American college football season
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.
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 [ ]
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance September 25 Whitman * W 35–616,000
October 9 at Spokane Air Command * W 47–12 9,000
October 23 March Field * W 27–724,000
October 30 Spokane Air Command* No. 11 Husky Stadium Seattle, WA[7] W 41–7 5,000
January 1, 1944 vs. USC No. 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]
Player
Position
Round
Pick
NFL Club
Al Akins
Back
6
10
Cleveland Rams
Jack Tracy
End
7
6
Green Bay Packers
Bob Erickson
Back
13
10
Cleveland Rams
Neil Brooks
Back
19
5
New York Giants
References [ ]
^ "Washington Yearly Results (1940-1944)" . College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015 .
^ "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.
^ 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. Retrieved October 2, 2019 .
^ "The Husky Hall of Fame" . gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08 .
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