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.
[1] 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.
[2][3] Two University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1958 NFL draft, which lasted 30 rounds with 360 selections.
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