1948 Washington Huskies football team

1948 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative; Rankings from AP Poll

1948 Washington Huskies football
1948 Washington Huskies football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1948 record	2–7–1 (2–5–1 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Odell (1st season);
Captain	Alf Hemsted
Home stadium	Husky Stadium
	Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

The 1948 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1948 college football season. In its first season under head coach Howard Odell, the team compiled a 2–7–1 record, finished in seventh place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and was outscored 189 to 89.^[1] Alf Hemsted was the team captain.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	Minnesota*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 0–20	40,487
October 2	vs. Oregon State	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	T 14–14	25,000
October 9	UCLA	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 27–6	28,000
October 16	at Washington State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA (rivalry)	L 0–10	25,000
October 23	No. 4 California	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 0–21	38,000
October 30	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 0–20	25,000
November 6	No. 16 Oregon	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)	L 7–13	33,400
November 13	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–32	44,500
November 20	Idaho	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 34–7	20,000
November 27	at No. 2 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	L 0–46	52,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

One University of Washington Husky was selected in the 1949 AAFC Draft, which lasted 29 rounds with 136 selections.^[2]

= Husky Hall of Fame^[3]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Club
Larry Hatch	Back	18	5	Los Angeles Dons

^ "Washington Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
^ "1949 AAFC Draft Pick Transactions". ProSportsTransactions.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.

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1948 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 California ^ +	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Oregon +	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
USC	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Washington State	4	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Stanford	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	3	–	2	5	–	4	–	3
Washington	2	–	5	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
UCLA	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Idaho	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Montana	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative Rankings from AP Poll