American college football season
1979 Washington Huskies football Conference Pacific-10 Coaches No. 11 AP No. 11 1979 record 9–3 (5–2 Pac-10) Head coach Offensive coordinator Bob Stull (1st season)Defensive coordinator Jim Lambright (2nd season)MVP Mark Lee (CB)Captains
Phil Foreman (G)
Doug Martin (DE)Antowaine Richardson (LB)
Joe Steele (RB) Home stadium Husky Stadium Seasons
1979 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W
L
T W
L
T
No. 2 USC $
6
–
0
–
1
11
–
0
–
1
No. 11 Washington
5
–
2
–
0
9
–
3
–
0
Arizona
4
–
3
–
0
6
–
5
–
1
Oregon
4
–
3
–
0
6
–
5
–
0
California
5
–
4
–
0
6
–
6
–
0
Stanford
3
–
3
–
1
5
–
5
–
1
Arizona State †
3
–
4
–
0
6
–
6
–
0
UCLA
3
–
4
–
0
5
–
6
–
0
Washington State
2
–
6
–
0
3
–
8
–
0
Oregon State
1
–
7
–
0
1
–
10
–
0
$ – Conference champion † – Arizona State later forfeited 5 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions[1] AP Poll
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] 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 [ ] Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance September 8 Wyoming * No. 15 W 38–247,530 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 7–12(later vacated) [3] [4] [5] [14] 70,912 October 20 No. 17 Pittsburgh * No. 12 L 14–2652,485 October 27 at UCLA No. 20 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA W 34–1435,757 November 3 at California No. 16 California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA 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
Roster [ ]
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
Source: [15] [16] [17] NFL Draft selections [ ] Eight University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1980 NFL Draft , which lasted twelve rounds with 333 selections.
References [ ]
^ "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. 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. ^ "All-Time Records for Washington" .^ "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 2019-10-08 .
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