1950 Idaho

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

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1950, game by game: won vs. Utah 26–19; lost vs. Montana 27–28; lost at UTEP 33–43; won vs. Oregon 14–0; tied at Washington State 7–7; lost vs. No. 18 Wyoming 7–14; lost at Oregon State 19–34; won at Boston University 26–19; lost at Arizona State 21–48+14−27Won 26–19 vs. Utah+7UtahLost 27–28 vs. Montana-1MontanaLost 33–43 at UTEP-10UTEPWon 14–0 vs. Oregon+14OregonTied 7–7 at Washington State0Washington StateLost 7–14 vs. No. 18 Wyoming-7No. 18 WyomingLost 19–34 at Oregon State-15Oregon StateWon 26–19 at Boston University+7Boston Universi…Lost 21–48 at Arizona State-27Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona State 48–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 30th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
3–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠1–⁠1 tied for 4th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
180–⁠212
Coach
Dixie Howell
Elo
1423 +7 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−8.4 No. 94 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bob Mays, Max Glaves and Vern Baxter

All-Pacific Coast

2 second team

Second team

  • Bill FrayOTAP-2
  • Ray ColquittOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠15
Washington6–⁠18–⁠211
UCLA5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford2–⁠2–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
Idaho1–⁠1–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Washington State2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
USC1–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
Oregon State2–⁠53–⁠6
Oregon0–⁠71–⁠9

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