1957 Washington Huskies football team

The 1957 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1957 NCAA University Division football season. In its first season under head coach Jim Owens, the team compiled a 3–6–1 record, sixth in the Pacific Coast Conference, and was outscored 212 to 120.

1957 Washington Huskies football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record3–6–1 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Whitey Core
  • Jim Jones
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
1957 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oregon State + 6 2 08 2 0
No. 17 Oregon ^ + 6 2 07 4 0
No. 19 UCLA 5 2 08 2 0
Washington State 5 3 06 4 0
Stanford 4 3 06 4 0
Washington 3 4 03 6 1
California 1 6 01 9 0
USC 1 6 01 9 0
Idaho 0 3 04 4 1
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
    Oregon State won the rivalry game over Oregon,
    but no-repeat rule was in effect
Rankings from Coaches Poll

Following the previous season, first-year head coach Darrell Royal left for Texas in December, after less than ten months in Seattle. Hired in January, Owens was a teammate of Royal's at Oklahoma and was an assistant coach under Bear Bryant for the previous six years at Kentucky and Texas A&M.

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