Washington Huskies
University	University of Washington
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
NCAA	Division I
Athletics director	Scott Woodward
Location	Seattle, WA
Varsity teams	23
Football stadium	Husky Stadium
Basketball arena	Bank of America Arena
Baseball stadium	Husky Ballpark
Mascot	Harry the Husky
Nickname	Huskies
Fight song	Bow Down to Washington
Colors	Purple and Gold[1]
Homepage	www.GoHuskies.com

Washington Huskies is the nickname of the University of Washington's athletic teams. The school is a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. The athletic program is made up of 11 men's sports (baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, rowing, swimming, soccer, tennis, track) and 12 women's sports (basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, rowing, swimming, soccer, softball, tennis, track, volleyball).

Among its facilities on campus are Husky Stadium (football and track & field), the Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion (basketball and volleyball), Husky Ballpark (baseball), Husky Softball Stadium (softball), the Nordstrom Tennis Center, the Dempsey Indoor practice facility, and the Conibear Shellhouse (rowing). The golf team plays at the Washington National Golf Club in Auburn and the swimming team calls the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way and the Husky Pool home.

UW students, sports teams, and alumni are called Huskies. The husky was selected as the school mascot by student committee in 1922. It replaced the "Sun Dodger," an abstract reference to the local weather that was quickly dropped in favor of something more tangible. The costumed "Harry the Husky" performs at sporting and special events, and a live Alaskan Malamute, currently named Dubs, has traditionally led the UW football team onto the field at the start of games. The school colors of purple and gold were adopted in 1892 by student vote. The choice was purportedly inspired by the first stanza of Lord Byron's The Destruction of Sennacherib:

The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold,
And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold;
And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea,
When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.

Contents 1 Football 2 Men's basketball 3 Softball 4 Rowing 5 National championships 5.1 NCAA team championships 5.2 NCAA individual championships 6 Notes and references 7 External links

[edit] Football

The University football team's first game was in 1889.

From 1907 to 1917, Washington football teams were unbeaten in 63 consecutive games, an NCAA Division I-A record.^[2] During this period, Washington won 39 games in a row under coach Gil Dobie, currently the second longest winning streak in NCAA Division I-A history. In 1916, Dobie finished his remarkable coaching career at Washington with an undefeated 58-0-3 record.

The 1925 team posted an undefeated record but lost to Alabama 21-20 in the Rose Bowl. The 1960 team finished 10-1, under coach Jim Owens, and won its second consecutive Rose Bowl by defeating national champion Minnesota 17-7 (the national champion was declared before the bowl games in 1960). Coach Owens served from 1957 to 1974. Don James became head coach in 1975 and transformed the team into a national power while compiling a 153-57-2 record. James' first successful year was in 1977 with the team quarterbacked by Warren Moon culminating in a 27-20 victory over Michigan in the Rose Bowl. Washington and Michigan played again in the Rose Bowl in 1981 resulting in a Michigan win 23-11. The next year, the Huskies returned to the Rose Bowl and defeated Iowa 28-0, the last Rose Bowl shutout and the only shutout in the past half century. Following a two-year hiatis during which cross-state rival WSU prevented the Huskies from Rose Bowl appearances by defeating them in the last game of the 1982 and 1983 seasons, Washington posted an 11-1 record and beat Oklahoma 28-17 to win the Orange Bowl. Senior running back, Jacque Robinson won the MVP award and was the first player to win MVP awards for both the Orange and Rose Bowls. The 1991 team is considered to be the best Washington Husky football team and among the best in college football history. The team went undefeated, steamrolling opponents by an average score of 42-9 in regular season, including wins over No. 9 Nebraska, No. 7 California and a 34-14 win over No. 4 Michigan in the Rose Bowl. In 2000, Washington finished with an 11-1 record, and won its seventh Rose Bowl under the leadership of Marques Tuiasosopo. In 2009, under first-year head coach Steve Sarkisian, the Huskies snapped a 15-game losing streak with a 42-23 victory over Idaho. The following week, Washington crushed the spirits of then-No. 3 USC, winning 16-13 on a last-second field goal. The Huskies rose to No. 25 in the polls after the victory but lost six of their next eight games to fall to 4-7 prior to a season finale showdown against No. 19-ranked California. Washington's fan base, which had been decimated after a winless 0-12 2008 campaign (the Huskies are the only team in Pac-10 history to post an 0-12 record) under coach Tyrone Willingham, is excited about their chances in 2010.

National Championship (2)

1960 (Helms), 1991 (CNN and FWAA)

PAC-10 Titles (15)

1916, 1919, 1925, 1936, 1959 (tie), 1960, 1963, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1990, 1991, 1992 (tie), 1995 (tie), 2000 (tie)

Bowl History

15 wins, 14 losses, 1 tie

v • d • e Washington Huskies head football coaches Goodwin • Cobb • Nichols • Jeffs • Dodge • Wright • Knight • Cutts • Place • Dobie • Hunt • Savage • Allison • Bagshaw • Phelan • Welch • Odell • Cherberg • Royal • Owens • James • Lambright • Neuheisel • Gilbertson • Willingham • Sarkisian

[edit] Men's basketball

NCAA Championships (none)

Final Four: 1953

Sweet 16: 1984, 1998, 2005, 2006

PAC-10 Regular Season Titles (10)

1931, 1934, 1943, 1944 (tie), 1948, 1951, 1953, 1984 (tie), 1985 (tie), 2009

PAC-10 Tournament Championships (1)

2005

v • d • e Washington Huskies head basketball coaches Hall • Williams • Olson • Savage • Davidson • Hunt • Allison • Edmundson • McLarney • Dye • Grayson • Duckworth • Winter • Harshman • Russo • Nance • Bender • Romar

[edit] Softball

NCAA Championships (1)

Championships: (2009)

Title games: 1996, 1999, 2009

PAC-10 Championships (3)

1996, 2000, 2009

[edit] Rowing

Rowing is a longstanding tradition at the University of Washington dating back to 1901. The Washington men's crew gained international prominence by winning the gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, defeating the German and Italian crews much to the chagrin of Adolf Hitler who was in attendance. In 1958, the men's crew furthered their lore with a shocking win over Leningrad Trud's world champion rowers in Moscow, resulting in the first American sporting victory on Soviet soil, and certainly the first time a Russian crowd gave any American team a standing ovation during the Cold War. In all, the Washington men's crew have won 12 national titles, 15 individual Olympic gold medals, two silver and five bronze. The women have 11 national titles and two individual Olympic gold medals.

The crew's traditional rival has been the other West Coast powerhouse, the University of California Golden Bears

Women's NCAA Championships (1997, 1998, 2001)

Varsity Eight: 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002

Junior Varsity Eight: 2002

Varsity Four: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008

Men's IRA Championships

Varsity Eight: 1923, 1924, 1926, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1970, 1997, 2007, 2009

Junior Varsity Eight: 1925, 1926, 1927, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1964, 1972, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009

Freshman Eight: 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1961, 1969, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009

[edit] National championships

[edit] NCAA team championships

*Since determined by poll rather than by competition, neither of these championships are recognized by the Pac-10 Conference. See - http://www.pac-10.org/school-bio/ncaa-champs.html**Men's rowing is not an NCAA-governed sport ***Women's rowing was not an NCAA-governed sport until 1997

[edit] NCAA individual championships

Sport	Year
Football*	1960, 1991
Men's Varsity Eight Rowing**	1923, 1924, 1926, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1970, 1997, 2007, 2009
Women's Varsity Eight Rowing***	1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002
Women's Cross Country	2008
Women's Rowing	1997, 1998, 2001
Women's Volleyball	2005
Softball	2009
Sport	Titles
Men's Golf	1
Men's Gymnastics	6
Women's Gymnastics	2
Women's Rowing	8
Skiing	2
Men's Swimming and Diving	12
Men's Tennis	2
Men's Indoor Track and Field	6
Men's Outdoor Track and Field	20
Women's Outdoor Track and Field	4
Wrestling	2

[edit] Notes and references

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[edit] External links

• Washington Huskies Official Site

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