1938 Washington Huskies football team

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.[1] Frank Peters was the team captain.

1938 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1938 record3–5–1 (3–4–1 PCC)
Head coachJimmy Phelan (9th season)
CaptainFrank Peters
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1938 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 USC + 6 1 0  9 2 0
No. 14 California + 6 1 0  10 1 0
UCLA 4 3 1  7 4 1
Oregon State 4 3 1  5 3 1
Oregon 4 4 0  4 5 0
Washington 3 4 1  3 5 1
Idaho 2 3 1  6 3 1
Stanford 2 5 0  3 6 0
Washington State 1 7 0  2 8 0
Montana 0 1 0  5 3 1
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 24at Minnesota*L 0–1521798
October 1IdahoT 12–1219105
October 8at UCLAL 0–1323412
October 15Oregon State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 6–1319966
October 22No. 3 California
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 7–1427889
November 5at StanfordW 10–719778
November 12No. 9 USC
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 7–618939
November 19vs. Oregon
L 0–317411
November 26Washington State
W 26–025356
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL Draft selections

Seven University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1939 NFL Draft, which lasted 22 rounds, with 200 selections.[2]

= Husky Hall of Fame[3]
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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References

  1. "Washington Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. "1939 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  3. "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.


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