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American college football season
The 1951 Washington Huskies football team was an
American football team that represented the
University of Washington during the
1951 college football season . In its fourth season under head coach
Howard Odell , the team compiled a 3–6–1 record, finished in seventh place in the
Pacific Coast Conference , and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 273 to 218.
[1] Ted Holzknecht was the team captain.
Schedule
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance September 22
Montana * No. 8 W 58–736,987
September 29 at
Minnesota * No. 8 W 25–2050,634
October 6
USC No. 12 L 13–2043,747
October 13 vs.
Oregon W 63–630,414
October 20 No. 8
Illinois * No. 20 L 20–2753,760
October 27 No. 11
Stanford L 7–1448,343
November 3
Oregon State L 14–4033,327
November 10 at
California L 28–3746,000
November 17 at No. 18
UCLA T 20–2031,597
November 24 No. 17
Washington State Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (
rivalry ) L 25–2751,221
*Non-conference game Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
Game summaries
USC
USC at Washington
1
2 3 4 Total
• Trojans
7
6 0 7
20
No. 12 Huskies
7
0 0 6
13
The highlight of the 1951 contest came in the fourth quarter when
Hugh McElhenny returned a punt from
Des Koch for 100 yards, running past
Frank Gifford on his way to the end zone.
[2]
NFL draft selections
Two University of Washington Huskies were selected in the
1952 NFL draft , which lasted thirty rounds with 360 selections.
[3]
Heinrich did not play in 1951 due to a shoulder injury,
[5]
[6]
[7] then led the Huskies in
1952 .
[8] Due to military service, his first season with the Giants was in
1954 .
[9]
References
^
"Washington Yearly Results (1950-1954)" . College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived from
the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015 .
^ Eskenazi, David.
"Wayback Machine: McElhenny's 100-yard return" . SportpressNW . Rudman, Steve. Retrieved September 13, 2019 .
^
"1952 NFL Draft Listing" . Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from
the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2019 .
^
"The Husky Hall of Fame" . gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
^
"Don Heinrich injured" . St. Petersburg Times . (Florida). Associated Press. September 9, 1951. p. 54.
^
"Huskies dump Montana 58-7" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. September 23, 1951. p. 8.
^
"Huskies batter Grizzles, 58-7" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. September 23, 1951. p. 14.
^
"Don Heinrich earns pass title as Huskies edge WSC 33-27" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. November 30, 1952. p. 10.
^
"N.Y. grid Giants sign ex-Husky Don Heinrich" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 5, 1954. p. 11.
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