1951 Washington Huskies football team

The 1951 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1951 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Howard Odell, the team compiled a 3–6–1 record, finished in seventh place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 273 to 218.[1] Ted Holzknecht was the team captain.

1951 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1951 record3–6–1 (1–5–1 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainTed Holzknecht
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1951 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 Stanford $ 6 –1 –0  9 –2 –0
No. 17 UCLA 4 –1 –1  5 –3 –1
No. 12 California 5 –2 –0  8 –2 –0
USC 4 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
No. 18 Washington State 4 –3 –0  7 –3 –0
Oregon State 3 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
Washington 1 –5 –1  3 –6 –1
Oregon 1 –6 –0  2 –8 –0
Idaho 0 –3 –0  2 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 22Montana*No. 8
W 58–736,987
September 29at Minnesota*No. 8
W 25–2050,634
October 6USCNo. 12
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 13–2043,747
October 13vs. Oregon
W 63–630,414
October 20No. 8 Illinois*No. 20
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 20–2753,760
October 27No. 11 Stanford
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 7–1448,343
November 3Oregon State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 14–4033,327
November 10at California
L 28–3746,000
November 17at No. 18 UCLA
T 20–2031,597
November 24Washington State
L 25–2751,221
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

USC
USC at Washington
1 234Total
• Trojans 7 607 20
No. 12 Huskies 7 006 13
See also: 1951 USC Trojans football team

The highlight of the 1951 contest came in the fourth quarter when Hugh McElhenny returned a punt from Des Koch for 100 yards, running past Frank Gifford on his way to the end zone.[2]

NFL Draft selections

Two University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1952 NFL Draft, which lasted thirty rounds with 360 selections.[3]

= Husky Hall of Fame[4]
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Hugh McElhennyRunning back1st9San Francisco 49ers
Don HeinrichQuarterback3rd35New York Giants
Heinrich did not play in 1951 due to a shoulder injury,[5][6][7] then led the Huskies in 1952.[8]
Due to military service, his first season with the Giants was in 1954.[9]

References
  1. "Washington Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. Eskenazi, David. "Wayback Machine: McElhenny's 100-yard return". SportpressNW. Rudman, Steve. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  3. "1952 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  4. "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  5. "Don Heinrich injured". St. Petersburg Times. (Florida). Associated Press. September 9, 1951. p. 54.
  6. "Huskies dump Montana 58-7". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 23, 1951. p. 8.
  7. "Huskies batter Grizzles, 58-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 23, 1951. p. 14.
  8. "Don Heinrich earns pass title as Huskies edge WSC 33-27". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 30, 1952. p. 10.
  9. "N.Y. grid Giants sign ex-Husky Don Heinrich". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 5, 1954. p. 11.


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