1940 Washington Huskies football team

The 1940 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1940 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach Jimmy Phelan, the team compiled a 7–2 record, finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference, was ranked No. 10 in the final AP Poll, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 169 to 54. The Huskies' only two losses came to Minnesota and Stanford teams that were ranked Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, in the final AP Poll. Bill Marx was the team captain.

1940 Washington Huskies football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 10
Record	7–2 (7–1 PCC)
Head coach	Jimmy Phelan (11th season)
Captain	Bill Marx
Home stadium	Husky Stadium

1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Stanford $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Washington	7	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Oregon State	4	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Washington State	3	–	4	–	2			4	–	4	–	2
Oregon	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
California	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
USC	2	–	3	–	2			3	–	4	–	2
Montana	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
UCLA	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Idaho	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	7	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	at Minnesota*		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 14–19	46,000
October 5	Idaho		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 21–0	23,000
October 12	at Oregon		Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR (rivalry)	W 10–0	31,000
October 19	No. 18 Oregon State	No. 16	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 19–0	36,000
October 26	California	No. 16	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 7–6	25,000
November 9	at No. 6 Stanford	No. 11	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 10–20	65,000
November 16	USC	No. 17	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 14–0	30,000
November 23	at UCLA	No. 13	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 41–0	30,000
November 30	Washington State	No. 12	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)	W 33–9	25,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL draft selections

Three University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1941 NFL draft, which lasted 22 rounds with 204 selections.

= Husky Hall of Fame

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Rudy Mucha	Center	1	4	Cleveland Rams
Dean McAdams	Back	1	8	Brooklyn Dodgers
Jay McDowell	End	3	4	Cleveland Rams