1993 Washington Huskies football team

The 1993 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its first season under head coach Jim Lambright, the team compiled a 7–4 record, finished in fourth place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 288 to 198. The team was not bowl-eligible, due to Pacific-10 conference sanctions.

1993 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific-10
Record7–4 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Woodruff (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Lambright (17th season)
MVPNapoleon Kaufman
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1993 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Arizona + 6 2 010 2 0
No. 18 UCLA + 6 2 08 4 0
USC + 6 2 08 5 0
Washington 5 3 07 4 0
No. 25 California 4 4 09 4 0
Arizona State 4 4 06 5 0
Washington State 3 5 05 6 0
Oregon 2 6 05 6 0
Stanford 2 6 04 7 0
Oregon State 2 6 04 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

With its two starting quarterbacks from 1992 selected in the NFL draft, the Huskies were led by sophomore Damon Huard and junior Eric Bjornson. Halfback Napoleon Kaufman was selected as the team's most valuable player. Jamal Fountaine, Matt Jones, Andy Mason, and Jim Nevelle were the team captains.

Entering his nineteenth season as head coach of the Huskies, Don James retired on August 22, following the announcement of sanctions by the Pac-10 Conference, which included a two-year bowl ban. Defensive coordinator Lambright was quickly named the head coach.

Comedian and actor Joel McHale played as tight end on the scout team at Washington during the 1992 and 1993 seasons.

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