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1959 Washington Huskies football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1959
team	Washington Huskies
sport	football
conference	Athletic Association of Western Universities
short_conf	AAWU
CoachRank	7
APRank	8
record	10–1
conf_record	3–1
head_coach	Jim Owens
hc_year	3rd
captain	Game captains
stadium	University of Washington Stadium
champion	AAWU co-champion
Rose Bowl champion
bowl	[Rose Bowl](1960-rose-bowl)
bowl_result	W 44–8 vs. [Wisconsin](1959-wisconsin-badgers-football-team)

Rose Bowl champion The 1959 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington during the 1959 college football season. Home games were played on campus in Seattle at Husky Stadium known at the time as University of Washington Stadium.

In its third season under head coach Jim Owens, Washington was 9–1 in the regular season and 3–1 in the Athletic Association of Western Universities, one of three co-champions of the five-team AAWU (Big Five) in its inaugural year. The Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) had disbanded in the spring, and the AAWU consisted of the four teams from state of California and the Huskies. The other four PCC teams from the north (Oregon, Oregon State, Washington State, and Idaho) were independent for several years. (Washington defeated all four this season.) The Cougars joined the league in 1962 and the Oregon schools in 1964; it was later renamed the Pacific-8 Conference.

Led on the field by junior All-American quarterback Bob Schloredt, the Huskies started the season unranked and gained the Rose Bowl berth. Eighth-ranked, they were a 6½-point underdog to the #6 Wisconsin Badgers (7–2), the champions of the Big Ten. On New Year's Day in Pasadena, Washington jumped out to a 17–0 lead in the first quarter and won in a 44–8 rout to finish the season at 10–1. The Rose Bowl victory was the first for a West Coast team in seven years,

Washington outscored its opponents 253 to 73, and outside the sole loss to USC, they allowed no more than twelve points in each of their other ten games, with four shutouts. The final rankings in this era were released in early December, at the end of the regular season and prior to the bowl games.

Schedule

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Coaching staff

Bert Clark
Tom Tipps

All-Coast

Main article: 1959 All-Pacific Coast football team

Professional football draft selections

No University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1960 NFL draft, which lasted 2- rounds with 240 selections. or in the inaugural 1960 AFL draft, which lasted 33 rounds with 264 selections.

References

Missildine, Harry. (January 2, 1960). "Huskies magnificent in 44-8 bowl win". Spokesman-Review.
(November 23, 1959). "Huskies in! Unanimously". Eugene Register-Guard.
Missildine, Harry. (January 1, 1960). "Coaches radiate confidence on eve of Rose Bowl game". Spokesman-Review.
(January 2, 1960). "Huskies surprise 44-8 in Rose Bowl". Eugene Register-Guard.
Terrell, Roy. (January 11, 1960). "College football: Bitter and better bowls".
(November 23, 1959). "Badgers voted in Rose Bowl by Big Ten". Eugene Register-Guard.
"Washington Yearly Results (1955-1959)". David DeLassus.
(October 18, 1959). "Troy defeats UW". Spokesman-Review.
(October 18, 1959). "Trojans power to TD in last period to top Huskies 22-15". Eugene Register-Guard.
(December 8, 1959). "Orange win grid crown". Spokesman-Review.
(December 8, 1959). "Syracuse tops final grid poll by wide margin". Bend Bulletin.
(December 8, 1959). "Syracuse is voted national champion by coaches board". Reading Eagle.
(September 20, 1959). "Huskies and Ducks open on high note". Spokesman-Review.
(September 20, 1960). "Buff miscues help Huskies win". Eugene Register-Guard.
Missildine, Harry. (September 27, 1959). "Huskies batter Idaho, 23-0". Spokesman-Review.
(September 27, 1959). "Fast-starting Huskies subdue Vandals 23-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
(October 4, 1959). "Huskies romp past Utes in 51-6 game". Eugene Register-Guard.
(October 11, 1959). "UW tops Tribe". Eugene Register-Guard.
Strite, Dick. (October 25, 1959). "Oregon win string ended, 13-12". Eugene Register-Guard.
(October 26, 1959). "Huskies take inside in Rose Bowl race". The Bulletin.
"2015 Oregon Football Media Guide". Oregon Ducks Athletics.
(November 1, 1959). "UW dumps UCLA". Spokesman-Review.
(November 1, 1959). "Husky bowl hopes up after beating UCLA". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
. (December 25, 1959). ["'59 Coliseum Attendance in 33.6% Increase"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/172401835/). *[[Los Angeles Times]]*.
(November 8, 1959). "Beavers scare Husky eleven, but Schloredt leads 13-6 win". Eugene Register-Guard.
(November 8, 1959). "Huskies down OSC, 13-6". Spokesman-Review.
(November 15, 1959). "Huskies defeat Cal; bowl chances rise". Spokesman-Review.
(November 5, 1959). "Huskies blank Cal; stay on bowl track". Eugene Register-Guard.
Missildine, Harry. (November 1, 1959). "Muscular Huskies demolish WSU". Spokesman-Review.
(November 22, 1959). "UW clinches RB trip". Eugene Register-Guard.
(November 22, 1959). "Washington, Wisconsin win, set stage for Rose Bowl". Lewiston Morning Tribune.
"1960 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

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