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1954 Idaho

4–⁠5 (1–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Skip Stahley.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1954, game by game: lost vs. No. 18 Oregon 0–41; lost at Oregon State 0–13; lost vs. San José State 7–38; lost at Pacific 0–13; lost at Arizona 13–35; won at Washington State 10–0; won at Utah 14–13; won vs. North Dakota 45–0; won vs. BYU 7–0+45−41Lost 0–41 vs. No. 18 Oregon-41No. 18 OregonLost 0–13 at Oregon State-13Oregon StateLost 7–38 vs. San José State-31San José StateLost 0–13 at Pacific-13PacificLost 13–35 at Arizona-22ArizonaWon 10–0 at Washington State+10Washington StateWon 14–13 at Utah+1UtahWon 45–0 vs. North Dakota+45North DakotaWon 7–0 vs. BYU+7BYU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vs18OregonL 0–⁠4145%
Sep 25atOregon StateL 0–⁠1326%
Oct 2vsSan José StateL 7–⁠3838%
Oct 9atPacificL 0–⁠1325%
Oct 16atArizonaL 13–⁠3515%
Oct 23atWashington StateW 10–⁠018%
Oct 30atUtahW 14–⁠1318%
Nov 13vsNorth DakotaW 45–⁠084%
Nov 20vsBYUW 7–⁠062%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat BYU 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠2 tied for 6th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
96–⁠153
Coach
Skip Stahley
Elo
1347 −8 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−17.2 No. 103 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Burdette Hess
Offense
T formation

1954 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠09–⁠02
USC6–⁠18–⁠417
Oregon5–⁠36–⁠4
California4–⁠35–⁠5
Washington State3–⁠44–⁠6
Stanford2–⁠44–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠24–⁠5
Washington1–⁠62–⁠8
Oregon State1–⁠61–⁠8

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