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 8âÂÂ3 in the regular season (5âÂÂ2 in the Pacific-10 Conference, second), and outscored its opponents 285 to 178.
The Huskies shut out USC 24âÂÂ0 to improve to 8âÂÂ2, were ranked fifteenth in the AP poll, with the inside track to the Rose Bowl. They dropped their final two games, the Apple Cup in Seattle, and the Aloha Bowl to Penn State.
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.
Three Huskies were selected in the 1984 NFL draft.