1986 Washington Huskies football team

1986 Washington Huskies football
Sun Bowl, L 6–28 vs. Alabama
Conference	Pacific-10
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 18
Record	8–3–1 (5–2–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Don James (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Gary Pinkel (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Lambright (10th season)
MVP	Reggie Rogers
Captains	Kevin Gogan Rod Jones Rick Fenney, Steve Alvord Reggie Rogers, Tim Peoples
Home stadium	Husky Stadium

1986 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Arizona State $	5	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
No. 14 UCLA	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
No. 18 Washington	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
No. 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.^[1] 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	Source
September 13	No. 10 Ohio State*	No. 17	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 40–7	61,071
September 20	No. 11 BYU*	No. 7	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 52–21	61,197
September 27	at No. 12 USC	No. 6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 10–20	58,023
October 4	California	No. 12	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 50–18	58,911
October 11	at No. 18 Stanford	No. 12	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 24–14	52,000
October 18	Bowling Green*	No. 9	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 48–0	57,075
October 25	Oregon	No. 8	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)	W 38–3	58,466
November 1	at No. 7 Arizona State	No. 6	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 21–34	71,589
November 8	at Oregon State	No. 13	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 28–12	29,541
November 15	No. 19 UCLA	No. 10	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	T 17–17	59,916
November 22	at Washington State	No. 12	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (Apple Cup)	W 44–23	40,000
December 25	vs. No. 13 Alabama*	No. 12	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	L 6–28	48,722	[2]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1986 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL Bern Brostek QB 17 Chris Chandler Jr WR David Cole QB Cary Conklin RB 39 Tony Covington So FB 30 Rick Fenney Sr WR 7 Darryl Franklin Jr OT 72 Kevin Gogan Sr OL Clay Griffith WR 1 Lonzell Hill Sr RB Aaron Jenkins TE 84 Rod Jones Sr TE 82 Scott Jones Jr RB Steve Jones TE Mike Matz OL Rick McLeod RB Andre Riley WR Brian Slater OL Garth Thomas OL Mike Zandofsky	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 93 Steve Alvord Sr LB 55 Ricky Andrews Jr LB 46 Tom Erlandson Jr DT 91 Brian Habib Jr DB Allen James DB Art Malone DB Tim Peoples LB David Rill LB Steve Roberts DL 51 Reggie Rogers Sr LB 3 Bo Yates Jr DB 31 Tony Zackery Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 9 Thane Cleland Sr K 18 Jeff Jaeger Sr	Head coach Don James Coordinators/assistant coaches Jim Lambright (DC) Gary Pinkel (OC) Jay Niemann (GA) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings

Further information: 1986 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
AP	16 т	17	7 (1)	6 (1)	12	12	9	8	6	13	10	12	13	12	18
Coaches	16 т	13	7	7	13	12	9	8	6	13	10	12	12	11	17

Game summaries

At No. 12 USC

Ohio State

Ohio State at Washington

1 2 3 4 Total Buckeyes 0 0 7 0 7 • Huskies 0 24 9 7 40 Date: September 13 Location: Husky Stadium Game attendance: 61,071

See also: 1986 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

BYU

BYU at Washington

1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 7 0 0 14 21 • Huskies 15 27 3 7 52 Date: September 20 Location: Husky Stadium Game attendance: 61,197

See also: 1986 BYU Cougars football team

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

Source:^[3]

Washington State

See also: 1986 Washington State Cougars football team and Apple Cup

#12 Washington Huskies at Washington State Cougars

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington	7	14	10	13	44
Washington St	0	10	7	6	23

at Martin Stadium, Pullman, Washington

• Date: November 22, 1986
• Game attendance: 40,000
• Gainesville Sun. November 23, 1986 Page 4F

Game information

First quarter WASH – Rod Jones 3-yard pass from Chris Chandler (Jeff Jaeger kick). Washington 7–0. Drive: Second quarter WSU – Ed Tingstad 3-yard run (Kevin Adams kick). Tie 7–7. Drive: WSU – Kevin Adams 51-yard field goal. Washington St 10–7. Drive: WASH – Tony Covington 2-yard run (Jeff Jaeger kick). Washington 14–10. Drive: WASH – Matt Slater 25-yard pass from Chris Chandler (Jeff Jaeger kick). Washington 21–10. Drive: Third quarter WASH – Matt Slater 38-yard pass from Chris Chandler (Jeff Jaeger kick). Washington 28–10. Drive: WASH – Jeff Jaeger 43-yard field goal. Washington 31–10. Drive: WASH – Jeff Jaeger 26-yard field goal. Washington 34–10. Drive: WSU – Kerry Porter 2-yard run (Kevin Adams kick). Washington 34–17. Drive: Fourth quarter WASH – Matt Slater 25-yard pass from Chris Chandler (Jeff Jaeger kick). Washington 41–17. Drive: WSU – Kerry Porter 9-yard run (pass failed). Washington 41–23. Drive: WASH – Jeff Jaeger 27-yard field goal, 3:16. Washington 44–23. Drive: Top passers WASH – Chris Chandler – 15/20, 204 yards, 4 TD WSU – Ed Blount – 16/30, 240 yards, 2 int Top rushers WASH – Vince Weathersby – 25 rushes, 177 yards WSU – Kerry Porter – 25 rushes, 90 yards, 2 TD Top receivers WASH – Matt Slater – 4 receptions, 106 yards, 3 TD WSU – Rodd Olson – 6 receptions, 94 yards

Jeff Jaeger set NCAA career record for field goals made.

Vs. Alabama (Sun Bowl)

Washington vs. Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total No. 12 Huskies 0 6 0 0 6 • No. 13 Crimson Tide 0 7 14 7 28 Date: December 25 Location: Sun Bowl Stadium, El Paso, TX Game attendance: 48,722 Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C), Sunny, Wind NNE 4 mph (6.4 km/h) TV announcers (CBS): Brent Musburger, Ara Parseghian, John Dockery

Main article: 1986 Sun Bowl

See also: 1986 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

NFL draft

Nine Huskies were selected in the 1987 NFL draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	Franchise
Reggie Rogers	DT	1	7	Detroit Lions
Lonzell Hill	WR	2	40	New Orleans Saints
Jeff Jaeger	PK	3	82	Cleveland Browns
Tim Peoples	S	7	174	St. Louis Cardinals
Steve Alvord	DL	8	201	St. Louis Cardinals
Kevin Gogan	T	8	206	Dallas Cowboys
Rick Fenney	FB	8	211	Minnesota Vikings
Rod Jones	TE	8	223	New York Giants
Steve Roberts	DE	11	299	Denver Broncos

References

1. "Washington Yearly Results (1985–1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
2. "'Bama defense shines in Sun". El Paso Times. December 26, 1986. Retrieved February 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Gainesville Sun October 5, 1986