1933 Idaho Vandals football team

1933 Idaho Vandals football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	4–4 (1–4 PCC)
Head coach	Leo Calland (5th season)
Home stadium	MacLean Field
Seasons ←  1932 1934  →

1933 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 11 Stanford ^ +	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	1
No. 8 Oregon +	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
No. 6 USC	4	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
Oregon State	2	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
Washington State	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
California	2	–	2	–	2			6	–	3	–	2
Washington	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
UCLA	1	–	3	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Montana	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1933 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1933 college football season. The Vandals were led by fifth-year head coach Leo Calland, and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. Home games were played on campus in Moscow at MacLean Field, with none in Boise this year.

Idaho compiled a 4–4 overall record and lost all but one of its five games in the PCC.

In the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State, the Vandals suffered a sixth straight loss, falling 6–14 on homecoming in Moscow on November 11. Idaho's most recent win in the series was eight years earlier in 1925 and the next was 21 years away in 1954.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 0–13	12,318	[1]
October 7	Whitman *	MacLean Field Moscow, ID	W 60–0		[2]
October 13	at College of Idaho *	Caldwell Field Caldwell, ID	W 13–0		[3]
October 20	at Oregon	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	L 0–19		[4]
October 28	Montana	MacLean Field Moscow, ID (rivalry)	W 12–6		[5]
November 11	Washington State	MacLean Field Moscow, ID (rivalry)	L 6–14	9,000	[6]
November 18	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 0–6		[7]
November 30	Gonzaga *	Gonzaga Stadium Spokane, WA (rivalry)	W 20–12	8,500	[8] [9]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Source: [10]

All-conference

No Vandals were named to the All-Coast team; quarterback Willis Smith was a third team selection. ^[11]

References

1. "Huskies win, Vandals' Wee Willis tough". The Oregon Statesman. October 1, 1933. Retrieved January 11, 2026– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Idaho air attack smothers Whitman". San Francisco Chronicle. October 8, 1933. Retrieved January 11, 2026– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Coyote pack gives Idaho real battle; Final count 13–0". The Idaho Daily Statesman. October 14, 1933. Retrieved January 11, 2026– via Newspapers.com.
4. Johnston, Richard (October 21, 1933). "Oregon conquers Vandals by 19–0". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 2.
5. "Late scoring spree gets Vandals victory". The Salt Lake Tribune. October 29, 1933. Retrieved January 11, 2026– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Cougars outscore Idaho University". The Sunday Oregonian. November 12, 1933. Retrieved January 11, 2026– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Bears battle grimly to beat Idaho, 6–0". The San Francisco Examiner. November 19, 1933. Retrieved January 11, 2026– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Idaho beats Gonzaga". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. November 30, 1933. p. 1.
9. Stark, Charles R. Jr. (December 1, 1933). "Battle proves sensation". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 10.
10. "1933 Idaho Vandals Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference . Retrieved January 11, 2026.
11. "Associated Press names Mikulak All-Coast". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. November 28, 1933. p. 6.

External links

• Gem of the Mountains: 1934 University of Idaho yearbook – 1933 football season
• Go Mighty Vandals – 1933 football season
• Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1933 editions