1956 Washington Huskies football team

The 1956 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. In its only season under head coach Darrell Royal, the team compiled a 5–5 record, finished in fourth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and was outscored 232 to 206.[1]

1956 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–5 (4–4 PCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1956 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Oregon State $ 6 –1 –17 –3 –1
No. 18 USC 5 –2 –08 –2 –0
UCLA 5 –2 –07 –3 –0
Washington 4 –4 –05 –5 –0
Oregon 3 –3 –24 –4 –2
Stanford 3 –4 –04 –6 –0
Washington State 2 –5 –13 –6 –1
California 2 –5 –03 –7 –0
Idaho 0 –4 –04 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Royal was hired as head coach at the University of Texas following the season, where he stayed for twenty seasons and compiled a 167–47–5 (.774) record, including national championships in 1963, 1969, and 1970. The Huskies' next two head coaches stayed for eighteen years each: Jim Owens (1957–74) and Don James (1975–92).

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 22Idaho
W 53–2125,185
September 29Minnesota*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 14–3437,502
October 6No. 13 Illinois*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 28–1336,261
October 13Oregon
W 20–732,626
October 20at No. 9 USC
L 7–3544,749
October 27California
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 7–1630,510
November 3vs. No. 17 Oregon State
L 20–2832,890
November 10No. 19 UCLA
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 9–1327,950
November 17at Stanford
W 34–1321,000
November 24at Washington State
W 40–2620,600
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL draft selections

Four University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1957 NFL draft, which lasted thirty rounds with 360 selections.[2]

= Husky Hall of Fame[3]
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
George StrugarTackle3rd27Los Angeles Rams
Dean DerbyBack5th51Los Angeles Rams
Don McCumbyTackle9th106Chicago Cardinals
Credell GreenBack18th207Green Bay Packers

References
  1. "Washington Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  2. "1957 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  3. "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.


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