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1941 Washington

5–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by James Phelan.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1941, game by game: lost vs. Minnesota 6–14; lost at Oregon State 6–9; won at Washington State 23–13; won vs. UCLA 14–7; lost vs. No. 19 Stanford 7–13; won vs. Montana 21–0; won at California 13–6; lost vs. Oregon 16–19; won at USC 14–13+21−8Lost 6–14 vs. Minnesota-8MinnesotaLost 6–9 at Oregon State-3Oregon StateWon 23–13 at Washington State+10Washington StateWon 14–7 vs. UCLA+7UCLALost 7–13 vs. No. 19 Stanford-6No. 19 StanfordWon 21–0 vs. Montana+21MontanaWon 13–6 at California+7CaliforniaLost 16–19 vs. Oregon-3OregonWon 14–13 at USC+1USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsMinnesotaL 6–⁠1453%
Oct 4atOregon StateL 6–⁠948%
Oct 11atWashington StateW 23–⁠1350%
Oct 18vsUCLAW 14–⁠772%
Oct 25vs19StanfordL 7–⁠1352%
Nov 1vsMontanaW 21–⁠073%
Nov 8atCaliforniaW 13–⁠650%
Nov 22vsOregonL 16–⁠1969%
Nov 29atUSCW 14–⁠1360%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat USC 14–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 63rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 20

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1941.

Consensus All-AmericanRay Frankowski, OG

Record
5–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
120–⁠94
Coach
James Phelan
Elo
1582 −1 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.9 No. 26 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1942

The 1942 draft
Rd 3Ray Frankowski OGGreen Bay Packers
Rd 6Earl Younglove EPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Jack StackpoolBAP-3; UP-2
  • Walter HarrisonCAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1941 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State7–⁠28–⁠212
Washington State5–⁠36–⁠419
Washington5–⁠35–⁠4
Stanford4–⁠36–⁠3
Oregon4–⁠45–⁠5
UCLA3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
California3–⁠44–⁠5
USC2–⁠4–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Montana1–⁠36–⁠3
Idaho0–⁠44–⁠5

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.