1939 Washington Huskies football team

The 1939 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1939 college football season. In its tenth season under head coach Jimmy Phelan, the team compiled a 4–5 record, finished in sixth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 93 to 77.[1] Chuck Bechtol was the team captain.

1939 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1939 record4–5 (4–4 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainChuck Bechtol
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1939 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 USC $ 5 0 2  8 0 2
No. 7 UCLA 5 0 3  6 0 4
Oregon State 6 1 1  9 1 1
Washington 4 4 0  4 5 1
Oregon 3 3 1  3 4 1
Washington State 3 5 0  4 5 0
Montana 1 2 0  3 6 0
California 2 5 0  3 7 0
Stanford 0 6 1  1 7 1
Idaho 0 3 0  2 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 30Pittsburgh*L 6–2725000
October 7UCLA
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 7–1415017
October 14at Washington StateL 0–618552
October 21Oregon State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 7–1314000
October 28Stanford
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 8–519771
November 4Montana
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 9–019838
November 11at CaliforniaW 13–621608
November 23Oregon
W 20–1325000
December 2at No. 1 USCL 7–950000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL Draft selections

One University of Washington Husky was selected in the 1940 NFL Draft, which lasted 22 rounds with 200 selections.[2]

= Husky Hall of Fame[3]
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Don JonesBack92Philadelphia Eagles

References

  1. "Washington Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. "1940 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  3. "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.


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