1942 Washington Huskies football team

The 1942 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1942 college football season. In its first season under head coach Ralph Welch, the team compiled a 4–3–3 record, finished in sixth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 120 to 94.[1] Walt Harrison was the team captain.

1942 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1942 record4–3–3 (3–3–2 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainWalt Harrison
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1942 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 13 UCLA $ 6 1 0  7 4 0
Washington State 5 1 1  6 2 2
No. 12 Stanford 5 2 0  6 4 0
USC 4 2 1  5 5 1
Oregon State 4 4 0  4 5 1
Washington 3 3 2  4 3 3
California 3 4 0  5 5 0
Oregon 2 5 0  2 6 0
Idaho 1 5 0  3 7 0
Montana 0 6 0  0 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 26Pacific (CA)*W 27–011000
October 3USC
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
T 0–026000
October 10vs. OregonW 15–711000
October 17Montana
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 35–010000
October 24California
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 6–1928000
October 31Oregon State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 13–07000
November 7vs. StanfordL 7–2023000
November 14St. Mary's Pre-Flight*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
T 0–05000
November 21at No. 18 UCLAL 10–1432000
November 28No. 15 Washington State
T 0–013000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL Draft selections

Five University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1943 NFL Draft, which lasted 32 rounds with 300 selections.[2]

= Husky Hall of Fame[3]
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Walt HarrisonCenter72Philadelphia Eagles (Steagles)
Bob FriedmanTackle182Philadelphia Eagles (Steagles)
Carl FalkTackle205Cleveland Rams
Mark McCorklelBack225Cleveland Rams
Pete SusickBack278Green Bay Packers

References

  1. "Washington Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. "1943 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  3. "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.


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