1937 Washington Huskies football team

1937 Washington Huskies football
Poi Bowl, W 53–13 vs. Hawaii
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record7–2–2 (4–2–2 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainFrank Waskowitz
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 California $ 6 – 0 – 1 10 – 0 – 1
Stanford 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Washington 4 – 2 – 2 7 – 2 – 2
Washington State 3 – 3 – 2 3 – 3 – 3
Idaho 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
Oregon State 2 – 3 – 3 3 – 3 – 3
USC 2 – 3 – 2 4 – 4 – 2
Oregon 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
UCLA 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Montana 0 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1937 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Jimmy Phelan, the team compiled a 7–2–2 record, finished in third place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 187 to 52.[1] Frank Waskowitz was the team captain.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Iowa
W 14–018,533
October 2at USC
W 7–022,715
October 9Oregon State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 3–619,137
October 16at Washington State
T 7–714,581
October 23Stanford
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 7–1322,230
October 30Idaho
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 21–714,105
November 6at No. 1 California
T 0–018,765[2]
November 13UCLA
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 26–011,561
November 20Oregon
W 14–020,539
January 1, 1938at Hawaii*No. 13
W 53–1313,500–19,963[3]
January 6at Honolulu Townies*No. 13
  • Honolulu Stadium
  • Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii
W 35–66,558
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL draft selections

One University of Washington Husky was selected in the 1938 NFL draft, which lasted twelve rounds, with 110 selections.[4]

= Husky Hall of Fame[5]
Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Vic Markov Tackle 4 1 Cleveland Rams

References

  1. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. ^ Prescott Sullivan (November 7, 1937). "O-Oh! Huskies Tie Bears, 0-0: Wonder Team Goes Through Test of Fire". The San Francisco Examminer. pp. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Washington tramples Honolulu in Poi Bowl". The Spokesman-Review. January 2, 1938. Retrieved April 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "1938 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  5. ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.


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