1980 Washington Huskies football team

The 1980 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its sixth season under head coach Don James, the team compiled a 9–2 record in the regular season and were Pacific-10 Conference champions at 6–1. They returned to the Rose Bowl, but fell to favored Michigan;^[1][2][3] for the season Washington outscored its opponents 333 to 198.^[4]

1980 Washington Huskies football
Pac-10 champion
Rose Bowl, L 6–23 vs. Michigan
Conference	Pacific-10
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 16
Record	9–3 (6–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Don James (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bob Stull (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Lambright (3rd season)
MVP	Tom Flick (QB)
Captains	Tom Flick (QB) Randy Van Divier (T) Rusty Olsen (DT) Ken Gardner (DB)
Home stadium	Husky Stadium
Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 16 Washington $	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 UCLA	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 11 USC	4	–	2	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
Arizona State	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Oregon	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	2
Stanford	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Arizona	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
California	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Both regular season losses were at home at Husky Stadium. The sole conference loss was to border rival Oregon,^[5][6] who last defeated the Huskies in 1973; it was the first loss for James against a Northwest team. In his eighteen games against the Ducks, James lost only three; the other two were in 1987 and 1988. The Huskies' winning streak over Washington State in the Apple Cup reached seven with another win in Spokane;^[7][8] it has not been held there since.

Senior quarterback Tom Flick was selected as the team's most valuable player; Flick, Ken Gardner, Rusty Olsen, and Randy Van Divier were the team captains.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	Air Force*	No. 19	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 50–7	44,999	^[9]
September 20	Northwestern*	No. 16	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 45–7	49,975
September 27	Oregon	No. 13	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)	L 10–34	56,282	^[5]^[6]^[10]
October 4	at Oklahoma State*		Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	W 24–18	48,200
October 11	at Oregon State		Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 41–6	33,000
October 18	at No. 20 Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 27–24	60,066
October 25	Navy*	No. 18	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 10–24	48,841	^[11]
November 1	Arizona State		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 25–0	48,691
November 8	Arizona		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 45–22	49,341
November 15	at No. 2 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 20–10	55,512
November 22	at Washington State	No. 16	Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA (Apple Cup)	W 30–23	34,577	^[7]^[8]
January 1, 1981	vs. No. 5 Michigan*	No. 16	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	L 6–23	104,863	^[1]^[2]^[3]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll

Conference opponents not played this season: California, UCLA

Roster

1980 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 15 Anthony Allen So TE 86 David Bayle Sr WR 17 Ron Blacken Sr OL Pat Bresolin G 57 James Carter Jr QB 6 Tim Cowan G 75 Mike Curtis Sr RB Brenno DeFeo QB 12 Tom Flick (C) Sr WR 80 Danny Greene Fr RB Sterling Hinds RB Ron Jackson RB Chris James G 56 Rick Mallory Fr OT 78 Curt Marsh Sr TE Lance Neubauer QB 16 Steve Pelluer Fr C 53 Mike Reilly Sr FB 32 Willie Rosborough So WR 7 Paul Skansi So RB 20 Kyle Stevens RB Kyle Stewart RB 45 Toussaint Tyler Sr OT 79 Randy Van Divier (C) Sr WR 91 Aaron Williams	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 4 Dennis Brown So LB 48 Tony Caldwell So LB 40 Ken Driscoll So LB 82 Bret Gagliardi Sr S 69 Ken Gardner (C) Sr DT 92 Scott Garnett Fr S 3 Derek Harvey So CB 8 Ray Horton Jr DT 65 Fletcher Jenkins Jr LB 67 Mark Jerue Jr LB 47 Jerry McLain Sr DB 23 Vince Newsome So DB 33 Chris O'Connor DT 64 Rusty Olsen (C) Sr LB 49 Steve Pope Jr CB 2 William Reed Jr CB 11 Bill Stapleton So LB 38 Mark Stewart So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 14 Rich Camarillo Sr K 13 Chuck Nelson So	Head coach Don James (6th year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Jim Lambright (DC) Bob Stull (OC) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Redshirt

Source:^[12][13][14]

Season summary

Air Force

Northwestern

Oregon

At Oklahoma State

At Oregon State

At Stanford

At USC

See also: 1980 USC Trojans football team

Navy

Arizona State

Arizona

At Washington State

See also: 1980 Washington State Cougars football team and Apple Cup

#16 Washington Huskies (8–2) at Washington State Cougars (4–6)

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington	0	14	7	9	30
Washington State	14	0	3	6	23

at Joe Albi Stadium, Spokane, Washington

• Date: November 20
• Game attendance: 34,577
• ^[15]

Game information

First quarter WSU – Samoa Samoa 23-yard run (Mike DeSanto kick). Washington State 7–0. Drive: WSU – Samoa Samoa 5-yard run (Mike DeSanto kick). Washington State 14–0. Drive: Second quarter WASH – Willie Rosborough 3-yard run, 2:40. (Chuck Nelson kick). Washington State 14–7. Drive: 28 yards. WASH – Paul Skansi 22-yard pass from Tom Flick, 1:01. (Chuck Nelson kick). Tie 14–14. Drive: 32 yards. Third quarter WASH – Aaron Williams 41-yard pass from Tom Flick (Chuck Nelson kick). Washington 21–14. Drive: 12 plays, 93 yards. WSU – DeSanto 26-yard field goal. Washington 21–17. Drive: Fourth quarter WASH – Anthony Allen 47-yard pass from Tom Flick (kick blocked). Washington 27–17. Drive: WSU – Pat Beach 33-yard pass from Samoa Samoa (kick blocked), 5:48. Washington 27–23. Drive: WASH – Chuck Nelson 29-yard field goal, 1:37. Washington 30–23. Drive: 68 yards. Top passers WASH – Tom Flick – 20/32, 311 yards, 3 TD, 2 int WSU – Samoa Samoa – 7/16, 92 yards, TD, int Top rushers WASH – Willie Rosborough – 15 rushes, 62 yards, TD WSU – Tim Harris – 20 rushes, 104 yards Top receivers WASH – Paul Skansi – 6 receptions, 98 yards, TD WSU – Pat Beach – 3 receptions, 56 yards, TD

Ken Gardner intercepted a Samoa Samoa pass with 1:05 remaining to preserve the win.

External video
Game film (silent)

Rose Bowl (vs. Michigan)

#5 Michigan vs. #16 Washington

1 2 3 4 Total • Wolverines 0 7 10 6 23 Huskies 0 6 0 0 6 Date: January 1, 1981 Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California Game attendance: 104,863 TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg, Merlin Olsen

Scoring summary 2 UW Nelson 35-yard field goal UW 3-0 2 MICH Woolfolk 6-yard run (Haji-Sheikh kick) MICH 7-3 2 UW Nelson 26-yard field goal MICH 7-6 3 MICH Haji-Sheikh 25-yard field goal MICH 10-6 3 MICH Carter 7-yard pass from Wangler (Haji-Sheikh kick) MICH 17-6 4 MICH Edwards 1-yard run (Haji-Sheikh kick failed) MICH 23-6

Main article: 1981 Rose Bowl

See also: 1980 Michigan Wolverines football team

NFL draft selections

Five University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1981 NFL draft, which lasted twelve rounds with 332 selections.

= Husky Hall of Fame^[16]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	Franchise
Curt Marsh	Tackle	1st	23	Oakland Raiders
Randy Van Divier	Tackle	3rd	68	Baltimore Colts
Tom Flick	Quarterback	4th	90	Washington Redskins
Toussaint Tyler	Running back	9th	222	New Orleans Saints
Rusty Olsen	Defensive tackle	9th	264	Denver Broncos

References

1. "Everything comes up roses for the Wolverines". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 2, 1981. p. 1C.
2. Gerheim, Earl (January 2, 1981). "Huskies turn to mush". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 23.
3. Van Sickel, Charlie (January 2, 1981). "Fee-fie-fo-fum, Bo finally wins one". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 21.
4. . College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
5. Withers, Bud (September 28, 1980). "Ducks take a bite from Huskies' bowl". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
6. "Ogburn runs, passes Ducks to win over Huskies". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 28, 1980. p. 8C.
7. "Washington State makes Washington work for it, 30-23". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 23, 1980. p. 4B.
8. Van Sickel, Charlie (November 24, 1980). "UW roars from behind". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 17.
9. Miller, Paul (September 14, 1980). "The Huskies provided the air show". The News Tribune. p. B1. Retrieved January 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Withers, Bud (September 27, 1980). "Running out of running backs". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
11. "Underdog Middies score easy win over Huskies". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 26, 1980. p. 6D.
12. "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 27, 1980. p. 2C.
13. "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 11, 1980. p. 2C.
14. Van Sickel, Charlie (November 21, 1980). "UW pick, but Walden has it even". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 21.
15. "Washington State makes Washington work for it, 30-23." Eugene Register-Guard. 1980 Nov 23. Pg. 4B. Retrieved 2020-Dec-12.
16. "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.

External links

• Official game program: Washington vs. Washington State at Spokane – November 22, 1980