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 | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 4–3–3 (3–3–2 PCC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Walt Harrison |
| Home stadium | Husky Stadium |
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| Team | W | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Washington was ranked at No. 57 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 26 | Pacific (CA)* | W 27–0 | 11,000 | |
| October 3 | USC |
| T 0–0 | 26,000 |
| October 10 | at Oregon | W 15–7 | 11,000 | |
| October 17 | Montana |
| W 35–0 | 10,000 |
| October 24 | California |
| L 6–19 | 28,000 |
| October 31 | Oregon State |
| W 13–0 | 7,000 |
| November 7 | vs. Stanford | L 7–20 | 23,000 | |
| November 14 | St. Mary's Pre-Flight* |
| T 0–0 | 5,000 |
| November 21 | at No. 18 UCLA | L 10–14 | 32,000 | |
| November 28 | No. 15 Washington State |
| T 0–0 | 13,000 |
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NFL Draft selections
Five University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1943 NFL draft, which lasted 32 rounds with 300 selections.[3]
| = Husky Hall of Fame[4] |
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Walt Harrison | Center | 7 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles (Steagles) |
| Bob Friedman | Tackle | 18 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles (Steagles) |
| Carl Falk | Tackle | 20 | 5 | Cleveland Rams |
| Mark McCorklel | Back | 22 | 5 | Cleveland Rams |
| Pete Susick | Back | 27 | 8 | Green Bay Packers |
References
- "Washington Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- "1943 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
- "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
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