1940 Washington Huskies football team

The 1940 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1940 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach Jimmy Phelan, the team compiled a 7–2 record, finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference, was ranked #10 in the final AP Poll, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 169 to 54.[1] The Huskies' only two losses came to Minnesota and Stanford teams that were ranked #1 and #2, respectively, in the final AP Poll. Bill Marx was the team captain.

1940 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 10
1940 record7–2 (7–1 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainBill Marx
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Stanford $ 7 0 0  10 0 0
No. 10 Washington 7 1 0  7 2 0
Oregon State 4 3 1  5 3 1
Washington State 3 4 2  4 4 2
Oregon 3 4 1  4 4 1
California 3 4 0  4 6 0
USC 2 3 2  3 4 2
Montana 1 2 0  4 4 1
UCLA 1 6 0  1 9 0
Idaho 0 4 0  1 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 28at Minnesota*L 14–1946000
October 5Idaho
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 21–024000
October 12vs. OregonW 10–031000
October 19No. 18 Oregon StateNo. 16
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 19–031000
October 26CaliforniaNo. 16
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 7–625000
November 9at No. 6 StanfordNo. 11L 10–2058000
November 16USCNo. 17
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 14–027000
November 23at UCLANo. 13W 41–035000
November 30Washington StateNo. 12
W 33–925000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL Draft selections

Three University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1941 NFL Draft, which lasted 22 rounds with 204 selections.[2]

= Husky Hall of Fame[3]
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Rudy MuchaCenter14Cleveland Rams
Dean McAdamsBack18Brooklyn Dodgers
Jay McDowellEnd34Cleveland Rams

References

  1. "Washington Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. "1941 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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