The 1945 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1945 college football season. Home games were played on campus in Seattle at Husky Stadium, known at the time as University of Washington Stadium.
Under fourth-year head coach Ralph Welch, the Huskies were 6–3, third in the PCC, and outscored its opponents 91 to 54. No non-conference games were played this season and center Bill McGovern was the team captain.
After a two-year hiatus due to World War II, in-state rival Washington State resumed its program and was played twice. The games were split, with home team wins in shutouts in Seattle in October, and in Pullman at the end of the season. The Cougars had last fielded a team in 1942.
Oregon and Oregon State were also played twice, in Seattle and Portland. The Huskies swept but split with Oregon State, with the visiting teams The Huskies upset USC 13–7 in Seattle, the Trojans' only PCC loss. UCLA was not on the schedule this season, and Stanford did not field a team from 1943 through 1945.
Schedule
Rankings
NFL draft selections Six University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1946 NFL draft, which lasted 32 rounds with 300 selections. = Husky Hall of Fame
Player Position Round Pick NFL club Keith DeCourcy Back 8 7 Detroit Lions Lee Louis Back 13 1 Chicago Cardinals John Wingender Back 13 7 Philadelphia Eagles Maurice Stacy Back 24 6 Green Bay Packers John Norton Back 26 6 Green Bay Packers Gail Bruce End 30 3 Pittsburgh Steelers
References
External links Game program: Washington at Washington State – November 24, 1945