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1946 Idaho

1–⁠8 (0–⁠5 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by James A. Brown.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1946, game by game: lost at Stanford 0–45; lost at Washington State 0–32; lost at Marquette 6–46; lost vs. San José State 14–26; lost vs. No. 19 Oregon 13–26; lost at Montana 0–19; lost at Oregon State 0–34; won vs. Portland 20–6; lost at Fresno State 12–13+14−45Lost 0–45 at Stanford-45StanfordLost 0–32 at Washington State-32Washington StateLost 6–46 at Marquette-40MarquetteLost 14–26 vs. San José State-12San José StateLost 13–26 vs. No. 19 Oregon-13No. 19 OregonLost 0–19 at Montana-19MontanaLost 0–34 at Oregon State-34Oregon StateWon 20–6 vs. Portland+14PortlandLost 12–13 at Fresno State-1Fresno State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28atStanfordL 0–⁠455%
Oct 5atWashington StateL 0–⁠327%
Oct 12atMarquetteL 6–⁠4610%
Oct 19vsSan José StateL 14–⁠2646%
Oct 26vs19OregonL 13–⁠2615%
Nov 2atMontanaL 0–⁠1929%
Nov 9atOregon StateL 0–⁠347%
Nov 16vsPortlandW 20–⁠648%
Nov 28atFresno StateL 12–⁠1330%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Fresno State 13–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The worst season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Photographs from 1946

  • University of Idaho vs. Portland University [01]
    University of Idaho vs. Portland University [01]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • University of Idaho vs. Portland University [02]
    University of Idaho vs. Portland University [02]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Record
1–⁠8
Conference
0–⁠5 10th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
65–⁠247
Coach
James A. Brown
Elo
1105 −39 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−26.1 No. 115 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1946 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA7–⁠010–⁠14
Oregon State6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
USC5–⁠26–⁠4
Washington5–⁠35–⁠4
Stanford3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Montana1–⁠34–⁠4
Washington State1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠6–⁠1
California1–⁠62–⁠7
Idaho0–⁠51–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.