The 1919 Washington football team was an

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team that represented the

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during the

1919 college football season The 1919 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing 1919 Centre Praying Colonels football team, Centre, 1919 Harvard Crimson football team, Harvard, 1919 Illinois Fightin ...

. In its second, non-consecutive season under coach Claude J. Hunt, the team compiled a 5–1 record, was co-champion of the

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, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 202 to 31. Ervin Dailey was the team captain. The university's "Sun Dodgers" nickname was suggested in November 1919, but not officially adopted by the students until January 28, 1920.

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