1940 Washington Huskies football team

1940 Washington Huskies football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 10
Record	7–2 (7–1 PCC)
Head coach	Jimmy Phelan (11th season)
Captain	Bill Marx
Home stadium	Husky Stadium

1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Stanford $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Washington	7	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Oregon State	4	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Washington State	3	–	4	–	2			4	–	4	–	2
Oregon	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
California	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
USC	2	–	3	–	2			3	–	4	–	2
Montana	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
UCLA	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Idaho	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	7	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1940 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach Jimmy Phelan, the team compiled a 7–2 record, finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference, was ranked No. 10 in the final AP Poll, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 169 to 54.^[1] The Huskies' only two losses came to Minnesota and Stanford teams that were ranked Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, in the final AP Poll. Bill Marx was the team captain.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	at Minnesota*		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 14–19	46,000	[2]
October 5	Idaho		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 21–0	23,000	[3][4]
October 12	at Oregon		Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR (rivalry)	W 10–0	31,000	[5]
October 19	No. 18 Oregon State	No. 16	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 19–0	36,000	[6]
October 26	California	No. 16	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 7–6	25,000	[7]
November 9	at No. 6 Stanford	No. 11	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 10–20	65,000	[8]
November 16	USC	No. 17	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 14–0	30,000	[9]
November 23	at UCLA	No. 13	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 41–0	30,000	[10]
November 30	Washington State	No. 12	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)	W 33–9	25,000	[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL draft selections

Three University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1941 NFL draft, which lasted 22 rounds with 204 selections.^[12]

= Husky Hall of Fame[13]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Rudy Mucha	Center	1	4	Cleveland Rams
Dean McAdams	Back	1	8	Brooklyn Dodgers
Jay McDowell	End	3	4	Cleveland 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. Milt Davis (September 29, 1940). "Those Were Gopher Hearts, and Not the Grid Clock, Ticking". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Washington football team coasts to 21-0 victory over Idaho". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 6, 1940. p. 3, sports.
4. Fowler, Gail (October 6, 1940). "Huskies wallop Idaho 21-0". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 14.
5. "Huskies Trim Oregon 10 to 0; Pass Interception Turning Point". Medford Mail Tribune. October 13, 1940. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Gail Fowler (October 20, 1940). "Huskies Shatter Oregon State Rose Bowl Hopes". The Register-Guard. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Huskies Win 7 to 6". The Bellingham Herald. October 27, 1940. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Prescott Sullivan (November 10, 1940). "Cards Smash Huskies, 20-10: Stanford Trails 10-0, then Stages Slashing Comeback". San Francisco Examiner. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
9. Gail Fowler (November 17, 1940). "Huskies Defeat Trojans". The Tacoma News Tribune and Sunday Ledger. p. 13A – via Newspapers.com.
10. Al Wolf (November 24, 1940). "Bruins Fall Apart in Second Half as Huskies Win, 41 to 0: Bruins Fold in Second Half; Huskies Win, 41-0". Los Angeles Times. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Huskies Rally To Down WSC Gridders, 33-9". The Bellingham Herald. December 1, 1940. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2009. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
13. "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.