American college football season
The 1940 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1940 college football season . In its 11th season under head coach Jimmy Phelan , the team compiled a 7–2 record, finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference , was ranked No. 10 in the final AP Poll , and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 169 to 54.[ 1] The Huskies' only two losses came to Minnesota and Stanford teams that were ranked Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, in the final AP Poll. Bill Marx was the team captain.
NFL draft selections [ edit ] Three University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1941 NFL draft , which lasted 22 rounds with 204 selections.[ 12]
^ "Washington Yearly Results (1940-1944)" . College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015 . ^ Milt Davis (September 29, 1940). "Those Were Gopher Hearts, and Not the Grid Clock, Ticking" . The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune . p. 1 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Washington football team coasts to 21-0 victory over Idaho" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 6, 1940. p. 3, sports. ^ Fowler, Gail (October 6, 1940). "Huskies wallop Idaho 21-0" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 14. ^ "Huskies Trim Oregon 10 to 0; Pass Interception Turning Point" . Medford Mail Tribune . October 13, 1940. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com . ^ Gail Fowler (October 20, 1940). "Huskies Shatter Oregon State Rose Bowl Hopes" . The Register-Guard . p. 8 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Huskies Win 7 to 6" . The Bellingham Herald . October 27, 1940. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com . ^ Prescott Sullivan (November 10, 1940). "Cards Smash Huskies, 20-10: Stanford Trails 10-0, then Stages Slashing Comeback" . San Francisco Examiner . p. 2S – via Newspapers.com . ^ Gail Fowler (November 17, 1940). "Huskies Defeat Trojans" . The Tacoma News Tribune and Sunday Ledger . p. 13A – via Newspapers.com . ^ Al Wolf (November 24, 1940). "Bruins Fall Apart in Second Half as Huskies Win, 41 to 0: Bruins Fold in Second Half; Huskies Win, 41-0" . Los Angeles Times . p. 29 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Huskies Rally To Down WSC Gridders, 33-9" . The Bellingham Herald . December 1, 1940. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "1941 NFL Draft Listing" . Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2009. Retrieved September 24, 2019 . ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame" . gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
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