1950 Idaho Vandals football team explained

Year:1950
Team:Idaho Vandals
Sport:football
Conference:Pacific Coast Conference
Short Conf:PCC
Record:3–5–1
Conf Record:1–1–1
Head Coach:Dixie Howell
Hc Year:4th
Captain:Bob Mays
Captain2:Max Glaves
Captain3:Vern Baxter[1]
Stadium:Neale Stadium

The 1950 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1950 college football season. The Vandals were led by fourth-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 at old Bronco Stadium at Boise Junior College, the season opener at the

Led on the field by quarterbacks Max Glaves and Wayne Anderson, Idaho compiled a overall record and were in their three PCC games.

The Vandals broke a 21-game losing streak in the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State, with a tie in the mud at But the winless streak against the Cougars was up to since taking three straight in ; Idaho finally won four years later, also in

In the rivalry game with Montana at Neale Stadium four weeks earlier, favored Idaho was upset and relinquished the Little Brown Stein.[2] This was the last Montana win in the series for a decade; Idaho won the next eight, through

Idaho hosted Oregon for homecoming on October 14 and defeated the Webfoots for the first time in a quarter century.[3] [4] [5] They also hosted but fell by seven points in a scoreless second half;[6] [7] the Cowboys won all nine games and were ranked twelfth at the end of the regular season,[8] then won the

The Vandals made distant non-conference road trips to El Paso, Boston, and Tempe. The East Coast trip was a day game win in historic while the other two in the Southwest were night losses.[9] (Idaho had played at Fenway ten years earlier, with much different

Coaching change

After the season in December, Howell and his staff were given one-year contract Three months later, in late March 1951, university president Jesse Buchanan requested and received the resignations of Howell and two assistants, due to "lack of harmony" on the coaching staff.[10] [11] [12] One of those assistants was ends coach Babe Curfman, who was then asked by the administration to be the interim coach during the upcoming spring drills. He made a good impression and was re-hired as head coach in

Coaching staff

All-conference

No Vandals were on the All-Coast team; honorable mention were guard Roy Colquitt and fullback King Block.[13]

NFL Draft

Three seniors from the 1950 Vandals were selected in the 1951 NFL draft:[14]

Player Position Round   Pick  Franchise
Bill Fray191 New York Yanks
King BlockFB250 Detroit Lions
Jim Chadband HB335 New York Yanks

One junior was selected in the 1952 NFL draft:[15]

Player Position Round   Pick  Franchise
Glen Christian HB105 San Francisco 49ers

One sophomore was selected in the 1953 NFL draft:[16]

Player Position Round   Pick  Franchise
Don RingeT303   Chicago Cardinals  

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Vandals ready for Boise 'kickoff'; Howell says – cross your fingers . Idaho Argonaut . (Moscow) . (University of Idaho) . September 22, 1950 . 4.
  2. News: Montana edges Idaho 28-27. Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Associated Press . October 1, 1950 . 8.
  3. News: Oregon smothered by Idahoans 14-0 . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Litchman . Art. October 15, 1950 . 10A.
  4. News: Idaho takes 14-0 homecoming victory over Oregon . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Associated Press . October 15, 1950 . 12.
  5. News: Idaho-WSC grid clash looms as vital game . Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington) . Ashlock . Herb . October 16, 1950 . 15.
  6. News: Idaho edged by Wyoming . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . United Press . November 5, 1950 . 12A.
  7. News: Game Vandals lose 14-7 to touted Cowboys . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press . November 5, 1950. 8.
  8. News: Oklahoma is national champion in final grid poll . Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington) . November 28, 1950 . 17.
  9. News: Texas Western whips Idaho 43-33 in wild, free-scoring grid game . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Associated Press . October 8, 1950 . 10.
  10. News: Idaho football coach, staff get official ouster . Bend Bulletin . (Oregon) . United Press . March 27, 1951 . 1.
  11. News: Dixie Howell resigns as Idaho football coach. Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). March 27, 1951. 21.
  12. News: Resignations accepted from Howell, Ramsey, Curfman . Idaho Argonaut . (Moscow) . (University of Idaho) . March 30, 1951 . 1.
  13. News: Huskies place three players on U.P. lineup . Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington) . United Press . November 27, 1950 . 17.
  14. Web site: 1951 NFL Draft . Pro Football Reference . November 8, 2017 . December 10, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101210101438/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1951.htm . dead .
  15. Web site: 1952 NFL Draft . Pro Football Reference . November 7, 2017 . November 21, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101121115426/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1952.htm . dead .
  16. Web site: 1953 NFL Draft . Pro Football Reference . November 7, 2017 . October 30, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101030104143/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1953.htm . dead .