1971 Washington Huskies football team

The 1971 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. In its 15th season under head coach Jim Owens, the team compiled an 8–3 record (4–3 in the Pacific-8 Conference, tied for third), and outscored its opponents 357 to 188.[1]

1971 Washington Huskies football
Conference	Pacific-8
Ranking
AP	No. 19
1971 record	8–3 (4–3 Pac-8)
Head coach	Jim Owens (15th season)
Captains	Steve Anderson (OT) Rick Huget (LB) Al Kravitz (DE) Sonny Sixkiller (QB)
Home stadium	Husky Stadium

1971 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Stanford $	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 20 USC	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
No. 19 Washington	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
California	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Oregon	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
UCLA	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Washington opened with four non-conference wins, and junior quarterback Sonny Sixkiller was featured in a Sports Illustrated cover story.[2] They lost the Pac-8 opener to defending champion Stanford in Seattle,[3] then at border rival Oregon by two points, as a short field goal attempt in the last minute missed wide right.[4][5]

After rebounding with three wins to improve to 7–2,[6] the season ended with two home games. USC won by one point for UW's third loss;[7] in the Apple Cup, the Huskies notched a third consecutive win over Washington State.[8]

The Pac-8 did not allow a second bowl team until the 1975 season; the Huskies climbed to #19 in the final AP poll in January.[9]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	UC Santa Barbara*		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 65–7	56,180
September 18	Purdue*		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 38–35	58,927
September 25	TCU*	No. 17	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 44–26	59,956
October 2	at Illinois*	No. 15	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	W 52–14	48,127
October 9	Stanford	No. 11	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 6–17	60,777
October 16	at Oregon	No. 18	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (rivalry)	L 21–23	44,200
October 23	Oregon State		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 38–14	60,404
October 30	at UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 23–12	36,545
November 6	at California	No. 20	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 30–7	36,000
November 13	No. 15 USC	No. 19	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 12–13	59,982
November 20	Washington State		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	W 28–20	60,497
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1971 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 6 Sonny Sixkiller (C) Jr FB 8 Larry Dumas QB 15 Greg Collins Jr SE 26 Tom Scott Jr TB 29 Jim Eicher So FB 30 Pete Taggares So FB 31 Jerry Ingalls So C 53 Jim Andrilenas So C 56 Al Kelso Jr G 64 Pete Elswick So G 67 Fred Miller Jr T 68 Rick Hayes So T 73 Steve Anderson (C) Jr SE 83 Jim Krieg Sr T 87 John Brady Jr TE 88 Tom Roehl Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class FS 18 Bill Cahill Jr CB 20 Calvin Jones Jr SS 24 Tony Bonwell Jr LB 36 Bill Ferguson Jr CB 47 Charles Buckland Jr LB 48 Rick Huget (C) Sr LB 49 Al Craig Sr DT 59 Gordy Guinn Jr DT 69 Ben Albrecht Jr DE Dave Wargon Jr DE 96 Al Kravitz (C) Sr DE 99 Kurt Matter Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 14 Gene Willis Sr PK 16 Steve Wiezbowski Jr P 46 Dick Galuska Sr	Head coach Jim Owens (15th year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Source:[10][11][12][13][14]

NFL Draft selections

One University of Washington Husky was selected in the 1972 NFL Draft, which lasted seventeen rounds with 442 selections.

= Husky Hall of Fame[15]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Jim Krieg	Wide receiver	5th	118	Denver Broncos

References

1. "Washington Yearly Results (1970-1974)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
2. Blount, Roy Jr. (October 4, 1971). "The magic number is Sixkiller". Sports Illustrated. p. 34.
3. "Stanford beats UW by 17–6". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 10, 1971. p. 1,sports.
4. Cawood, Neil (October 17, 1971). "Ducks nip Huskies as kick foiled". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
5. "Missed FG costs UW 23-21 loss". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 17, 1971. p. 1, sports.
6. "Many subs used in Husky romp". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. November 8, 1971. p. 17.
7. "Rae boots Trojans past Huskies, 13-12". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 14, 1971. p. 4B.
8. Missildine, Harry (November 21, 1971). "Washington wins weirdly". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1,sports.
9. "Grid poll 'sweep' for Big Eight; Huskers, Sooners, Buffs 1, 2, 3". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 4, 1972. p. 1.
10. "Duck-Husky lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 16, 1971. p. 1B.
11. "Duck–Husky statistics". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 17, 1971. p. 2B.
12. Withers, Bud (October 23, 1971). "Beavers tackle Washington". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 2B.
13. "OSU–Washington statistics". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 24, 1971. p. 2B.
14. Brown, Bruce (November 19, 1971). "Sellout crowd to see UW-WSU test". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 19.
15. "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.