1978 Washington Huskies football team

The 1978 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Under fourth-year head coach Don James, the team compiled a 7–4 record, tied for second in the Pacific-10 Conference, and outscored its opponents 270 to 155. Linebacker Michael Jackson was selected as the team's most valuable player. The team captains were Jackson, Nesby Glasgow, Scott Greenwood, and Jeff Toews.

1978 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific-10
Record7–4 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDick Scesniak (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Lambright (1st season)
MVPMichael Jackson (LB)
Captains
  • Michael Jackson (LB)
  • Nesby Glasgow (DB)
  • Jeff Toews (OL)
  • Scott Greenwood (TE)
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1978 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 USC $ 6 1 012 1 0
No. 14 UCLA 6 2 08 3 1
Washington 6 2 07 4 0
Arizona State 4 3 09 3 0
No. 17 Stanford 4 3 08 4 0
California 3 4 06 5 0
Arizona 3 4 05 6 0
Oregon 2 5 02 9 0
Oregon State 2 6 03 7 1
Washington State 1 7 03 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

In the newly-expanded Pac-10, the defending champion Huskies returned eighteen starters, but not at quarterback. Washington defeated the two new members, Arizona and Arizona State, and did not play California. The two losses were to UCLA and USC, and the Huskies defeated Washington State in the Apple Cup for the fifth consecutive year.

An unexpected non-conference loss at unranked Indiana in September likely kept Washington out of a bowl game.

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