1947 Washington Huskies football team

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1947 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record3–6 (2–5 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainGail Bruce
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 USC $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
No. 15 California 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Oregon 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
UCLA 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Montana 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Oregon State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Washington 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Washington State 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Idaho 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Stanford 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1947 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Ralph Welch, the team compiled a 3–6 record (2–5 against PCC opponents), finished seventh in the PCC, and was outscored by a total of 99 to 98.[1] Gail Bruce was the team captain.

Washington was ranked at No. 33 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Minnesota*
L 6–743,377[3]
October 4Oregon State
L 7–1439,000[4]
October 11Saint Mary's*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 26–639,000[5]
October 18vs. Oregon
L 0–624,588[6]
October 25Stanford
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 25–032,000[7]
November 1No. 5 USC
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 0–1932,000[8]
November 8at CaliforniaNo. 12
L 7–1350,000[9]
November 15at UCLA
L 7–3443,777[10]
November 22Washington State
W 20–031,500[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Professional football draft selections[edit]

Three University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1948 NFL draft, which lasted 32 rounds with 300 selections.[12] The same three Huskies were also selected in the 1948 AAFC Draft, which lasted 30 rounds with 217 selections.[13]

= Husky Hall of Fame[14]
League Player Position Round Pick Club
NFL Dick Otelle Back 9 1 New York Giants
NFL Fred Provo Back 14 6 Green Bay Packers
NFL Bob Levenhagen Guard 25 5 Los Angeles Rams
AAFC Dick Ottele Back 13 7 New York Yankees
AAFC Bob Levenhagen Guard 17 4 Los Angeles Dons
AAFC Fred Provo Back 21 1 Chicago Rockets

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Charles Johnson (September 28, 1947). "Gophers Nip Washington, 7-6; Bailey Boots Winning Point". Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. pp. Sports 1–2.
  4. ^ "Beavers Top Huskies, 14-7". The Statesman (Salem, Oregon). October 5, 1947. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Alan Ward (October 12, 1947). "Huskies Maul Gaels, 26 to 6: Moragans Outplayed by Ralph Welch Eleven". Oakland Tribune. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Oregon Is Great! 6-0 Over Huskies". Eugene Register-Guard. October 19, 1947. pp. 1, 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Bill Dunbar (October 26, 1947). "Washington Tramples on Stanford". Oakland Tribune. pp. 24, 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Braven Dyer (November 2, 1947). "Trojans Overpower Huskies for 19-0 Win". Los Angeles Times. pp. 10–11 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Emmons Byrne (November 9, 1947). "Listless Bears Take Huskies, 13-7: 45,000 See Cripple Cal Grab Another". Oakland Tribune. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Al Wolf (November 16, 1947). "Bruins Roll Over Washington, 34-7". Los Angeles Times. p. II-5 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Washington Tops Cougars, 20–0, in Schedule Windup". Nevada State Journal. November 23, 1947. p. 8.
  12. ^ "1948 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  13. ^ "1948 AAFC Draft Pick Transactions". ProSportsTransactions.com. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  14. ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
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