1977 Washington Huskies football team

1977 Washington Huskies football
Pacific-8 champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 27–20 vs. Michigan
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 9
AP No. 10
1977 record 8–4 (6–1 Pac-8)
Head coach Don James (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Dick Scesniak (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Jim Lambright (1st season)
MVP Warren Moon
Captain Blair Bush
Captain Dave Browning
Captain Warren Moon
Captain Mike Rohrbach
Home stadium Husky Stadium (c. 72,500, turf)
1977 Pacific-8 football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 10 Washington $  6 –1     8 –4  
No. 15 Stanford  5 –2     9 –3  
No. 13 USC  5 –2     8 –4  
California  3 –4     7 –4  
Washington State  3 –4     6 –5  
Oregon  1 –6     2 –9  
Oregon State  0 –7     2 –9  
UCLA †  0 –7     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † – UCLA forfeited 7 wins (5 conference wins) due to ineligible players.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 10 No. 16 Mississippi State* Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA L 18–27† (later vacated)[1]   45,050
September 17 San Jose State* Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA W 24–3   36,489
September 24 at Syracuse* Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, NY L 20–22   12,839
October 1 at Minnesota* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 17–19   31,895
October 8 at Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR W 54–0   29,500
October 15 Stanford Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA W 45–21   46,529
October 22 Oregon State Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA W 14–6   46,677
October 29 at UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 12–20† (later vacated)[1]   38,692
November 5 at California California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA W 50–31   38,812
November 12 No. 14 USC Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA W 28–10   59,501
November 19 Washington State No. 19 Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (Apple Cup) W 35–15   60,964
January 2 vs. No. 4 Michigan* No. 13 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) W 27–20   105,312
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

† Games were subsequently vacated or forfeited to Washington[1]

Game summaries

USC

1 234Total
USC 0 307 10
• Washington 0 7147 28

[2]

Washington State

1 234Total
Washington State 0 0015 15
• Washington 21 770 35

[3]

Roster

1977 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
C 58 Blair Bush Sr
QB 12 Tom Flick Fr
T 78 Curt Marsh Fr
QB 1 Warren Moon Sr
RB 24 Joe Steele So
T 63 Jeff Toews Jr
C 56 Tom Turnure So
RB 45 Toussaint Tyler Fr
T 79 Randy Van Divier Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 65 Dave Browning Jr
CB 23 Nesby Glasgow Jr
LB 5 Michael Jackson Jr
CB 19 Mark Lee So
DT 61 Chris Linnin So
DE 73 Doug Martin So
LB 48 Antowaine Richardson So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

1977 Huskies in professional football

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Blair BushCenter116Cincinnati Bengals
Dave BrowningDefensive End254Oakland Raiders

[4]

Warren Moon played for the Edmonton Eskimos from 1978 to 1983 and made his NFL debut with the Houston Oilers in 1984.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/fetch-team.pl?team=Washington
  2. ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1977 Nov 13.
  3. ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1977 Nov 20.
  4. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1985.htm
  5. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MoonWa00.htm
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