1975 Washington Huskies football team

1975 Washington Huskies football
Conference	Pacific-8
1975 record	6–5 (5–2 Pac-8)
Head coach	Don James (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Dick Scesniak (1st year)
MVP	Al Burleson
Captain	Ray Pinney (2nd year)
Captain	John Whitacre
Captain	Dan Lloyd
Captain	Al Burleson
Home stadium	Husky Stadium

1975 Pacific-8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#5 UCLA +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
#14 California +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Stanford	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
Washington	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
#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 Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season as a member of 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, WA. They finished season with a record of six wins and five losses (6–5 overall, 5–2 in the Pac-8),.

Preseason

Don James was inherited a veteran squad coming off a 5-6 season 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 would have to be the foundation for the change occurring on that side of the ball.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 13	at Arizona State*	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 12–35	50,194
September 20	No. 8 Texas*	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 10–28	56,000
September 27	Navy*	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 14–13	53,000
October 4	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	W 27–17	28,500
October 11	at No. 7 Alabama*	Bryant-Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	L 0–52	58,000
October 18	Stanford	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 21–24	45,000
October 25	Oregon State	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 35–7	43,500
November 1	at No. 13 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 17–13	29,158
November 8	at No. 18 California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 24–27	43,270
November 15	No. 13 USC	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 8–7	53,700
November 22	Washington State	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	W 28–27	57,100
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Roster

Al Burleson, db
Robin Earl, fb
Spider Gaines, wr
Charles Jackson
Dan Lloyd
Warren Moon, qb
Ray Pinney, c
Scott Phillips
Robbins, k
Chris Rowland, qb

Roberto Jordan Paul Strohmeier Ron Olsen John Whitaker Lou Quinn, g Rickey Bussey,db

Game summaries

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington State	10	14	3	0	27
Washington	7	7	0	14	28

at Husky Stadium, Seattle, WA

Date: November 22
Game attendance: 57,100

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	Washington State	Washington
1					Washington State	40-yard field goal by Hedrick	3	0
1					Washington	Rowland 1-yard touchdown run, Robbins kick good	3	7
1					Washington State	Williams 3-yard touchdown run, Hedrick kick good	10	7
2					Washington State	Hopkins 1-yard touchdown run, Hedrick kick good	17	7
2					Washington State	Williams 1-yard touchdown run, Hedrick kick good	24	7
2					Washington	Gaines 29-yard touchdown reception from Moon, Robbins kick good	24	14
3					Washington State	36-yard field goal by Hedrick	27	14
4					Washington	Interception returned 93 yards for touchdown by Burleson, Robbins kick good	27	21
4					Washington	Gaines 78-yard touchdown reception from Moon, Robbins kick good	27	28
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							27	28

Al Burleson returned an interception 93 yards for a touchdown and Warren Moon connected with Spider Gaines for a 78-yard touchdown pass with less than a minute left to complete the comeback victory in the Apple Cup.

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 Doornik, 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.

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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

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References

↑ Sports Illustrated. 8 Sept 1975.
↑ "WSU gets greedy, falls to Huskies." Eugene Register-Guard. 23 Nov 1975
↑ 2009 Washington football media guide

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