American college football season
The 1980 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season . In its sixth season under head coach Don James , the team compiled a 9–2 record in the regular season and were Pacific-10 Conference champions at 6–1. They returned to the Rose Bowl , but fell to favored Michigan ;[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] for the season Washington outscored its opponents 333 to 198.[ 4]
Both regular season losses were at home at Husky Stadium . The sole conference loss was to border rival Oregon ,[ 5] [ 6] who last defeated the Huskies in 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 in 1987 and 1988 . The conference opponents not played this season were California and UCLA . The Huskies' winning streak over Washington State in the Apple Cup reached seven with another win in Spokane ;[ 7] [ 8] it has not been held there since.
Senior quarterback Tom Flick was selected as the team's most valuable player; Flick, Ken Gardner, Rusty Olsen, and Randy Van Divier were the team 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 September 27 Oregon No. 13 L 10–3456,282 [ 5] [ 6] [ 10] October 4 at Oklahoma State * W 24–1848,200 October 11 at Oregon State W 41–633,000 October 18 at No. 20 Stanford W 27–2460,066 October 25 Navy * No. 18 L 10–2448,841 [ 11] November 1 Arizona State W 25–048,691 November 8 Arizona W 45–2249,341 November 15 at No. 2 USC W 20–1055,512 November 22 at Washington State No. 16 W 30–2334,577 [ 7] [ 8] , 1981 vs. No. 5 Michigan * No. 16 L 6–23104,863 [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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 Injured Redshirt
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At Washington State [ edit ] #16 Washington Huskies (8–2) at Washington State Cougars (4–6)
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Washington 0 14 7 9 30 Washington State 14 0 3 6 23
at Joe Albi Stadium , Spokane, Washington
Date : November 20Game attendance : 34,577[ 15]
Game information First quarter
WSU – Samoa Samoa 23-yard run (Mike DeSanto kick). Washington State 7–0. Drive: WSU – Samoa Samoa 5-yard run (Mike DeSanto kick). Washington State 14–0. Drive: Second quarter
WASH – Willie Rosborough 3-yard run, 2:40. (Chuck Nelson kick). Washington State 14–7. Drive: 28 yards. WASH – Paul Skansi 22-yard pass from Tom Flick , 1:01. (Chuck Nelson kick). Tie 14–14. Drive: 32 yards. Third quarter
WASH – Aaron Williams 41-yard pass from Tom Flick (Chuck Nelson kick). Washington 21–14. Drive: 12 plays, 93 yards. WSU – DeSanto 26-yard field goal. Washington 21–17. Drive: Fourth quarter
WASH – Anthony Allen 47-yard pass from Tom Flick (kick blocked). Washington 27–17. Drive: WSU – Pat Beach 33-yard pass from Samoa Samoa (kick blocked), 5:48. Washington 27–23. Drive: WASH – Chuck Nelson 29-yard field goal, 1:37. Washington 30–23. Drive: 68 yards. Top passers WASH – Tom Flick – 20/32, 311 yards, 3 TD, 2 int WSU – Samoa Samoa – 7/16, 92 yards, TD, int Top rushers WASH – Willie Rosborough – 15 rushes, 62 yards, TD WSU – Tim Harris – 20 rushes, 104 yards Top receivers WASH – Paul Skansi – 6 receptions, 98 yards, TD WSU – Pat Beach – 3 receptions, 56 yards, TD
Ken Gardner intercepted a Samoa Samoa pass with 1:05 remaining to preserve the win.
Rose Bowl (vs. Michigan)[ edit ] #5 Michigan vs. #16 Washington 1 2 3 4 Total • Wolverines 0 7 10 6 23 Huskies 0 6 0 0 6
Scoring summary 2 UW Nelson 35-yard field goal UW 3-0 2 MICH Woolfolk 6-yard run (Haji-Sheikh kick) MICH 7-3 2 UW Nelson 26-yard field goal MICH 7-6 3 MICH Haji-Sheikh 25-yard field goal MICH 10-6 3 MICH Carter 7-yard pass from Wangler (Haji-Sheikh kick) MICH 17-6 4 MICH Edwards 1-yard run (Haji-Sheikh kick failed) MICH 23-6
NFL draft selections [ edit ] Five University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1981 NFL draft , which lasted twelve rounds with 332 selections.
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