1939 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–5 (4–4 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainChuck Bechtol
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 USC $ 5 – 0 – 2 8 – 0 – 2
No. 7 UCLA 5 – 0 – 3 6 – 0 – 4
Oregon State 6 – 1 – 1 9 – 1 – 1
Washington 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Oregon 3 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Washington State 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Montana 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
California 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Stanford 0 – 6 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
Idaho 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1939 college football season. In its tenth season under head coach Jimmy Phelan, the team compiled a 4–5 record, finished in sixth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 93 to 77.[1] Chuck Bechtol was the team captain.

Washington was ranked at No. 82 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Pittsburgh*
L 6–2725,000[3]
October 7UCLA
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 7–1415,017
October 14at Washington State
L 0–618,552
October 21Oregon State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 7–1314,000
October 28Stanford
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 8–519,771
November 4Montana
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 9–019,838
November 11at California
W 13–621,608
November 23Oregon
W 20–1325,000
December 2at No. 1 USC
L 7–950,000[4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL draft selections

One University of Washington Husky was selected in the 1940 NFL Draft, which lasted 22 rounds with 200 selections.[5]

= Husky Hall of Fame[6]
Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Don Jones Back 9 2 Philadelphia Eagles

References

  1. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Western Team Always Behind". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. October 1, 1939. p. Part B-2. Retrieved November 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Paul Zimmerman (December 3, 1939). "Trojan Pass Conquers Washington in Last Two Minutes, 9-7". The Los Angeles Times. p. II-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "1940 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  6. ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
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