1938 Washington Huskies football team

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The 1938 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1938 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Jimmy Phelan, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record, finished in sixth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 83 to 68. Frank Peters was the team captain.

ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record3–5–1 (3–4–1 PCC)
Headcoach
CaptainFrank Peters
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1938 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record3–5–1 (3–4–1 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainFrank Peters
Home stadiumUniversity of Washington Stadium
Seasons
← 1937
1939 â†’
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1938 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 USC +6–1–09–2–0
No. 14 California +6–1–010–1–0
UCLA4–3–17–4–1
Oregon State4–3–15–3–1
Oregon4–4–04–5–0
Washington3–4–13–5–1
Idaho2–3–16–3–1
Stanford2–5–03–6–0
Washington State1–7–02–8–0
Montana0–1–05–3–1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Minnesota*
L 0–1550,000[1]
October 1Idaho
T 12–1220,000[2]
October 8at UCLA
L 0–1340,000[3]
October 15Oregon State
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 6–1320,000[4]
October 22No. 3 California
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 7–1427,889[5]
November 5at Stanford
W 10–722,000[6]
November 12No. 9 USC
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 7–618,939[7]
November 19at Oregon
L 0–319,000[8]
November 26Washington State
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA (rivalry)
W 26–020,000[9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: [10]
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NFL draft selections

Seven University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1939 NFL draft, which lasted 22 rounds, with 200 selections.[11]

= Husky Hall of Fame[12]
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Charles NewtonBack24Philadelphia Eagles
Jim JohnsonBack108Washington Redskins
Merle MillerBack1110New York Giants
Steve SlivinskiGuard138Washington Redskins
Art MeansGuard147Detroit Lions
Frank PetersEnd192Pittsburgh Pirates
Tom SheldrakeEnd201Pittsburgh Pirates

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