| Year: | 1983 |
| Team: | Washington Huskies |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Pacific-10 |
| Short Conf: | Pac-10 |
| Record: | 8–4 |
| Conf Record: | 5–2 |
| Head Coach: | Don James |
| Hc Year: | 9th |
| Off Coach: | Bob Stull |
| Oc Year: | 5th |
| Def Coach: | Jim Lambright |
| Dc Year: | 7th |
| Mvp: | Steve Pelluer |
| Captain: | Steve Pelluer |
| Captain2: | Rick Mallory |
| Captain3: | Stewart Hill |
| Captain4: | Dean Browning |
| Stadium: | Husky Stadium |
| Bowl: | Aloha Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | L 10–13 vs. Penn State |
The 1983 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its ninth season under head coach Don James, the team was 8–3 in the regular season (5–2 in the Pacific-10 Conference, second), and outscored its opponents 285 to 178.[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.
See main article: 1983 Aloha Bowl.
See also: 1983 Penn State Nittany Lions football team.
Three Huskies were selected in the 1984 NFL draft.
| Steve Pelluer | QB | 5 | 113 | Dallas Cowboys | |
| Scott Garnett | DT | 8 | 218 | Denver Broncos | |
| Rick Mallory | G | 9 | 225 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |