1949 Washington Huskies football team

1949 Washington Huskies football
1949 Washington Huskies football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	3–7 (2–5 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Odell (2nd season);
Captain	Chuck Olson
Home stadium	Husky Stadium
	Seasons ← 1948 1950 →

1949 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 California $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
UCLA	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Stanford	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	1
USC	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Oregon State	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Washington	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Montana	0	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1949 college football season. In its second season under head coach Howard Odell, the team compiled a 3–7 record, finished in a tie for sixth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 285 to 167.^[1] Chuck Olson was the team captain.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	Utah*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 14–7	26,553
September 24	at Minnesota*	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 20–48	58,113
October 1	Notre Dame*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 7–27	41,948
October 8	Oregon State	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 3–7	27,340	^[2]
October 15	Stanford	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 0–40	33,745
October 22	at No. 5 California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 7–21	20,337
October 29	No. 15 USC	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 28–40	33,205
November 5	vs. Oregon	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR (rivalry)	W 28–27	28,143
November 12	at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 26–47	26,420
November 19	Washington State	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)	W 34–21	35,676
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Two University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1950 NFL draft, which lasted 30 rounds with 391 selections.^[3]

= Husky Hall of Fame^[4]

^ "Washington Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
^ "Joe Cloidt for Huskies with Oregon State victor 7–3". Great Falls Tribune. October 9, 1949. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1950 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
^ "Washington Drafted Players/Alumni".

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