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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 .
Schedule
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 Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (
rivalry ) 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
Roster
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
Source:
[12]
[13]
[14]
Game summaries
Air Force
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Northwestern
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Oregon
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At Oklahoma State
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At Oregon State
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At Stanford
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At USC
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Navy
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Arizona State
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At Washington State
#16 Washington Huskies (8–2) at Washington State Cougars (4–6)
Period
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)
#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
Five University of Washington Huskies were selected in the
1981 NFL draft , which lasted twelve rounds with 332 selections.
= Husky Hall of Fame
[16]
References
^
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 from
the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 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 . p. B1. Retrieved January 8, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Withers, Bud (September 27, 1980).
"Running out of running backs" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). p. 1C.
^
"Underdog Middies score easy win over Huskies" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. October 26, 1980. p. 6D.
^
"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.
^ "Washington State makes Washington work for it, 30-23." Eugene Register-Guard. 1980 Nov 23. Pg. 4B. Retrieved 2020-Dec-12.
^
"The Husky Hall of Fame" . gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
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