--> 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 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. ==Schedule==