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
Conference	Pacific-10
Record	7–4 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Jim Lambright (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Woodruff (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Lambright (17th season)
MVP	Napoleon Kaufman
Captains	Matt Jones Jim Nevelle Andy Mason Jamal Fountaine
Home stadium	Husky Stadium
Seasons ← 1992 1994 →

1993 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	12:30 p.m.	No. 15 Stanford	No. 12	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	W 31–14	71,893
September 11	5:00 p.m.	at No. 16 Ohio State*	No. 12	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	L 12–21	94,109
September 25	12:30 p.m.	East Carolina*	No. 16	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 35–0	72,108
October 2	12:30 p.m.	San Jose State*	No. 15	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		W 52–17	67,976
October 9	12:30 p.m.	at No. 16 California	No. 13	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	ABC	W 24–23	55,000
October 16	12:30 p.m.	at No. 22 UCLA	No. 12	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	L 25–39	40,830
October 23	12:30 p.m.	Oregon	No. 22	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)		W 21–6	72,534
October 30	3:30 p.m.	at Arizona State	No. 19	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	Prime	L 17–32	48,116
November 6	1:00 p.m.	at Oregon State		Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 28–21	33,944
November 13	12:30 p.m.	USC	No. 25	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	L 17–22	72,202
November 20	12:30 p.m.	Washington State		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)		W 26–3	72,688
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Roster

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 Jeff Woodruff (OC, QB) Dick Baird (WR) Miles Corrigan (TE) Randy Hart (DL) Al Lavan (RB) Ron Milus (CB) Steve Morton (OL) Chris Tormey (S) Wayne Dickens (GA) Rick Mallory (GA) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Source:^[7]

Season summary

California

1 2 3 4 Total • Washington 3 0 7 14 24 California 10 10 3 0 23 Date: October 9 Location: California Memorial Stadium Game attendance: 55,000

Scoring summary Q1 CAL Caldwell 25 yard pass from Barr (Brien kick) CAL 7–0 Q1 WASH Hanson 36 yard field goal CAL 7–3 Q1 CAL Brien 23 yard field goal CAL 10–3 Q2 CAL Brien 52 yard field goal CAL 13–3 Q2 CAL Holly 5 yard pass from Barr (Brien kick) CAL 20–3 Q3 CAL Brien 32 yard field goal CAL 23–3 Q3 WASH Kaufman 4 yard run (Hanson kick) CAL 23–10 Q4 WASH McCarthy 29 yard pass from Huard (Hanson kick) CAL 23–17 Q4 WASH Breuner 7 yard pass from Huard (Hanson kick) WASH 24–23

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NFL draft selections

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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2. 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.