1969 Washington Huskies football team

The 1969 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. In its thirteenth season under head coach Jim Owens, the team compiled a 1–9 record (1–6 in the Pacific-8 Conference, seventh), and was outscored 304 to 116.^[1]

1969 Washington Huskies football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Record	1–9 (1–6 Pac-8)
Head coach	Jim Owens (13th season)
Captains	Ken Ballenger Lee Brock
Home stadium	Husky Stadium
Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

1969 Pacific-8 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 USC $	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	1
No. 13 UCLA	5	–	1	–	1			8	–	1	–	1
No. 19 Stanford	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Oregon State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Oregon	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	1
California	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Washington	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Washington State	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Winless entering the Apple Cup,^[2][3] the Huskies defeated Washington State in Seattle to avoid the conference cellar.^[4][5][6]

Senior guard Ken Ballenger and defensive tackle Lee Brock were the team captains.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 20	at No. 12 Michigan State*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 11–27	63,022
September 27	at No. 20 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 7–45	49,684
October 4	No. 1 Ohio State*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 14–41	57,150
October 11	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 13–44	34,000
October 18	Oregon State	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 6–10	53,824
October 25	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (rivalry)	L 7–22	34,200
November 1	at No. 9 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 14–57	34,899
November 8	No. 14 Stanford	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 7–21	50,976
November 15	No. 6 USC	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 7–16	51,403
November 22	Washington State	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	W 30–21	55,677
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Washington State

Both teams entered the Apple Cup winless in the Pac-8.

1 2 3 4 Total Washington State 7 0 6 8 21 • Washington 7 21 0 2 30 Date: November 22 Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle Game attendance: 55,677 Game weather: 44 °F (7 °C), overcast

Scoring summary 1 WASH Preston 35-yard run (Volbrecht kick) WASH 7-0 1 WSU Moore 78-yard pass from Olson (Stanson kick) Tied 7-7 2 WASH Bayard 11-yard pass from Willis (Volbrecht kick) WASH 14-7 2 WASH Bell 12-yard run (Volbrecht kick) WASH 21-7 2 WASH Bayard 62-yard pass from Willis (Volbrecht kick) WASH 28-7 3 WSU Olson 1-yard run (kick failed) WASH 28-13 4 WASH Safety, Olson tackled in end zone WASH 30-13 4 WSU Smith 1-yard run (Smith run) WASH 30-21

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Roster

1969 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 14 Gene Willis Jr QB 15 Steve Hanzlik So HB 25 Buddy Kennamer Sr HB 28 Joe Bell Jr RB 32 Bo Cornell Jr HB 47 Ron Preston Jr C 53 Bruce Jarvis Jr G 61 Ken Ballenger (C) Sr OT 64 Augie Rios Sr G 65 Wayne Sortun Jr OT 72 Dan Cunningham Jr G 77 Ernie Janet Jr SE 83 Jim Krieg So TE 85 Ace Bulger Jr SE 89 Al Maurer Jr SE 92 Ralph Bayard Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 10 Ron Volbrecht Jr CB 12 Mark McMahon Jr S 18 Bob Berg Sr LB 35 Tom Verti Sr LB 36 Clyde Werner Sr S 45 Mark Day Jr CB 47 Gary Carr Jr LB 48 Rick Huget So DE 70 Rick Sharp Sr DE 84 Ken Lee Jr DT 87 Lee Brock (C) Sr LB 88 Bob Lovelien Jr DT 91 Tom Failla Jr DE 97 Mark Hannah Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 10 Ron Volbrecht Jr P 14 Gene Willis Jr	Head coach Jim Owens (13th year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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NFL draft selections

Two University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1970 NFL draft, which lasted 17 rounds with 442 selections.

= Husky Hall of Fame[8]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	Franchise
Clyde Werner	Linebacker	2nd	52	Kansas City Chiefs
Rick Sharp	Defensive tackle	12th	288	Pittsburgh Steelers

References

1. "Washington Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
2. Missildine, Harry (November 22, 1969). "Cougars vs. Huskies: At least finish could be happy". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 12.
3. "WSU (1-8), Huskies (0-9) both after Apple trophy". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 22, 1969. p. 11.
4. "Huskies snap losing streak; breeze past Cougars, 30-21". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 23, 1969. p. 2B.
5. "Huskies beat Cougars 30-21". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 23, 1969. p. 1, sports.
6. Ashmun, Chuck (November 23, 1969). "Cougars lose to Washington". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 12.
7. "Probable starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 24, 1969. p. 7B.
8. "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.