American college football season
The1943 Washington Huskies football team was anAmerican football team that represented theUniversity of Washington during the1943 college football season . In its second season under head coachRalph Welch , the team compiled a 4–1 record, finished in third place in thePacific Coast Conference (PCC), was ranked twelfth in the finalAP poll , lost toUSC in theRose Bowl , and outscored its opponents 150 to 61.[ 1]
In the finalLitkenhous Ratings , Washington ranked 42nd among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 85.2.[ 2]
With manpower shortages on campuses due toWorld War II , the other five members of the PCC's Northern Division did not field teams this season (or the next);[ 3] [ 4] New Year's Day in the Rose Bowl.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 25 Whitman * W 35–616,000 October 9 1:30 p.m. atSpokane Air Service * W 47–129,000 [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] October 23 March Field * University of Washington Stadium Seattle, WA W 27–718,000–24,000 [ 8] October 30 Spokane Air Service* No. 11 University of Washington Stadium Seattle, WA W 41–75,000 [ 9] January 1, 1944 vs.USC No. 12 L 0–2968,000 *Non-conference game Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game All times are inPacific time
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final AP — 19 — 11 11 12 11 11 12(1)
NFL draft selections [ edit ] Four University of Washington Huskies were selected in the1944 NFL draft , which lasted 32 rounds with 330 selections.[ 10]
^ "Washington Yearly Results (1940-1944)" .College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived fromthe original on December 22, 2015. RetrievedDecember 14, 2015 .^ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943)."Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders" .The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City, Utah . p. 18. RetrievedApril 16, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com ^ "Idaho, Washington State, and O.S.C. withdraw from Northern Division football loop" .Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. September 24, 1943. p. 8.^ Ashlock, Herb (September 24, 1943)."Hollingbery to stay "at present salary," but Schmidt's status not revealed" .Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington). p. 9. ^ "Commandos and Washington clash at Gonzaga today -- expect crowd" .Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). October 9, 1943. p. 7.^ "Huskies pour through Spokane Air Command with air blows" .Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. October 10, 1943. p. 10.^ Ashlock, Herb (October 11, 1943)."Commandos resume practice to meet Whitman Saturday" .Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington). p. 11. ^ "Huskies Upset March Field's Flyers, 27-7" .The San Bernardino County Sun . October 24, 1943. p. 20 – viaNewspapers.com .^ Hutcheson, Jim (October 31, 1943)."Huskies thump Spokane 41-7 in last bowl bid" .Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. p. 11. ^ "1944 NFL Draft Listing" . Pro-Football-Reference.com. RetrievedOctober 2, 2019 .^ "The Husky Hall of Fame" . gohuskies.com. RetrievedOctober 8, 2019 .
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