The 1979 Washington Huskies football team was an

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team that represented the

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during the

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. In its fifth season under head coach Don James, the team compiled a finished in second place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and outscored its opponents The two conference losses were to Arizona State and

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; Arizona State later vacated its wins due to The conference opponents not played this season were

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and Stanford. Washington won the Apple Cup over Washington State for a sixth consecutive and the Sun Bowl over Defensive back Mark Lee was selected as the team's most valuable player. Phil Foreman, Doug Martin, Antowaine Richardson, and Joe Steele were the team captains.

Schedule

Roster

NFL draft selections

Eight University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1980 NFL draft, which lasted 12 rounds with 333 selections.

References

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