1946 Idaho Vandals football team

1946 Idaho Vandals football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record1–8 (0–5 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumNeale Stadium
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 UCLA $ 7 0 0 10 1 0
Oregon State 6 1 1 7 1 1
USC 5 2 0 6 4 0
Washington 5 3 0 5 4 0
Stanford 3 3 1 6 3 1
Oregon 3 4 1 4 4 1
Montana 1 3 0 4 4 0
Washington State 1 5 1 1 6 1
California 1 6 0 2 7 0
Idaho 0 5 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1946 college football season. The Vandals were led by second-year head coach James A. Brown and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. Home games were played on campus at Neale Stadium in Moscow, with none held in Boise this season.

Idaho was 1–8 overall and lost all five of their PCC games.

The Vandals' losing streak in the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State reached eighteen games, shut out 0–32 in Pullman on October 5.[1] Idaho tied the Cougars four years later, but the winless streak continued until 1954.[2]

In the rivalry game with Montana in Missoula, Idaho was blanked 0–19 to relinquish the Little Brown Stein;[3] it was the fourth of six straight shutouts in the series, with each side winning three.

Shortly after the final game on Thanksgiving, Brown resigned as head coach;[4] succeeded by Dixie Howell in February 1947.[5]

  1. ^ "Cougars batter Vandals in 32-0 victory". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 6, 1946. p. 5.
  2. ^ Boni, Bill (October 24, 1954). "Idaho thumps WSC, 10-0". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
  3. ^ "Montana shoves Vandals into loop cellar". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 3, 1946. p. 10.
  4. ^ "J.A. 'Babe' Brown resigns as head football coach at Idaho". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 30, 1946. p. 8.
  5. ^ "Howell signed by Idaho U." Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. February 27, 1947. p. 9.

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