1920 Idaho Vandals football team

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1920 Idaho Vandals football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2
Head coach
Captain Felix Plastino [1] [2]
Home stadium MacLean Field
Seasons
←  1919
1921  →
1920 Western college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Nevada  – 7 –3 –1
USC  – 6 –0 –0
Arizona  – 6 –1 –0
Hawaii  – 6 –2 –0
New Mexico A&M  – 5 –1 –1
Santa Clara  – 5 –1 –0
Idaho  – 4 –2 –0
Gonzaga  – 4 –3 –0
Montana  – 4 –3 –0
Chico State  – 3 –3 –0
New Mexico  – 3 –3 –0
University Farm  – 3 –4 –0
Pacific (CA)  – 1 –2 –1
Saint Mary's  – 0 –3 –0

The 1920 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1920 college football season. Idaho was led by first-year head coach Thomas Kelley in their penultimate season as an independent before joining the Pacific Coast Conference in 1922. [3] [4] The Vandals had one home game in Moscow on campus at MacLean Field, with one in Boise at the state fairgrounds.

Contents

Idaho dropped a sixth consecutive game to Washington State in the Battle of the Palouse, falling 7–14 in the opener in Moscow. [5] [6] Three years later, the Vandals won the first of three consecutive, their only three-peat in the rivalry series.

After coming up six points short at Oregon to start with two losses, [7] [8] Idaho won its last four games.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 15 Washington State Dagger-14-plain.png
L 7–14 [5] [6]
October 23at Oregon
L 7–13 [7] [8]
October 30at Whitman
W 21–7 [9]
November 11vs. Utah
W 10–0 [10] [11]
November 20at Montana
W 20–7 [12]
November 27at Gonzaga
W 10–7 [13] [14] [15]
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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The 1917 Idaho football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1917 college football season. Idaho was led by second-year head coach Wilfred C. Bleamaster and played as an independent; they joined the Pacific Coast Conference five years later in 1922. Idaho had two home games in Moscow on campus at MacLean Field, with none in Boise.

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References

  1. ↑ "Elected Captain". Victoria Daily Times . Victoria, British Columbia. December 3, 1919. p. 10. Retrieved March 22, 2022– via newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Team Members to Wear Numbers in Grid Contest". Idaho Statesman . Boise, Idaho. November 11, 1920. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2022– via newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Conference to handle east-west games in future; Idaho admitted". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 11, 1921. p. 1, sports.
  4. ↑ "Kelley quits as coach of Idaho". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). June 9, 1922. p. 14.
  5. 1 2 "Idaho meets W.S.C. today". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). October 15, 1920. p. 1, sec. 2.
  6. 1 2 "Idaho's team was surprise". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). October 16, 1920. p. 9.
  7. 1 2 "U. of Oregon 13 to Idaho's 7". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho). October 24, 1920.
  8. 1 2 "Oregon beats Idaho in hard fought game in Hayward stadium". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). October 25, 1920. p. 8.
  9. ↑ "Whitman win? "Hardly a chance" says Borleske". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 30, 1920. p. 13.
  10. ↑ "'U' warriors off on their fourth and last jaunt of 1920 season". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). November 10, 1920. p. 4, part 2.
  11. ↑ "'U' warriors fall before weightier Gem Staters in spectacular game". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). November 12, 1920. p. 4, part 2.
  12. ↑ "Idaho humbles Montana Bruins". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 21, 1920. p. 1, sports.
  13. ↑ "Gonzaga and Idaho elevens face hard fight Saturday". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 26, 1920. p. 23.
  14. ↑ "Gonzaga holds Idaho as warm fight opens". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 27, 1920. p. 6.
  15. ↑ McPhee, R.G. (November 29, 1920). "Gonzaga fights hard but Idaho wins victory". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 19.


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