1953 Washington Huskies football team

The 1953 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1953 college football season. In its first season under head coach John Cherberg, 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 217 to 154.[1] Vern Lindskog was the team captain.

1953 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1953 record3–6–1 (2–4–1 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainVern Lindskog
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1953 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 UCLA $ 6 1 0  8 2 0
No. 19 Stanford 5 1 1  6 3 1
USC 4 2 1  6 3 1
California 2 2 2  4 4 2
Washington State 3 4 0  4 6 0
Oregon State 3 5 0  3 6 0
Washington 2 4 1  3 6 1
Oregon 2 5 1  4 5 1
Idaho 0 3 0  1 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 19Colorado*L 20–2131792
September 26at Michigan*L 0–5051233
October 3Oregon State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 28–027399
October 10No. 7 USC
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
T 13–1331816
October 17vs. OregonW 14–621677
October 24No. 20 Stanford
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 7–1341234
October 31Utah*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 21–1423389
November 7at CaliforniaL 25–5336000
November 14at No. 7 UCLAL 6–2213302
November 21Washington State
L 20–2539534
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL Draft selections

Four University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1954 NFL Draft, which lasted thirty rounds with 360 selections.[2]

= Husky Hall of Fame[3]
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
George BlackEnd8th94Los Angeles Rams
Dean ChambersTackle9th98Chicago Cardinals
Duane WardlowTackle11th130Los Angeles Rams
Bill AlbrechtEnd29th338Chicago Cardinals

References

  1. "Washington Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. "1954 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  3. "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.


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