1979 Washington Huskies football team

1979 Washington Huskies football

Sun Bowl, W 14–7 vs. Texas
Conference	Pacific-10
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 11
1979 record	9–3 (5–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Don James (5th year)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Lambright (3rd year)
MVP	Mark Lee
Captain	Phil Foreman
Captain	Doug Martin
Captain	Antowaine Richardson
Captain	Joe Steele
Home stadium	Husky Stadium

1979 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 USC $	6	–	0	–	1	11	–	0	–	1
#11 Washington	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Arizona	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	1
Oregon	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
California	5	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Stanford	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Arizona State *	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
UCLA	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion * – Arizona State later forfeited 5 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its fifth season under head coach Don James, the team compiled a 9–3 record, finished in second place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 321 to 154.^[1] Mark Lee was selected as the team's most valuable player. Phil Foreman, Doug Martin, Antowaine Richardson, and Joe Steele were the team captains.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 8	Wyoming*	No. 15	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 38–2	47,530
September 15	Utah*	No. 14	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 41–7	49,735
September 22	at Oregon	No. 12	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	W 21–17	42,500
September 29	Fresno State*	No. 9	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 49–14	47,376
October 6	Oregon State	No. 7	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 41–0	49,881
October 13	at Arizona State	No. 6	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 7–12 (later vacated by ASU)^[2]	70,912
October 20	No. 17 Pittsburgh*	No. 12	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 14–26	52,485
October 27	at UCLA	No. 20	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 34–14	35,757
November 3	at California	No. 16	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 28–24	25,000
November 10	No. 4 USC	No. 15	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 17–24	60,527
November 17	Washington State	No. 16	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	W 17–7	56,110
December 22	vs. No. 11 Texas*	No. 13	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	W 14–7	33,412
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Washington Huskies football

Venues	Various (1889–1894) Denny Field (1895–1920) CenturyLink Field (2011–2012) Husky Stadium (1920–2011, 2013–)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Oregon Washington State (Apple Cup)

Culture & lore	Dubs Harry the Husky "Bow Down to Washington" Husky Marching Band Quarterback U The Wave Loudest CFB Stadium

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Notable players

Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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