1945 Washington Huskies football team

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1945 Washington Huskies football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Record6–3 (6–3 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainBill McGovern
Home stadium Husky Stadium
Seasons
←  1944
1946  →
1945 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 USC $ 5 –1 –07 –4 –0
Washington State 6 –2 –16 –2 –1
Washington 6 –3 –06 –3 –0
Oregon State 4 –4 –04 –4 –1
UCLA 2 –3 –05 –4 –0
California 2 –4 –14 –5 –1
Oregon 3 –6 –03 –6 –0
Idaho 1 –5 –01 –7 –0
Montana 0 –1 –01 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1945 college football season. Home games were played on campus in Seattle at Husky Stadium.

Contents

Under fourth-year head coach Ralph Welch, the Huskies were 6–3, third in the PCC, and outscored its opponents 91 to 54. [1] No non-conference games were played this season and center Bill McGovern was the team captain.

Season

After a two-year hiatus due to World War II, in-state rival Washington State resumed its program and was played twice. The games were split, with home team wins in shutouts in Seattle in October, [2] [3] and in Pullman at the end of the season. [4] [5] [6] The Cougars had last fielded a team in 1942.

Oregon and Oregon State were also played twice, in Seattle and Portland. The Huskies swept Oregon, [7] [8] but split with Oregon State, with the visiting teams prevailing. [9] [10] [11] The Huskies upset USC 13–7 in Seattle, [12] [13] the Trojans' only PCC loss. UCLA was not on the schedule this season, and Stanford did not field a team from 1943 through 1945.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Oregon
W 20–632,000 [7]
October 6at California
L 14–2735,000
October 13 Washington State
W 6–035,000 [2] [3]
October 20vs. Oregon State
W 13–018,000 [9]
October 27No. 20 USC
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 13–740,000 [12] [13]
November 3vs. Oregon No. 18
W 7–028,194 [8]
November 10Oregon StateNo. 18
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 6–720,000 [10] [11]
November 17 Idaho
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 12–06,000 [14] [15]
November 24Washington State
L 0–715,000 [4] [5] [6]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL draft selections

Six University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1946 NFL draft, which lasted 32 rounds with 300 selections. [16]

= Husky Hall of Fame [17]
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Keith DeCourcyBack87 Detroit Lions
Lee LouisBack131 Chicago Cardinals
John WingenderBack137 Philadelphia Eagles
Maurice StacyBack246 Green Bay Packers
John NortonBack266Green Bay Packers
Gail Bruce End303 Pittsburgh Steelers

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References

  1. ↑ "Washington Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Maclean, James A. (October 14, 1945). "Washington Huskies provide upset by dropping W.S.C. Cougars". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. United Press. p. 18.
  3. 1 2 "W.S.C. Cougars drop from undefeated ranks as Huskies win 6-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 14, 1945. p. 11.
  4. 1 2 "Important W.S.C.-Husky game on at Pullman today". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. November 24, 1945. p. 9.
  5. 1 2 "Cougars beat Huskies; make bid for Rose Bowl". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 25, 1945. p. 10.
  6. 1 2 Ashlock, Herb (November 26, 1945). "Two factors remain in path of W.S.C.'s Rose Bowl hopes". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. p. 13.
  7. 1 2 Strite, Dick (September 30, 1945). "Huskies defeat Oregon 20-6 in Seattle fray". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1.
  8. 1 2 Strite, Dick (November 4, 1945). "Battling Ducks drop game to Washington, 7-0". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 1.
  9. 1 2 "Huskies defeat OSC Beavers". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 21, 1945. p. 9.
  10. 1 2 Maclean, James A. (November 11, 1945). "Oregon State Beavers wreck Husky bowl hopes with 7-6 win". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. United Press. p. 18.
  11. 1 2 "Beavers put finishing touches to Rose Bowl Hopes of Huskies". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 11, 1945. p. 9.
  12. 1 2 Hewins, Jack (October 29, 1945). "Washington slicker Southern California Trojans". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. p. 20.
  13. 1 2 "Washington U upsets Trojans 13-7". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 28, 1945. p. 9.
  14. ↑ "Washington Huskies defeat Vandals". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 18, 1945. p. 11.
  15. ↑ Hewins, Jack (November 18, 1945). "Huskies down Vandals 12-0". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. p. 21.
  16. ↑ "1946 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  17. ↑ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
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