1942 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–3–3 (3–3–2 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainWalt Harrison
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1942 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 UCLA $ 6 1 07 4 0
Washington State 5 1 16 2 2
No. 12 Stanford 5 2 06 4 0
USC 4 2 15 5 1
Oregon State 4 4 04 5 1
Washington 3 3 24 3 3
California 3 4 05 5 0
Oregon 2 5 02 6 0
Idaho 1 5 03 7 0
Montana 0 6 00 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 26Pacific (CA)*W 27–011,000
October 3USC
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
T 0–026,000
October 10at OregonW 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. StanfordL 7–2023,000
November 14St. Mary's Pre-Flight*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
T 0–05,000
November 21at No. 18 UCLAL 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

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]
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Walt HarrisonCenter72Philadelphia Eagles (Steagles)
Bob FriedmanTackle182Philadelphia Eagles (Steagles)
Carl FalkTackle205Cleveland Rams
Mark McCorklelBack225Cleveland Rams
Pete SusickBack278Green Bay Packers

References

  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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