1959 Washington Huskies football team

1959 Washington Huskies football

AAWU champion
Rose Bowl, W 44–8 vs. Wisconsin
Conference	Athletic Association of Western Universities
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 8
1959 record	10–1 (3–1 AAWU)
Head coach	Jim Owens (3rd year)
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Husky Stadium

1959 AAWU football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#8 Washington * +	3	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
#14 USC +	3	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
UCLA +	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
California	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Stanford	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions * – Selected as Rose Bowl representative Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1959 college football season. In its third season under head coach Jim Owens, the team compiled a 10–1 record, finished in first place in the inaugural season of the Athletic Association of Western Universities, defeated Wisconsin in the 1960 Rose Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 253 to 73.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 19	at Colorado*		Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	W 21–12	27000
September 26	Idaho*		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 23–0	24476
October 3	Utah*		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 51–6	27560
October 10	Stanford		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 10–0	36713
October 17	No. 7 USC	No. 18	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 15–22	54497
October 24	at No. 11 Oregon*		Multnomah Stadium • Portland, Oregon^[2]	{{{tv}}}	W 13–12	37000
October 31	at UCLA	No. 17	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 23–7	32838
November 7	Oregon State*	No. 12	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 13–6	45317
November 14	at California	No. 13	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 20–0	38800
November 21	Washington State*	No. 14	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	W 20–0	55782
January 1	vs. No. 6 Wisconsin*	No. 8	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 44–8	100809
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

References

↑ "Washington Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
↑ "2015 Oregon Football Media Guide" (PDF). GoDucks.com. Oregon Ducks Athletics. p. 102. Retrieved August 9, 2016.

Washington Huskies football

Venues	Various (1889–1894) Denny Field (1895–1920) CenturyLink Field (2011–2012) Husky Stadium (1920–2011, 2013–)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Oregon Washington State (Apple Cup)

Culture & lore	Dubs Harry the Husky "Bow Down to Washington" Husky Marching Band Quarterback U The Wave Loudest CFB Stadium

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Notable players

Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Pac-12 Conference football champions

Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Idaho, Stanford, & USC (1927) USC (1928) USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) California (1958)

AAWU	UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State & USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)

Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California & UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)

Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC & UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington & Stanford (1992) Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC & Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA & Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC & Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California & USC (2006) Arizona State & USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)

Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015) Washington (2016)

National championships in bold

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