1957 Idaho State Bengals football team
American college football season
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The 1957 Idaho State Bengals football team was an American football team that represented Idaho State University as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1957 college football season. their sixth season under head coach Babe Caccia, the Bengals compiled a perfect 9–0 record, won the RMC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 280 to 85. The team captains were Jim Wagstaff and Ken Peterson.[1][2]
ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
Record9–0 (5–0 RMC)
Headcoach
- Babe Caccia (6th season)
Captains
- Jim Wagstaff
- Ken Peterson
| 1957 Idaho State Bengals football | |
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RMC champion | |
| Conference | Rocky Mountain Conference |
| Record | 9–0 (5–0 RMC) |
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| Home stadium | Spud Bowl |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western State (CO) | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State–Greeley | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado College | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado Mines | 0 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adams State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 21 | Hastings* | W 22–0 | 3,500 | [3] | |||
| September 28 | at Nevada* | W 40–6 | [4] | ||||
| October 5 | Western State (CO) |
| W 41–13 | [5] | |||
| October 19 | Montana State* |
| W 26–13 | 5,000 | [6] | ||
| October 26 | at Colorado College | W 34–7 | 2,000 | [7] | |||
| November 2 | Colorado Mines |
| W 34–7 | 1,500 | [8] | ||
| November 9 | at Colorado State–Greeley |
| W 7–6 | 1,500 | [9] | ||
| November 11 | at Adams State | Alamosa, CO | W 42–12 | [10] | |||
| November 23 | vs. College of Idaho* |
| W 34–21 | 3,500 | [11] | ||
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After the season
The following Bengal was selected in the 1958 NFL draft after the season.[13]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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| 21 | 253 | Jim Wagstaff | Back | Detroit Lions |