1944 Washington Huskies football team

1944 Washington Huskies football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1944 record	5–3 (1–1 PCC)
Head coach	Ralph Welch (3rd season)
Captain	Jim McCurdy
Home stadium	Husky Stadium
Seasons

1944 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#7 USC †	3	–	0	–	2			8	–	0	–	2
Washington	1	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
UCLA	1	–	2	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
California	1	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1944 college football season. In its third season under head coach Ralph Welch, the team compiled a 5–3 record, finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 293 to 132. Jim McCurdy was the team captain.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 23	Willamette*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 71–0	6,613
September 30	Whitman*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 65–6	3,352
October 7	at Willamette*	Portland, OR	W 40–6	1,492
October 14	at Whitman*	Walla Walla, WA	W 71–0	2,000
October 23	at No. 15 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–38	62,865
October 28	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 33–7	18,561
November 11	4th Air Force*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 0–28	15,500
November 18	vs. Second Air Force*	Gonzaga Stadium Spokane, WA	L 6–47	6,592
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game