1952 Washington Huskies football team

American college football season

1952 Washington Huskies football

Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	7–3 (6–2 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Odell (5th season)
Captain	Dick Sprague
Home stadium	Husky Stadium
Seasons← 1951 1953 →

1952 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 USC $	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 6 UCLA	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Washington	6	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
California	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Washington State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Stanford	2	–	5	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	1
Idaho	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1952 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Howard Odell, the team compiled a 7–3 record, finished in third place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 248 to 201. Dick Sprague was the team captain.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 20	Idaho		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 39–14	31,912
September 27	Minnesota*		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 19–13	47,154
October 4	No. 14 UCLA		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 7–32	44,969
October 11	at No. 13 Illinois*		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 14–48	48,248
October 18	Oregon		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)	W 49–0	36,601
October 25	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 27–14	25,000
November 1	at Oregon State		Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 38–13	19,243
November 8	California		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 22–7	50,046
November 15	at No. 5 USC	No. 17	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–33	35,852
November 29	at Washington State		Memorial Stadium Spokane, WA (rivalry)	W 33–27	28,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Three University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1953 NFL draft, which lasted 30 rounds with 361 selections.

= Husky Hall of Fame

Quarterback Don Heinrich, a fifth-year senior, was selected in the 1952 NFL draft (3rd round, 35th overall).

"Washington Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
"1953 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
"The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.

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