1982 Washington Huskies football team

The 1982 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its eighth season under head coach Don James, the team compiled a 10–2 record, finished second in the Pacific-10 Conference, defeated Maryland in the Aloha Bowl,^[1][2][3] and outscored its opponents 354 to 193.^[4]

1982 Washington Huskies football
Aloha Bowl, W 21–20 vs. Maryland
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 7
Record	10–2 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Don James (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bob Stull (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Lambright (5th season)
MVP	Chuck Nelson
Captains	Anthony Allen Ken Driscoll Paul Skansi Mark Stewart
Home stadium	Husky Stadium
Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

1982 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 UCLA $	5	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
No. 7 Washington	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Arizona State	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 15 USC	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Arizona	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
California	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Stanford	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Oregon	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
Oregon State	0	–	7	–	1			1	–	9	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Washington lost the Apple Cup for the first time in nine years, a four-point loss in Pullman which knocked the Huskies out of the Rose Bowl.^[5][6][7] With the win in the Aloha Bowl, Washington climbed to seventh in the final rankings.

Senior placekicker Chuck Nelson was selected as the team's most valuable player. Anthony Allen, Ken Driscoll, Paul Skansi, and Mark Stewart were the team captains.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11		UTEP*	No. 2	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 55–0	53,966	[8]
September 18		at Arizona	No. 1	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 23–13	48,984	[9]
September 25		Oregon	No. 1	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)	W 37–21	57,059	[10]
October 2		San Diego State*	No. 1	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 46–25	55,528	[11]
October 9	1:00 p.m.	California	No. 1	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 50–7	56,911	[12]
October 16		at Oregon State	No. 1	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 34–17	38,000	[13]
October 23		Texas Tech*	No. 1	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 10–3	58,458	[14]
October 30	12:50 p.m.	at Stanford	No. 2	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 31–43	53,871–55,213	[15]
November 6		No. 9 UCLA	No. 10	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 10–7	58,558	[16]
November 13		at No. 3 Arizona State	No. 7	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 17–13	72,021	[17]
November 20		at Washington State	No. 5	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (Apple Cup)	L 20–24	36,571	[18]
December 25		vs. No. 16 Maryland*	No. 9	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI (Aloha Bowl)	W 21–20	30,055	[19]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

At Arizona State

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Washington	0	10	7	0	17
Arizona St	0	3	7	3	13

• Date: November 13
• Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, AZ
• Game attendance: 72,021

Scoring summary

Q1		WASH	Williams 20 yard pass from Cowan (Nelson kick)	WASH 7–0
Q1		WASH	Nelson 24 yard field goal	WASH 10–0
Q1	1:53	ASU	Zendejas 29 yard field goal	WASH 10–3
Q3		WASH	Robinson 4 yard run (Nelson kick)	WASH 17–3
Q3		ASU	Clack 50 yard run (Zendejas kick)	WASH 17–10
Q4		ASU	Zendejas 47 yard field goal	WASH 17–13

See also: 1982 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

• Jacque Robinson - 34 rushes, 124 yards.^[20]

NFL draft selections

Eleven University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1983 NFL draft which lasted twelve rounds with 335 selections.

= Husky Hall of Fame[21]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	Franchise
Ray Horton	DB	2	53	Cincinnati Bengals
Tony Caldwell	LB	3	82	Los Angeles Raiders
Chuck Nelson	PK	4	87	Los Angeles Rams
Vince Newsome	CB	4	97	Los Angeles Rams
Mark Stewart	LB	5	127	Minnesota Vikings
Paul Skansi	WR	5	133	Pittsburgh Steelers
Anthony Allen	WR	6	156	Atlanta Falcons
Bill Stapleton	DB	8	208	Detroit Lions
Eric Moran	T	10	273	Dallas Cowboys
Aaron Williams	WR	11	296	St. Louis Cardinals
Don Dow	T	12	317	Seattle Seahawks

Roster

1982 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 15 Anthony Allen (C) Sr C 50 Paul Coty Sr QB 14 Tim Cowan Sr OT 77 Don Dow Sr WR 80 Danny Greene So FB 31 Chris James Sr G 56 Rick Mallory Jr OT 72 Eric Moran Sr QB 16 Steve Pelluer Jr RB 28 Jacque Robinson So WR 7 Paul Skansi (C) Sr WR 2 Aaron Williams Sr G 66 Pat Zakskorn Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class MG 99 Dean Browning Jr LB 48 Tony Caldwell Sr DT 61 Ray Cattage Sr LB 40 Ken Driscoll (C) Sr LB 46 Stewart Hill Jr DT 90 Ron Holmes So CB 10 Ray Horton Sr CB 12 Ron Milus Fr WS 23 Vince Newsome Sr SS 30 Chris O'Connor Sr CB 11 Bill Stapleton Sr LB 38 Mark Stewart (C) Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 13 Chuck Nelson Sr P 18 Jeff Partridge Sr	Head coach Don James (8th year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Bob Stull – OC Jim Lambright – DC Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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