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1977 Washington Huskies football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1977
team	Washington Huskies
sport	football
conference	Pacific-8 Conference
short_conf	Pac-8
CoachRank	9
APRank	10
record	8–4
conf_record	6–1
head_coach	Don James
hc_year	3rd
off_coach	Dick Scesniak
oc_year	3rd
def_coach	Jim E. Mora
dc_year	3rd
mvp	Warren Moon
captain	Blair Bush
captain2	Dave Browning
captain3	Warren Moon
captain4	Mike Rohrbach
stadium	Husky Stadium
champion	Pacific-8 champion
Rose Bowl champion
bowl	[Rose Bowl](1978-rose-bowl)
bowl_result	W 27–20 vs. [Michigan](1977-michigan-wolverines-football-team)

Rose Bowl champion The 1977 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8). The Huskies were led by third-year head coach Don James and played their home games at Husky Stadium in Seattle. They finished the regular season at 7–4 overall, were champions of the Pac-8 at 6–1, and earned a trip to the Rose Bowl on January 2.

The Huskies were 14-point underdogs to No. 4 Michigan, but upset the Wolverines 27–20.

Schedule

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Roster

Dick Scesniak (OC)
Jim Mora (DC)
Jim Lambright (LB)

Game summaries

At California

;Washington

Warren Moon 11/19, 207 yds, int
Joe Steele 22 rush, 90 yds, 2 TD
Scott Greenwood 5 rec, 112 yds ;California
Gary Graumann 16/31, 172 yds, 2 TD
Paul Jones 14 rush, 58 yds
George Freitas 9 rec, 139 yds

USC

Washington State

NFL draft selections

Two University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1978 NFL draft, which lasted 12 rounds with 334 selections.

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Quarterback Warren Moon played for the Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) from 1978 to 1983 and made his NFL debut with the Houston Oilers in 1984.

References

(November 20, 1977). "Huskies freeze Cougars and get a bowl bid, too". Eugene Register-Guard.
Missildine, Harry. (November 20, 1977). "UW earns somebody's bowl". Spokesman-Review.
Missidine, Harry. (January 3, 1978). "Jackson rescues Washington". Spokesman-Review.
(January 3, 1978). "Huskies prove worthy". Spokane Daily Chronicle.
(January 3, 1978). "Huskies go from rags to roses". Eugene Register-Guard.
(May 24, 1978). "Bulldogs forced to forfeit 19 football games". The Tuscaloosa News.
(September 11, 1977). "Hapless Huskies bitten by Bulldogs". The News Tribune.
(September 18, 1977). "Disrespectful Huskies batter Spartans". The Olympian.
(September 25, 1977). "Late Syracuse kick beats UW". Tri-City Herald.
(October 2, 1977). "Gophers win in last :05". The Post-Crescent.
(October 9, 1977). "Huskies take it out on Ducks". The Columbian.
(October 16, 1977). "Game-breaking plays lift Washington 45–21". The Idaho Statesman.
(October 23, 1977). "Huskies hang on to league lead". The Arizona Republic.
"All-Time Records for Washington".
(October 30, 1977). "UCLA rallies to sink Washington, 20–12". The Sunday Oregonian.
(November 6, 1977). "Huskies' comeback fatal to Cal Bears". Contra Costa Times.
(November 13, 1977). "Dog day afternoon for the Huskies". The News Tribune.
(November 20, 1977). "UW earns somebody's bowl". The Spokesman-Review.
(January 3, 1978). "Early deficit fatal as Wolverines again get thorn, not Rose". The Grand Rapids Press.
(October 8, 1977). "The Lineups". Eugene Register-Guard.
Eugene Register-Guard. 1977 Nov 06. Retrieved 2019-Jan-06.
(November 13, 1977). "Huskies stop – USC – and smell the roses". Eugene Register-Guard.
"The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com.
"1985 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com".
"Warren Moon Stats".

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