1981 Washington Huskies football team

1981 Washington Huskies football

Pac-10 champion
Rose Bowl, W 28–0 vs. Iowa
Conference	Pacific-10
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 10
1981 record	10–2 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Don James (7th year)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Lambright (5th year)
MVP	Mark Jerue
Captain	James Carter
Captain	Vince Coby
Captain	Fletcher Jenkins
Captain	Mark Jerue
Home stadium	Husky Stadium

1981 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#10 Washington $	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#16 Arizona State	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#14 USC	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Washington State	5	–	2	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
UCLA	5	–	2	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Arizona	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Stanford	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
California	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Oregon	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its seventh season under head coach Don James, the team compiled a 10–2 record, finished in first place in the Pacific-10 Conference, defeated Iowa in the 1981 Rose Bowl, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 281 to 171.^[1] Mark Jerue was selected as the team's most valuable player. Jerue, James Carter, Vince Coby, and Fletcher Jenkins were the team captains.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 12	Pacific (CA)*	No. 17	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 34–14	45,134
September 19	Kansas State*	No. 15	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 20–3	52,343
September 26	at Oregon	No. 16	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	W 17–3	40,685
October 3	Arizona State	No. 12	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 7–26	50,410
October 10	at California		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 27–26	33,600
October 17	Oregon State		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 56–17	52,324
October 24	at Texas Tech*		Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX	W 14–7	36,335
October 31	Stanford	No. 18	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 42–31	53,504
November 7	at UCLA	No. 16	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 0–31	41,818
November 14	No. 3 USC		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 13–3	59,870
November 21	No. 14 Washington State	No. 17	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	W 23–10	60,052
January 1	vs. No. 13 Iowa*	No. 12	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 28–0	105,611
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game summaries

Washington State

Washington St at Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington St	0	7	3	0	10
• Washington	0	10	10	3	23

Date: Saturday, November 21
Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle, Washington

Source: Eugene Register-Guard

Scoring summary

2	WASH	Nelson 39-yard field goal	WASH 3-0

2	WSU	Martin 6-yard run (Leland kick)	WSU 7-3

2	WASH	Skansi 15-yard pass from Pelluer (Nelson kick)	WASH 10-7

3	WSU	Leland 27-yard field goal	Tied 10-10

3	WASH	Jackson 23-yard run (Nelson kick)	WASH 17-10

3	WASH	Nelson 28-yard field goal	WASH 20-10

4	WASH	Nelson 34-yard field goal	WASH 23-10

References

↑ "Washington Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 14, 2015.

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

Pac-12 Conference football champions

Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Idaho, Stanford, & USC (1927) USC (1928) USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) California (1958)

AAWU	UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State & USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)

Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California & UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)

Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC & UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington & Stanford (1992) Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC & Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA & Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC & Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California & USC (2006) Arizona State & USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)

Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015) Washington (2016)

National championships in bold

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