1984 Washington Huskies football team

The 1984 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its tenth season under head coach Don James, the team compiled an 11–1 record, was ranked a close second in the two major polls,^[1] and outscored its opponents 352 to 145.^[2]

1984 Washington Huskies football
National champion (Berryman, FB News, NCF) Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 28–17 vs. Oklahoma
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
Record	11–1 (6–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Don James (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Gary Pinkel (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Lambright (7th season)
MVP	Ron Holmes
Captains	Dan Eernissee Danny Greene Tim Meamber Jim Rodgers
Home stadium	Husky Stadium
Seasons ← 1983 1985 →

1984 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 USC $	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 2 Washington	6	–	1	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 9 UCLA	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Arizona	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Arizona State	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Oregon	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Stanford	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
California	1	–	8	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Washington upset Michigan in Ann Arbor in September,^[3] and had climbed up to the top ranking, but fell to #14 USC in Los Angeles on November 10.^[4][5] The Huskies rebounded the next week to win the Apple Cup over Washington State in Pullman and finished the regular season at 10–1.^[6][7][8]

Washington defeated second-ranked Oklahoma 28–17 in the Orange Bowl.^[9][10][11] NCAA-designated major selectors Berryman (QPRS), Football News, and National Championship Foundation (NCF), each selected Washington as their national champion, with NCF splitting its selection with the BYU Cougars.^[12] However, the final AP and Coaches polls both declared the BYU Cougars as national champions.

Ron Holmes was selected as the team's most valuable player. Jim Rodgers was selected for the Guy Flaherty Most Inspirational award. Dan Eernissee, Danny Greene, Tim Meamber, and Rodgers were the team captains.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	Northwestern*	No. 19	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	Metrosports	W 26–0	55,364	[13]
September 15	at No. 3 Michigan*	No. 16	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	CBS	W 20–11	103,072	[3]
September 22	Houston*	No. 9	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 35–7	61,045	[14]
September 29	Miami (OH)*	No. 6	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 53–7	56,900	[15]
October 6	at Oregon State	No. 3	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 19–7	40,000	[16]
October 13	at Stanford	No. 2	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	CBS	W 37–15	44,500	[17]
October 20	Oregon	No. 1	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)		W 17–10	58,088	[18]
October 27	Arizona	No. 1	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 28–12	59,876	[19]
November 3	California	No. 1	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 44–14	59,462	[20]
November 10	at No. 14 USC	No. 1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	CBS	L 7–16	71,838	[4][5]
November 17	at Washington State	No. 8	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (Apple Cup)	Metrosports	W 38–29	40,000	[6][7][8]
January 1, 1985	vs. No. 2 Oklahoma*	No. 4	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	NBC	W 28–17	56,294	[9][10][11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Further information: 1984 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	18	19	16	9	6	3 (1)	2 (1)	1 (37)	1 (45)	1 (50)	1 (50)	8	5 (1)	4 (1)	4 (1)	2 (16)
Coaches	17	18	16	8	5	4 (3)	3 (3)	1 (24)	1 (30)	1 (24)	1 (30)	5	5 (1)	3 (1)	3 (1)	2 (11)

Game summaries

Northwestern

See also: 1984 Northwestern Wildcats football team

At Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 16 Huskies	3	7	10	0	20
No. 3 Wolverines	0	3	0	8	11

• Date: September 15
• Location: Michigan Stadium
• Game attendance: 103,072

Scoring summary

1		WASH	Jaeger 24-yard field goal	WASH 3–0
2		MICH	Bergeron 52-yard field goal	Tied 3–3
2		WASH	Fenney 2-yard run (Jaeger kick)	WASH 10–3
3		WASH	Pattison 73-yard pass from Millen (Jaeger kick)	WASH 17–3
3		WASH	Jaeger 38-yard field goal	WASH 20–3
4		MICH	Bean 6-yard pass from Harbaugh (Garrett run)	WASH 20–11

See also: 1984 Michigan Wolverines football team

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Houston

See also: 1984 Houston Cougars football team

Miami (OH)

See also: 1984 Miami Redskins football team

At Oregon State

See also: 1984 Oregon State Beavers football team

At Stanford

See also: 1984 Stanford Cardinal football team

Oregon

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Ducks	0	7	0	3	10
• No. 1 Huskies	7	0	7	3	17

• Date: October 20
• Location: Husky Stadium
• Game attendance: 58,088

 

Scoring summary

1	1:53	WASH	Ron Milus 42-yard punt return (Jeff Jaeger kick)	WASH 7–0
2	4:49	Oregon	Alex Mack 1-yard run (McCloud kick)	Tied 7–7
3	6:36	WASH	Jeff Jaeger 32-yard field goal	WASH 10–7
	4:05	WASH	Mike Gaffney blocked punt recovery in end zone (Jaeger kick)	WASH 17–7
4	10:19	Oregon	McCloud 27-yard field goal	WASH 17–10

See also: 1984 Oregon Ducks football team

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Arizona

See also: 1984 Arizona Wildcats football team

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California

See also: 1984 California Golden Bears football team

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At USC

Washington at USC

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 1 Huskies	0	7	0	0	7
• No. 14 Trojans	3	3	0	10	16

• Date: November 10
• Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
• Game attendance: 71,838
• Television network: CBS

See also: 1984 USC Trojans football team

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At Washington State

See also: 1984 Washington State Cougars football team and Apple Cup

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Vs. Oklahoma (Orange Bowl)

Washington vs. Oklahoma

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 4 Huskies	14	0	0	14	28
No. 2 Sooners	0	14	0	3	17

• Date: January 1
• Location: Orange Bowl
• Game attendance: 56,294
• TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui, Bob Trumpy, and Bill Macatee

Main article: 1985 Orange Bowl

See also: 1984 Oklahoma Sooners football team

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Roster

1984 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class G 78 Tim Burnham Jr QB 17 Chris Chandler Fr C 51 Dan Eernissee (C) Sr FB 30 Rick Fenney So G 72 Kevin Gogan Sr WR 80 Danny Greene (C) Sr WR 1 Lonzell Hill So FB 45 Walt Hunt Sr TE 84 Rod Jones So TE 82 Scott Jones Fr OT 75 Dennis Maher Sr QB 12 Hugh Millen Jr WR 19 Mark Pattison Sr G 67 Al Robertson Sr RB 28 Jacque Robinson Sr QB 14 Paul Sicuro Sr OT 68 Garth Thomas So TE 88 Tony Wroten Sr OT 50 Mike Zandofsky Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 93 Steve Alvord So LB 55 Ricky Andrews Fr LB 46 Tom Erlandson Fr DT 91 Brian Habib Fr LB 56 Ron Hadley Jr DT 90 Ron Holmes Sr CB 24 Vestee Jackson Jr LB 38 Joe Kelly Jr LB 56 Joe Krakoski Sr DT 95 Tony Lewis Sr LB 42 Tim Meamber (C) Sr CB 12 Ron Milus Jr CB 4 J. C. Pearson Sr FS 26 Tim Peoples So SS 39 Jim Rodgers (C) Sr LB 51 Reggie Rogers So LB 5 Fred Small Sr DB 31 Tony Zackery Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 9 Thane Cleland So K 18 Jeff Jaeger So	Head coach Don James (10th year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Gary Pinkel – OC Jim Lambright – DC Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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NFL draft

Seven Huskies were selected in the 1985 NFL draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	Franchise
Ron Holmes	DT	1	8	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tim Meamber	LB	3	60	Minnesota Vikings
Danny Greene	WR	3	81	Seattle Seahawks
Joe Krakoski	LB	6	153	Houston Oilers
Mark Pattison	WR	7	188	Los Angeles Raiders
Jacque Robinson	RB	8	197	Buffalo Bills
Fred Small	LB	9	241	Pittsburgh Steelers