American college football season
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] The conference opponents not played this season were Arizona and Stanford . 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.
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 8 Wyoming * No. 15 W 38–241,927 [ 14] 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 7–1270,912 [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 15] October 20 No. 17 Pittsburgh * No. 12 L 14–2652,485 October 27 at UCLA No. 20 W 34–1435,757 November 3 at California No. 16 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 released prior to the game
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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 Injured Redshirt
Source: [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] NFL draft selections [ edit ] Eight University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1980 NFL draft , which lasted twelve rounds with 333 selections.
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