1986 Washington Huskies football team

1986 Washington Huskies football
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1986 Sun Bowl, L 6-28 vs. Alabama
Conference	Pacific-10
Ranking
Coaches	#17
AP	#18
1986 record	8-3-1 (5-2-1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Don James (12th year)
Offensive coordinator	Gary Pinkel
Defensive coordinator	Jim Lambright
MVP	Reggie Rogers
Home stadium	Husky Stadium

1986 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4 Arizona State $	5	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
#14 UCLA	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
#18 Washington	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
#11 Arizona	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Stanford	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
USC	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Oregon	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
California	2	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its 12th season under head coach Don James, the team compiled an 8-3-1 record, finished in a tie for second place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 378 to 197. Reggie Rogers was selected as the team's most valuable player. Rogers, Kevin Gogan, Rod Jones, Rick Fenney, Steve Alvord, and Tim Peoples were the team captains.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 13	#10 Ohio State*	#17	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 40–7	61,071
September 20	#11 BYU*	#7	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 52–21	61,197
September 27	at #12 USC	#6	Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 10–20	58,023
October 4	California	#12	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 50–18	58,911
October 11	at #18 Stanford	#12	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 24–14	52,000
October 18	Bowling Green*	#9	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 48–0	57,075
October 25	Oregon	#8	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 38–3	58,466
November 1	at #7 Arizona State	#6	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 21–34	71,589
November 8	at Oregon State	#13	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR	W 28–12	29,541
November 15	#19 UCLA	#10	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	T 17–17	59,916
November 22	at Washington State	#12	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Apple Cup)	W 44–23	40,000
December 25	vs. #13 Alabama*	#12	Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	L 6–28	48,722
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Season summary

California

1 2 3 4 Total California 0 10 0 8 18 • Washington 20 6 17 7 50 Date: Saturday, October 4 Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle, WA Game attendance: 58,911

Scoring summary 1 Washington Jaeger 47-yard field goal Washington 3-0 1 Washington L. Hill 43-yard pass from Chandler (Jaeger kick) Washington 10-0 1 Washington Jaeger 42-yard field goal Washington 13-0 1 Washington L. Hill 24-yard pass from Chandler (Jaeger kick) Washington 20-0 2 California Richards 67-yard run (Rix kick) Washington 20-7 2 Washington Fenney 3-yard run (pass failed) Washington 26-7 2 California Rix 43-yard field goal Washington 26-10 3 Washington Jaeger 31-yard field goal Washington 29-10 3 Washington Hall 37-yard interception return (Jaeger kick) Washington 36-10 3 Washington R. Jones 4-yard pass from Chandler (Jaeger kick) Washington 43-10 4 California Powers 1-yard run (Richards pass from Kev. Brown) Washington 43-18 4 Washington Cole 17-yard pass from Conklin (Cleland kick) Washington 50-18

Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total • Washington 7 14 13 10 44 Washington St 0 10 7 6 23 Date: November 22 Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, WA Game attendance: 40,000

Scoring summary 1 WASH Jones 3 yard pass from Chandler (Jaeger kick) WASH 7–0 2 WSU Tingstad 3 yard run (Adams kick) Tie 7–7 2 WSU Adams 51 yard field goal WSU 10–7 2 WASH Covington 2 yard run (Jaeger kick) WASH 14–10 2 WASH Slater 25 yard pass from Chandler (Jaeger kick) WASH 21–10 3 WASH Slater 38 yard pass from Chandler (Jaeger kick) WASH 28–10 3 WASH Jaeger 43 yard field goal WASH 31–10 3 WASH Jaeger 26 yard field goal WASH 34–10 3 WSU Porter 2 yard run (Adams kick) WASH 34–17 4 WASH Slater 25 yard pass from Chandler (Jaeger kick) WASH 41–17 4 WSU Porter 9 yard run (pass failed) WASH 41–23 4 WASH Jaeger 27 yard field goal WASH 44–23