No. 4 USC No. 15 L 17–2460,527
November 17 Washington State No. 16 W 17–756,110
December 22 vs. No. 11 Texas * No. 13 W 14–733,412
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1979 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Source: [17] [18] [19]
NFL draft selections [ edit ]
Eight University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1980 NFL draft , which lasted twelve rounds with 333 selections.
References [ edit ]
^ "2017 Media Guide" (PDF) . thesundevils.com . ASU Athletics. p. 127. Retrieved June 15, 2018 .
^ "Washington Yearly Results (1975-1979)" . College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015 .
^ a b "Pac-10 orders ASU must forfeit wins" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. November 16, 1979. p. 1C.
^ a b "ASU will forfeit non-league games" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). associated Press. November 17, 1979. p. 23.
^ a b "Decision displeases Trojans" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 17, 1979. p. 24.
^ Missildine, Harry (November 18, 1979). "Huskies win 'Apple Bowl' clash, 17-7" . p. C1.
^ Emerson, Paul (November 18, 1979). "Good vs. better" . p. 2D.
^ Van Sickel, Charlie (November 19, 1979). "UW defense prevails" . Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington). p. 27.
^ "Texas pick by seven" . Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington). Associated Press. December 21, 1979. p. 21.
^ Dawson, Pat (December 23, 1979). "Huskies shine in Sun Bowl upset" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
^ "Sun Bowl" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. December 23, 1979. p. 7D.
^ "Huskies notch Sun Bowl win" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). wire services. December 23, 1979. p. 3B.
^ Van Sickel, Charlie (December 24, 1979). "Husky defense key to win" . Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington). p. 16.
^ Sally Ann Shurmur (September 9, 1979). "Oh no! Washington by a lot, 38-2" . Casper Star-Tribune . p. 13 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "All-Time Records for Washington" . Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016 .
^ "2022 Washington Football Media Guide" (PDF) . University of Washington Athletics. p. 195. Retrieved January 3, 2023 .
^ "Starting lineups" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). October 6, 1979. p. 2C.
^ Missildine, Harry (November 17, 1979). "Expect ball to move in Cat-Dawg fight, no matter who has it" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). p. 23.
^ Emerson, Paul (November 17, 1979). "Braggin' rights" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). p. 3C.
^ "The Husky Hall of Fame" . gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
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