The 1993 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season . In its first season under head coach Jim Lambright , the team compiled a 7–4 record, finished in fourth place in the Pacific-10 Conference , and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 288 to 198.[1] The team was not bowl-eligible , due to Pacific-10 conference sanctions.[2]
With its two starting quarterbacks from 1992 selected in the NFL draft , the Huskies were led by sophomore Damon Huard and junior Eric Bjornson . Halfback Napoleon Kaufman was selected as the team's most valuable player. Jamal Fountaine , Matt Jones, Andy Mason, and Jim Nevelle were the team captains .
Entering his nineteenth season as head coach of the Huskies, Don James retired on August 22, following the announcement of sanctions by the Pac-10 Conference, which included a two-year bowl ban.[3] [4] [2] Defensive coordinator Lambright was quickly named the head coach.[5]
Comedian and actor Joel McHale played tight end at Washington during the 1992 and 1993 seasons.[6]
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 4 12:30 PM No. 15 Stanford No. 12 ABC W 31–1471,893
September 11 5:00 PM at No. 16 Ohio State * No. 12 ABC L 12–2194,109
September 25 12:30 PM East Carolina * No. 16 W 35–072,108
October 2 12:30 PM San Jose State * No. 15 W 52–1767,976
October 9 12:30 PM at No. 16 California No. 13 ABC W 24–2355,000
October 16 12:30 PM at No. 22 UCLA No. 12 ABC L 25–3940,830
October 23 12:30 PM Oregon No. 22 W 21–672,534
October 30 3:30 PM at Arizona State No. 19 Prime L 17–3248,116
November 6 1:00 PM at Oregon State W 28–2133,944
November 13 12:30 PM USC No. 25 ABC L 17–2272,202
November 20 12:30 PM Washington State W 26–372,688
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Roster [ ]
1993 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
PK
Hanson, Travis Travis Hanson
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Season summary [ ]
California [ ]
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
• Washington
3
0
7
14
24
California
10
10
3
0
23
Scoring summary
Q1
CAL Caldwell 25 yard pass from Barr (Brien kick) CAL 7–0
Q1
WASH Hanson 36 yard field goal CAL 7–3
Q1
CAL Brien 23 yard field goal CAL 10–3
Q2
CAL Brien 52 yard field goal CAL 13–3
Q2
CAL Holly 5 yard pass from Barr (Brien kick) CAL 20–3
Q3
CAL Brien 32 yard field goal CAL 23–3
Q3
WASH Kaufman 4 yard run (Hanson kick) CAL 23–10
Q4
WASH McCarthy 29 yard pass from Huard (Hanson kick) CAL 23–17
Q4
WASH Breuner 7 yard pass from Huard (Hanson kick) WASH 24–23
[7]
NFL Draft selections [ ]
One Washington player was selected in the 1994 NFL Draft :
This draft was seven rounds, with 222 selections
Source: [8]
Defensive tackle D'Marco Farr was undrafted, but played seven seasons with the Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams , which included a Super Bowl win and a Pro Bowl selection.
References [ ]
↑ "Washington Yearly Results (1990–1994)" . College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/w/washington/1990-1994_yearly_results.php . Retrieved December 15, 2015 .
↑ 2.0 2.1 Farrey, Tom (August 24, 1993). "UW head coach quits over sanctions" . Spokesman-Review . (Seattle Times) ((Spokane, Washington)): p. C1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oaIpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NfEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4847%2C3036022 .
↑ "It's judgment day for Washington" . Eugene Register-Guard . Associated Press ((Oregon)): p. 8E. August 22, 1993. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mZ8nAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6850%2C5126464 .
↑ Cour, Jim (August 23, 1993). "Penalty hits UW; James resigns" . Eugene Register-Guard . Associated Press ((Oregon)): p. 1A. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mp8nAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eOoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5125%2C5159521 .
↑ Boling, Dave (August 23, 1993). "UW head coach quits over sanctions" . Spokesman-Review ((Spokane, Washington)): p. A1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oKIpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NfEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5975%2C2749717 .
↑ Steinberg, Dan (February 14, 2005). "THECHAT: Joel McHale" . The Washington Post : p. D02. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22047-2005Feb13.html?sub%3Dnew?=AR%20THECHAT . Retrieved 30 March 2012 .
↑ Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 09. Retrieved 2018-Oct-28.
↑ "1994 NFL Draft Listing" . Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1994.htm . Retrieved October 5, 2017 .