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1983 Washington State Cougars football team

The 1983 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10). Led by sixth-year head coach Jim Walden, WSU was 7–4 overall (5–3 in Pac-10, third),[1][2] and played their home games at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane and at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

1983 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record7–4 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumMartin Stadium
Joe Albi Stadium
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 UCLA $ 6 – 1 – 1 7 – 4 – 1
Washington 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Washington State 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
USC 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Arizona 4 – 3 – 1 7 – 3 – 1
Arizona State 3 – 3 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Oregon 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 6 – 1
California 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Oregon State 1 – 6 – 1 2 – 8 – 1
Stanford 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's statistical leaders included Ricky Turner with 1,351 passing yards, Kerry Porter with 1,000 rushing yards, and John Marshall with 328 receiving yards.[3][4] Sophomore quarterback Mark Rypien started two games in September,[5] but was sidelined with a broken collarbone.[6][7]

The Cougars won a second straight Apple Cup over rival Washington, their first victory at Husky Stadium in Seattle in a decade.[8][9][10]

Walden was named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year, and four Cougars were selected to the conference's first team: linemen Keith Millard and Eric Williams on defense, with guard Dan Lynch and sophomore running back Kerry Porter on offense.[11][12] Millard was the thirteenth overall pick of the 1984 NFL draft, selected by the Minnesota Vikings.[13][14]

This is the most recent season in which selected home games were played in Spokane, and the Cougars won both. With a change in the academic calendar in 1984,[15] classes started at WSU a month earlier, in late August, and all home games were scheduled for Pullman.[16][17] (Home games in Seattle at Lumen Field were played from 2002 to 2014.)

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 3Montana State*
W 27–721,750
September 10at No. 6 Michigan*
L 17–20103,256
September 17No. 7 Arizona
L 6–4525,000
September 24UNLV*
  • Joe Albi Stadium
  • Spokane, WA
W 41–2816,500
October 8at USC
L 17–3843,106
October 15UCLA 
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
L 14–2430,000
October 22at No. 13 Arizona State
W 31–2167,516
October 29Oregon
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
W 24–729,500
November 5at Oregon State
W 27–932,500
November 12California
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
W 16–615,000
November 19at No. 15 Washington
W 17–659,220
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Coaching staff edit

  • Head coach: Jim Walden
  • Assistants: Jim Burrow, Dave Elliott, Jon Fabris, Gary Gagnon, Lindsay Hughes, Steve Morton, Mel Sanders, Del Wight, Ken Woody

[18]

Game summaries edit

Oregon edit

1 234Total
Oregon 0 070 7
• Washington State 7 0170 24
Scoring summary
10:33WSUTaylor 78-yard punt return (Trout kick)WSU 7–0
311:12WSUTurner 32-yard run (Trout kick)WSU 14–0
310:55WSUTurner 24-yard run (Trout kick)WSU 21–0
36:30WSUTrout 44-yard field goalWSU 24–0
32:58OREBarnes 8-yard pass from Owens (Schwabe kick)WSU 24–7

[19]

Roster edit

1983 Washington State Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 10 Ed Blount Fr
SE 80 John Breland Jr
RB 22 Richard Calvin Fr
OT 77 Mike Dreyer Jr
OT 60 Charlie Flager Sr
FB 21 Don LaBomme Sr
C 61 Curt Ladines So
TE 92 Vince Leighton Jr
G 58 Dan Lynch Sr
SE 18 John Marshall Jr
RB 36 Rueben Mayes So
G 50 Mike Palumbo Jr
FB 30 Kerry Porter So
QB 17 Mark Rypien So
OT 67 Mike Schuster So
QB 12 Ricky Turner Sr
C 55 Pili Tutuvanu Jr
OT 74 John Winslow Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 22 Tracy Adkins Sr
LB 96 Lee Blakeney Jr
LB 97 Mike Beasley Jr
CB 16 Cedric Brown So
LB 91 Ben Carrillo Jr
CB 44 Erwin Chappel Fr
LB 37 Sonny Elkinton Sr
FS 28 Steve Haub Sr
NG 79 Milford Hodge Jr
LB 51 James Krakoski Fr
NG 65 Pat Lynch Sr
DT 93 Keith Millard Sr
SS 3 Joe Taylor Sr
LB 98 Rico Tipton Jr
FS 2 Jerald Waters Jr
DT 76 Eric Williams Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 1 Glenn Harper So
K 4 John Traut So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

[20][21][22][23][24]

NFL Draft edit

Three Cougars were selected in the 1984 NFL Draft.

Player Position Round Overall Franchise
Keith Millard DT 1 13 Minnesota Vikings
Eric Williams DT 3 62 Detroit Lions
Charlie Flager G 11 292 New England Patriots

[13][14]

References edit

  1. ^ "1983 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 77. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  3. ^ "1983 Washington State Cougars Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  4. ^ "WSU statistics". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 23, 1983. p. 17.
  5. ^ Devlin, Vince (September 21, 1983). "Cougs go with two QBs again". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. C1.
  6. ^ Devlin, Vince (November 3, 1983). "Rypien welcome to return". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 31.
  7. ^ Weaver, Dan (November 8, 1983). "Rypien will remain a Cougar". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 19.
  8. ^ Devlin, Vince (November 20, 1983). "Cougs wilt UW's roses again". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  9. ^ Barrows, Bob (November 20, 1983). "Cougars spoil Huskies hopes, 17-6". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
  10. ^ "Porter, Millard win Pac-10 weekly honors". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 22, 1983. p. 3C.
  11. ^ Devlin, Vince (November 23, 1983). "Walden named Coach of the Year". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 15.
  12. ^ "Walden gets conference's top honor". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 23, 1983. p. 1C.
  13. ^ a b Devlin, Vince (May 2, 1984). "WSU lineman picked in 1st round". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 17.
  14. ^ a b Devlin, Vince (May 1, 1984). "Millard feels like a million". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. C1.
  15. ^ Ledford, David (January 18, 1983). "WSU adopts early startup". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 12.
  16. ^ "No Cougars in Spokane this season". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). March 27, 1984. p. C1.
  17. ^ Blanchette, John (March 28, 1984). "Cougars won't have a ball at Albi this season". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 23.
  18. ^ "Walden makes coaching changes". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 31, 1983. p. 3B.
  19. ^ Conrad, John (October 30, 1983). "Turner's runs turn it WSU's way, 24–7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1E.
  20. ^ Barrows, Bob (September 3, 1983). "Washington State hopes today's opener is reminiscent of 1981 season". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  21. ^ "College football: WSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). September 10, 1983. p. 1C.
  22. ^ "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 29, 1983. p. 2C.
  23. ^ "Apple Cup: The starters". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 19, 1983. p. 18.
  24. ^ Barrows, Bob (November 19, 1983). "Apple Cup: WSU looks for encore". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
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