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]
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| 1956 record | 5–5 (4–4 PCC) |
| Head coach | Darrell Royal (1st season) |
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| Home stadium | Husky Stadium |
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| Team | W | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 22 | Idaho | W 53–21 | 25185 | |
| September 29 | Minnesota* |
| L 14–34 | 37,502 |
| October 6 | No. 13 Illinois* |
| W 28–13 | 36,261 |
| October 13 | Oregon |
| W 20–7 | 32,626 |
| October 20 | at No. 9 USC | L 7–35 | 44,749 | |
| October 27 | California |
| L 7–16 | 30,510 |
| November 3 | vs. No. 17 Oregon State |
| L 20–28 | 32,890 |
| November 10 | No. 19 UCLA |
| L 9–13 | 27,950 |
| November 17 | at Stanford | W 34–13 | 21,000 | |
| November 24 | at Washington State |
| W 40–26 | 20,600 |
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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] |
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| George Strugar | Tackle | 3rd | 27 | Los Angeles Rams |
| Dean Derby | Back | 5th | 51 | Los Angeles Rams |
| Don McCumby | Tackle | 9th | 106 | Chicago Cardinals |
| Credell Green | Back | 18th | 207 | Green Bay Packers |
References
- "Washington Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- "1957 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.