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1949 Idaho

3–⁠5 (1–⁠4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Dixie Howell.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1949, game by game: won vs. Willamette 79–0; lost at Oregon 0–41; lost at Texas 7–56; lost vs. Washington State 13–35; won at Montana 47–19; won vs. Portland 49–21; lost vs. Oregon State 25–35; lost at No. 17 Stanford 0–63+79−63Won 79–0 vs. Willamette+79WillametteLost 0–41 at Oregon-41OregonLost 7–56 at Texas-49TexasLost 13–35 vs. Washington State-22Washington StateWon 47–19 at Montana+28MontanaWon 49–21 vs. Portland+28PortlandLost 25–35 vs. Oregon State-10Oregon StateLost 0–63 at No. 17 Stanford-63No. 17 Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsWillametteW 79–⁠084%
Sep 24atOregonL 0–⁠4120%
Oct 1atTexasL 7–⁠5613%
Oct 15vsWashington StateL 13–⁠3550%
Oct 22atMontanaW 47–⁠1944%
Oct 29vsPortlandW 49–⁠2180%
Nov 5vsOregon StateL 25–⁠3543%
Nov 12at17StanfordL 0–⁠6320%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stanford 63–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Photographs from 1949

  • 1949 Freshman football group picture [02]
    1949 Freshman football group picture [02]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
  • 1949 Freshman football group picture [01]
    1949 Freshman football group picture [01]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
3–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠4 9th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
220–⁠270
Coach
Dixie Howell
Elo
1375 −25 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−10.3 No. 94 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1950

The 1950 draft
Rd 5Carl Kiilsgaard OTChicago Cardinals

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California7–⁠010–⁠13
UCLA5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford4–⁠27–⁠3–⁠1
USC4–⁠25–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon State5–⁠37–⁠3
Oregon2–⁠54–⁠6
Washington2–⁠53–⁠7
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠43–⁠5
Montana0–⁠35–⁠4

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