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Idaho was ranked at No. 119 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final [[Litkenhous Ratings]] for 1947.<ref>{{cite news|title=Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings|newspaper=Times|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 18, 1947|page=47|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123152970/michigan-national-champion-in-final/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
Idaho was ranked at No. 119 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final [[Litkenhous Ratings]] for 1947.<ref>{{cite news|title=Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings|newspaper=Times|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 18, 1947|page=47|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123152970/michigan-national-champion-in-final/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>


==Season==
Led on the field by <!--halfback was primary passer --> 26-year-old passing halfback Billy (The Rifle) Williams,<ref name=srrcitlt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kTBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZOUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6989%2C5699304|newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|agency=Associated Press |title=Record crowd Idaho tilt |date=November 15, 1947|page=9}}</ref> Idaho compiled a {{nowrap|4–4}} overall record.
Led on the field by <!--halfback was primary passer --> 26-year-old passing halfback Billy (The Rifle) Williams,<ref name=srrcitlt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kTBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZOUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6989%2C5699304|newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|agency=Associated Press |title=Record crowd Idaho tilt |date=November 15, 1947|page=9}}</ref> Idaho compiled a {{nowrap|4–4}} overall record.


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Following the war and the single-win seasons of the previous two years, the 1947 team had the best record since [[1938 Idaho Vandals football team|1938]]. Despite the improvement, it was Howell's best season at Idaho and a winning football season was still sixteen years away; the [[1963 Idaho Vandals football team|1963]] team went {{nowrap|5–4}} under {{nowrap|[[Dee Andros]]}} (with the final game canceled). In&nbsp;between, two seasons also had even .500 records: [[1952 Idaho Vandals football team|1952]] and [[1957 Idaho Vandals football team|1957]].
Following the war and the single-win seasons of the previous two years, the 1947 team had the best record since [[1938 Idaho Vandals football team|1938]]. Despite the improvement, it was Howell's best season at Idaho and a winning football season was still sixteen years away; the [[1963 Idaho Vandals football team|1963]] team went {{nowrap|5–4}} under {{nowrap|[[Dee Andros]]}} (with the final game canceled). In&nbsp;between, two seasons also had even .500 records: [[1952 Idaho Vandals football team|1952]] and [[1957 Idaho Vandals football team|1957]].

==Schedule==
==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule
{{CFB schedule
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| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1947|team=Puget Sound Loggers|title=Puget Sound}}
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1947|team=Puget Sound Loggers|title=Puget Sound}}
| site_stadium = [[Neale Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Neale Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Moscow, Idaho|Moscow, ID]]
| site_cityst = [[Moscow, Idaho|Moscow, ID]]
| score = 27–7
| score = 27–7
| attend = &nbsp; 7,500
| attend = &nbsp; 7,500
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| opponent = [[1947 Stanford Indians football team|Stanford]]
| opponent = [[1947 Stanford Indians football team|Stanford]]
| site_stadium = [[Stanford Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Stanford Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Stanford, California|Stanford, CA]]
| site_cityst = [[Stanford, California|Stanford, CA]]
| score = 19–16
| score = 19–16
| attend = 15,000
| attend = 15,000
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| homecoming = y
| homecoming = y
| opponent = [[1947 Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State]]
| opponent = [[1947 Washington State Cougars football team|Washington State]]
⚫
| gamename = [[Battle&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Palouse]]
| site_stadium = Neale Stadium
| site_stadium = Neale Stadium
| site_cityst = Moscow, ID
| site_cityst = Moscow, ID
⚫
| gamename = [[Battle of the Palouse]]
| score = 0–7
| score = 0–7
| attend = 22,500
| attend = 22,500
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| opponent = [[1947 Oregon State Beavers football team|Oregon State]]
| opponent = [[1947 Oregon State Beavers football team|Oregon State]]
| site_stadium = [[Bell Field]]
| site_stadium = [[Bell Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis, OR]]
| site_cityst = [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis, OR]]
| score = 6–33
| score = 6–33
| attend = 10,000
| attend = 10,000
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| opponent = [[1947 Portland Pilots football team|Portland]]
| opponent = [[1947 Portland Pilots football team|Portland]]
| site_stadium = Neale Stadium
| site_stadium = Neale Stadium
| site_cityst = Moscow, ID
| site_cityst = Moscow, ID
| score = 20–14
| score = 20–14
| attend = &nbsp; 6,000
| attend = 6,000
| source = <ref name=ppopotld>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bLFeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1i8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1760%2C1445354 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Prayer pass gives Vandals 20-14 win over Portland |date=October 19, 1947 |page=8 }}</ref>
| source = <ref name=ppopotld>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bLFeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1i8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1760%2C1445354 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Prayer pass gives Vandals 20-14 win over Portland |date=October 19, 1947 |page=8 }}</ref>
}}
}}
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| opponent = [[1947 Oregon Webfoots football team|Oregon]]
| opponent = [[1947 Oregon Webfoots football team|Oregon]]
| site_stadium = [[Hayward Field]]
| site_stadium = [[Hayward Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]], OR
| site_cityst = [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene, OR]]
| score = 7–34
| score = 7–34
| attend = &nbsp; 8,300
| attend = 8,300
| source = <ref name=ergeztlt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=648RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4559%2C4107718 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon)|last=Love |first=Bill |title=Oregon grabs easy tilt from Vandals, 34-7 |date=November 3, 1947 |page=1}}</ref>
| source = <ref name=ergeztlt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=648RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4559%2C4107718 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon)|last=Love |first=Bill |title=Oregon grabs easy tilt from Vandals, 34-7 |date=November 3, 1947 |page=1}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{tooltip|November 7|Friday}}
| date = {{dow tooltip|November 7, 1947}}
| time = 2:00 pm
| time = 2:00 pm
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
| opponent = [[1947 Montana Grizzlies football team|Montana]]
| opponent = [[1947 Montana Grizzlies football team|Montana]]
⚫
| gamename = [[Little&nbsp;Brown&nbsp;Stein]]
| site_stadium = Neale Stadium
| site_stadium = Neale Stadium
| site_cityst = Moscow, ID
| site_cityst = Moscow, ID
⚫
| gamename = [[Little Brown Stein]]
| score = 0–21
| score = 0–21
| attend = &nbsp; 5,000
| attend = 5,000
| source = <ref name=mgdfid47/>
| source = <ref name=mgdfid47/>
}}
}}
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| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| nonconf = y
| neutral = y
| opponent = [[1947 Utah Utes football team|Utah]]
| opponent = [[1947 Utah Utes football team|Utah]]
| site_stadium = [[Albertsons Stadium#Public School Field|Public School Field]].
| site_stadium = [[Albertsons Stadium#Public School Field|Public School Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]], ID
| site_cityst = [[Boise, Idaho|Boise, ID]]
| score = 13–6
| score = 13–6
| attend = &nbsp; 8,000
| attend = 8,000
| source = <ref name=ikutdn/>
| source = <ref name=ikutdn/>
}}
}}
}}
}}
* One game was played on Friday (Montana at Moscow)


==All-conference==
==All-conference==
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==NFL draft==
==NFL draft==
One senior from the 1947 Vandals was selected in the [[1948 NFL draft]]:<ref name=prfbref48>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1948.htm |work=Pro Football Reference |title=1948 NFL Draft |access-date=November 12, 2017}}</ref>
One senior from the 1947 Vandals was selected in the [[1948 NFL draft]]:<ref name=prfbref48>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1948.htm |work=Pro Football Reference |title=1948 NFL Draft |access-date=November 12, 2017}}</ref>

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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="45%"
|- style="background:#B3A369;color:black;"
|- style="background:#B3A369;color:black;"
| '''Player''' || '''Position''' || '''Round''' || &nbsp; '''Pick''' &nbsp;|| '''Franchise'''
| '''Player''' || '''Position''' || '''Round''' || &nbsp; '''Pick''' &nbsp;|| '''Franchise'''
|-
|-
| align=left|Ed&nbsp;Watkins{{spaces|5}}||[[Tackle (gridiron football position)|T]] || [[1948 NFL Draft#Round twenty-seven|27th]] || 248 ||[[1948 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]]
| align=left|Ed&nbsp;Watkins{{spaces|5}}||[[Tackle (gridiron football position)|T]] || [[1948 NFL draft#Round twenty-seven|27th]] || 248 ||[[1948 Washington Redskins season|Washington Redskins]]
|}
|}


Two sophomores were selected in the [[1950 NFL draft]]:<ref name=prfbref50>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1950.htm |work=Pro Football Reference |title=1950 NFL Draft |access-date=November 12, 2017}}</ref>
Two sophomores were selected in the [[1950 NFL draft]]:<ref name=prfbref50>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1950.htm |work=Pro Football Reference |title=1950 NFL Draft |access-date=November 12, 2017}}</ref>

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|- style="background:#B3A369;color:black;"
|- style="background:#B3A369;color:black;"
| '''Player''' || '''Position''' || '''Round''' || &nbsp; '''Pick''' &nbsp;|| '''Franchise'''
| '''Player''' || '''Position''' || '''Round''' || &nbsp; '''Pick''' &nbsp;|| '''Franchise'''
|-
|-
| align=left|Carl&nbsp;Kiilsgaard||[[Tackle (gridiron football position)|T]] || [[1950 NFL Draft#Round five|5th]] || 61 ||[[1950 Chicago Cardinals season|Chicago Cardinals]]
| align=left|Carl&nbsp;Kiilsgaard||[[Tackle (gridiron football position)|T]] || [[1950 NFL draft#Round five|5th]] || 61 ||[[1950 Chicago Cardinals season|Chicago Cardinals]]
|-
|-
| align=left|Jerry&nbsp;Diehl||[[Halfback (American football)|HB]]|| [[1950 NFL Draft#Round twenty-eight|28th]] || 360 ||{{spaces|2}}[[1950 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]]{{spaces|2}}
| align=left|Jerry&nbsp;Diehl||[[Halfback (American football)|HB]]|| [[1950 NFL draft#Round twenty-eight|28th]] || 360 ||{{spaces|2}}[[1950 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]]{{spaces|2}}
|}
|}
*[[List of Idaho Vandals in the NFL Draft]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==

Latest revision as of 21:33, 2 December 2024

1947 Idaho Vandals football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–4 (1–4 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumNeale Stadium
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 USC $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
No. 15 California 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Oregon 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
UCLA 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Montana 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Oregon State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Washington 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Washington State 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Idaho 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Stanford 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1947 college football season. The Vandals were led by first-year head coach Dixie Howell,[1] and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. Home games were played on campus in Moscow at Neale Stadium, with one game in Boise at Public School Field. The Vandals were 4–4 overall and 1–4 in conference play.

Howell, age 34, had been the head coach at Arizona State before the war and was a finalist for the Idaho job six years earlier in 1941,[2] which went to Francis Schmidt. He played with Don Hutson and Bear Bryant at Alabama, and was the passer and a consensus All-American on the undefeated 1934 team that won the Rose Bowl and the national title.[3][4]

Idaho was ranked at No. 119 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[5]

Led on the field by 26-year-old passing halfback Billy (The Rifle) Williams,[6] Idaho compiled a 4–4 overall record.

The Vandals opened the season at home with a 27–7 win over the Puget Sound Loggers of Tacoma,[7] then traveled to northern California and defeated Stanford 19–16,[8] their only win in the series, after five defeats.[9] After a 6–3–1 season the previous year, Stanford fielded one of its poorest teams in 1947 and went winless at 0–9. (They have met only once since, Stanford crushed Idaho 63–0 two years later in 1949.)[10]

At the time, it was thought to be the first Idaho football win over a California school in the PCC, and 5,000 greeted the team at the Moscow train station on Monday morning; classes were canceled and the public schools were closed.[11] It was actually the second win, as first-year member UCLA lost in Moscow in 1928.[12][13] But it stands as the only road win and the most recent overall, as Idaho has not defeated any of the four California schools of the present-day Pac-12 in football since then, with winless all-time records against USC (0–9) and California (0–4).

The next week, the undefeated Vandals suffered a nineteenth straight loss in the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State, falling 7–0 at homecoming in Moscow.[14][15] With the excitement after the win at Stanford, the game at Neale Stadium drew an overflow attendance of 22,500, then a record gathering of any kind for the Palouse and the state of Idaho. The loss ran the winless streak against the Cougars to 21 games, a record of 0–20–1 since taking three straight in 1923–25; the Vandals tied again in 1950 and finally broke the streak in 1954 in Pullman.[16]

The road victory over Stanford was Idaho's only win in the PCC in 1947, and struggled on offense with just thirteen points scored in their four losses. That included a humbling 21–0 shutout at home to Montana for the Little Brown Stein on a Friday afternoon in November;[17] the Grizzlies had also won with a shutout the previous year, 19–0 in Missoula.[18] The season finale the next week in Boise was an improvement, with a 13–6 upset of Utah in the rain at Public School Field to finish at 4–4.[19] It was the first Vandal football game in Boise in five years and had a record overflow crowd;[6] Idaho improved its record in Boise games (southern homecoming) to 12–0–2[19] (they won the next three years, then only three of nine from 1951–59).

Following the war and the single-win seasons of the previous two years, the 1947 team had the best record since 1938. Despite the improvement, it was Howell's best season at Idaho and a winning football season was still sixteen years away; the 1963 team went 5–4 under Dee Andros (with the final game canceled). In between, two seasons also had even .500 records: 1952 and 1957.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 202:00 pmPuget Sound*
W 27–7  7,500[7]
September 272:30 pmat Stanford
W 19–1615,000[20]
October 42:00 pmWashington Statedagger
L 0–722,500[14][15]
October 112:00 pmat Oregon State
L 6–3310,000[21]
October 18Portland*
  • Neale Stadium
  • Moscow, ID
W 20–146,000[22]
November 12:00 pmat Oregon
L 7–348,300[23]
November 72:00 pmMontana
L 0–215,000[17]
November 15vs. Utah*
W 13–68,000[19]

All-conference

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No Vandals were named to the All-Coast team; halfback Billy Williams was named to the third team. Honorable mention were end Orville Barnes, tackle Will Overgaard, and guard Jack Dana.[24][25]

NFL draft

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One senior from the 1947 Vandals was selected in the 1948 NFL draft:[26]

Player Position Round   Pick   Franchise
Ed Watkins      T 27th 248 Washington Redskins

Two sophomores were selected in the 1950 NFL draft:[27]

Player Position Round   Pick   Franchise
Carl Kiilsgaard T 5th 61 Chicago Cardinals
Jerry Diehl HB 28th 360   Pittsburgh Steelers  

References

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  1. ^ "Howell signed by Idaho U." Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. February 27, 1947. p. 9.
  2. ^ "Dixie Howell views Idaho". Prescott Evening Courier. (Arizona). Associated Press. March 14, 1941. p. 5.
  3. ^ "New A-Day award will honor Howell". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). April 20, 1971. p. 6.
  4. ^ Browning, Al (April 26, 1981). "Howell wasn't just whistling 'Dixie'". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). p. B1.
  5. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b "Record crowd Idaho tilt". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 15, 1947. p. 9.
  7. ^ a b "Revitalized Vandals win opener over CPS, 27-7". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 21, 1947. p. 8.
  8. ^ "Honest, Mister, Idaho beat Stanford - 19 to 16!". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 28, 1947. p. 8.
  9. ^ "Idaho scores upset win over Stanford Indians". Eugene Register-Guard. United Press. September 28, 1947. p. 22.
  10. ^ "Stanford humbles Idaho, 63–0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 13, 1949. p. 8.
  11. ^ "Howell acclaimed hero for Idaho win". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. September 30, 1947. p. 6.
  12. ^ "Tromple Bruins". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 28, 1928. p. 15.
  13. ^ "Idaho is victor over UCLA, 20-6". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 28, 1928. p. 1, sports.
  14. ^ a b "Cougars claw Idaho Vandals 7-0". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 5, 1947. p. 1-sports.
  15. ^ a b "Grid fans pack Moscow stadium". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 4, 1947. p. 1.
  16. ^ Boni, Bill (October 24, 1954). "Idaho thumps WSC, 10-0". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
  17. ^ a b Miller, Bob (November 8, 1947). "Montana Grizzlies defeat Idaho's Vandals, 21-0, at Moscow". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 10.
  18. ^ "Montana shoves Vandals into loop cellar". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 3, 1946. p. 10.
  19. ^ a b c "Idaho knocks Utah down, 13-6". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 16, 1947. p. 1, sports.
  20. ^ Walter Gamage (September 28, 1947). "Vandals Come From Behind in 2nd Half". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "OSC drops Vandals 33-6". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). October 12, 1947. p. 8.
  22. ^ "Prayer pass gives Vandals 20-14 win over Portland". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 19, 1947. p. 8.
  23. ^ Love, Bill (November 3, 1947). "Oregon grabs easy tilt from Vandals, 34-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1.
  24. ^ "Northwest grid players ignored on A.P. All-Coast". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. November 25, 1947. p. 17.
  25. ^ "USC, Bears dominate AP All-Coast team". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 25, 1947. p. 8.
  26. ^ "1948 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  27. ^ "1950 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
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