The 1949 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1949 college football season. In its second season under head coach Howard Odell, the team compiled a 3–7 record, finished in a tie for sixth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 285 to 167.[1] Chuck Olson was the team captain.
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Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
Record | 3–7 (2–5 PCC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Chuck Olson |
Home stadium | Husky Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 California $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
editDate | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 17 | Utah* | W 14–7 | 26,553 | ||
September 24 | at Minnesota* | L 20–48 | 58,113 | ||
October 1 | Notre Dame* |
| L 7–27 | 41,948 | |
October 8 | Oregon State |
| L 3–7 | 27,340 | [2] |
October 15 | Stanford |
| L 0–40 | 33,745 | |
October 22 | at No. 5 California | L 7–21 | 20,337 | ||
October 29 | No. 15 USC |
| L 28–40 | 33,205 | |
November 5 | vs. Oregon | W 28–27 | 28,143 | ||
November 12 | at UCLA | L 26–47 | 26,420 | ||
November 19 | Washington State |
| W 34–21 | 35,676 | |
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NFL draft selections
editTwo University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1950 NFL draft, which lasted 30 rounds with 391 selections.[3]
= Husky Hall of Fame[4] |
Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
George Bayer | Tackle | 20 | 5 | Washington Redskins |
Chuck Olson | End | 27 | 2 | New York Yanks[5] |
References
edit- ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- ^ "Joe Cloidt for Huskies with Oregon State victor 7–3". Great Falls Tribune. October 9, 1949. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1950 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
- ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
- ^ "Washington Drafted Players/Alumni".