1992 Washington Huskies football team
American college football season
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The 1992 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its eighteenth and final season under head coach Don James, the defending national champion Huskies won their first eight games[1] and took the Pacific-10 Conference title for the third consecutive season.[2]
| 1992 Washington Huskies football | |
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Pac-10 co-champion | |
| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 11 |
| AP | No. 11 |
| Record | 9–3 (6–2 Pac-10) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Jeff Woodruff (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Jim Lambright (15th season) |
| MVP | Dave Hoffmann |
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| Home stadium | Husky Stadium |
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| No. 11 Washington + | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Stanford + | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Washington State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Attempting to win a third straight Rose Bowl,[3] the Huskies lost to Michigan Wolverines football team by seven points and finished with a 9–3 record.[4] Washington outscored its opponents 337 to 186.[5]
Dave Hoffmann was selected as the team's most valuable player. Hoffmann, Mark Brunell, Lincoln Kennedy, and Shane Pahukoa were the team captains.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 5 | 7:30 p.m. | at Arizona State | No. 2 | Prime | W 31–7 | 53,782 | |
| September 12 | 12:30 p.m. | Wisconsin* | No. 2 | W 27–10 | 72,800 | ||
| September 19 | 6:45 p.m. | No. 12 Nebraska* | No. 2 |
| ESPN | W 29–14 | 73,333 |
| October 3 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 20 USC | No. 1 |
| ABC | W 17–10 | 73,275 |
| October 10 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 24 California | No. 1 |
| ABC | W 35–16 | 73,504 |
| October 17 | 1:00 p.m. | at Oregon | No. 1 | W 24–3 | 47,612 | ||
| October 24 | 12:30 p.m. | Pacific (CA)* | No. 1 |
| W 31–7 | 70,618 | |
| October 31 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 15 Stanford | No. 2 |
| ABC | W 41–7 | 70,821 |
| November 7 | 12:30 p.m. | at No. 12 Arizona | No. 1 | ABC | L 3–16 | 58,510 | |
| November 14 | 12:30 p.m. | Oregon State | No. 6 |
| W 45–16 | 70,419 | |
| November 21 | 12:30 p.m. | at No. 25 Washington State | No. 5 | ABC | L 23–42 | 37,600 | |
| January 1, 1993 | 1:45 p.m. | vs. No. 7 Michigan* | No. 9 | ABC | L 31–38 | 94,236 | |
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Game summaries
Nebraska
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 12 Cornhuskers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| • No. 2 Huskies | 2 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 29 |
- Date: September 19
- Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle
- Game attendance: 73,333
The Nebraska game on September 19 was the first night game at Husky Stadium and Washington's seventeenth consecutive win.[6][7][8] During the game, ESPN measured the noise level at over 130 decibels, well above the threshold of pain. The peak recorded level of 133.6 decibels is the highest ever recorded at a college football stadium.[9][10][11][12]
Vs. Michigan (Rose Bowl)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • No. 7 Wolverines | 10 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
| No. 9 Huskies | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
- Date: January 1
- Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
- Game attendance: 94,236
Roster
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NFL draft selections
The following Washington players were selected in the 1993 NFL draft:
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Lincoln Kennedy | OT | 1 | 9 | Atlanta Falcons |
| Billy Joe Hobert | QB | 3 | 58 | Los Angeles Raiders |
| Jaime Fields | LB | 4 | 103 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Mark Brunell | QB | 5 | 118 | Green Bay Packers |
| Dave Hoffmann | LB | 6 | 146 | Chicago Bears |
| Darius Turner | FB | 6 | 159 | Kansas City Chiefs |
- This draft was eight rounds, with 224 selections