American college football season
The1980 Washington Huskies football team was anAmerican football team that represented theUniversity of Washington during the1980 NCAA Division I-A football season . In its sixth season under head coachDon James , the team compiled a9–2 record in the regular season and werePacific-10 Conference championsat 6–1. They returned to theRose Bowl , but fell to favoredMichigan ;[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] 333 to 198.[ 4]
Both regular season losses were at home atHusky Stadium . The sole conference loss was toborder rival Oregon ,[ 5] [ 6] 1973 ; it was the first loss for James against a Northwest team. In his eighteen games against the Ducks, James lost only three; the other two were in1987 and1988 . The conference opponents not played this season wereCalifornia andUCLA . The Huskies' winning streak overWashington State in theApple Cup reached seven with another wininSpokane ;[ 7] [ 8] it has not been held there since.
Senior quarterbackTom Flick Randy Van Divier were theteam captains .
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 13 Air Force * No. 19 W 50–744,999 [ 9] September 20 Northwestern * No. 16 W 45–749,975 [ 10] September 27 Oregon No. 13 L 10–3456,282 [ 5] [ 6] [ 11] October 4 atOklahoma State * W 24–1848,200 [ 12] October 11 atOregon State W 41–633,000 [ 13] October 18 at No. 20Stanford W 27–2460,066 [ 14] October 25 Navy * No. 18 L 10–2448,841 [ 15] November 1 Arizona State W 25–048,691 [ 16] November 8 Arizona W 45–2249,341 [ 17] November 15 at No. 2USC W 20–1055,512 [ 18] November 22 atWashington State No. 16 W 30–2334,577 [ 7] [ 8] January 1 , 1981vs. No. 5Michigan * No. 16 L 6–23104,863 [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] *Non-conference game Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game Source:[ 19]
1980 Washington Huskies football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
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NFL draft selections [ edit ] Five University of Washington Huskies were selected in the1981 NFL draft , which lasted twelve rounds with 332 selections.
^a b "Everything comes up roses for the Wolverines" .Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. Associated Press. January 2, 1981. p. 1C.^a b Gerheim, Earl (January 2, 1981)."Huskies turn to mush" .Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. p. 23. ^a b Van Sickel, Charlie (January 2, 1981)."Fee-fie-fo-fum, Bo finally wins one" .Spokane Daily Chronicle . Washington. p. 21. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1980-1984)" .College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived fromthe original on December 22, 2015. RetrievedDecember 14, 2015 .^a b Withers, Bud (September 28, 1980)."Ducks take a bite from Huskies' bowl" .Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. p. 1B. ^a b "Ogburn runs, passes Ducks to win over Huskies" .Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. Associated Press. September 28, 1980. p. 8C.^a b "Washington State makes Washington work for it, 30-23" .Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. Associated Press. November 23, 1980. p. 4B.^a b Van Sickel, Charlie (November 24, 1980)."UW roars from behind" .Spokane Daily Chronicle . Washington. p. 17. ^ Miller, Paul (September 14, 1980)."The Huskies provided the air show" .The News Tribune . RetrievedJanuary 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com . ^ "Washington wallops Northwestern, 45–7" .The Pantagraph . September 21, 1980. RetrievedNovember 5, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com .^ Withers, Bud (September 27, 1980)."Running out of running backs" .Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. p. 1C. ^ "Washington subdues O-State in 24–18 style" .St. Joseph News-Press . October 5, 1980. RetrievedNovember 5, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Washington Huskies rip Pac-10 rival Oregon State" .San Angelo Standard-Times . October 12, 1980. RetrievedNovember 5, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "FG prunes Cards, Huakies smell Rosy" .The Sacramento Bee . October 19, 1980. RetrievedNovember 5, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Underdog Middies score easy win over Huskies" .Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. Associated Press. October 26, 1980. p. 6D.^ "Washington blanks Arizona State" .The Springfield Leader-News . November 2, 1980. RetrievedNovember 5, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Huskies smelling Roses after romp" .The Columbian . November 9, 1980. RetrievedNovember 5, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Huskies snap USC streak 20–10" .The Sacramento Bee . November 16, 1980. RetrievedNovember 5, 2024 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "1980 Washington Huskies Schedule and Results" .SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. RetrievedNovember 5, 2024 .^ "Starting lineups" .Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. September 27, 1980. p. 2C.^ "Starting lineups" .Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. October 11, 1980. p. 2C.^ Van Sickel, Charlie (November 21, 1980)."UW pick, but Walden has it even" .Spokane Daily Chronicle . Washington. p. 21. ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame" . gohuskies.com. RetrievedOctober 8, 2019 .
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