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1949 Washington Huskies football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Record3–7 (2–5 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainChuck Olson
Home stadium Husky Stadium
Seasons
←  1948
1950 →
1949 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 California $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
UCLA 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Stanford 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 1
USC 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Oregon State 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Oregon 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Washington 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Washington State 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Idaho 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Montana 0 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1949 college football season. In its second season under head coach Howard Odell, the team compiled a 3–7 record, finished in a tie for sixth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 285 to 167. [1] Chuck Olson was the team captain.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17 Utah*
W 14–726,553
September 24at Minnesota*
L 20–4858,113
October 1 Notre Dame*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 7–2741,948
October 8 Oregon State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 3–727,340 [2]
October 15 Stanford
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 0–4033,745
October 22at No. 5 California
L 7–2120,337
October 29No. 15 USC
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 28–4033,205
November 5vs. Oregon
W 28–2728,143
November 12at UCLA
L 26–4726,420
November 19 Washington State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA ( rivalry)
W 34–2135,676
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL draft selections

Two University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1950 NFL draft, which lasted 30 rounds with 391 selections. [3]

= Husky Hall of Fame [4]
Player Position Round Pick NFL club
George Bayer Tackle 20 5 Washington Redskins
Chuck Olson End 27 2 New York Yanks [5]

References

  1. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "Joe Cloidt for Huskies with Oregon State victor 7–3". Great Falls Tribune. October 9, 1949. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1950 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  4. ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "Washington Drafted Players/Alumni".


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