1946 Washington Huskies football team
| 1946 Washington Huskies football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| 1946 record | 5–4 (5–3 PCC) |
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| Assistant coach | Art McLarney |
| Captain | John Zegar |
| Home stadium | Husky Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 UCLA $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1946 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1946 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Ralph Welch, the team compiled a 5–4 record, finished in fourth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored its opponents 144 to 140.[1] John Zegar was the team captain.
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 28 | Saint Mary's (CA)* | L 20–24 | 41,000 | |
| October 5 | UCLA |
| L 13–39 | 41,000 |
| October 12 | at Washington State |
| W 21–7 | 26,000 |
| October 19 | at USC | L 0–28 | 45,000 | |
| October 26 | California |
| W 20–6 | 38,000 |
| November 9 | at Stanford | W 21–15 | 25,000 | |
| November 16 | Oregon |
| W 16–0 | 34,000 |
| November 23 | Montana |
| W 21–0 | 7,000 |
| November 30 | vs. Oregon State |
| L 12–21 | 28,000 |
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Professional football draft selections[]
Four University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1947 NFL Draft, which lasted 32 rounds with 300 selections.[2] One of those Huskies was also selected in the 1947 AAFC Draft, which lasted 25 rounds with 186 selections.[3]
| = Husky Hall of Fame[4] |
| League | Player | Position | Round | Pick | Club |
| NFL | Bill McGovern | Center | 8 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams |
| NFL | Larry Hatch | Back | 11 | 10 | Chicago Bears |
| NFL | Dick Hagen | End | 14 | 1 | Detroit Lions |
| NFL | Gordon Berlin | Center | 24 | 10 | Chicago Bears |
| AAFC | Dick Hagen | End | 19 | 3 | Brooklyn Dodgers |
References[]
- ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- ^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "1947 AAFC Draft Pick Transactions". ProSportsTransactions.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
External links[]
- Official game program: Washington at Washington State – October 12, 1946
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