1954 Idaho Vandals football team

Coordinates: 46°43′34″N 117°01′05″W / 46.726°N 117.018°W / 46.726; -117.018

1954 Idaho Vandals football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
1954 record 4–5 (1–2 PCC)
Head coach Skip Stahley (1st season)
Home stadium Neale Stadium
1954 PCC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 UCLA $ 6 –0 –0  9 –0 –0
No. 17 USC 6 –1 –0  8 –4 –0
Oregon 5 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
California 4 –3 –0  5 –5 –0
Washington State 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Stanford 2 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Idaho 1 –2 –0  4 –5 –0
Washington 1 –6 –0  2 –8 –0
Oregon State 1 –6 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1954 college football season. The Vandals were led by first-year head coach Skip Stahley and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. Home games were played on campus at Neale Stadium in Moscow, with one home game in Boise at old Bronco Stadium at Boise Junior College.

Idaho compiled a 4–5 overall record and were 1–2 in the PCC. After five losses to open, they won their last four games. Six of the nine games were shutouts, with three wins and three losses.

In the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State, the 0–5 Vandals blanked the Cougars 10–0 in Pullman on October 23 for Stahley's first victory as head coach.[1] It was Idaho's first win in the series in 29 years;[2] the next came ten years later in 1964.[3]

The annual game with Montana was not played this year; outside of wartime years (without teams), it was the first break in the rivalry in forty years. Idaho was three games into an eight-game streak over the Grizzlies and retained the Little Brown Stein until 1960.

After the win in Pullman, Idaho defeated favored Utah in Salt Lake City,[4][5] then shut out North Dakota in Moscow and BYU in Boise.[6][7]


Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 18 2:00 pm Oregon Neale Stadium • Moscow, Idaho [8] L   0–41     7,000
September 25 1:30 pm at Oregon State Parker Stadium • Corvallis, Oregon [9] L   0–13     9,000
October 2 2:00 pm San Jose State*dagger Neale Stadium • Moscow, Idaho L   7–38    
October 9 at Pacific (CA)* Pacific Memorial Stadium • Stockton, California L   0–13    
October 16 7:00 pm at Arizona* Arizona Stadium • Tucson, Arizona L 13–25    
October 23 2:00 pm at Washington State Rogers Field • Pullman, Washington [1][2] (Battle of the Palouse) W 10–0   12,000
October 30 at Utah* Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City [5] W 14–13   14,065
November 13 1:30 pm North Dakota* Neale Stadium • Moscow, Idaho [6] W 45–0    
November 20 1:00 pm vs. Brigham Young* old Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho [7] W   7–0   10,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. All times are in Pacific Time.

NFL Draft

One senior from the 1954 Vandals was selected in the 1955 NFL Draft:[10]

PlayerPositionRound  Pick  Franchise
Burdette Hess    G15th178San Francisco 49ers  

One sophomore was selected in the 1957 NFL Draft:[11]

PlayerPositionRound  Pick  Franchise
Dick Foster        T11th129Washington Redskins

Four members of the freshman team were selected in the 1958 NFL Draft:[12][13]

PlayerPositionRound  Pick  Franchise
Jerry KramerG4th39Green Bay Packers
Wayne WalkerC4th45Detroit Lions
Larry AldrichE11th127Pittsburgh Steelers
Wade PattersonE16th183   Chicago Cardinals   

References

  1. 1 2 Boni, Bill (October 24, 1954). "Idaho thumps WSC, 10 to 0". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
  2. 1 2 ""Win made us ball club", says Skip Stahley". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 25, 1954. p. 17.
  3. ↑ Missildine, Harry (October 25, 1964). "'Thunder Ray' leads Idaho's charge". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 1-sports.
  4. ↑ Boni, Bill (October 30, 1954). "Utah 2-TD favorite but Vandals laugh". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 10.
  5. 1 2 Boni, Bill (October 31, 1954). "Vandals win again; nip Utah". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
  6. 1 2 Boni, Bill (November 14, 1954). "Vandals trounce Dakotans easily". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
  7. 1 2 "Lawr's TD wins for Idaho over BYU". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 21, 1954. p. 1, sports.
  8. ↑ Strite, Dick (September 19, 1954). "Webfoots wallop Idaho 41-0". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
  9. ↑ Cornacchia, Pete (September 26, 1954). "Beavers bound Vandals 13-0 in PCC opener". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  10. ↑ "1955 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  11. ↑ "1957 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  12. ↑ "1958 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Freshman football: 1954 season". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. 1955. p. 203.
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