1947 Washington Huskies football team
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Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
Record | 3–6 (2–5 PCC) |
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Captain | Gail Bruce |
Home stadium | Husky Stadium |
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No. 8 USC $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 California | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon
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5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1947 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1947 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Ralph Welch, the team compiled a 3–6 record (2–5 against PCC opponents), finished seventh in the PCC, and was outscored by a total of 99 to 98.[1] Gail Bruce was the team captain.
Washington was ranked at No. 33 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 27 | at Minnesota* | L 6–7 | 43,377 | [3] | ||
October 4 | Oregon State | L 7–14 | 39,000 | [4] | ||
October 11 | Saint Mary's* |
| W 26–6 | 39,000 | [5] | |
October 18 | vs. Oregon | L 0–6 | 24,588 | [6] | ||
October 25 | Stanford |
| W 25–0 | 32,000 | [7] | |
November 1 | No. 5 USC |
| L 0–19 | 32,000 | [8] | |
November 8 | at California | No. 12 | L 7–13 | 50,000 | [9] | |
November 15 | at UCLA | L 7–34 | 43,777 | [10] | ||
November 22 | Washington State |
| W 20–0 | 31,500 | [11] | |
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Professional football draft selections
Three University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1948 NFL draft, which lasted 32 rounds with 300 selections.[12] The same three Huskies were also selected in the
1948 AAFC Draft, which lasted 30 rounds with 217 selections.[13]
= Husky Hall of Fame[14] |
League | Player | Position | Round | Pick | Club |
NFL |
Dick Otelle | Back | 9 | 1 | New York Giants
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NFL | Fred Provo | Back | 14 | 6 | Green Bay Packers
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NFL | Bob Levenhagen | Guard | 25 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams
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AAFC | Dick Ottele | Back | 13 | 7 | New York Yankees |
AAFC | Bob Levenhagen | Guard | 17 | 4 | Los Angeles Dons |
AAFC | Fred Provo | Back | 21 | 1 | Chicago Rockets |
References
- ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ Charles Johnson (September 28, 1947). "Gophers Nip Washington, 7-6; Bailey Boots Winning Point". Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. pp. Sports 1–2.
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- ^ "Washington Tops Cougars, 20–0, in Schedule Windup". Nevada State Journal. November 23, 1947. p. 8.
- ^ "1948 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "1948 AAFC Draft Pick Transactions". ProSportsTransactions.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.