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1982 Washington

10–⁠2 (6–⁠2 Pac-10), coached by Don James, finished No. 7 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1982, game by game: won vs. UTEP 55–0; won at Arizona 23–13; won vs. Oregon 37–21; won vs. San Diego State 46–25; won vs. California 50–7; won at Oregon State 34–17; won vs. Texas Tech 10–3; lost at Stanford 31–43; won vs. No. 9 UCLA 10–7; won at No. 3 Arizona State 17–13; lost at Washington State 20–24; won vs. No. 16 Maryland 21–20+55−12Won 55–0 vs. UTEP+55UTEPWon 23–13 at Arizona+10ArizonaWon 37–21 vs. Oregon+16OregonWon 46–25 vs. San Diego State+21San Diego StateWon 50–7 vs. California+43CaliforniaWon 34–17 at Oregon State+17Oregon StateWon 10–3 vs. Texas Tech+7Texas TechLost 31–43 at Stanford-12StanfordWon 10–7 vs. No. 9 UCLA+3No. 9 UCLAWon 17–13 at No. 3 Arizona State+4No. 3 Arizona StateLost 20–24 at Washington State-4Washington StateWon 21–20 vs. No. 16 Maryland+1No. 16 Maryland
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsUTEPW 55–⁠088%
Sep 18atArizonaW 23–⁠1362%
Sep 25vsOregonW 37–⁠2187%
Oct 2vsSan Diego StateW 46–⁠2583%
Oct 9vsCaliforniaW 50–⁠778%
Oct 16atOregon StateW 34–⁠1789%
Oct 23vsTexas TechW 10–⁠385%
Oct 30atStanfordL 31–⁠4364%
Nov 6vs9UCLAW 10–⁠751%
Nov 13at3Arizona StateW 17–⁠1334%
Nov 20atWashington StateL 20–⁠2479%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvs16MarylandAloha BowlW 21–⁠2050%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Maryland 21–⁠20 in the Aloha Bowl; No. 7 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 18th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 2
  2. Wk 2: 2
  3. Wk 3: 1
  4. Wk 4: 1
  5. Wk 5: 1
  6. Wk 6: 1
  7. Wk 7: 1
  8. Wk 8: 1
  9. Wk 9: 2
  10. Wk 10: 10
  11. Wk 11: 7
  12. Wk 12: 5
  13. Wk 13: 13
  14. Wk 14: 9
  15. Wk 15: 9
  16. Final: 7

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1982.

Consensus All-AmericanChuck Nelson, K

Record
10–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠2 2nd in Pac-10
AP final
No. 7 peak No. 1
Points
354–⁠193
Coach
Don James
Elo
1671 +48 this season
SP+ rating
17.8 No. 18 of 109; offense No. 18, defense No. 28
SRS
16.7 No. 17 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob Stull
Defensive coordinator
Jim Lambright
Captains
Anthony Allen, Ken Driscoll, Paul Skansi and Mark Stewart
Most valuable player
Chuck Nelson

Drafted in 1983

The 1983 draft
Rd 2Ray Horton DBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 3Tony Caldwell LBLos Angeles Raiders
Rd 4Chuck Nelson KLos Angeles Rams
Rd 4Vince Newsome DBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 5Mark Stewart LBMinnesota Vikings
Rd 5Paul Skansi WRPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 6Anthony Allen WRAtlanta Falcons

All-Pac-10

4 first team, 5 second team

First team

Second team

  • Eric MoranOTCoaches-2
  • Don DowOTCoaches-2
  • Ray CattageDLCoaches-2
  • Ray HortonDBCoaches-2
  • Jeff PartridgePCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA5–⁠1–⁠110–⁠1–⁠15
Washington6–⁠210–⁠27
Arizona State5–⁠210–⁠26
USC5–⁠28–⁠315
Arizona4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
California4–⁠47–⁠4
Stanford3–⁠55–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠7–⁠1
Oregon2–⁠62–⁠8–⁠1
Oregon State0–⁠7–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.