1978 Washington Huskies football team

1978 Washington Huskies football
1978 Washington Huskies football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	7–4 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Don James (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Dick Scesniak (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Lambright (1st season)
MVP	Michael Jackson
Captains	Michael Jackson; Nesby Glasgow; Jeff Toews; Scott Greenwood;
Home stadium	Husky Stadium
	Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Under fourth-year head coach Don James, the team compiled a 7–4 record, tied for second in the Pacific-10 Conference, and outscored its opponents 270 to 155. Linebacker Michael Jackson was selected as the team's most valuable player. The team captains were Jackson, Nesby Glasgow, Scott Greenwood, and Jeff Toews.

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In the newly-expanded Pac-10, the defending champion Huskies returned eighteen starters, but not at quarterback.^[1] Washington defeated the two new members, Arizona and Arizona State, and did not play California. The two losses were to UCLA and USC, and the Huskies defeated Washington State in the Apple Cup for the fifth consecutive year.^[2]^[3]^[4]

An unexpected non-conference loss at unranked Indiana in September likely kept Washington out of a bowl game.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	No. 12 UCLA	No. 11	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 7–10	55,780	^[8]
September 16	Kansas*	No. 18	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 31–2	49,450	^[9]
September 23	at Indiana*	No. 15	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 7–14	40,244	^[10]
September 30	at Oregon State		Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 34–0	30,000	^[11]
October 7	No. 8 Alabama*		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 17–20	60,975	^[12]
October 14	at No. 18 Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 34–31	58,079	^[13]
October 21	Oregon		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)	W 20–14	49,602	^[14]
October 28	Arizona State		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 41–7	54,866	^[15]
November 4	Arizona	No. 20	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 31–21	47,587	^[16]
November 11	at No. 5 USC	No. 19	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 10–28	54,071	^[17]
November 25	vs. Washington State		Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA (Apple Cup)	W 38–8	35,187	^[18]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Schedule

1978 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 USC $	6	–	1	–	0	12	–	1	–	0
No. 14 UCLA	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	1
Washington	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Arizona State	4	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Stanford	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
California	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Arizona	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Washington State	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll