1941 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–4 (5–3 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainNone
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1941 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 12 Oregon State $ 7 –2 –08 –2 –0
Washington 5 –3 –05 –4 –0
No. 19 Washington State 5 –3 –06 –4 –0
Stanford 4 –3 –06 –3 –0
Oregon 4 –4 –05 –5 –0
UCLA 3 –4 –15 –5 –1
California 3 –4 –04 –5 –0
USC 2 –4 –12 –6 –1
Montana 1 –3 –06 –3 –0
Idaho 0 –4 –04 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1941 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Jimmy Phelan, the team compiled a 5–4 record, finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 120 to 94.[1]

Washington was ranked at No. 26 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[2]

After the season in mid-December, Phelan and his two assistants were fired.[3][4][5] Assistant Ralph Welch was rehired as head coach for 1942.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Minnesota*
L 6–1443,000[6]
October 4vs. Oregon State
L 6–915,000[7]
October 11at Washington State
W 23–1322,000[8]
October 18UCLA
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 14–718,000[9]
October 25No. T–19 Stanford
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 7–1343,000[10]
November 1Montana
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 21–020,000[11]
November 8at California
W 13–630,000[12]
November 22OregonNo. 20
L 16–1930,000[13]
November 29at USC
W 14–1335,000[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL draft selections

Five University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1942 NFL draft, which lasted 22 rounds with 200 selections.[15]

= Husky Hall of Fame[16]
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Ray FrankowskiGuard39Green Bay Packers
Earl YoungloveEnd63Philadelphia Eagles
Ernie SteeleBack101Pittsburgh Steelers
Jack StackpoolBack103Philadelphia Eagles
Gene ConleyBack202Cleveland Rams

References

  1. ↑ "Washington Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Jimmy Phelan and two aides get gate at Washington U." Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. December 13, 1941. p. 9.
  4. ↑ "Washington coaching staff is out". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 14, 1941. p. 1, sports.
  5. ↑ "Phelan fired after dozen years at job". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 14, 1941. p. 18.
  6. ↑ Charles Johnson (September 28, 1941). "Smith and Daley Star as Gophers Rip Huskies, 14-6: Halfback Scoots to 2 Scores". Minneapolis Sunday Tribune and Star Journal. pp. Sports 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Washington Beat By Staters 9 To 6 In Upset Battle". Medford Mail Tribune. October 5, 1941. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Jack Hewins (October 12, 1941). "Husky Claws Win From Cougar". The Oregon Statesman. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Al Wolf (October 19, 1941). "Bruins Hold Huskies to 14-7 Grid Victory". Los Angeles Times. pp. II-9, II-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Harry Borba (October 26, 1941). "Cards Roll Toward Rose Bowl, 13-7". San Francisco Examiner. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Gail Fowler (November 2, 1941). "Huskies' Power, Grizzly Errors Defeat Montana". The Sunday Missoulian. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Art Cohn (November 9, 1941). "Derian Injury Decides Game". Oakland Tribune. p. A13 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Oregon Conquers Huskies, 19 to 16; Roblin and Meacham Star". Medford Mail Tribune. November 23, 1941. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ Paul Zimmerman (November 30, 1941). "Huskies Edge Troy, 14 To 13". Los Angeles Times. p. I-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "1942 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  16. ↑ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.


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