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1959 Idaho

1–⁠9, coached by Skip Stahley.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1959, game by game: lost at Utah State 0–14; lost at Washington 0–23; lost at Arizona 14–16; lost at No. 18 Air Force 0–21; lost at Oregon State 18–66; lost at Washington State 5–27; lost vs. No. 16 Oregon 7–45; lost vs. Utah 13–47; lost at Pacific 13–28; won vs. Montana 9–6+7−48Lost 0–14 at Utah State-14Utah StateLost 0–23 at Washington-23WashingtonLost 14–16 at Arizona-2ArizonaLost 0–21 at No. 18 Air Force-21No. 18 Air ForceLost 18–66 at Oregon State-48Oregon StateLost 5–27 at Washington State-22Washington StateLost 7–45 vs. No. 16 Oregon-38No. 16 OregonLost 13–47 vs. Utah-34UtahLost 13–28 at Pacific-15PacificWon 9–6 vs. Montana+3Montana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atUtah StateL 0–⁠1452%
Sep 26atWashingtonL 0–⁠2336%
Oct 3atArizonaL 14–⁠1650%
Oct 10at18Air ForceL 0–⁠2118%
Oct 17atOregon StateL 18–⁠6634%
Oct 24atWashington StateL 5–⁠2717%
Oct 31vs16OregonL 7–⁠4525%
Nov 7vsUtahL 13–⁠4741%
Nov 14atPacificL 13–⁠2826%
Nov 21vsMontanaW 9–⁠675%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Montana 9–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Photographs from 1959

  • Football coaches
    Football coachesPhoto: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
  • Football coaches
    Football coachesPhoto: 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
1–⁠9
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
79–⁠293
Coach
Skip Stahley
Elo
1304 −158 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
−19.8 No. 102 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1960

The 1960 draft
Rd 7Jim Norton WRDetroit Lions