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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 Howie 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. Chuck Olson was the team captain.

Record3–7 (2–5 PCC)
Headcoach
CaptainChuck Olson
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1949 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record3–7 (2–5 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainChuck Olson
Home stadiumUniversity of Washington Stadium
Seasons
 1948
1950 
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1949 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 California $7001010
UCLA520630
Stanford420731
USC420531
Oregon State530730
Oregon250460
Washington250370
Washington State260360
Idaho140350
Montana030540
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17Utah*W 14–726,553[1]
September 24at Minnesota*L 20–4858,113[2]
October 1Notre Dame*
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 7–2741,500[3]
October 8Oregon State
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 3–727,340[4]
October 15Stanford
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 0–4033,500[5]
October 22at No. 5 CaliforniaL 7–2140,000[6]
October 29No. 15 USC
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 28–4033,500[7]
November 5at OregonW 28–2732,600[8]
November 12at UCLAL 26–4726,420[9]
November 19Washington State
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA (rivalry)
W 34–2135,150[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: [11]
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NFL draft selections

Two University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1950 NFL draft, which lasted 30 rounds with 391 selections.[12]

= Husky Hall of Fame[13]
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
George BayerTackle205Washington Redskins
Chuck OlsonEnd272New York Yanks[14]

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