Английская Википедия:1949 Idaho Vandals football team
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox college sports team season Шаблон:1949 Pacific Coast Conference football standings The 1949 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1949 college football season. The Vandals were led by third-year head coach Dixie Howell and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. Home games were played on campus at Neale Stadium in Moscow, with one game in Boise, a final time at Public School Field.
Idaho was Шаблон:Nowrap overall and won one of their five PCC games.
The Vandals' losing streak in the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State reached 21 games, with a Шаблон:Nowrap homecoming loss in Moscow. Idaho tied the Cougars the next year, but the winless streak continued until five years later.[1]
In the rivalry game with Montana in Missoula the following week, Idaho won Шаблон:Nowrap to retain the Little Brown Stein in the Grizzlies' last year in the PCC. Montana returned the favor in Moscow the next year with a one-point upset, then the Vandals won eight straight, through 1959.
Babe Curfman was hired as the ends coach in February 1949;[2][3] he became head coach in Шаблон:Nowrap
Schedule
Coaching staff
- Bill Godwin, tackles
- Gene Harlow, guards
- Raymond A. Curfman, ends
- Steve Belko, freshmen
All-conference
Tackle Carl Kiilsgaard was named to the All-Coast team; honorable mention were tackle Will Overgaard,[4] guard Roy Colquitt, quarterback John Brogan, and halfback Jerry Diehl.[5][6]
NFL Draft
Two seniors from the 1949 Vandals were selected in the 1950 NFL Draft:[7]
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Carl Kiilsgaard | T | 5th | 61 | Chicago Cardinals |
| Jerry Diehl | HB | 28th | 360 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Three juniors were selected in the 1951 NFL Draft:[8]
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Bill Fray | T | 16th | 191 | New York Yanks |
| King Block | FB | 21st | 250 | Detroit Lions |
| Jim Chadband | HB | 28th | 335 | Шаблон:SpacesNew York YanksШаблон:Spaces |
One sophomore was selected in the 1952 NFL Draft:[9]
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Glen Christian | HB | 9th | 105 | San Francisco 49ers |
References
External links
- Gem of the Mountains: 1950 University of Idaho yearbook – 1949 football season
- Go Mighty Vandals – 1949 football season
- Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1949 editions
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