1957 Washington Huskies football team

The 1957 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. In its first season under head coach Jim Owens, the team compiled a 3–6–1 record, sixth in the Pacific Coast Conference, and was outscored 212 to 120.[1]

1957 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1957 record3–6–1 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Whitey Core
  • Jim Jones
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1957 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Oregon State + 6 –2 –0  8 –2 –0
Oregon ^ + 6 –2 –0  7 –4 –0
UCLA 5 –2 –0  8 –2 –0
Washington State 5 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Stanford 4 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Washington 3 –4 –0  3 –6 –1
California 1 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
USC 1 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
Idaho 0 –3 –0  4 –4 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
    Oregon State won the rivalry game over Oregon, but no-repeat rule was in effect
Rankings from AP Poll

Following the previous season, first-year head coach Darrell Royal left for Texas in December, after less than ten months in Seattle. Hired in January, Owens was a teammate of Royal's at Oklahoma and was an assistant coach under Bear Bryant for the previous six years at Kentucky and Texas A&M.[2][3]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 21Colorado*
T 6–634,684
September 28at No. 6 Minnesota*
L 7–4663,512
October 5Ohio State*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 7–3536,328
October 12at UCLA
L 0–1924,899
October 19Stanford
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 14–2136,036
October 26Oregon State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 19–629,231
November 2USC
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 12–1930,172
November 9at Oregon
W 13–630,010
November 16at California
W 35–2738,000
November 23Washington State
L 7–2747,352
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

All-Coast
Main article: 1957 All-Pacific Coast football team

NFL Draft selections

Two University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1958 NFL Draft, which lasted thirty rounds with 360 selections.[4]

= Husky Hall of Fame[5]
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Jim JonesBack3rd30Los Angeles Rams
Dick DayTackle5th57New York Giants

References
  1. "Washington Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. "Jim Owens is named Husky football boss". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. January 22, 1957. p. 17.
  3. "Washington names new grid coach". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 22, 1957. p. 2B.
  4. "1958 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  5. "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.


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