1934 Idaho Vandals football team

1934 Idaho Vandals football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	3–5 (1–4 PCC)
Head coach	Leo Calland (6th season)
Home stadium	MacLean Field
Seasons ←  1933 1935  →

1934 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Stanford $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
Washington State	4	–	0	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Washington	5	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Oregon	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
California	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
UCLA	2	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
USC	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Oregon State	0	–	5	–	2			3	–	6	–	2
Montana	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from Associated Press

The 1934 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1934 college football season. The Vandals were led by sixth-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 3–5 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 seventh straight loss, falling 0–19 in Pullman on November 10. ^{[1] [2]} Idaho's most recent win in the series was nine years earlier in 1925 and the next was twenty years away in 1954.

Calland resigned after the season in mid-December; he compiled a 21–30 (.412) record in six seasons on the Palouse, but his overmatched Vandals were just 5–25 (.167) in conference play, defeating only Montana. ^{[3] [4] [5]} He returned to southern California and coached at San Diego State College; his successor at Idaho was Ted Bank, the backs coach at Tulane of New Orleans, 10–1 in 1934 and Sugar Bowl champions. ^{[6] [7]}

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 0–13	15,385
October 6	Gonzaga *	MacLean Field Moscow, ID (rivalry)	L 20–24	6,500	[8]
October 20	Oregon	MacLean Field Moscow, ID	L 6–13	7,000	[9]
October 27	at Montana	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT (rivalry)	W 13–6		[10]
November 3	College of Idaho *	MacLean Field Moscow, ID	W 12–0	2,500	[11]
November 10	at Washington State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse)	L 0–19	11,000	[1] [2]
November 17	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 13–45	15,000	[12]
November 29	at Creighton *	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE (Thanksgiving)	W 13–0	5,000	[13] [14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

All-conference

No Vandals were named to the All-Coast team; honorable mention were end Norman Iverson and tackle Bob McCue. ^{[15] [16]}

References

1. "Washington State Cougars blank Idaho Vandals in traditional tussle in fall fog". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 11, 1934. p. 8.
2. "Cougars amaze Vandal eleven". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 12, 1934. p. 13.
3. "Coach Leo Calland resigns as director of athletics at University of Idaho". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 16, 1934. p. 9.
4. "Leo Calland resigns as coach". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. December 15, 1934. p. 1.
5. "Gonzaga coach looks at Idaho". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). December 17, 1934. p. 15.
6. "Ted Bank named Idaho grid coach". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. February 24, 1935. p. 3, sports.
7. "Idaho pleased with new coach from the South". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 25, 1935. p. 1.
8. "Idaho upset, 24-20". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 7, 1934. p. 8.
9. "Oregon wades to win from Vandals, 13-6". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 21, 1934. p. 1.
10. "Idaho is victor". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 28, 1934. p. 9.
11. "Idaho wins, 12-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 4, 1934. p. 8.
12. "California trims Idaho 45-13 while McCue and Anderson put on thrills". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 18, 1934. p. 7.
13. "Vandals victors". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 30, 1934. p. 7.
14. "Idaho Vandals drub Creighton". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Idaho). November 30, 1934. p. 12.
15. "Morse of Oregon, Mucha of Huskies only Northwest men on All-Coast team". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. p. 8.
16. "All star Coast teams selected". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 28, 1934. p. 8.

External links

• Gem of the Mountains: 1935 University of Idaho yearbook – 1934 football season
• Go Mighty Vandals – 1934 football season
• Official game program: Idaho at Washington State – November 10, 1934
• Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1934 editions