1971 Washington Huskies football team

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1971
Pacific-8
Ranking
APNo. 19
Record8–3 (4–3 Pac-8)
Head coach
(15th season)
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 1970
1972 →
1971 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Stanford $ 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 20 USC 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
No. 19 Washington 4 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
California 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Oregon State 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Oregon
 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Washington State 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
UCLA 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Washington Huskies football team was an

Pacific-8 Conference, tied for third), and outscored its opponents 357 to 188.[1]

Washington opened with four non-conference wins, and junior quarterback

Oregon by two points, as a short field goal attempt in the last minute missed wide right.[4][5]

After rebounding with three wins to improve to 7–2,[6] the season ended with two home games. USC won by one point for UW's third loss;[7] in the Apple Cup, the Huskies notched a third consecutive win over Washington State.[8]

The Pac-8 did not allow a second bowl team until the 1975 season; the Huskies climbed to #19 in the final AP poll in January.[9]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 11UC Santa Barbara*
W 65–756,180
September 18Purdue*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 38–3558,927
September 25TCU*No. 17
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 44–2659,956
October 2at
Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
    		• W 52–1448,127
    October 9No. 19 StanfordNo. 11
    • Husky Stadium
    • Seattle, WA
    		L 6–1760,777
    October 16at
    Oregon
    		No. 18
    )    		L 21–2344,200
    October 23Oregon State
    • Husky Stadium
    • Seattle, WA
    		W 38–1460,404
    October 30at UCLA
    		W 23–1236,545
    November 6at CaliforniaNo. 20
    		W 30–736,000
    November 13No. 15 USCNo. 19
    • Husky Stadium
    • Seattle, WA
    		L 12–1359,982
    November 20Washington State
    		W 28–2060,497
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    Roster

    1971 Washington Huskies football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    QB 6 Sonny Sixkiller (C) Jr
    FB 8 Larry Dumas
    QB 15 Greg Collins Jr
    WR 26 Tom Scott Jr
    RB 29 Jim Eicher So
    FB 30 Pete Taggares So
    FB 31 Jerry Ingalls So
    C 53 Jim Andrilenas So
    C 56 Al Kelso Jr
    G 64 Pete Elswick So
    G 67 Fred Miller Jr
    OT 68 Rick Hayes So
    OT 73 Steve Anderson (C) Jr
    WR 83 Jim Krieg Sr
    OT 87 John Brady Jr
    TE 88 Tom Roehl Jr
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    FS 18 Bill Cahill Jr
    CB 20 Calvin Jones Jr
    S 24 Tony Bonwell Jr
    LB 36 Bob Ferguson Jr
    CB 47 Charles Buckland Jr
    LB 48 Rick Huget (C) Sr
    LB 49 Al Craig Sr
    DT 59 Gordy Guinn Jr
    DT 69 Ben Albrecht Jr
    DE Dave Wargon Jr
    DE 96 Al Kravitz (C) Sr
    DE 99 Kurt Matter Jr
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    P
    		 14 Gene Willis Sr
    K 16 Steve Wiezbowski Jr
    P
    		 46 Dick Galuska Sr
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt
    Source:[10][11][12][13][14]

    NFL draft selections

    One University of Washington Husky was selected in the 1972 NFL draft, which lasted seventeen rounds with 442 selections.

    = Husky Hall of Fame[15]
    Player Position Round Pick Franchise
    Jim Krieg Wide receiver
    5th
    		 118 Denver Broncos

    References

    1. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1970-1974)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
    2. ^ Blount, Roy Jr. (October 4, 1971). "The magic number is Sixkiller". Sports Illustrated. p. 34.
    3. ^ "Stanford beats UW by 17–6". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 10, 1971. p. 1,sports.
    4. ^ Cawood, Neil (October 17, 1971). "Ducks nip Huskies as kick foiled". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
    5. ^ "Missed FG costs UW 23-21 loss". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 17, 1971. p. 1, sports.
    6. ^ "Many subs used in Husky romp". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. November 8, 1971. p. 17.
    7. ^ "Rae boots Trojans past Huskies, 13-12". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 14, 1971. p. 4B.
    8. ^ Missildine, Harry (November 21, 1971). "Washington wins weirdly". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1,sports.
    9. ^ "Grid poll 'sweep' for Big Eight; Huskers, Sooners, Buffs 1, 2, 3". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 4, 1972. p. 1.
    10. ^ "Duck-Husky lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 16, 1971. p. 1B.
    11. ^ "Duck–Husky statistics". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 17, 1971. p. 2B.
    12. ^ Withers, Bud (October 23, 1971). "Beavers tackle Washington". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 2B.
    13. ^ "OSU–Washington statistics". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 24, 1971. p. 2B.
    14. ^ Brown, Bruce (November 19, 1971). "Sellout crowd to see UW-WSU test". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 19.
    15. ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.


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