Английская Википедия:1954 Idaho Vandals football team

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox college sports team season Шаблон:1954 PCC football standings 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. Three home games were played on campus at Neale Stadium in Moscow, with another 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. The four-game winning streak was the program's longest in decades.

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

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, then shut out North Dakota in Moscow and BYU in Boise.

A former head coach at Toledo and an assistant at Washington and in the NFL with the Cardinals, Stahley was hired in February, at an annual salary of $9,000. He remained as Idaho's head coach for eight seasons, then continued as athletic director for three more years.

Coaching staff

• Earl Klapstein, line
• Jay Pattee, backs
• Gene Stauber, ends
• Clem Parberry, freshmen

All-conference

No Vandals were on the All-PCC team or the second team. Honorable mention were fullback Wilbur Gary and guard Burdette Hess.

NFL Draft

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

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Burdette HessШаблон:Spaces	G	15th	178	San Francisco 49ers

One sophomore was selected in the 1957 NFL Draft:

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Dick FosterШаблон:Spaces	T	11th	129	Washington Redskins

Four members of the freshman team were selected in the 1958 NFL Draft:

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Jerry Kramer	G	4th	39	Green Bay Packers
Wayne Walker	C	4th	45	Detroit Lions
Larry Aldrich	E	11th	127	Pittsburgh Steelers
Wade Patterson	E	16th	183	Шаблон:SpacesChicago CardinalsШаблон:Spaces

External links

• Gem of the Mountains: 1955 University of Idaho yearbook – 1954 football season
• Go Mighty Vandals – 1954 football season
• Official game program: Idaho at Washington State – October 23, 1954
• Official game program: Idaho at Utah – October 30, 1954
• Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1954 editions