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Washington is one of those rare teams that can claim both a 12-0 and 0-12 season. I feel this is a pretty accurate rank for Washington not just over the last 40 years, but all-time as well, ranking 18th in wins (760) and 22nd in winning percentage (.616). They’re one of those consistently good West Coast teams, ranking 3rd in the Pac-12 behind USC and Oregon on the list. Washington owns the longest unbeaten streak in NCAA history, going 60-0-4 from 1907-1917, and the 2nd longest win streak in NCAA history, going 40-0 from 1908-1914. They’re also one of the candidates for QBU, as 16 of their last 21 starting QBs have gone on to play in the NFL, most notably Warren Moon, Steve Pelluer, Hugh Millen, Chris Chandler, Mark Brunell, Damon and Brock Huard, Isaiah Stanback (played WR in NFL), Jake Locker, Jake Browning, and Jacob Eason. Dylan Morris and Michael Penix Jr. look to make it 17 of the last 23.
Best Seasons and Highlights
1. 1991: 1. Washington: 12-0 (57.599) 2. 2016: 4. Washington: 12-2 (44.179) 3. 2000: 5. Washington: 11-1 (39.813) 4. 1984: 2. Washington: 11-1 (37.838) 5. 1990: 4. Washington: 10-2 (37.228) 6. 2022: 8. Washington: 11-2 (32.024) 7. 2017: 14. Washington: 10-3 (26.744) 8. 1992: 11. Washington: 9-3 (26.340) 9. 1986: 12. Washington: 8-3-1 (24.838) 10. 1996: 14. Washington: 9-3 (24.569) 11. 2018: 15. Washington: 10-4 (24.379) 12. 1997: 17. Washington: 8-4 (19.423) 13. 2013: 25. Washington: 9-4 (18.575) 14. 1989: 20. Washington: 8-4 (16.835) 15. 2001: 25. Washington: 8-4 (13.323) 16. 2019: 28. Washington: 8-5 (13.108) 17. 1995: 28. Washington: 7-4-1 (12.499) 18. 2020: 26. Washington: 3-1 (11.620) 19. 1994: 27. Washington: 7-4 (10.921) 20. 1983: 30. Washington: 8-4 (10.362) 21. 1993: 28. Washington: 7-4 (7.321) 22. 1999: 31. Washington: 7-5 (6.439) 23. 2015: 45. Washington: 7-6 (5.956) 24. 1987: 34. Washington: 7-4-1 (5.510) 25. 1988: 38. Washington: 6-5 (3.472) 26. 1985: 34. Washington: 7-5 (3.125) 27. 2002: 41. Washington: 7-6 (3.085) 28. 2012: 55. Washington: 7-6 (0.872) 29. 2010: 48. Washington: 7-6 (-0.646) 30. 2014: 55. Washington: 8-6 (-1.966) 31. 2003: 55. Washington: 6-6 (-3.408) 32. 2011: 56. Washington: 7-6 (-4.682) 33. 1998: 49. Washington: 6-6 (-5.816) 34. 2009: 61. Washington: 5-7 (-5.935) 35. 2006: 65. Washington: 5-7 (-11.357) 36. 2007: 79. Washington: 4-9 (-20.197) 37. 2021: 95. Washington: 4-8 (-26.282) 38. 2005: 104. Washington: 2-9 (-38.086) 39. 2004: 113. Washington: 1-10 (-53.012) 40. 2008: 119. Washington: 0-12 (-64.126) Overall Score: 32978 (22nd)
- 289-191-3 record
- 1 national title
- 7 conference titles
- 13-15 bowl record
- 12 consensus All-Americans
- 149 NFL players drafted
You heard it here first, folks. That 1991 national title that was shared between Miami (FL) and Washington? Washington deserved it more (if you trust my algorithm hand-crafted in my mom’s basement). Washington has a hell of a top 5 seasons list, with 5 Top 5 finishes. They also have an 0-12 season, but I’m sure they’ll take it for the highs they’ve had. Washington was one of the best Pac-10 teams of the early 90’s, winning 4 conference titles in 6 years from 1990-95, and had a resurgence under Chris Petersen, winning 2 in 3 years from 2016-18. Consensus All-Americans include DL Reggie Rogers (1986) who went 7th overall in his draft, K Jeff Jaeger (1986) who I choose to believe pronounced his first name “Yeff”, OL Lincoln Kennedy (1992) who went 9th overall, DB Lawyer Milloy (1995) who helped New England win a Super Bowl in 2001 as a Pro Bowler, OL Benji Olson (1996), OL Olin Kreutz (1997) who was selected to the NFL 2000s All-Decade Team, WR Reggie Williams (2002) who had 1454 yards, LB Hau’oli Kikaha (2014) who had 19 sacks on a STUPIDLY LOADED defense that featured NFL 1st rounders LB Shaq Thompson, DT Danny Shelton, CB Marcus Peters, the 10-sack DL Andrew Hudson, and a bunch of other 1st/2nd rounders from the 2016 Playoff team. The last consensus All-American was AP Dante Pettis (2017), whose 4 punt return TDs set an NCAA record with 9 all-time punt return TDs.
Top 5 Seasons
Worst Season: 2008 (0-12 overall, 0-9 Pac-10)
The date is November 22, 2008. 32,000 fans packed the house to see 1-10 Washington State take on 0-10 Washington in the Crapple Cup. It had not been a good year for football in the state of Washington, but the records go out the window when it’s time for UDub-Wazzu. The highly anticipated QB duel of Washington’s Ronnie Fouch (4 TD 13 INT on the season) and Washington State’s Kevin Lopina (0 TD 11 INT) had some fans clamoring for ESPN College GameDay to make a trip to Pullman, but ESPN decided to go to #2 Texas Tech vs #5 Oklahoma instead. Their loss, as that game wasn’t even close. Wazzu hit a 28 yard FG with 0 seconds left to send the game into OT, and hit another 37 yard FG for the win, 16-13 in double OT. Washington State coach Paul Wulff proudly asked his son after the game “Who’s still winless?”, to which his son replied, “The Huskies”, blissfully unaware of his father’s 2-10 record on the season. Washington, on the other hand, would end up as my 2nd worst team of 2008, going 0-12 with losses of 10-44 to #21 Oregon, 14-55 to #3 Oklahoma, 14-48 to Arizona, 7-33 to Notre Dame, 0-56 to #7 USC, and 7-48 to California. Star QB Jake Locker missed most of the season due to injury, with backup Ronnie Fouch struggling to complete just 45% of throws for 1339 yards 4 TD 13 INT. The run game was nonexistent, the leading rusher going for just 338 yards. LB Donald Butler (105 tackles) and DE Daniel Te’o-Nesheim (8 sacks) were bright spots on a defense that gave up 38.6 PPG, both drafted in the 3rd round of the 2010 NFL Draft. Coach Tyrone Willingham was fired after going 11-37 in 4 years with Washington.
5. 1990 (10-2 overall, 7-1 Pac-10)
Washington was loaded everywhere, whether it was in the coaching staff or on the field. Head coach Don James was in his 16th season with the Huskies, OC Gary Pinkel in his 7th, and DC Jim Lambright in his 14th. #20 Washington opened with a 2-0 record, narrowly beating San Jose State and Purdue. In one of the best performances of the season, Washington beat #5 USC 31-0, who was the 3-time defending Pac-10 champion. USC QB Todd Marinovich was quoted after the game as saying “All I Saw Was Purple”. Washington dropped their next game to #20 Colorado, but the Buffs would go on to win the national title. Washington would find themselves in the mix, blowing out their next 5 opponents by a combined score of 232-64, including wins of 38-17 over #19 Oregon and 54-10 over #23 Arizona. 8-1 Washington rose all the way to #2 before losing to 4-5 UCLA in a huge upset at home. A 55-10 win in the Apple Cup still won them the Pac-10 title, and they beat #17 Iowa handily 46-34 in the Rose Bowl, their first since 1981.
Future NFL QB Mark Brunell threw for just 1732 yards 14 TD 8 INT, but ran for 444 yards and 10 TD. The offense was mostly led by Doak Walker winner RB Greg Lewis, who had 1624 yards and 9 TD from scrimmage. DL Steve Emtman emerged as a star, winning Pac-10 Defensive POTY, and would become one of the best players in the country in 1991.
4. 1984 (11-1 overall, 6-1 Pac-10)
Robbed of a national title? This was the year 13-0 BYU finished #1 despite playing an 82nd ranked strength of schedule. Washington finished #2 despite an 11-1 season, but did they deserve the title over BYU? You be the judge. Don James’ team started #19, quickly rising to #9 with a 20-11 win over #3 Michigan in the Big House. It wouldn’t be long before Washington reached #1 at 6-0 due to a wacky season where all the top teams had a loss. Washington was on their way, beating Oregon, Arizona, and Cal to get to 9-0 with just 2 regular season games and a bowl game remaining, but the dream would seemingly come to an end with a 7-16 loss to #14 USC. Washington didn’t even win the Pac-10—they came back to beat Washington State 38-29 to finish the regular season 10-1 and 6-1 in the Pac-10, but it was USC at 7-1 in the conference winning it. Heading into bowl season, the top 4 was #1 BYU (12-0), #2 Oklahoma (9-1-1), #3 Florida (8-1-1), and #4 Washington (10-1). Washington beat Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl 28-17 while BYU and Florida both won. BYU finished #1 and Washington #2, just barely missing out on a National Championship. While I did not have BYU winning the 1984 title, I did have Washington only finish #2 like the AP Poll. QBs Hugh Millen and Paul Sicuro combined for just 9 TD 11 INT, but consensus All-American DE Ron Holmes and 2nd Team All-American LB Tim Meamber led a defense that gave up just 12.1 PPG.
3. 2000 (11-1 overall, 7-1 Pac-10)
#15 Washington and #4 Miami (FL), the dual 1991 National Champions, battled in week 2. Washington won 34-29, which would be Miami’s last loss before a 34 game win streak over the next 3 seasons, a team absolutely loaded with NFL talent. Miami would also finish the 2000 season 1 rank above #3 Washington, at #2. Washington dropped a game to #20 Oregon but beat #23 Oregon State, with all 3 teams eventually tying for the Pac-10 crown at 7-1. OSU finished #4 and Oregon #7 in the national polls. By no means did their 11-1 record come easy—the next 5 Pac-10 wins came with an average score of just 32-25, against teams that had a combined 25-32 …
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