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1948 Idaho

3–⁠6 (1–⁠5 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Dixie Howell.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1948, game by game: lost at Oregon State 12–27; lost at Utah 6–21; lost at UCLA 12–28; lost vs. Oregon 8–15; won vs. Montana 39–0; lost at Washington State 14–19; won vs. Montana State 28–12; won vs. Portland 28–0; lost at Washington 7–34+39−27Lost 12–27 at Oregon State-15Oregon StateLost 6–21 at Utah-15UtahLost 12–28 at UCLA-16UCLALost 8–15 vs. Oregon-7OregonWon 39–0 vs. Montana+39MontanaLost 14–19 at Washington State-5Washington StateWon 28–12 vs. Montana State+16Montana StateWon 28–0 vs. Portland+28PortlandLost 7–34 at Washington-27Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atOregon StateL 12–⁠2722%
Sep 25atUtahL 6–⁠2119%
Oct 2atUCLAL 12–⁠2818%
Oct 9vsOregonL 8–⁠1528%
Oct 23vsMontanaW 39–⁠047%
Oct 30atWashington StateL 14–⁠1927%
Nov 6vsMontana StateW 28–⁠1262%
Nov 13vsPortlandW 28–⁠070%
Nov 20atWashingtonL 7–⁠3440%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 34–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 53rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Photographs from 1948

  • Marching band at football game [02]
    Marching band at football game [02]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America

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
3–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠5 9th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
154–⁠156
Coach
Dixie Howell
Elo
1350 +4 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−12.2 No. 92 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1948 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon7–⁠09–⁠29
California6–⁠010–⁠14
USC4–⁠26–⁠3–⁠1
Washington State4–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Stanford3–⁠44–⁠6
Oregon State2–⁠3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠3
Washington2–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
UCLA2–⁠63–⁠7
Idaho1–⁠53–⁠6
Montana0–⁠33–⁠7

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