1981 Washington Huskies football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 10

1981 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Washington $	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 16 Arizona State	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 14 USC	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Washington State	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
UCLA	5	–	2	–	1			7	–	4	–	1
Arizona	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Stanford	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
California	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Oregon	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its seventh season under head coach Don James, the team compiled a 10–2 record, finished in first place in the Pacific-10 Conference, defeated Iowa in the 1981 Rose Bowl, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 281 to 171. Mark Jerue was selected as the team's most valuable player. Jerue, James Carter, Vince Coby, and Fletcher Jenkins were the team captains.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 12	Pacific (CA)*	No. 17	Husky Stadium Seattle	W 34–14	45,134
September 19	Kansas State*	No. 15	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 20–3	52,343
September 26	at Oregon	No. 16	Autzen Stadium Eugene, Oregon	W 17–3	40,685
October 3	Arizona State	No. 12	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 7–26	50,410
October 10	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California	W 27–26	33,600
October 17	Oregon State		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 56–17	52,324
October 24	at Texas Tech*		Jones Stadium Lubbock, Texas	W 14–7	36,335
October 31	Stanford	No. 18	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 42–31	53,504
November 7	at UCLA	No. 16	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	L 0–31	41,818
November 14	No. 3 USC		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 13–3	59,870
November 21	No. 14 Washington State	No. 17	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	W 23–10	60,052
January 1	vs. No. 13 Iowa*	No. 12	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California (Rose Bowl)	W 28–0	105,611
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Washington State

Washington St at Washington

1 2 3 4 Total Washington St 0 7 3 0 10 • Washington 0 10 10 3 23 Date: Saturday, November 21 Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle, Washington Source: Eugene Register-Guard

Scoring summary 2 WASH Nelson 39-yard field goal WASH 3-0 2 WSU Martin 6-yard run (Leland kick) WSU 7-3 2 WASH Skansi 15-yard pass from Pelluer (Nelson kick) WASH 10-7 3 WSU Leland 27-yard field goal Tied 10-10 3 WASH Jackson 23-yard run (Nelson kick) WASH 17-10 3 WASH Nelson 28-yard field goal WASH 20-10 4 WASH Nelson 34-yard field goal WASH 23-10

Roster

1981 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 15 Anthony Allen Jr RB 5 Vince Coby Jr QB 14 Tim Cowan Jr WR 80 Danny Greene Fr TB 22 Sterling Hinds So TB 25 Ron Jackson So FB 31 Chris James Jr G 56 Rick Mallory So QB 16 Steve Pelluer So TB 28 Jacque Robinson Fr TE 32 Willie Rosborough Jr WR 7 Paul Skansi Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 48 Tony Caldwell Jr CB 8 Ray Horton Sr DT 65 Fletcher Jenkins Sr LB 67 Mark Jerue Sr DB 23 Vince Newsome Jr LB 38 Mark Stewart Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 13 Chuck Nelson Jr	Head coach Don James Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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