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1951 Idaho

2–⁠7 (0–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Raymond Curfman.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1951, game by game: lost at Wyoming 0–28; lost vs. San Francisco 7–28; lost vs. No. 15 Oregon State 6–34; won at Montana 12–9; won vs. San José State 40–7; lost at Oregon 13–14; lost vs. No. 17 Washington State 6–9; lost at Arizona 6–13; lost at Utah 19–40+33−28Lost 0–28 at Wyoming-28WyomingLost 7–28 vs. San Francisco-21San FranciscoLost 6–34 vs. No. 15 Oregon State-28No. 15 Oregon StateWon 12–9 at Montana+3MontanaWon 40–7 vs. San José State+33San José StateLost 13–14 at Oregon-1OregonLost 6–9 vs. No. 17 Washington State-3No. 17 Washington StateLost 6–13 at Arizona-7ArizonaLost 19–40 at Utah-21Utah
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22atWyomingL 0–⁠2824%
Sep 29vsSan FranciscoL 7–⁠2841%
Oct 6vs15Oregon StateL 6–⁠3437%
Oct 13atMontanaW 12–⁠946%
Oct 20vsSan José StateW 40–⁠759%
Nov 3atOregonL 13–⁠1455%
Nov 10vs17Washington StateL 6–⁠943%
Nov 17atArizonaL 6–⁠1346%
Nov 22atUtahL 19–⁠4033%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Utah 40–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 43rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Photographs from 1951

  • Football player #42
    Football player #42Photo: 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
2–⁠7
Conference
0–⁠3 9th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
109–⁠182
Coach
Raymond Curfman
Elo
1371 −78 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−11.5 No. 97 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Split-T

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

  • Don RingeOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1951 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford6–⁠19–⁠27
UCLA4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠3–⁠117
California5–⁠28–⁠212
USC4–⁠27–⁠3
Washington State4–⁠37–⁠318
Oregon State3–⁠54–⁠6
Washington1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Oregon1–⁠62–⁠8
Idaho0–⁠32–⁠7

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