1990 Washington Huskies football team
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1990 Washington Huskies football team
| 1990 Washington Huskies football | |||
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| Rose Bowl champions Pacific Ten champions |
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| 1991 Rose Bowl, W, 46–34, Iowa Hawkeyes |
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| Conference | Pacific 10 | ||
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| Coaches | #5 | ||
| AP | #5 | ||
| 1990 record | 10-2 (7-1 Pac-10) | ||
| Head coach | Don James | ||
| Offensive coordinator | Gary Pinkel | ||
| Defensive coordinator | Jim Lambright | ||
| Home stadium | Husky Stadium capacity: 72,500 AstroTurf |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #5 Washington † | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #20 USC | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll |
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The 1990 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 1990 college football season. Led by head coach Don James, his top assistants were coordinators Gary Pinkel (offense) and Jim Lambright (defense). Pinkel would leave after the season to become head coach at Toledo, where he stayed for a decade and then moved to Missouri; Lambright would succeed James as head coach of the Huskies in August 1993.
The 1990 Huskies won UW's first conference championship since 1981. Washington defeated #17 Iowa 46–34 in the 1991 Rose Bowl, the first title in that game in nine years as well, when UW crushed Iowa 28–0 in the 1982 Rose Bowl.
With the future #1 1992 NFL Draft pick on the defensive line, sophomore Steve Emtman, the 1990 UW Huskies were led by their defense, coached by Jim Lambright.
Five UW Huskies were selected in the 1991 NFL Draft, led by running back Greg Lewis and defensive back Charles Mincy.
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Overview
The Huskies were ranked #20 in the 1990 pre-season, and started slowly with close wins over San José State at home and at Purdue. In the third game #5 USC entered Husky Stadium as a double-digit favorite, but was shut out 31–0 on a hot 93°F afternoon on the Seattle AstroTurf. Under pressure all day and enduring numerous sacks, Trojan QB Todd Marinovich was quoted as saying, "All I saw was purple."
The Huskies suffered a letdown the following week, losing to #20 Colorado in Boulder by six. (Colorado would claim half of the 1990 national championship, tainted by the "fifth down" touchdown at Missouri the following week.) The UW Dawgs regrouped and rolled through the next five games, all in conference, and climbed to 8–1 record and a #2 national ranking when UCLA visited on November 10. Under dark but rainless skies, the Bruins jumped out to an early lead and the Dawgs never recovered, losing by three. The Huskies took their frustration at the loss and their drop in ranking to #10 by crushing Washington State in Pullman to win the Apple Cup 55–10.
The #8 ranked Pac-10 champs then took on the #17 Iowa Hawkeyes in the Rose Bowl, winning 46–34. Entering the fourth quarter with a 39–14 lead, reserves were entered into the game for the Huskies and promptly gave up two touchdowns; UW then scored its own touchdown to push the lead back to 46–26, answered by an Iowa TD and conversion to close the final score to a 12 point gap.
The Huskies, like all Pac-10 teams in 1990, played an 8-game conference schedule. They did not play Oregon State, who finished last in the Pac-10 at 1–10 overall and 1–7 in conference.
Schedule
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Huskies | Opp. | Record | Pac-10 | Attendance |
| 1 | 08-Sep | San José St. | Win | 20 | 17 | 1-0 | 66,337 | |
| 2 | 15-Sep | @ Purdue | Win | 20 | 14 | 2-0 | 33,113 | |
| 3 | 22-Sep | #5 USC | Win | 31 | 0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 72,617 |
| 4 | 29-Sep | @ #20 Colorado | Loss | 14 | 20 | 3-1 | 52,868 | |
| 5 | 06-Oct | @ Arizona St. | Win | 42 | 14 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 62,738 |
| 6 | 13-Oct | #19 Oregon | Win | 38 | 17 | 5-1 | 3-0 | 73,498 |
| 7 | 20-Oct | @ Stanford | Win | 52 | 16 | 6-1 | 4-0 | 36,500 |
| 8 | 27-Oct | California | Win | 46 | 7 | 7-1 | 5-0 | 71,427 |
| 9 | 04-Nov | #23 Arizona | Win | 54 | 10 | 8-1 | 6-0 | 70,111 |
| 10 | 10-Nov | UCLA | Loss | 22 | 25 | 8-2 | 6-1 | 71,925 |
| 11 | 17-Nov | @ Washington St. | Win | 55 | 10 | 9-2 | 7-1 | 37,600 |
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| 12 | 01-Jan | #17 Iowa 1991 Rose Bowl |
Win | 46 | 34 | 10-2 | 101,273 | |
| Total | 440 | 184 | 10-2 | 7-1 | 750,007 | |||
| Avg. | 36.7 | 15.3 |
Awards
Greg Lewis - RB - Doak Walker Award (inaugural)
Team Players in the NFL
The following UW Huskies were selected in the 1991 NFL Draft:
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Greg Lewis | RB | 5 | 115 | Denver Broncos |
| Charles Mincy | DB | 5 | 133 | Kansas City Chiefs |
| Dean Kirkland | G | 11 | 305 | Buffalo Bills |
| Jeff Pahukoa | T | 12 | 311 | Los Angeles Rams |
| John Cook | MG | 12 | 328 | Chicago Bears |
- Both 1990 UW quarterbacks were selected in the 1993 NFL Draft: sophomore starter Mark Brunell by the Green Bay Packers (5th rd., 118th); where he was a reserve for two seasons behind Brett Favre, then led the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars in 1995,[4] and redshirt freshman Billy Joe Hobert by the Oakland Raiders (3rd rd., 58th)[5]
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