1953 Idaho
1–8 (0–3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Raymond Curfman. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Montana 20–12Oct 3
By 8 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | at San José State | L 6–34 | 40% |
| Sep 26 | at Utah | L 0–21 | 25% |
| Oct 3 | at Montana | W 20–12 | 55% |
| Oct 10 | vs BYU | L 14–20 | 62% |
| Oct 17 | vs Washington State | L 13–30 | 48% |
| Oct 24 | vs Oregon State | L 0–19 | 63% |
| Nov 7 | at Oregon | L 6–26 | 31% |
| Nov 14 | vsPacific | L 0–33 | 39% |
| Nov 21 | vs Utah State | L 7–19 | 34% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Utah State 19–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pacific Coast Conference.
In program history: The 83rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).
- Record
- 1–8
- Conference
- 0–3 9th in Pacific Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 66–214
- Coach
- Raymond Curfman
- Elo
- 1282 −174 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −23.2 No. 106 of 110 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Pacific Coast
1 second teamSecond team
Flip KleffnerBAP-2; UP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1953 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1953 Pacific Coast Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 UCLA | 6–1 | 8–2 | 5 |
 Stanford | 5–1–1 | 6–3–1 | 19 |
 USC | 4–2–1 | 6–3–1 | |
 California | 2–2–2 | 4–4–2 | |
| Washington State | 3–4 | 4–6 | |
| Oregon State | 3–5 | 3–6 | |
 Washington | 2–4–1 | 3–6–1 | |
| Oregon | 2–5–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| Idaho | 0–3 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.