1993 Washington Huskies football team

The 1993 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its first season under head coach Jim Lambright, the team compiled a 7–4 record, finished in fourth place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 288 to 198.[1] The team was not bowl-eligible, due to Pacific-10 conference sanctions.[2]

1993 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific-10
Record7–4 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Woodruff (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Lambright (17th season)
MVPNapoleon Kaufman
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 1992
1994 →
1993 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Arizona + 6 2 0 10 2 0
No. 18 UCLA + 6 2 0 8 4 0
USC + 6 2 0 8 5 0
Washington 5 3 0 7 4 0
No. 25 California 4 4 0 9 4 0
Arizona State 4 4 0 6 5 0
Washington State 3 5 0 5 6 0
Oregon 2 6 0 5 6 0
Stanford 2 6 0 4 7 0
Oregon State 2 6 0 4 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

With its two starting quarterbacks from 1992 selected in the NFL draft, the Huskies were led by sophomore Damon Huard and junior Eric Bjornson. Halfback Napoleon Kaufman was selected as the team's most valuable player. Jamal Fountaine, Matt Jones, Andy Mason, and Jim Nevelle were the team captains.

Entering his nineteenth season as head coach of the Huskies, Don James retired on August 22, following the announcement of sanctions by the Pac-10 Conference, which included a two-year bowl ban.[2][3][4] Defensive coordinator Lambright was quickly named the head coach.[5]

Comedian and actor Joel McHale played as tight end on the scout team at Washington during the 1992 and 1993 seasons.[6]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 412:30 p.m.No. 15 StanfordNo. 12ABCW 31–1471,893
September 115:00 p.m.at No. 16 Ohio State*No. 12ABCL 12–2194,109
September 2512:30 p.m.East Carolina*No. 16
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 35–072,108
October 212:30 p.m.San Jose State*No. 15
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 52–1767,976
October 912:30 p.m.at No. 16 CaliforniaNo. 13ABCW 24–2355,000
October 1612:30 p.m.at No. 22 UCLANo. 12ABCL 25–3940,830
October 2312:30 p.m.OregonNo. 22
W 21–672,534
October 303:30 p.m.at Arizona StateNo. 19PrimeL 17–3248,116
November 61:00 p.m.at Oregon StateW 28–2133,944
November 1312:30 p.m.USCNo. 25
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
ABCL 17–2272,202
November 2012:30 p.m.Washington State
W 26–372,688
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Roster

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1993 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
SE, QB 14 Eric Bjornson Jr
TE 85 Mark Bruener Jr
RB 29 Beno Bryant Sr
TE 82 Ernie Conwell So
OT 66 Tom Gallagher Sr
G 65 Frank Garcia Jr
SE 3 Theron Hill So
QB 7 Damon Huard So
RB 24 Eteka Huckaby Jr
FB 22 Matt Jones (C) Sr
RB 8 Napoleon Kaufman Jr
SE 9 Joe Kralik Sr
TE 84 Joel McHale So
C 52 Jim Nevelle (C) Sr
OT 71 Pete Pierson Sr
G 60 Andrew Peterson Jr
SE 18 Jason Shelley So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 45 Hillary Butler Sr
DT 75 D'Marco Farr Sr
DE 47 Jamal Fountaine (C) Sr
NT 91 Steve Hoffmann So
ROV 35 David Killpatrick Jr
FS 25 Lamar Lyons Jr
DE 13 Andy Mason (C) Sr
CB 7 Josh Moore Jr
CB 4 Reggie Reser So
LB 52 Donovan Schmidt Jr
LB 49 Steve Springstead Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
PK 4 Travis Hanson Sr
PK 97 Jason Crabbe Sr
P 16 John Werdel Sr
Head coach
  • Jim Lambright (1st year)
                      (also DC, LB)
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt
Source:[7]

Season summary

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California

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1 234Total
• Washington 3 0714 24
California 10 1030 23

[8]

NFL draft selections

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One Washington player was selected in the 1994 NFL draft:

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Pete Pierson OT 5 136 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  • This draft was seven rounds, with 222 selections

Source:[9]

Defensive tackle D'Marco Farr was undrafted, but played seven seasons with the Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams, which included a Super Bowl win and a Pro Bowl selection.

References

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  1. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1990–1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Farrey, Tom (August 24, 1993). "UW head coach quits over sanctions". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (Seattle Times). p. C1.
  3. ^ "It's judgment day for Washington". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. August 22, 1993. p. 8E.
  4. ^ Cour, Jim (August 23, 1993). "Penalty hits UW; James resigns". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1A.
  5. ^ Boling, Dave (August 23, 1993). "UW head coach quits over sanctions". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. A1.
  6. ^ Steinberg, Dan (February 14, 2005). "THECHAT: Joel McHale". The Washington Post. p. D02. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
  7. ^ "Washington State at Washington". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). (probable starters). November 20, 1993. p. 5B.
  8. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 09. Retrieved 2018-Oct-28.
  9. ^ "1994 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved October 5, 2017.