1983 Washington Huskies football team

1983 Washington Huskies football
Aloha Bowl, L 10–13 vs. Penn State
Conference	Pacific-10
1983 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
Captain	Steve Pelluer
Captain	Rick Mallory
Captain	Stewart Hill
Captain	Dean Browning
Home stadium	Husky Stadium
Seasons

1983 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#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 compiled an 8–4 record, finished in second place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 285 to 178. 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, Illinois		W 34–0	26,165
September 17	No. 8 Michigan*	No. 16	Husky Stadium Seattle	KOMO	W 25–24	60,638
September 24	at LSU*	No. 9	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana		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, Oregon	KOMO	W 32–3	44,303
October 29	at UCLA	No. 11	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California		L 24–27	60,094
November 5	at Arizona	No. 20	Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona		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 Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl)	Metro	L 10–13	37,212
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Navy

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Navy 7 0 3 0 10 • Washington 3 10 0 14 27 Date: October 1 Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle Source: [1] 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

USC

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total USC 0 0 0 0 0 • Washington 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