1943 Washington Huskies football team
American college football season
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The 1943 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1943 college football season. In its second season under head coach Ralph Welch, the team compiled a 4–1 record, finished in third place in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), was ranked twelfth in the final AP poll, lost to USC in the Rose Bowl, and outscored its opponents 150 to 61.[1] Jack Tracy was the team captain.
| 1943 Washington Huskies football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 12 |
| Record | 4–1 (0–1 PCC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Jack Tracy |
| Home stadium | University of Washington Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Washington | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Washington ranked 42nd among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 85.2.[2]
With manpower shortages on campuses due to World War II, the other five members of the PCC's Northern Division did not field teams this season (or the next);[3][4] Washington's sole conference game was on New Year's Day in the Rose Bowl.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 25 | Whitman* | W 35–6 | 10,000 | [5] | |||
| October 9 | 1:30 p.m. | at Spokane Air Service* | W 47–12 | 9,000 | [6][7][8] | ||
| October 23 | March Field* |
| W 27–7 | 18,000–24,000 | [9] | ||
| October 30 | Spokane Air Service* | No. 11 |
| W 41–7 | 5,000 | [10] | |
| January 1, 1944 | vs. USC | No. 12 | L 0–29 | 68,000 | [11] | ||
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Rankings
| Week | |||||||||
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| AP | — | 19 | — | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 (1) |
NFL draft selections
Four University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1944 NFL draft, which lasted 32 rounds with 330 selections.[12]
| = Husky Hall of Fame[13] |
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Al Akins | Back | 6 | 10 | Cleveland Rams |
| Jack Tracy | End | 7 | 6 | Green Bay Packers |
| Bob Erickson | Back | 13 | 10 | Cleveland Rams |
| Neil Brooks | Back | 19 | 5 | New York Giants |
