1957 Idaho

4–⁠4–⁠1 (0–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Skip Stahley.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1957, game by game: lost vs. Oregon 6–9; lost at Arizona State 7–19; won vs. Utah 21–6; lost at No. 7 Oregon State 0–20; tied at Pacific 7–7; won vs. Fresno State 20–6; won vs. Montana 31–13; won at Utah State 35–7; lost at Washington State 13–21+28−20Lost 6–9 vs. Oregon-3OregonLost 7–19 at Arizona State-12Arizona StateWon 21–6 vs. Utah+15UtahLost 0–20 at No. 7 Oregon State-20No. 7 Oregon StateTied 7–7 at Pacific0PacificWon 20–6 vs. Fresno State+14Fresno StateWon 31–13 vs. Montana+18MontanaWon 35–7 at Utah State+28Utah StateLost 13–21 at Washington State-8Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington State 21–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

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 1957.

Record
4–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠3 9th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
140–⁠108
Coach
Skip Stahley
Elo
1486 +29 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.3 No. 49 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 4Jerry Kramer OGGreen Bay Packers
Rd 4Wayne Walker CDetroit Lions

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State6–⁠28–⁠2
Oregon6–⁠27–⁠4
UCLA5–⁠28–⁠2
Washington State5–⁠36–⁠4
Stanford4–⁠36–⁠4
Washington3–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
California1–⁠61–⁠9
USC1–⁠61–⁠9
Idaho0–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1

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