The 1978 Washington Huskies football team was an
American football
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team that represented the
University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.
Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...
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
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was selected as the team's most valuable player. The team captains were Jackson,
Nesby Glasgow
Nesby Lee Glasgow (April 15, 1957 – February 25, 2020) was a professional American football safety for fourteen seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1979 to 1992. He played his first nine seasons with the Baltimore/Indianapolis C ...
, Scott Greenwood,
In the newly-expanded Pac-10, the
defending champion Huskies returned eighteen starters, but not at
quarterback
The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive platoon and mostly line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern Ame ...
.
Washington defeated the two new members,
Arizona
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and
Arizona State
Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...
, and did not play
California
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. The two losses were to
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California ...
and
USC, and the Huskies defeated
Washington State
Washington (), officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. Named for George Washington—the first U.S. president—the state was formed from the western part of the Washington ...
in the
Apple Cup
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for the fifth
An unexpected non-conference loss at unranked
Indiana
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in September likely kept Washington out of a bowl game.
Schedule
Roster
:
Season summary
UCLA
Kansas
at Indiana
at Oregon State
Alabama
at Stanford
Oregon
Arizona State
Arizona
at USC
at Washington State
NFL Draft selections
Five University of Washington Huskies were selected in the
1979 NFL Draft, which lasted twelve rounds with 330 selections.
References
External links
Official game program: Washington vs. Washington State at Spokane– November 25, 1978
Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
Washington Huskies football seasons
Washington Huskies football
The Washington Huskies football team represents the University of Washington in college football. Washington competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. Husky Stadium, located on cam ...
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