Stahley compiled a record in eight seasons in Moscow . While on the Palouse , he coached future NFL notables Jerry Kramer , Wayne Walker , Jim Prestel , and AFL all-star Jim Norton . The Vandals were members of the Pacific Coast Conference for Stahley 's first five seasons , then played as an independent when the conference disbanded . Idaho 's only conference victory under Stahley came in his first season : the winless Vandals ( 0 – 5 ) surprised and shut out neighbor Washington State in Pullman in the Battle of the Palouse in 1954 . It was Idaho 's first victory in football over the Cougars in 29 years , and the subsequent march by WSC students from Pullman to Moscow was featured in '' Life '' magazine : The win started a four-game winning streak , Idaho 's longest in 31 years , to finish at for the 1954 season . That win at Rogers Field in his first attempt turned out to be Stahley 's only triumph over the Cougars ; the Vandals waited a full decade before the next
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