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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
Record4–3–3 (3–3–2 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainWalt Harrison
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 26Pacific (CA)*
W 27–011,000
October 3USC
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
T 0–026,000
October 10at Oregon
W 15–711,000
October 17Montana
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 35–010,000
October 24California
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 6–1928,000
October 31Oregon State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 13–07,000
November 7vs. Stanford
L 7–2023,000
November 14St. Mary's Pre-Flight*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
T 0–05,000
November 21at No. 18 UCLA
L 10–1432,000
November 28No. 15 Washington State
T 0–013,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL Draft selections

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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

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  1. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1943 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  4. ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.


 

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