Known as the greatest football team in C of I history, the Coyotes completed a perfect 8-0 regular season, winning the Northwest Conference championship and defeated both Idaho State and Montana State during the year. Led by quarterback Boyd Crawford, halfbacks Ted Martin and Ed Bonaminio, ends R.C. Owens and Jack Kennevick, and lineman Joe Kahahawai, the 1953 Coyotes averaged over 40 points per game and were extended a bid to play in the Refrigerator Bowl in Evansville, Ind., where they lost 14-12 to Sam Houston State.