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1940
Coach: James Phelan • Captain: Bill Marx • Record: 7-2-0
Pacific Coast Conference: 7-1-0 (2nd)

Month	Date	W/L	UW AP Rank	Opponent	Opp. AP Rank	Score	Site	Attend.
Sept.	28	L		Minnesota		14-19	A	46,000
Oct.	5	W		Idaho		21-0	H	24,000
Oct.	12	W		Oregon		36800	N	31,000
Oct.	19	W	16	Oregon State	18	19-0	H	31,000
Oct.	26	W	16	California		38904	H	25,000
Nov.	9	L	11	Stanford	6	39010	A	58,000
Nov.	16	W	17	Southern California		14-0	H	27,000
Nov.	23	W	13	UCLA		41-0	A	35,000
Nov.	30	W	12	Washington State		33-9	H	25,000
N-at Portland						169-54		302,000

1941
Coach: James Phelan • Captain: None • Record: 5-4-0
Pacific Coast Conference: 5-3-0 (2nd, tied)

Month	Date	W/L	UW AP Rank	Opponent	Opp. AP Rank	Score	Site	Attend.
Sept.	27	L		Minnesota		6-14	H	43,000
Oct.	4	L		Oregon State		6-9	N	17,500
Oct.	11	W		Washington State		23-13	A	20,000
Oct.	18	W		UCLA		14-7	H	19,639
Oct.	25	L		Stanford	20	7-13	H	42,000
Nov.	1	W		Montana		21-0	H	20,000
Nov.	8	W		California		13-6	A	45,000
Nov.	22	L		Oregon		16-19	H	25,446
Nov.	29	W		Southern California		14-13	A	30,000
N-at Portland						120-94		262,585

1942
Coach: Ralph Welch • Captain: Walt Harrison • Record: 4-3-3
Pacific Coast Conference: 3-3-2 (5th, tied)

Month	Date	W/L	UW AP Rank	Opponent	Opp. AP Rank	Score	Site	Attend.
Sept.	26	W		College of Pacific		27-0	H	11,000
Oct.	3	T		Southern California		0-0	H	26,000
Oct.	10	W		Oregon		15-7	N1	11,000
Oct.	17	W		Montana		35-0	H	10,000
Oct.	24	L		California		6-19	H	28,000
Oct.	31	W		Oregon State		13-0	H	7,000
Nov.	7	L		Stanford		7-20	N2	23,000
Nov.	14	T		Navy Pre-Flight		0-0	H	5,000
Nov.	21	L		UCLA	18	10-14	A	32,000
Nov.	28	T		Washington State	15	0-0	H	13,000
N1-at Portland						113-60		166,000
N2-at San Francisco

1943
Coach: Ralph Welch • Captain: Jack Tracy • Record: 4-1-0
Pacific Coast Conference: 0-1-0 (3rd)

Month	Date	W/L	UW AP Rank	Opponent	Opp. AP Rank	Score	Site	Attend.
Sept.	25	W		Whitman		35-6	H	16,000
Oct.	9	W		Spok. Air Comm		47-12	A	9,000
Oct.	23	W		March Fld Flyers	14	27-7	H	24,000
Oct.	30	W	11	Spokane Air Comd.		41-7	H	5,000
						150-32		54,000
ROSE BOWL
Jan.	1	L	12	Southern California		0-29	N	68,000
N-Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif.

1944
Coach: Ralph Welch • Captain: Jim McCurdy • Record: 5-3-0
Pacific Coast Conference: 1-1-0 (2nd)

Month	Date	W/L	UW AP Rank	Opponent	Opp. AP Rank	Score	Site	Attend.
Sept.	23	W		Willamette		71-0	H	6,613
Sept.	30	W		Whitman		65-6	H	3,352
Oct.	7	W		Willamette		40-6	A	1,492
Oct.	14	W		Whitman		71-0	A	2,000
Oct.	23	L		Southern California	15	7-38	A	62,865
Oct.	28	W		California		33-7	A	18,561
Nov.	11	L		4th Air Force	9	0-28	H	15,500
Nov.	18	L		2nd Air Force		6-47	N	6,592
N-at Spokane						293-132		116,975

1945
Coach: Ralph Welch • Captain: Bill McGovern • Record: 6-3-0
Pacific Coast Conference: 6-3-0 (7th)

Month	Date	W/L	UW AP Rank	Opponent	Opp. AP Rank	Score	Site	Attend.
Sept.	29	W		Oregon		20-6	H	35,000
Oct.	6	L		California		14-27	A	35,000
Oct.	13	W		Washington State		6-0	H	38,000
Oct.	20	W		Oregon State		13-0	N	18,000
Oct.	27	W		Southern California	20	13-7	H	12,600
Nov.	3	W	18	Oregon		7-0	N	28,194
Nov.	10	L	18	Oregon State		6-7	H	32,150
Nov.	17	W		Idaho		12-0	H	28,750
Nov.	24	L		Washington State		0-7	H	26,500
N-at Portland						91-54		254,194

1946
Coach: Ralph Welch • Captain: John Zegar • Record: 5-4-0
Pacific Coast Conference: 5-3-0 (4th)

Month	Date	W/L	UW AP Rank	Opponent	Opp. AP Rank	Score	Site	Attend.
Sept.	28	L		Saint Mary's		20-24	H	41,000
Oct.	5	L		UCLA		13-39	H	41,000
Oct.	12	W		Washington State		21-7	A	26,000
Oct.	19	L		Southern California		0-28	A	45,000
Oct.	26	W		California		20-6	H	38,000
Nov.	9	W		Stanford		21-15	A	25,000
Nov.	16	W		Oregon		16-0	H	34,000
Nov.	23	W		Montana		21-0	H	7,000
Nov.	30	L		Oregon State		12-21	N	28,000
N-at Portland						144-140		285,000

1947
Coach: Ralph Welch • Captain: Gail Bruce • Record: 3-6-0
Pacific Coast Conference: 2-5-0 (7th, tied)

Month	Date	W/L	UW AP Rank	Opponent	Opp. AP Rank	Score	Site	Attend.
Sept.	27	L		Minnesota		6-7	A	43377
Oct.	4	L		Oregon State		7-14	H	37000
Oct.	11	W		St. Mary's		26-6	H	34000
Oct.	18	L		Oregon		0-6	N	26,000
Oct.	25	W		Stanford		25-0	H	32000
Nov.	1	L		Southern California	5	0-19	H	32000
Nov.	8	L		California	12	7-13	A	50, 000
Nov.	15	L		UCLA		7-34	A	43777
Nov.	22	W		Washington State		20-0	H	31, 500
N-at Portland						98-99		329,654

1948
Coach: Howard Odell • Captain: Alf Hemsted • Record: 2-7-1
Pacific Coast Conference: 2-5-1 (7th)

Month	Date	W/L	UW AP Rank	Opponent	Opp. AP Rank	Score	Site	Attend.
Sept.	25	L		Minnesota		0-20	H	40,487
Oct.	2	T		Oregon State		14-14	N	25,000
Oct.	9	W		UCLA		27-6	H	28,000
Oct.	16	L		at Washington State		0-10	A	25,000
Oct.	23	L		California	4	0-21	H	38,000
Oct.	30	L		at Stanford		0-20	A	25,000
Nov.	6	L		Oregon	16	7-13	H	33,400
Nov.	13	L		at So. California		7-32	A	44,500
Nov.	20	W		Idaho		34-7	H	20,000
Nov.	27	L		Notre Dame	2	0-46	A	52,000
N-at Portland						89-189		331,387

1949
Coach: Howard Odell • Captain: Chuck Olson • Record: 3-7-0
Pacific Coast Conference: 2-5-0 (6th, tied)

Month	Date	W/L	UW AP Rank	Opponent	Opp. AP Rank	Score	Site	Attend.
Sept.	17	W		Utah		14-7	H	26,553
Sept.	24	L		Minnesota		20-48	A	58,113
Oct.	1	L		Notre Dame		7-27	H	41,948
Oct.	8	L		Oregon State		3-7	H	27,340
Oct.	15	L		Stanford		0-40	H	33,745
Oct.	22	L		California	5	7-21	A	20,337
Oct.	29	L		Southern California	15	28-40	H	33,205
Nov.	5	W		Oregon		28-27	N	28,143
Nov.	12	L		UCLA		26-47	A	26,420
Nov.	19	W		Washington State		34-21	H	35,676
N-at Portland