1983 Washington Huskies football team

1983 Washington Huskies football
Aloha Bowl, L 10–13 vs. Penn State
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record8–4 (5–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBob Stull (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Lambright (6th season)
MVPSteve Pelluer
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1983 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 UCLA $ 6 1 17 4 1
Washington 5 2 08 4 0
Washington State 5 3 07 4 0
USC 4 3 04 6 1
Arizona 4 3 17 3 1
Arizona State 3 3 16 4 1
Oregon 3 3 14 6 1
California 3 4 15 5 1
Oregon State 1 6 13 7 1
Stanford 1 7 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its ninth season under head coach Don James, the team was 8–3 in the regular season (5–2 in the Pacific-10 Conference, second), and outscored its opponents 285 to 178.

The Huskies shut out USC 24–0 to improve to 8–2, were ranked fifteenth in the AP poll, with the inside track to the Rose Bowl. They dropped their final two games, the Apple Cup in Seattle, and the Aloha Bowl to Penn State.

Senior quarterback Steve Pelluer was selected as the team's most valuable player. Pelluer, Dean Browning, Stewart Hill, and Rick Mallory were the team captains.