1939 Washington Huskies football team

1939 Washington Huskies football
1939 Washington Huskies football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	4–5 (4–4 PCC)
Head coach	Jimmy Phelan (10th season);
Captain	Chuck Bechtol
Home stadium	Husky Stadium
	Seasons ← 1938 1940 →

1939 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 USC $	5	–	0	–	2	8	–	0	–	2
No. 7 UCLA	5	–	0	–	3	6	–	0	–	4
Oregon State	6	–	1	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
Washington	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Oregon	3	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Washington State	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Montana	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
California	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Stanford	0	–	6	–	1	1	–	7	–	1
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1939 college football season. In its tenth season under head coach Jimmy Phelan, the team compiled a 4–5 record, finished in sixth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and was outscored by its opponents by a combined total of 93 to 77.^[1] Chuck Bechtol was the team captain.

Washington was ranked at No. 82 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Pittsburgh*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 6–27	25,000	^[3]
October 7	UCLA	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 7–14	15,017
October 14	at Washington State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA (rivalry)	L 0–6	18,552
October 21	Oregon State	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 7–13	14,000
October 28	Stanford	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 8–5	19,771
November 4	Montana	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 9–0	19,838
November 11	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 13–6	21,608
November 23	Oregon	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry, Thanksgiving)	W 20–13	25,000
December 2	at No. 1 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–9	50,000	^[4]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

One University of Washington Husky was selected in the 1940 NFL draft, which lasted 22 rounds with 200 selections.^[5]

= Husky Hall of Fame^[6]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Don Jones	Back	9	2	Philadelphia Eagles

^ "Washington Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Western Team Always Behind". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. October 1, 1939. p. Part B-2. Retrieved November 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Paul Zimmerman (December 3, 1939). "Trojan Pass Conquers Washington in Last Two Minutes, 9-7". The Los Angeles Times. p. II-11 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1940 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.

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