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1958 Idaho

4–⁠5 (0–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Skip Stahley.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1958, game by game: lost at Oregon 0–27; lost at Missouri 10–14; won at Utah 20–0; lost vs. Washington State 0–8; lost vs. Oregon State 6–20; won at Arizona 24–16; lost vs. San José State 6–41; won at Montana 14–6; won vs. Utah State 34–7+27−35Lost 0–27 at Oregon-27OregonLost 10–14 at Missouri-4MissouriWon 20–0 at Utah+20UtahLost 0–8 vs. Washington State-8Washington StateLost 6–20 vs. Oregon State-14Oregon StateWon 24–16 at Arizona+8ArizonaLost 6–41 vs. San José State-35San José StateWon 14–6 at Montana+8MontanaWon 34–7 vs. Utah State+27Utah State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atOregonL 0–⁠2735%
Sep 27atMissouriL 10–⁠1441%
Oct 4atUtahW 20–⁠036%
Oct 11vsWashington StateL 0–⁠858%
Oct 18vsOregon StateL 6–⁠2047%
Oct 25atArizonaW 24–⁠1662%
Nov 1vsSan José StateL 6–⁠4172%
Nov 8atMontanaW 14–⁠668%
Nov 15vsUtah StateW 34–⁠763%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Utah State 34–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 18th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Photographs from 1958

  • Homecoming queen, Charmaine Deitz, being escorted across football field in the Homecoming game
    Homecoming queen, Charmaine Deitz, being escorted across football field in the Homecoming gamePhoto: 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
4–⁠5
Conference
0–⁠3 9th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
114–⁠139
Coach
Skip Stahley
Elo
1442 −48 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−6.9 No. 82 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1959

The 1959 draft
Rd 6Jim Prestel OTCleveland Browns

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

  • Pete JohnsonOTAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California6–⁠17–⁠416
Washington State6–⁠27–⁠3
USC4–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State5–⁠36–⁠4
Oregon4–⁠44–⁠6
UCLA2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠52–⁠8
Washington1–⁠63–⁠7
Idaho0–⁠34–⁠5

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