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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 5–4 (5–3 PCC) |
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| Captain | None |
| Home stadium | Husky Stadium |
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| No.12Oregon State $ | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.19Washington State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1941 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1941 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Jimmy Phelan, the team compiled a 5–4 record, finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 120 to 94.[1]
Washington was ranked at No. 26 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[2]
After the season in mid-December, Phelan and his two assistants were fired.[3][4][5] Assistant Ralph Welch was rehired as head coach for 1942.
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | Minnesota* |
| L 6–14 | 43,000 | [6] | |
| October 4 | vs. Oregon State |
| L 6–9 | 15,000 | [7] | |
| October 11 | atWashington State |
| W 23–13 | 22,000 | [8] | |
| October 18 | UCLA |
| W 14–7 | 18,000 | [9] | |
| October 25 | No. T–19 Stanford |
| L 7–13 | 43,000 | [10] | |
| November 1 | Montana |
| W 21–0 | 20,000 | [11] | |
| November 8 | atCalifornia |
| W 13–6 | 30,000 | [12] | |
| November 22 | Oregon | No. 20 |
| L 16–19 | 30,000 | [13] |
| November 29 | atUSC |
| W 14–13 | 35,000 | [14] | |
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Five University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1942 NFL draft, which lasted 22 rounds with 200 selections.[15]
| = Husky Hall of Fame[16] |
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Ray Frankowski | Guard | 3 | 9 | Green Bay Packers |
| Earl Younglove | End | 6 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Ernie Steele | Back | 10 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Jack Stackpool | Back | 10 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Gene Conley | Back | 20 | 2 | Cleveland Rams |
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