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1948 Idaho Vandals football team

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 StadiuminMoscow, with one game in BoiseatPublic 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.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	2:00 pm	atOregon State	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	L 12–27	8,500	[11][12]
September 25	7:00 pm	atUtah*	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	L 6–21	18,099	[3][4]
October 2	2:00 pm	atUCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 12–28	21,024	[13]
October 9	2:00 pm	Oregon	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID	L 8–15	12,000	[14][15]
October 23	2:00 pm	Montana	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID (Little Brown Stein)	W 39–0	7,500	[8][9]
October 30	2:00 pm	atWashington State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse)	L 14–19	17,000	[5][6]
November 6	1:00 pm	vs. Montana State*	Public School Field Boise, ID	W 28–12	5,500	[2][16]
November 13	2:00 pm	Portland*	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID	W 28–0	4,500	[17]
November 20	2:00 pm	atWashington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 7–34	20,000	[18]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Pacific time

Coaching staff[edit]

• Ben Enis, line
• Gene Harlow, guards
• Perron Shoemaker, ends
• Steve Belko, freshmen

All-conference[edit]

No Vandals were named to the All-Coast team; honorable mention were tackles Carl Kiilsgaard and Will Overgaard, guard Wilbur Ruleman, and back John Brogan.^[19][20]

NFL Draft[edit]

Two juniors from the 1948 Vandals were selected in the 1950 NFL Draft:^[21]

Three sophomores were selected in the 1951 NFL draft:^[22]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Gem of the Mountains: 1949 University of Idaho yearbook – 1948 football season
• Go Mighty Vandals – 1948 football season
• Official game program: Idaho at Washington State – October 30, 1948
• Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1948 editions