1979 Washington Huskies football team

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 321 to 154.

1979 Washington Huskies football
Sun Bowl, W 14–7 vs. Texas
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 11
Record9–3 (5–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBob Stull (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Lambright (2nd season)
MVPMark Lee
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1979 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 USC $ 6 0 111 0 1
No. 11 Washington 5 2 09 3 0
Arizona 4 3 06 5 1
Oregon 4 3 06 5 0
California 5 4 06 6 0
Stanford 3 3 15 5 1
Arizona State3 4 06 6 0
UCLA 3 4 05 6 0
Washington State 2 6 03 8 0
Oregon State 1 7 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • † – Arizona State later forfeited 5 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions
Rankings from AP Poll

The two conference losses were to Arizona State and USC; Arizona State later vacated its wins due to ineligible players. The conference opponents not played this season were Arizona and Stanford. Washington won the Apple Cup over Washington State for a sixth consecutive year, and the Sun Bowl over favored Texas.

Defensive back Mark Lee was selected as the team's most valuable player. Phil Foreman, Doug Martin, Antowaine Richardson, and Joe Steele were the team captains.

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