1957 Washington Huskies football team

1957 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record3–6–1 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Whitey Core
  • Jim Jones
Home stadiumUniversity of Washington Stadium
1957 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oregon State + 6 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Oregon ^ + 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
No. 19 UCLA 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Washington State 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Stanford 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Washington 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
California 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
USC 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Idaho 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
    Oregon State won the rivalry game over Oregon, but PCC no-repeat rule was in effect
Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 1957 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1957 college football season. In its first season under head coach Jim Owens, the team compiled a 3–6–1 record, sixth in the Pacific Coast Conference, and was outscored 212 to 120.

Following the previous season, first-year head coach Darrell Royal left for Texas in December, after less than ten months in Seattle. Hired in January, Owens was a teammate of Royal's at Oklahoma and was an assistant coach under Bear Bryant for the previous six years at Kentucky and Texas A&M.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Colorado*
T 6–632,500[3]
September 28at No. 6 Minnesota*
L 7–4663,512[4]
October 5Ohio State*
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 7–3537,500[5]
October 12at UCLA
L 0–1924,889[6]
October 19Stanford
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 14–2136,000[7]
October 26Oregon State
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 19–629,000[8]
November 2USC
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 12–1928,000[9]
November 9at Oregon
W 13–630,010[10]
November 16at California
W 35–2738,000[11]
November 23Washington State
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA (rivalry)
L 7–2747,500[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: [13][14]

All-Coast

Main article: 1957 All-Pacific Coast football team

NFL draft selections

Two University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1958 NFL draft, which lasted 30 rounds with 360 selections.[15]

= Husky Hall of Fame[16]
Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Jim Jones Back 3rd 30 Los Angeles Rams
Dick Day Tackle 5th 57 New York Giants

References

  1. ^ "Jim Owens is named Husky football boss". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. January 22, 1957. p. 17.
  2. ^ "Washington names new grid coach". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. January 22, 1957. p. 2B.
  3. ^ "Buffs, Huskies tie". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. September 22, 1957. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Minnesota looks powerful; Whips Washington U., 46 to 7". The Kalamazoo Gazette. September 29, 1957. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Buckeyes top Washington". Wisconsin State Journal. October 6, 1957. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Bruins' 2nd-half spurt spills Huskies". Independent Star-News. October 13, 1957. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Stanford downs Huskies, 21–14". San Francisco Chronicle. October 20, 1957. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Huskies dump OSC". The Register-Guard. October 27, 1957. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Troy tips Huskies for 1st win, 19–12". The San Francisco Examiner. November 3, 1957. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Strite, Dick (November 10, 1957). "Webfoots sidetracked by 13–6 Husky upset". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1B.
  11. ^ "Bears suffer eighth loss, 35–27, but keep Huskies in suspense". The Register. November 17, 1957. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Cougars in 27 to 7 triumph". The Bellingham Herald. November 24, 1957. Retrieved January 18, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "1957 Washington Huskies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  14. ^ "Schedule/Results (1957 Washington)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  15. ^ "1958 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2009. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  16. ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
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