1948 Idaho Vandals football team

1948 Idaho Vandals football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record3–6 (1–5 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumNeale Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 California ^ + 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Oregon + 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
USC 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Washington State 4 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Stanford 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Oregon State 2 – 3 – 2 5 – 4 – 3
Washington 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
UCLA 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Idaho 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Montana 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1948 college football season. The Vandals were led by second-year head coach Dixie Howell and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference.

Idaho was ranked at No. 90 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[1]

Home games were played on campus at Neale Stadium in Moscow, with one game in Boise at Public School Field.[2]

Idaho was 3–6 overall and won one of their six PCC games; future schedules had fewer conference matchups. A night game was played in late September in Salt Lake City, a loss to Utah.[3][4]

The Vandals' losing streak in the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State reached twenty games, with a 14–19 loss in Pullman on October 30.[5][6] Idaho tied the Cougars two years later, but the winless streak continued until 1954.[7]

In the rivalry game with Montana in Moscow a week earlier, Idaho won 39–0 to regain the Little Brown Stein.[8][9] Montana won it back two years later with a one-point upset,[10] then the Vandals won eight straight, through 1959.

  1. ^ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Sell-out seen in Boise tilt". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 6, 1948. p. 10.
  3. ^ "Utah's passing attack defeats Idaho Vandals 21-6". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 26, 1948. p. 16.
  4. ^ Miller, Hack (September 26, 1948). "Redskin sweet revenge, Utah 21, Idaho 6". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. C-1.
  5. ^ Faris, Don (October 31, 1948). "Cougars post 19-14 win over 'jinxed' Vandal gridders". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 8.
  6. ^ May, Danny (October 31, 1948). "Cougars maintain jinx over Idaho with 19-14 win at Pullman". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
  7. ^ Boni, Bill (October 24, 1954). "Idaho thumps WSC, 10-0". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
  8. ^ Faris, Don (October 24, 1948). "Vandals wallop hapless Montana 39-0 for first win". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 8.
  9. ^ "Vandals walk over weak Montana, 39-0". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. October 24, 1948. p. 16.
  10. ^ "Montana edges Idaho 28-27". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 1, 1950. p. 8.