1956 Washington Huskies football team

The 1956 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. In its only season under head coach Darrell Royal, the team compiled a 5–5 record, finished in fourth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 232 to 206.[1]

1956 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1956 record5–5 (4–4 PCC)
Head coachDarrell Royal (1st season)
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1956 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Oregon State $ 6 –1 –1  7 –3 –1
No. 18 USC 5 –2 –0  8 –2 –0
UCLA 5 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Washington 4 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Oregon 3 –3 –2  4 –4 –2
Stanford 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Washington State 2 –5 –1  3 –6 –1
California 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Idaho 0 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Royal was hired as head coach at Texas following the season, where he would stay for 20 seasons and compile a 167–47–5 record, including national championships in 1963, 1969 and 1970. The Huskies would have only two head coaches over the next 36 seasons, Jim Owens (1957–74) and Don James (1975–92).

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 22Idaho
W 53–2125185
September 29Minnesota*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 14–3437,502
October 6No. 13 Illinois*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 28–1336,261
October 13Oregon
W 20–732,626
October 20at No. 9 USC
L 7–3544,749
October 27California
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 7–1630,510
November 3vs. No. 17 Oregon State
L 20–2832,890
November 10No. 19 UCLA
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 9–1327,950
November 17at Stanford
W 34–1321,000
November 24at Washington State
W 40–2620,600
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL Draft selections

Four University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1957 NFL Draft, which lasted thirty rounds with 360 selections.[2]

= Husky Hall of Fame[3]
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
George StrugarTackle3rd27Los Angeles Rams
Dean DerbyBack5th51Los Angeles Rams
Don McCumbyTackle9th106Chicago Cardinals
Credell GreenBack18th207Green Bay Packers
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References
  1. "Washington Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. "1957 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  3. "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.


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