1975 Washington Huskies football team

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1975
Pacific-8
Record6–5 (5–2 Pac-8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDick Scesniak (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Mora (1st season)
MVPAl Burleson (DB)
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 1974
1976 →
1975 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 UCLA ^ + 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 1
No. 14 California + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Stanford 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
Washington 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
No. 17 USC 3 – 4 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Oregon
 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Oregon State 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
Washington State 0 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Washington Huskies football team represented the

Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8). The Huskies were led by head coach Don James in his first year, and played their home games at Husky Stadium in Seattle
. They finished season at 6–5 overall (5–2 in the Pac-8).

Preseason

Coming off a 5–6 season in 1974 under Jim Owens, James inherited a veteran squad with most of the talent on the defensive side of the ball, and they would be relied upon as the offense adjusted to running primarily from the I-formation. Fullback Robin Earl, who switched from tight end after four games last season, and center Ray Pinney were the foundation for the change occurring on that side of the ball.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 13at
Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
    		• L 12–3550,194
    September 20No. 8 Texas*
    		L 10–2856,000
    September 27Navy*
    • Husky Stadium
    • Seattle, WA
    		W 14–1353,000
    October 4at
    Oregon
    )    		W 27–1728,500
    October 11at No. 7 Alabama*
    		L 0–5258,000
    October 18Stanford
    • Husky Stadium
    • Seattle, WA
    		L 21–2445,000
    October 25Oregon State
    • Husky Stadium
    • Seattle, WA
    		W 35–743,500
    November 1at No. 13 UCLA
    		W 17–1329,158
    November 8at No. 18 California
    		L 24–2743,270
    November 15No. 13 USC
    • Husky Stadium
    • Seattle, WA
    		W 8–753,700
    November 22Washington State
    		W 28–2757,100
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    Roster

    1975 Washington Huskies football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    TB, QB 15 James Anderson Sr
    TE 84 Gordy Bronson Sr
    C 58 Blair Bush So
    SE 82 Craig Davillier Jr
    FB 99 Robin Earl Jr
    SE 93 Spider Gaines Fr
    RB 32 Greg Martin Fr
    QB 12 Warren Moon So
    TE 97 Nelse Petermann Sr
    SE 91 Scott Phillips So
    C 59 Ray Pinney (C) Sr
    G 65 Eddie Ray Sr
    QB 13 Chris Rowland Sr
    G 63 Jeff Toews Fr
    OT 95 Don Wardlow So
    OT 74 John Whitacre (C) Sr
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    DB 18 Al Burleson (C) Sr
    DT 62 Bob Graves Sr
    MG 66 Charles Jackson Jr
    LB 5 Michael Jackson Fr
    DB 42 Roberto Jourdan Sr
    LB 50 Dan Lloyd (C) Sr
    DB 17 Ron Olson Sr
    DB 28 Frank Reed Sr
    LB 36 Dean Schlamp Sr
    LB 92 Paul Strohmeier Sr
    DT 94 Stan Walderhaug So
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    P
    		 3 Don Feleay Jr
    PK 7 Steve Robbins So
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt
    Source:[2][3][4]

    Game summaries

    Washington State

    See also: 1975 Washington State Cougars football team and Apple Cup
    Washington State Cougars at Washington Huskies
    Period 1 2 34Total
    Washington St 10 14 3027
    Washington 7 7 01428

    at

    Seattle, Washington

    • Date: November 22
    • Game time: 1:30 pm PST
    • Game weather: Rain • 50 °F (10 °C)
    • Game attendance: 57,100
    Game information

    Trailing by thirteen points with three minutes remaining, defensive back Al Burleson returned an interception 93 yards for a touchdown and sophomore quarterback Warren Moon connected with Bob "Spider" Gaines for a 78-yard touchdown pass with less than a minute left to complete the comeback victory in the Apple Cup.[5][6][7][8]

    Washington State had dominated the second half and appeared on their way to another score when Burleson picked off John Hopkins and raced down the left sideline to the end zone with less than three minutes remaining.

    Coach Don James was surprised by the Cougars electing to pass instead of playing for the field goal, saying "Had they made the field goal it would have put the nail in the coffin."

    Following a three-and-out on Washington State's next possession, the Huskies started from their own 22. On the first play, Moon threw into coverage and the ball deflected off Leon Garrett and into the hands of teammate Gaines, who went 40 yards to score.

    Until then, the Cougars had controlled the game thanks to fullback Vaughn Williams and tailback Dan Doornink, who appeared unstoppable against the Washington defense.

    Washington's first score came on a quarterback sneak by Chris Rowland from the one for a 7-3 lead.

    The Huskies scored again before halftime on a 29-yard pass from Moon to Gaines, who had primarily been used as a punt blocker to that point.

    Moon had started the season as the starting quarterback, only to be replaced by Rowland after the offense struggled in the first few games.

    Statistics

    Passing

    Player Att Comp Yards TD INT
    Chris Rowland 45 117 597 4 6
    Warren Moon 48 122 587 2 22

    Moon played in eight games, started six

    Rushing

    Player Att Yards TD
    Robin Earl 167 782 1

    Receiving

    Player Rec Yards TD
    Scott Phillips 33 433 1

    Awards

    Al Burleson

    • Honorable Mention All-American (AP, UPI)
    • All-Pac-8
    • Pac-8 Player of Week (vs. Navy, USC, Washington State)

    Charles Jackson

    • Pac-8 Player of Week (vs. Oregon)

    Dan Lloyd

    • All-Pac-8
    • Pac-8 Player of Week (vs. UCLA)
    • Guy Flaherty Award (most inspirational)

    Ray Pinney

    • Honorable Mention All-American (AP, UPI)
    • All-Pac-8

    [9]

    NFL draft selections

    Seven University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1976 NFL draft, which lasted seventeen rounds with 487 selections.

    = Husky Hall of Fame[10]
    Player Position Round Pick Franchise
    Ray Pinney Center
    2nd
    		 37 Pittsburgh Steelers
    Dan Lloyd Linebacker
    6th
    		 162 New York Giants
    Frank Reed Defensive back
    8th
    		 219 Atlanta Falcons
    Paul Strohmeier Linebacker
    10th
    		 272 Washington Redskins
    Al Burleson Defensive back
    14th
    		 400 Los Angeles Rams
    Ron Olson Defensive back
    15th
    		 414 Atlanta Falcons
    Chris Rowland Quarterback
    17th
    		 461 Seattle Seahawks

    References

    1. ^ "Conferences: Pacific Eight". Sports Illustrated. September 8, 1975. p. 60.
    2. ^ "The lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 4, 1975. p. 1B.
    3. ^ Barrows, Bob (November 22, 1975). "Cougs close with Huskies". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
    4. ^ "You Always Remember Your First Time". YouTube. (UW video). 2013. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
    5. ^ Missildine, Harry (November 23, 1975). "Bomb, theft beat Cougars". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1.
    6. ^ Barrows, Bob (November 23, 1975). "Cougs bit from behind". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
    7. ^ "WSU gets greedy, falls to Huskies". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. November 23, 1975. p. 3B.
    8. ^ Brown, Bruce (November 24, 1975). "Changes due at WSU". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 25.
    9. ^ 2009 Washington football media guide
    10. ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
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