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1955 Idaho

2–⁠7 (0–⁠4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Skip Stahley.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1955, game by game: lost at Washington 7–14; lost vs. Utah 13–20; lost at Arizona 14–47; lost vs. Pacific 0–20; lost vs. Washington State 0–9; lost at Oregon 0–25; lost at Oregon State 14–33; won at BYU 49–6; won vs. Montana 31–0+43−33Lost 7–14 at Washington-7WashingtonLost 13–20 vs. Utah-7UtahLost 14–47 at Arizona-33ArizonaLost 0–20 vs. Pacific-20PacificLost 0–9 vs. Washington State-9Washington StateLost 0–25 at Oregon-25OregonLost 14–33 at Oregon State-19Oregon StateWon 49–6 at BYU+43BYUWon 31–0 vs. Montana+31Montana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atWashingtonL 7–⁠1440%
Sep 24vsUtahL 13–⁠2047%
Oct 1atArizonaL 14–⁠4723%
Oct 8vsPacificL 0–⁠2039%
Oct 15vsWashington StateL 0–⁠947%
Oct 29atOregonL 0–⁠2516%
Nov 5atOregon StateL 14–⁠3322%
Nov 11atBYUW 49–⁠644%
Nov 19vsMontanaW 31–⁠058%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Montana 31–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 51st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Photographs from 1955

  • Marching band at football game [03]
    Marching band at football game [03]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.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1955.

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
0–⁠4 9th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
128–⁠174
Coach
Skip Stahley
Elo
1354 −44 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−11.6 No. 93 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1955 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠09–⁠24
Oregon State5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠116
Oregon4–⁠36–⁠4
Washington4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
USC3–⁠36–⁠413
California1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Washington State1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠7–⁠2
Idaho0–⁠42–⁠7

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