1991 Washington Huskies football team

1991 Washington Huskies football

Coaches Poll national champion Pac-10 champion Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 34–14 vs. Michigan
Conference	Pacific-10
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 2
1991 record	12–0 (8–0 Pac-10)
Head coach	Don James (17th year)
Offensive coordinator	Keith Gilbertson (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Lambright (15th year)
MVP	Mario Bailey (O)
MVP	Steve Emtman (D)
Captain	Mario Bailey
Captain	Brett Collins
Captain	Ed Cunningham
Captain	Donald Jones
Home stadium	Husky Stadium capacity: 72,500 AstroTurf

1991 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#2 Washington $		8	–	0		12	–	0
#8 California		6	–	2		10	–	2
#19 UCLA		6	–	2		9	–	3
#22 Stanford		6	–	2		8	–	4
Arizona State		4	–	4		6	–	5
Washington State		3	–	5		4	–	7
Arizona		3	–	5		4	–	7
USC		2	–	6		3	–	8
Oregon		1	–	7		3	–	8
Oregon State		1	–	7		1	–	10

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach Don James, in this 17th season at Washington, was assisted by coordinators Keith Gilbertson (offense) and Jim Lambright (defense), both head coaches themselves within two years.

The 1991 team was arguably the finest team in school history and split the national championship with the Miami Hurricanes, who were also 12–0, and won the AP Poll by four votes, while Washington took the coaches' poll by nine.^[1] Washington could not have played Miami in a bowl game because the Pac-10 champion was bound by contract to play in the Rose Bowl against the Big Ten champion. The Huskies soundly defeated no. 4 Michigan 34–14 in the 1992 Rose Bowl; the final score differential was narrowed by a late touchdown by Tyrone Wheatley of Michigan. With a minute remaining in the game, Washington was on the Michigan five-yard line, but opted to stay on the ground and run out the clock with the third-string quarterback leading the offense.^[2]

Eleven Huskies were selected in the 1992 NFL Draft, led by Steve Emtman, a dominating yet under-recruited defensive tackle from Cheney. Emtman won both the Lombardi Award and the Outland Trophy, and finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy balloting, won by Desmond Howard of Michigan. Defensive back Dana Hall was also selected in the first round.

A fantasy article in Sports Illustrated titled "The Dream Game" had the Huskies narrowly defeat Miami in a playoff.^[3]

Overview

The Huskies were ranked fourth in the 1991 pre-season. They dominated their six home games within the friendly raucous confines of Husky Stadium, which included two lopsided shutouts. The Dawgs' three closest games in 1991 were on the road: against Nebraska, California, and USC.

Behind 14–6 at halftime in Lincoln on ABC to no. 9 Nebraska in the second game of the season, UW rallied to outscore NU in Lincoln 30–7 in the second half to win by 15, and were graciously applauded at game-end by the Cornhusker fans. In mid-October, the no. 7 Cal Bears were the next-best team in the Pac-10 in 1991; the Huskies won by a touchdown in Berkeley to go to 6–0. In November in Los Angeles, the Huskies entered the game against USC undefeated at 8–0 and won a 14–3 defensive struggle, a second-straight victory over the previously-dominant Trojans.

Many of the points scored against the 1991 Huskies in their other games, including the last touchdown in the Rose Bowl, came in the fourth quarter against the reserves, as head coach Don James was concerned more about meaningful game-time experience for underclassman, rather than victory margins and/or shutouts.

Like the rest of the Pac-10 in 1991, the Huskies played just eight Pac-10 conference games, missing one opponent; they did not play UCLA in 1991 or 1992. The 1991 Bruins finished at 9–3 (6–2 in conference), in the top twenty in both polls (no. 18 and no. 19). UCLA lost to Tennessee of the SEC and both Bay Area teams, Cal and Stanford, but won their bowl game.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	12:30 pm	at Stanford	No. 4	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	ABC	W 42–7	45,273
September 21	5:00 pm	at No. 9 Nebraska*	No. 4	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	ABC	W 36–21	76,304
September 28	12:30 pm	Kansas State*	No. 4	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA		W 56–3	71,638
October 5	3:30 pm	Arizona	No. 3	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	Prime	W 54–0	72,495
October 12	12:30 pm	Toledo*	No. 3	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA		W 48–0	72,266
October 19	12:30 pm	at No. 7 California	No. 3	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	ABC	W 24–17	74,500
October 26	12:30 pm	Oregon	No. 3	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA		W 29–7	72,318
November 2	12:30 pm	Arizona State	No. 3	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA		W 44–16	72,405
November 9	12:30 pm	at USC	No. 2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	W 14–3	59,320
November 16	1:00 pm	at Oregon State	No. 3	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR		W 58–6	31,588
November 23	12:30 pm	Washington State	No. 2	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	ABC	W 56–21	72,581
January 1	1:45 pm	vs. No. 4 Michigan*	No. 2	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	ABC	W 34–14	103,566
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source:^[4]

NFL Draft selections

The following Washington players were selected in the 1992 NFL Draft:

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Steve Emtman	DT	1	1	Indianapolis Colts
Dana Hall	DB	1	18	San Francisco 49ers
Ed Cunningham	C	3	61	Arizona Cardinals
Siupeli Malamala	T	3	68	New York Jets
Aaron Pierce	TE	3	69	New York Giants
Orlando McKay	WR	5	130	Green Bay Packers
Mario Bailey	WR	6	162	Houston Oilers
Donald Jones	LB	9	245	New Orleans Saints
Kris Rongen	G	11	290	Seattle Seahawks
Brett Collins	LB	12	314	Green Bay Packers
Chico Fraley	LB	12	319	Seattle Seahawks

Source:^[5]

Both 1991 UW quarterbacks were selected in the following year's 1993 NFL Draft: '91 soph. starter Billy Joe Hobert by the Oakland Raiders (3rd rd., 58th)^[6] and junior Mark Brunell ('90 soph. starter, injured in spring '91 practice, '92 senior starter) by the Green Bay Packers (5th rd., 118th); where he was a reserve for two seasons behind Brett Favre, then led the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars in 1995.^[7]

Awards and honors

Steve Emtman, Lombardi Award
Steve Emtman, Outland Trophy^[8]
Don James, FWAA Coach of the Year

References

↑ "Stat sheet: football, final polls". Spokane Chronicle. January 2, 1992. p. E4.
↑ "Huskies crush Michigan 34-14". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. January 2, 1992. p. 1B.
↑ Murphy, Austin (January 13, 1992). "The Dream Game". Sports Illustrated. p. 34.
↑ 2003 UW Huskies football media guide, p. 209
↑ "1992 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
↑ "Billy Joe Hobert NFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
↑ "Mark Brunell NFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
↑ Hyland, Tim. "AP College Football National Champions". Football.about.com. Retrieved 2016-09-06.

1991 Washington Huskies football—UPI & USA Today/CNN national champions

Head coach: Don James

Washington Huskies football

Venues	Various (1889–1894) Denny Field (1895–1920) CenturyLink Field (2011–2012) Husky Stadium (1920–2011, 2013–)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Oregon Washington State (Apple Cup)

Culture & lore	Dubs Harry the Husky "Bow Down to Washington" Husky Marching Band Quarterback U The Wave Loudest CFB Stadium

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Notable players

Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Pac-12 Conference football champions

Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Idaho, Stanford, & USC (1927) USC (1928) USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) California (1958)

AAWU	UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State & USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)

Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California & UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)

Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC & UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington & Stanford (1992) Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC & Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA & Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC & Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California & USC (2006) Arizona State & USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)

Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015) Washington (2016)

National championships in bold

College football national champions (poll era)

1936–1949	1936: Minnesota (AP, DS) / Pittsburgh (BS, HS) 1937: Pittsburgh (AP, BS, DS, HS) / California 1938: TCU (AP) / Tennessee (BS, HS) / Notre Dame (DS) 1939: Texas A&M (AP, BS, HS) / USC (DS) 1940: Minnesota (AP, BS, DS, HS) / Stanford 1941: Minnesota (AP, BS) / Alabama (HS) 1942: Ohio State (AP, BS) / Georgia (HS) 1943: Notre Dame 1944: Army (AP, BS, HS) / Ohio State 1945: Army 1946: Notre Dame (AP) / Army (BS, HS) 1947: Notre Dame (AP) / Michigan (AP [post-bowl], BS, HS) 1948: Michigan 1949: Notre Dame

1950s	1950: Oklahoma 1951: Tennessee (AP, Coaches) / Michigan State / Maryland / Georgia Tech (BS) / Illinois (BS) 1952: Michigan State (AP, Coaches, BS) / Georgia Tech (INS) 1953: Maryland (AP, Coaches, INS) / Notre Dame (BS) 1954: Ohio State (AP, BS, INS) / UCLA (FWAA, Coaches) 1955: Oklahoma 1956: Oklahoma 1957: Auburn (AP) / Ohio State (Coaches, BS, FWAA, INS) 1958: LSU (AP, Coaches, BS, FN) / Iowa (FWAA) 1959: Syracuse

1960s	1960: Minnesota (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ole Miss (FWAA) / Iowa BS) 1961: Alabama (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ohio State (FWAA) 1962: USC 1963: Texas 1964: Alabama (AP, Coaches) / Arkansas (FWAA) / Notre Dame (FN, NFF) 1965: Alabama (AP, FWAA) / Michigan State (Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) 1966: Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Michigan State (NFF) 1967: USC 1968: Ohio State 1969: Texas

1970s	1970: Nebraska (AP, FN, FWAA) / Texas (NFF, Coaches) / Ohio State (NFF) 1971: Nebraska 1972: USC 1973: Notre Dame (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Alabama (Coaches) 1974: Oklahoma (AP, FN) / USC (FWAA, NFF, Coaches) 1975: Oklahoma 1976: Pittsburgh 1977: Notre Dame 1978: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF) / USC (Coaches, FN) 1979: Alabama

1980–1991	1980: Georgia 1981: Clemson 1982: Penn State 1983: Miami (FL) 1984: BYU 1985: Oklahoma 1986: Penn State 1987: Miami (FL) 1988: Notre Dame 1989: Miami (FL) 1990: Colorado (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF, USAT/CNN) / Georgia Tech (Coaches) 1991: Miami (FL) (AP) / Washington (Coaches, FN, FWAA, UPI/NFF)

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