1941 Washington Huskies football team

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1941 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–4 (5–3 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainNone
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Oregon State $ 7 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Washington 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
No. 19 Washington State 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Stanford 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Oregon
 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
UCLA 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
California 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
USC 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Montana 1 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Idaho 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1941 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Jimmy Phelan, the team compiled a 5–4 record, finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 120 to 94.[1]

Washington was ranked at No. 26 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[2]

After the season in mid-December, Phelan and his two assistants were fired.[3][4][5] Assistant Ralph Welch was rehired as head coach for 1942.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Minnesota*
L 6–1443,000[6]
October 4vs.
Multnomah Stadium
  • Portland, OR
    		• L 6–915,000[7]
    October 11at Washington State
    		W 23–1322,000[8]
    October 18UCLA
    • Husky Stadium
    • Seattle, WA
    		W 14–718,000[9]
    October 25No. T–19 Stanford
    • Husky Stadium
    • Seattle, WA
    		L 7–1343,000[10]
    November 1Montana
    • Husky Stadium
    • Seattle, WA
    		W 21–020,000[11]
    November 8at California
    		W 13–630,000[12]
    November 22
    Oregon
    		No. 20
    		L 16–1930,000[13]
    November 29at USC
    		W 14–1335,000[14]
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    NFL draft selections

    Five University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1942 NFL draft, which lasted 22 rounds with 200 selections.[15]

    = Husky Hall of Fame[16]
    Player Position Round Pick NFL club
    Ray Frankowski Guard 3 9
    Green Bay Packers
    Earl Younglove End 6 3
    Philadelphia Eagles
    Ernie Steele Back 10 1
    Pittsburgh Steelers
    Jack Stackpool Back 10 3 Philadelphia Eagles
    Gene Conley Back 20 2
    Cleveland Rams

    References

    1. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
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    3. ^ "Jimmy Phelan and two aides get gate at Washington U." Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. December 13, 1941. p. 9.
    4. ^ "Washington coaching staff is out". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 14, 1941. p. 1, sports.
    5. ^ "Phelan fired after dozen years at job". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 14, 1941. p. 18.
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    15. ^ "1942 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
    16. ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.


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