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1946 Washington Huskies football team

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1946 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–4 (5–3 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainJohn Zegar
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 UCLA $ 7 0 0 10 1 0
Oregon State 6 1 1 7 1 1
USC 5 2 0 6 4 0
Washington 5 3 0 5 4 0
Stanford 3 3 1 6 3 1
Oregon 3 4 1 4 4 1
Montana 1 3 0 4 4 0
Washington State 1 5 1 1 6 1
California 1 6 0 2 7 0
Idaho 0 5 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1946 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Ralph Welch, the team compiled a 5–4 record, finished in fourth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 144 to 140.[1] John Zegar was the team captain.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 28Saint Mary's (CA)*L 20–2441000
October 5UCLA
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 13–3941000
October 12at Washington StateW 21–726000
October 19at USCL 0–2845000
October 26California
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 20–638000
November 9at StanfordW 21–1525000
November 16Oregon
W 16–034000
November 23Montana
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 21–07000
November 30vs. Oregon StateL 12–2128000
  • *Non-conference game

Professional football draft selections

Four University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1947 NFL Draft, which lasted 32 rounds with 300 selections.[2] One of those Huskies was also selected in the 1947 AAFC Draft, which lasted 25 rounds with 186 selections.[3]

= Husky Hall of Fame[4]
League Player Position Round Pick Club
NFL Bill McGovern Center 8 8 Los Angeles Rams
NFL Larry Hatch Back 11 10 Chicago Bears
NFL Dick Hagen End 14 1 Detroit Lions
NFL Gordon Berlin Center 24 10 Chicago Bears
AAFC Dick Hagen End 19 3 Brooklyn Dodgers

References

  1. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "1947 AAFC Draft Pick Transactions". ProSportsTransactions.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  4. ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)