Washington Huskies

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Washington Huskies
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University University of Washington
Conference Pac-10
NCAA Division I
Athletics Director Todd Turner
Location Seattle, WA
Varsity Teams 21
Football Stadium Husky Stadium
Basketball Arena Bank of America Arena
Mascot Harry the Husky
Nickname Huskies
Fight Song
Colors Purple and Gold              
Homepage www.gohuskies.cstv.com
The term properly applies to any sports team at the school. The University of Washington is a member of the NCAA Division I-A and the Pacific Ten Conference. The athletic program is made up of 10 men's sports (baseball, basketball, cross country, American football, golf, rowing, swimming, soccer, tennis, track) and 11 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), the Nordstrom Tennis Center and the Conibear Shellhouse (rowing). The golf team plays at the Washington National Golf Club and the swimming team calls the Weyerhaeuser Aquatic Center and the Husky pool home.

UW students, sports teams, and alumni are called Huskies, and often referred to metonymically as "Montlake," due to the campus's location on Montlake Boulevard N.E. [1] (It should be noticed that the traditional bounds of the Montlake neighborhood do not extend north of the Montlake Cut to encompass the campus.) 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 Spirit, 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.
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Football

Main article: Washington Huskies 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. During this period, Washington won 39 games in a row under coach Gil Dobie, the second longest winning streak in NCAA Division I-A history. In 1916, Dobie finished his remarkable coaching career at Washington with a 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, 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). 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. In 1984, 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 eighth Rose Bowl under the leadership of Marques Tuiasosopo.

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


Date Result Bowl Opponent Score
1-1-1924TRose BowlNavy14 - 14
1-1-1926LRose BowlUniversity of Alabama19 - 20
1-1-1937LRose BowlUniversity of Pittsburgh0 - 21
1-1-1938WPineapple BowlUniversity of Hawaii53 - 13
1-1-1944LRose BowlUniversity of Southern California0 - 29
1-1-1960WRose BowlUniversity of Wisconsin44 - 8
1-1-1961WRose BowlUniversity of Minnesota17 - 7
1-1-1964LRose BowlUniversity of Illinois7-17
1-2-1978WRose BowlUniversity of Michigan27 - 20
12-22-1979WSun BowlUniversity of Texas14 - 7
1-1-1981LRose BowlUniversity of Michigan6 - 23
1-1-1982WRose BowlUniversity of Iowa28 - 0
12-25-1982WAloha BowlUniversity of Maryland21 - 20
12-25-1983LAloha BowlPennsylvania State University10 - 13
1-1-1985WOrange BowlUniversity of Oklahoma28 - 17
12-30-1985WFreedom BowlUniversity of Colorado20 - 17
12-25-1986LSun BowlUniversity of Alabama6 - 28
12-19-1987WIndependence BowlTulane University24 - 12
12-19-1989WFreedom BowlUniversity of Florida34 - 7
1-1-1990WRose BowlUniversity of Iowa46 - 34
1-1-1991WRose BowlUniversity of Michigan34 - 14
1-1-1992LRose BowlUniversity of Michigan31 - 38
12-29-1995LSun BowlUniversity of Iowa18 - 38
12-30-1996LHoliday BowlUniversity of Colorado21 - 33
12-25-1997WAloha BowlMichigan State University51 - 23
12-25-1998LOahu ClassicAir Force25 - 45
12-30-1999LHoliday BowlKansas State University20 - 24
1-1-2001WRose BowlPurdue University34 - 24
12-28-2001LHoliday BowlUniversity of Texas43 - 47
12-31-2002LSun BowlPurdue University24 - 34
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

Men's basketball

NCAA Championships (none)
Final Four: 1953
Sweet 16: 1984, 1998, 2005, 2006
PAC-10 Regular Season Titles (9)
1931, 1934, 1943, 1944 (tie), 1948, 1951, 1953, 1984 (tie), 1985 (tie)
PAC-10 Tournament Championships (1)
2005


In the 2006-2007 season, the Huskies basketball program faltered. After previous successful seasons, the Huskies did not even appear in the NIT, probably due to having only one road win on the season. The team found success late in the season by beating then-No.7 Oregon and then-No.4 UCLA, both at home. The Huskies suffered their most embarrassing loss of the season by losing 47-75 to their in-state rival, the Washington State Cougars. After losing to the Cougars in the Pac-10 Tournament later that season, shattering any hope of a NCAA Tournament berth, the Huskies had dropped five games in a row to their rival. However, the Huskies are expected to rebuild for the 2007-2008 season.

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 Olympic gold medals, two silver and five bronze. The women have 11 national titles and two 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


Men's IRA Championships
Varsity Eight: 1923, 1924, 1926, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1970, 1997, 2007
Junior Varsity Eight: 1925, 1926, 1927, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1964, 1972, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007
Freshman Eight: 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1961, 1969, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2006

National championships

NCAA team championships

Sport Year
Football1960, 1991
Women's Rowing1997, 1998, 2001
Women's Volleyball2005

NCAA individual championships

Sport Titles
Men's Golf1
Men's Gymnastics6
Women's Gymnastics2
Women's Rowing8
Skiing2
Men's Swimming and Diving12
Men's Tennis2
Men's Indoor Track and Field6
Men's Outdoor Track and Field20
Women's Outdoor Track and Field4
Wrestling2
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University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Also known as Washington and locally as The U or UW (usually pronounced "U-Dub"), it is the largest university in the Northwestern United States and the oldest
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Established 1959
Members 10
Sports fielded 22 (11 men's, 11 women's)
Region West Coast of the United States
States 4 - Arizona, California, Oregon,
Washington
Past names Athletic Association of Western Universities (1959-68)
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