1976 Washington Huskies football team

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.

1976 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific-8
1976 record5–6 (3–4 Pac-8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDick Scesniak (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Mora (2nd season)
MVPRobin Earl (FB)
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
(capacity: 58,000, AstroTurf)
1976 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 USC $ 7 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 15 UCLA 6 –1 –0  9 –2 –1
Stanford 5 –2 –0  6 –5 –0
California 3 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Washington 3 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Washington State 2 –5 –0  3 –8 –0
Oregon 1 –6 –0  4 –7 –0
Oregon State 1 –6 –0  2 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 11Virginia*
W 38–1740,412
September 18Colorado*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 7–2143,383
September 25Indiana*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 13–2040,425
October 2Minnesota*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 38–740,694
October 9at Oregon State
W 24–1227,096
October 16at Stanford
L 28–3436,000
October 23Oregon
W 14–743,129
October 30No. 3 UCLA
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 21–3047,187
November 6California
  • 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

Roster
1976 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 1 Warren Moon Jr
WR 6 Leon Garrett Sr
QB 12 Tom Flick  Fr
QB 16 Cliff McBride
RB 24 Joe Steele Fr
RB 26 Ron Rowland Jr
RB 32 Greg Martin So
FB 42 Ron Gipson Fr
C 58 Blair Bush Jr
G 62 Phil Foreman Fr
G 63 Jeff Toews So
G 68 Dan Chavira Fr
T 70 Roger Westlund So
T 79 Carl Van Valkenberg Sr
TE 86 Scott Greenwood So
WR 91 Scott Phillips (C) Jr
WR 93 Spider Gaines So
TE 95 Don Wardlow Sr
FB, TE 99 Robin Earl (C) Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 5 Michael Jackson So
CB 10 Lance Theoudele Fr
CB 19 Mark Lee Fr
CB 23 Nesby Glasgow So
DB 46 Greg Grimes Fr
LB 48 Antowaine Richardson Fr
LB 53 Rob Gehring Sr
LB 60 Mike Baldassin (C) Sr
DT 61 Chris Linnin Fr
DT 65 Dave Browning So
NG 66 Charles Jackson (C) Sr
DE 73 Doug Martin Fr
LB 82 Bret Gagliardi Fr
FS 96 Kyle Heinrich So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 3 Don Feleay Sr
PK 7 Steve Robbins Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt
Source:[6][7]

Season summary

Oregon State
Washington Huskies at Oregon State Beavers
1 2 34Total
Washington 0 24 0024
Oregon St 0 0 01212

at Parker Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon

  • Date: October 9
  • Game attendance: 27,096
  • [8]

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[9]
PlayerPositionRoundOverallFranchise
Robin EarlRunning back3rd61Chicago Bears
Charles JacksonDefensive tackle9th241Denver Broncos
Don WardlowTight end11th305Dallas Cowboys

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. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Don James, 1976". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  6. "WSU vs. Washington (probable starters)". November 19, 1976. p. 21.
  7. "Huskies vs. Cougars (rosters)". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 20, 1976. p. 17.
  8. Eugene Register-Guard. 1976 Oct 09. Retrieved 2018-Dec-30.
  9. "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.


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