1976 Washington Huskies football team

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1976 Washington Huskies football
Conference Pacific-8
Record5–6 (3–4 Pac-8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Dick Scesniak (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Jim Mora (2nd season)
MVP Robin Earl (FB)
Captains
Home stadium Husky Stadium
Seasons
←  1975
1977  →
1976 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 USC $ 7 –0 –011 –1 –0
No. 15 UCLA 6 –1 –09 –2 –1
Stanford 5 –2 –06 –5 –0
California 3 –4 –05 –6 –0
Washington 3 –4 –05 –6 –0
Washington State 2 –5 –03 –8 –0
Oregon 1 –6 –04 –7 –0
Oregon State 1 –6 –02 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 1976 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8). The Huskies were led by head coach Don James in his second year, and played their home games on campus at Husky Stadium in Seattle. They finished season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 3–4 in the Pac-8). [1] This was Washington's last losing season for 28 years, until 2004.

Contents

The Huskies defeated rivals Oregon and Washington State for a third consecutive year. [2] [3] [4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 11 Virginia *
W 38–1740,412
September 18 Colorado *
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
 ABC L 7–2143,383
September 25 Indiana *
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 13–2040,425–42,206 [5]
October 2 Minnesota *
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 38–740,694
October 9at Oregon State
W 24–1227,096
October 16at Stanford
L 28–3436,000
October 23 Oregon
W 14–743,129
October 30No. 3 UCLA
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 21–3047,187
November 6 California
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 0–742,932
November 13at No. 3 USC
L 3–2049,264
November 20vs. Washington State
W 51–3235,800
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[6]

Roster

1976 Washington Huskies football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 1 Warren Moon Jr
WR 6Leon GarrettSr
QB 12 Tom Flick Fr
QB 16Cliff McBride
RB 24 Joe Steele Fr
RB 26Ron RowlandJr
RB 32Greg MartinSo
FB 42Ron GipsonFr
C 58 Blair Bush Jr
G 62Phil ForemanFr
G 63 Jeff Toews So
G 68Dan ChaviraFr
OT 70Roger WestlundSo
OT 79Carl Van ValkenbergSr
TE 86Scott GreenwoodSo
WR 91Scott Phillips (C)Jr
WR 93Spider GainesSo
TE 95Don WardlowSr
FB, TE 99 Robin Earl  (C)Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 5 Michael Jackson So
CB 10Lance TheoudeleFr
CB 19 Mark Lee Fr
CB 23 Nesby Glasgow So
DB 46Greg GrimesFr
LB 48Antowaine RichardsonFr
LB 53Rob GehringSr
LB 60 Mike Baldassin  (C)Sr
DT 61Chris LinninFr
DT 65 Dave Browning So
NG 66 Charles Jackson  (C)Sr
DE 73 Doug Martin Fr
LB 82Bret GagliardiFr
FS 96Kyle HeinrichSo
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 3Don FeleaySr
PK 7Steve RobbinsJr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt
Source: [7] [8]

Game summaries

Oregon State

Washington Huskies at Oregon State Beavers
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Oregon St0001212

at Parker Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon

  • Date: October 9
  • Game attendance: 27,096
  • [9]
Game information

NFL draft selections

Three University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1977 NFL draft, which lasted twelve rounds with 335 selections.

= Husky Hall of Fame [10]
PlayerPositionRoundOverallFranchise
Robin Earl Running back 3rd 61 Chicago Bears
Charles Jackson Defensive tackle 9th 241 Denver Broncos
Don WardlowTight end 11th 305 Dallas Cowboys

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References

  1. ↑ "Earl, Rowland blast Cougars". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 21, 1976. p. 6C.
  2. ↑ Withers, Bud (October 24, 1976). "The Ducks get disappointed again, 14-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  3. ↑ "Steele's long dash leads Washington". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 24, 1976. p. D1.
  4. ↑ Missildine, Harry (November 21, 1976). "UW explodes in 3rd, wins 51-32". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
  5. ↑ "IU Holds Off Washington, 20-13". The Star Press . Muncie, Indiana. United Press International. September 26, 1976. p. C1. Retrieved December 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  6. ↑ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Don James, 1976". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 18, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  7. ↑ "WSU vs. Washington (probable starters)". November 19, 1976. p. 21.
  8. ↑ "Huskies vs. Cougars (rosters)". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 20, 1976. p. 17.
  9. ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1976 Oct 09. Retrieved 2018-Dec-30.
  10. ↑ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.


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