1950 Washington Huskies football team

American college football season

1950 Washington Huskies football

Conference| Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches| No. T–15
AP| No. 11
Record| 8–2 (6–1 PCC)
Head coach|

* Howard Odell (3rd season)

Captains|

* Joe Cloidt
* Mike Michael

Home stadium| Husky Stadium

Seasons

<- 1949

1951 ->

1950 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 5 California $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 1
No. 11 Washington | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
UCLA | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Stanford | 2  | - | 2  | - | 2 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 2
Idaho | 1  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Washington State | 2  | - | 3  | - | 2 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 2
USC | 1  | - | 3  | - | 2 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 2
Oregon State | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Oregon | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 9  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1950 college football season. In its third season under head coach Howard Odell, the team compiled an 8–2 record, finished second in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored its opponents 265 to 134.[1] Joe Cloidt and Mike Michael were the team captains.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result| Attendance

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September 23| Kansas State*| |

* Husky Stadium
* Seattle, WA

| W 33–7| 30,245
September 30| No. 18 Minnesota*| |

* Husky Stadium
* Seattle, WA

| W 28–13| 49,704
October 7| No. 13 UCLA| No. 10|

* Husky Stadium
* Seattle, WA

| W 21–20| 37,706
October 14| at Oregon State| No. 11|

* Multnomah Stadium
* Portland, OR

| W 35–6| 24,762
October 21| at Illinois*| No. 10|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| L 13–20| 35,930
October 28| at Stanford| |

* Stanford Stadium
* Stanford, CA

| W 21–7| 32,474
November 4| No. 6 California| No. 12|

* Husky Stadium
* Seattle, WA

| L 7–14| 55,245
November 11| Oregon| No. 17|

* Husky Stadium
* Seattle, WA (rivalry)

| W 27–12| 34,475
November 18| at USC| No. 19|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 28–13| 23,442
November 25| vs. Washington State| No. 18|

* Memorial Stadium
* Spokane, WA (rivalry)

| W 52–21| 28,433

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## NFL draft selections[edit]

One University of Washington Husky was selected in the 1951 NFL draft, which lasted thirty rounds with 362 selections.[2]

| = Husky Hall of Fame[3]

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Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club

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Roland Kirby | Back | 10th | 121 | Los Angeles Rams

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Washington Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
2. ^ "1951 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
3. ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Game program: Washington vs. Washington State at Spokane – November 25, 1950

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Washington Huskies football

Venues|

* Various (1889–1894)
* Denny Field (1895–1920)
* CenturyLink Field (2011–2012)
* Husky Stadium (1920–2011, 2013–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Oregon
* Washington State: Apple Cup
* Northwest Championship

Culture & lore|

* Dubs
* Harry the Husky
* "Bow Down to Washington"
* Husky Marching Band
* Quarterback U
* The Wave
* 1985 Oregon State game
* Whammy in Miami

People|

* Head coaches
* Statistical leaders
* Starting quarterbacks
* NFL draftees
* Annual awards

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