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1961 Idaho

2–⁠7, coached by Skip Stahley.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1961, game by game: lost at Oregon 0–51; won vs. San José State 27–18; lost at Oregon State 6–44; lost at Washington State 0–34; lost at Army 7–51; lost at Utah State 0–69; lost vs. Pacific 2–27; lost vs. Arizona 7–43; won at Montana 16–14+9−69Lost 0–51 at Oregon-51OregonWon 27–18 vs. San José State+9San José StateLost 6–44 at Oregon State-38Oregon StateLost 0–34 at Washington State-34Washington StateLost 7–51 at Army-44ArmyLost 0–69 at Utah State-69Utah StateLost 2–27 vs. Pacific-25PacificLost 7–43 vs. Arizona-36ArizonaWon 16–14 at Montana+2Montana
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atOregonL 0–⁠5117%
Sep 30vsSan José StateW 27–⁠1839%
Oct 7atOregon StateL 6–⁠4429%
Oct 14atWashington StateL 0–⁠3425%
Oct 21atArmyL 7–⁠5114%
Oct 28atUtah StateL 0–⁠6910%
Nov 4vsPacificL 2–⁠2744%
Nov 11vsArizonaL 7–⁠4321%
Nov 18atMontanaW 16–⁠1427%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Montana 16–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Photographs from 1961

  • 1961 Homecoming Football game, University of Idaho (20) vs. San Jose State (22) In-game action [07]
    1961 Homecoming Football game, University of Idaho (20) vs. San Jose State (22) In-game action [07]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • 1961 Homecoming Football game, University of Idaho (20) vs. San Jose State (22) In-game action [02]
    1961 Homecoming Football game, University of Idaho (20) vs. San Jose State (22) In-game action [02]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • 1961 Homecoming Football game, University of Idaho (20) vs. San Jose State (22) In-game action [13]
    1961 Homecoming Football game, University of Idaho (20) vs. San Jose State (22) In-game action [13]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • 1961 Homecoming Football game, University of Idaho (20) vs. San Jose State (22) In-game action [12]
    1961 Homecoming Football game, University of Idaho (20) vs. San Jose State (22) In-game action [12]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • 1961 Homecoming Football game, University of Idaho (20) vs. San Jose State (22) In-game action [16]
    1961 Homecoming Football game, University of Idaho (20) vs. San Jose State (22) In-game action [16]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • 1961 Homecoming Football game, University of Idaho (20) vs. San Jose State (22) In-game action [14]
    1961 Homecoming Football game, University of Idaho (20) vs. San Jose State (22) In-game action [14]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game

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.

Led the nationDick Mooney: kickoff return yards (494 yds)

Record
2–⁠7
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
65–⁠351
Coach
Skip Stahley
Elo
1280 −60 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−26.2 No. 108 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

  • Reg CarolanEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1961 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).