1988 Washington Huskies football team

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1988 Washington Huskies football
Washington Huskies logo.svg
ConferencePacific-10
1988 record6–5 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Don James (14th season)
Offensive coordinatorGary Pinkel (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Lambright (12th season)
MVPAaron Jenkins
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 1987
1989 →
1988 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 USC $ 8 0 0 10 2 0
No. 6 UCLA 6 2 0 10 2 0
No. 16 Washington State 5 3 0 9 3 0
Arizona 5 3 0 7 4 0
Arizona State 3 4 0 6 5 0
Washington 3 5 0 6 5 0
Oregon 3 5 0 6 6 0
Oregon State 2 5 1 4 6 1
Stanford 1 5 2 3 6 2
California 1 5 1 5 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its fourteenth season under head coach Don James, the team compiled a 6–5 record (3–5 in the Pacific-10 Conference, tied for sixth), and outscored its opponents 254 to 223.[1] The five losses were by a combined margin of fifteen points. Washington did not play in a bowl game for the first time in ten seasons.

Aaron Jenkins was selected as the team's most valuable player. Jenkins, Ricky Andrews, Darryl Hall, and Mike Zandofsky were the team captains.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 10at Purdue*No. 20
W 20–656,125
September 17Army*No. 17
W 31–1766,128
September 24San Jose State*No. 17
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 35–3163,692
October 1No. 2 UCLANo. 16
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 17–2471,224
October 8at Arizona StateNo. 19W 10–070,934
October 15at No. 3 USCNo. 16
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 27–2862,974
October 22at OregonNo. 17L 14–1745,978
October 29Stanford
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 28–2568,272
November 5Arizona
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 13–1665,604
November 12California
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 28–2758,823
November 19at Washington StateL 31–3240,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel[]

1988 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB Eric Alozie
TE Bill Ames
WR Mario Bailey
C 60 Bern Brostek Jr
RB James Compton
QB 10 Cary Conklin Jr
RB Tony Covington
WR Scott Fitzgerald
RB 29 Aaron Jenkins (C) Sr
OL Kelly John-Lewis
RB Donald Jones
OT 79 Scott Jones Sr
TE Mark Kilpack
OL Dean Kirkland
RB Greg Lewis
OT 70 Siupeli Malamala Fr
WR 4 Orlando McKay Fr
OL Jeff Pahukoa
TE Aaron Pierce
WR Andre Riley
WR James Sawyer
WR 8 Brian Slater Sr
RB Vince Weathersby
OL Brett Wiese
OT 75 Mike Zandofsky Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 55 Ricky Andrews (C) Sr
DB Eric Briscoe
DL Dennis Brown
DB Eugene Burkhalter
LB 46 Brett Collins Redshirt.svg Fr
DE 90 Steve Emtman Fr
LB Chico Fraley
DB Dana Hall
S 40 Darryl Hall (C) Sr
LB Martin Harrison
DL Art Hunter
LB Virgil Jones
DL Jeff Kohlwes
CB 6 Le-Lo Lang Jr
DB Art Malone
DL Dorie Murray
DL Travis Richardson
DB Greg Tavis
DL Bob Willig
CB 25 Tony Zackery (C) Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 37 Eric Canton
K 3 John McCallum
Head coach
  • Don James (14th year)
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Season summary[]

Washington State[]

Washington Huskies at #19 Washington State Cougars
1 2 34Total
Washington 21 7 0331
Washington St 9 7 10632

at Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington

  • Date: November 19, 1988
  • Game weather: Snow, 34 °F (1 °C)
  • Game attendance: 40,000
  • Eugene Register-Guard, 1988 Nov 20.

NFL Draft[]

Five Huskies were selected in the 1989 NFL Draft.

Player Position Round Overall Franchise
Mike Zandofsky T 3 67 Phoenix Cardinals
Tony Zackery CB 8 223 New England Patriots
Ricky Andrews LB 10 260 San Diego Chargers
Brian Slater FL 11 285 Pittsburgh Steelers
Scott Jones T 12 334 Cincinnati Bengals

References[]

  1. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1985–1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
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