1971 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific-8
Ranking
APNo. 19
Record8–3 (4–3 Pac-8)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 1970
1972 →
1971 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Stanford $ 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 20 USC 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
No. 19 Washington 4 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
California 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Oregon State 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Oregon 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Washington State 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
UCLA 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In its 15th season under head coach Jim Owens, the team compiled an 8–3 record (4–3 in the Pacific-8 Conference, tied for third), and outscored its opponents 357 to 188.[1]

Washington opened with four non-conference wins, and junior quarterback Sonny Sixkiller was featured in a Sports Illustrated cover story.[2] They lost the Pac-8 opener to defending champion Stanford in Seattle,[3] then at border rival Oregon by two points, as a short field goal attempt in the last minute missed wide right.[4][5]

After rebounding with three wins to improve to 7–2,[6] the season ended with two home games. USC won by one point for UW's third loss;[7] in the Apple Cup, the Huskies notched a third consecutive win over Washington State.[8]

The Pac-8 did not allow a second bowl team until the 1975 season; the Huskies climbed to #19 in the final AP poll in January.[9]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 11UC Santa Barbara*
W 65–756,180
September 18Purdue*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 38–3558,927
September 25TCU*No. 17
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 44–2659,956
October 2at Illinois*No. 15
W 52–1448,127
October 9No. 19 StanfordNo. 11
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 6–1760,777
October 16at OregonNo. 18
L 21–2344,200
October 23Oregon State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 38–1460,404
October 30at UCLA
W 23–1236,545
November 6at CaliforniaNo. 20
W 30–736,000
November 13No. 15 USCNo. 19
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 12–1359,982
November 20Washington State
W 28–2060,497
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1971 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 6 Sonny Sixkiller (C) Jr
FB 8 Larry Dumas
QB 15 Greg Collins Jr
WR 26 Tom Scott Jr
RB 29 Jim Eicher So
FB 30 Pete Taggares So
FB 31 Jerry Ingalls So
C 53 Jim Andrilenas So
C 56 Al Kelso Jr
G 64 Pete Elswick So
G 67 Fred Miller Jr
OT 68 Rick Hayes So
OT 73 Steve Anderson (C) Jr
WR 83 Jim Krieg Sr
OT 87 John Brady Jr
TE 88 Tom Roehl Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
FS 18 Bill Cahill Jr
CB 20 Calvin Jones Jr
S 24 Tony Bonwell Jr
LB 36 Bob Ferguson Jr
CB 47 Charles Buckland Jr
LB 48 Rick Huget (C) Sr
LB 49 Al Craig Sr
DT 59 Gordy Guinn Jr
DT 69 Ben Albrecht Jr
DE Dave Wargon Jr
DE 96 Al Kravitz (C) Sr
DE 99 Kurt Matter Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 14 Gene Willis Sr
K 16 Steve Wiezbowski Jr
P 46 Dick Galuska Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt
Source:[10][11][12][13][14]

NFL draft selections

One University of Washington Husky was selected in the 1972 NFL draft, which lasted seventeen rounds with 442 selections.

= Husky Hall of Fame[15]
Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Jim Krieg Wide receiver 5th 118 Denver Broncos

References

  1. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1970-1974)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. ^ Blount, Roy Jr. (October 4, 1971). "The magic number is Sixkiller". Sports Illustrated. p. 34.
  3. ^ "Stanford beats UW by 17–6". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 10, 1971. p. 1,sports.
  4. ^ Cawood, Neil (October 17, 1971). "Ducks nip Huskies as kick foiled". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  5. ^ "Missed FG costs UW 23-21 loss". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 17, 1971. p. 1, sports.
  6. ^ "Many subs used in Husky romp". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. November 8, 1971. p. 17.
  7. ^ "Rae boots Trojans past Huskies, 13-12". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 14, 1971. p. 4B.
  8. ^ Missildine, Harry (November 21, 1971). "Washington wins weirdly". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1,sports.
  9. ^ "Grid poll 'sweep' for Big Eight; Huskers, Sooners, Buffs 1, 2, 3". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 4, 1972. p. 1.
  10. ^ "Duck-Husky lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 16, 1971. p. 1B.
  11. ^ "Duck–Husky statistics". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 17, 1971. p. 2B.
  12. ^ Withers, Bud (October 23, 1971). "Beavers tackle Washington". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 2B.
  13. ^ "OSU–Washington statistics". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 24, 1971. p. 2B.
  14. ^ Brown, Bruce (November 19, 1971). "Sellout crowd to see UW-WSU test". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 19.
  15. ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.


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