1938 Washington Huskies football team

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1938 Washington Huskies football
Washington Huskies logo.svg
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1938 record3–5–1 (3–4–1 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainFrank Peters
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 USC + 6 1 0 9 2 0
No. 14 California + 6 1 0 10 1 0
UCLA 4 3 1 7 4 1
Oregon State 4 3 1 5 3 1
Oregon 4 4 0 4 5 0
Washington 3 4 1 3 5 1
Idaho 2 3 1 6 3 1
Stanford 2 5 0 3 6 0
Washington State 1 7 0 2 8 0
Montana 0 1 0 5 3 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1938 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Jimmy Phelan, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record, finished in sixth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 83 to 68.[1] Frank Peters was the team captain.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 24at Minnesota*L 0–1521,798
October 1IdahoT 12–1219,105
October 8at UCLAL 0–1323,412
October 15Oregon State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 6–1319,966
October 22No. 3 California
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 7–1427,889
November 5at StanfordW 10–719,778
November 12No. 9 USC
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 7–618,939
November 19at OregonL 0–317,411
November 26Washington State
W 26–025,356
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL Draft selections[]

Seven University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1939 NFL Draft, which lasted 22 rounds, with 200 selections.[2]

= Husky Hall of Fame[3]
Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Charles Newton Back 2 4 Philadelphia Eagles
Jim Johnson Back 10 8 Washington Redskins
Merle Miller Back 11 10 New York Giants
Steve Slivinski Guard 13 8 Washington Redskins
Art Means Guard 14 7 Detroit Lions
Frank Peters End 19 2 Pittsburgh Pirates
Tom Sheldrake End 20 1 Pittsburgh Pirates

References[]

  1. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "1939 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
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