1948 Idaho Vandals football team


The 1948 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1948 college football season. The Vandals were led by second-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 Public School Field.
Idaho was overall and won one of their six PCC games; future schedules had fewer conference matchups.
The Vandals' losing streak in the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State reached twenty games, with a loss in Pullman on October 30. Idaho tied the Cougars two years later, but the winless streak continued
In the rivalry game with Montana in Moscow a week earlier, Idaho won to regain the Little Brown Stein. Montana won it back two years later with a one-point then the Vandals won eight straight, through 1959.

Schedule

All-conference

No Vandals were named to the All-Coast team; honorable mention were tackles Carl Kiilsgaard and Will Overgaard, guard Wilbur Ruleman, and back John Brogan.

NFL Draft

Two juniors from the 1948 Vandals were selected in the 1950 NFL Draft:
PlayerPositionRound Pick Franchise
Carl KiilsgaardT5th61Chicago Cardinals
Jerry DiehlHB28th360 Pittsburgh Steelers

Three sophomores were selected in the 1951 NFL Draft:
PlayerPositionRound Pick Franchise
Bill FrayT16th191New York Yanks
King BlockFB21st250Detroit Lions
Jim ChadbandHB28th335New York Yanks