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| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| Record | 7–4 (5–3 Pac-10) |
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| Home stadium | Martin Stadium Joe Albi Stadium |
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| No. 17 UCLA $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10). Led by sixth-year head coach Jim Walden, WSU was 7–4 overall (5–3 in Pac-10, third),[1][2] and played their home games at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane and at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.
The team's statistical leaders included Ricky Turner with 1,351 passing yards, Kerry Porter with 1,000 rushing yards, and John Marshall with 328 receiving yards.[3][4] Sophomore quarterback Mark Rypien started two games in September,[5] but was sidelined with a broken collarbone.[6][7]
The Cougars won a second straight Apple Cup over rival Washington, their first victory at Husky Stadium in Seattle in a decade.[8][9][10]
Walden was named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year, and four Cougars were selected to the conference's first team: linemen Keith Millard and Eric Williams on defense, with guard Dan Lynch and sophomore running back Kerry Porter on offense.[11][12] Millard was the thirteenth overall pick of the 1984 NFL draft, selected by the Minnesota Vikings.[13][14]
This is the most recent season in which selected home games were played in Spokane, and the Cougars won both. With a change in the academic calendar in 1984,[15] classes started at WSU a month earlier, in late August, and all home games were scheduled for Pullman.[16][17] (Home games in Seattle at Lumen Field were played from 2002 to 2014.)
- ^ "1983 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 77. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- ^ "1983 Washington State Cougars Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- ^ "WSU statistics". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 23, 1983. p. 17.
- ^ Devlin, Vince (September 21, 1983). "Cougs go with two QBs again". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. C1.
- ^ Devlin, Vince (November 3, 1983). "Rypien welcome to return". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 31.
- ^ Weaver, Dan (November 8, 1983). "Rypien will remain a Cougar". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 19.
- ^ Devlin, Vince (November 20, 1983). "Cougs wilt UW's roses again". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
- ^ Barrows, Bob (November 20, 1983). "Cougars spoil Huskies hopes, 17-6". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
- ^ "Porter, Millard win Pac-10 weekly honors". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 22, 1983. p. 3C.
- ^ Devlin, Vince (November 23, 1983). "Walden named Coach of the Year". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 15.
- ^ "Walden gets conference's top honor". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 23, 1983. p. 1C.
- ^ Devlin, Vince (May 2, 1984). "WSU lineman picked in 1st round". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 17.
- ^ Devlin, Vince (May 1, 1984). "Millard feels like a million". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. C1.
- ^ Ledford, David (January 18, 1983). "WSU adopts early startup". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 12.
- ^ "No Cougars in Spokane this season". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). March 27, 1984. p. C1.
- ^ Blanchette, John (March 28, 1984). "Cougars won't have a ball at Albi this season". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 23.