| 1983 Washington Huskies football | |
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Aloha Bowl, L 10–13 vs. Penn State | |
| Conference | Pacific-10 |
| Record | 8–4 (5–2 Pac-10) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Bob Stull (5th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Jim Lambright (7th season) |
| MVP | Steve Pelluer |
| Captains |
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| Home stadium | Husky Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b 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.
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