1953 Washington Huskies football team

The 1953 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1953 college football season. In its first season under head coach John Cherberg, the team compiled a 3–6–1 record, finished in seventh place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 217 to 154.^[1] Vern Lindskog was the team captain.

1953 Washington Huskies football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	3–6–1 (2–4–1 PCC)
Head coach	John Cherberg (1st season)
Captain	Vern Lindskog
Home stadium	University of Washington Stadium
Seasons ← 1952 1954 →

1953 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 UCLA $	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Stanford	5	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
USC	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
California	2	–	2	–	2			4	–	4	–	2
Washington State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Washington	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Oregon	2	–	5	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	Colorado*	University of Washington Stadium Seattle, WA	L 20–21	31,792
September 26	at Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–50	51,233
October 3	Oregon State	University of Washington Stadium Seattle, WA	W 28–0	27,399
October 10	No. 7 USC	University of Washington Stadium Seattle, WA	T 13–13	31,816
October 17	at Oregon	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR (rivalry)	W 14–6	21,677
October 24	No. 20 Stanford	University of Washington Stadium Seattle, WA	L 7–13	39,000–41,234
October 31	Utah*	University of Washington Stadium Seattle, WA	W 21–14	21,000–23,389	[2]
November 7	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 25–53	36,000
November 14	at No. 7 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 6–22	13,302
November 21	Washington State	University of Washington Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)	L 20–25	39,534
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

NFL draft selections

Four University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1954 NFL draft, which lasted 30 rounds with 360 selections.^[3]

= Husky Hall of Fame[4]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
George Black	End	8th	94	Los Angeles Rams
Dean Chambers	Tackle	9th	98	Chicago Cardinals
Duane Wardlow	Tackle	11th	130	Los Angeles Rams
Bill Albrecht	End	29th	338	Chicago Cardinals