[1] The Huskies shut out USC 24–0 to improve to 8–2,[2][3] were ranked fifteenth in the AP poll,[4] with the inside track to the Rose Bowl.

[3] They dropped their final two games, the Apple Cup in Seattle,[5][6] and the Aloha Bowl to Penn State.

[7][8] Senior quarterback Steve Pelluer was selected as the team's most valuable player.

Pelluer, Dean Browning, Stewart Hill, and Rick Mallory were the team captains.

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