1946 Washington Huskies football team

1946 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–4 (5–3 PCC)
Head coach
Assistant coachArt McLarney
CaptainJohn Zeger
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 UCLA $ 7 0 0 10 1 0
Oregon State 6 1 1 7 1 1
USC 5 2 0 6 4 0
Washington 5 3 0 5 4 0
Stanford 3 3 1 6 3 1
Oregon 3 4 1 4 4 1
Montana 1 3 0 4 4 0
Washington State 1 5 1 1 6 1
California 1 6 0 2 7 0
Idaho 0 5 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1946 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Ralph "Pest" Welch, the team compiled a 5–4 record (5–3 against PCC opponents), finished in fourth place in the PCC, and outscored its opponents by a total of 144 to 140.[1]

Guard "Pappy" John Zeger was elected as the honorary team captain. Halfback Freddy Provo, who suffered severe shrapnel wounds in World War II, won the award as the team's most inspirational player.[2] Two Washington players received first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) or United Press (UP) on the 1946 All-Pacific Coast football team: Zegar at guard and Dick Hagen at end.[3][4]

Washington was ranked at No. 70 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[5]

  1. ^ "1946 Washington Huskies Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  2. ^ Phil Taylor (December 3, 1946). "Provo, Zeger Win Gridiron Awards". The Seattle Star. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Uclans Land 10 Men on All-Pacific Coast Football Club". The Independent-Record, Helena, Montana. November 27, 1945. p. 7.
  4. ^ "Horace Gillom, Nevada End, Makes UP's All-Pacific Coast Selection". Nevada State Journal. November 29, 1946. p. 10.
  5. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.