1943 Washington Huskies football team

The 1943 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1943 college football season. In its second season under head coach Ralph Welch, the team compiled a 4–1 record, finished in third place in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), was ranked twelfth in the final AP Poll, lost to USC in the Rose Bowl, and outscored its opponents 150 to 61.[1] Jack Tracy was the team captain.

1943 Washington Huskies football
Rose Bowl, L 0–29 vs. USC
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 12
1943 record4–1 (0–1 PCC)
Head coachRalph Welch (2nd season)
CaptainJack Tracy
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1943 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
USC $ 5 –0 –0  8 –2 –0
California 2 –2 –0  4 –6 –0
No. 12 Washington 0 –1 –0  4 –1 –0
UCLA 0 –4 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

With manpower shortages on campuses due to World War II, the other five members of the PCC's Northern Division did not field teams this season (or the next);[2][3] Washington's sole conference game was on New Year's Day in the Rose Bowl.

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 25Whitman*
W 35–616,000
October 9at Spokane Air Command*
W 47–12 9,000
October 23March Field*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 27–724,000
October 30Spokane Air Command*No. 11
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA[7]
W 41–7 5,000
January 1, 1944vs. USCNo. 12
L 0–2968,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL Draft selections

Four University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1944 NFL Draft, which lasted 32 rounds with 330 selections.[8]

= Husky Hall of Fame[9]
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Al AkinsBack610Cleveland Rams
Jack TracyEnd76Green Bay Packers
Bob EricksonBack1310Cleveland Rams
Neil BrooksBack195New York Giants

References
  1. "Washington Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. "Idaho, Washington State, and O.S.C. withdraw from Northern Division football loop". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 24, 1943. p. 8.
  3. Ashlock, Herb (September 24, 1943). "Hollingbery to stay "at present salary," but Schmidt's status not revealed". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 9.
  4. "Commandos and Washington clash at Gonzaga today -- expect crowd". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 9, 1943. p. 7.
  5. "Huskies pour through Spokane Air Command with air blows". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 10, 1943. p. 10.
  6. Ashlock, Herb (October 11, 1943). "Commandos resume practice to meet Whitman Saturday". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 11.
  7. Hutcheson, Jim (October 31, 1943). "Huskies thump Spokane 41-7 in last bowl bid". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. p. 11.
  8. "1944 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  9. "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.


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