1942 Washington Huskies football team

1942 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–3–3 (3–3–2 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainWalt Harrison
Home stadiumUniversity of Washington Stadium
1942 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 UCLA $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Washington State 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 2
No. 12 Stanford 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
USC 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Oregon State 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Washington 3 – 3 – 2 4 – 3 – 3
California 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Oregon 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Idaho 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Montana 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1942 college football season. In its first season under head coach Ralph Welch, the team compiled a 4–3–3 record, finished in sixth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 120 to 94. Walt Harrison was the team captain.

Washington was ranked at No. 57 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Pacific (CA)*
W 27–012,000[2]
October 3USC
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
T 0–026,000[3]
October 10at Oregon
W 15–713,000[4]
October 17Montana
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 35–08,000[5]
October 24California
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 6–1931,000[6]
October 31Oregon State
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 13–07,000[7]
November 7vs. Stanford
L 7–2020,000[8]
November 14St. Mary's Pre-Flight*
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
T 0–07,000[9]
November 21at No. 18 UCLA
L 10–1435,000[10]
November 28No. 15 Washington State
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA (rivalry)
T 0–029,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: [12]

NFL draft selections

Five Washington Huskies were selected in the 1943 NFL draft, which lasted 32 rounds with 300 selections.[13]

= Husky Hall of Fame[14]
Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Walt Harrison Center 7 2 Philadelphia Eagles (Steagles)
Bob Friedman Tackle 18 2 Philadelphia Eagles (Steagles)
Carl Falk Tackle 20 5 Cleveland Rams
Mark McCorklel Back 22 5 Cleveland Rams
Pete Susick Back 27 8 Green Bay Packers

References

  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "'Pest' Welsh makes debut at Washington". The Pasadena Post. September 27, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "U.S.C. pushes back Washington threats, battles to scoreless tie". The Billings Gazette. October 4, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Huskies whip Oregon, 15 to 7". Oakland Tribune. October 11, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Huskies maul Grizzlies 35–0 before 8,000". Great Falls Tribune. October 18, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "California Bears hand Huskies first defeat". The Billings Gazette. October 25, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Steamed-up Huskies vanquish Beavers, 13–0". The Los Angeles Times. November 1, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Stanford races by Washington". The Spokesman-Review. November 8, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Huskies outplay St. Mary's Preflight in 0–0 contest". The Press Democrat. November 15, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Bruins nip Huskies". The Pasadena Post. November 22, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Cougars tied; W.S.C.'s bowl hopes suffer in 0–0 battle". The Bellingham Herald. November 29, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "1942 Washington Huskies Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  13. ^ "1943 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  14. ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
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