Idaho football, 1900–1909

The Idaho football teams (later known as the Idaho Vandals) represented the University of Idaho in American football during the program's second decade from 1900 to 1909. From 1900 to 1907 Idaho competed as an independent and then as a member of the Northwest Conference for 1908 and 1909. Highlights include the following:

• In 1900, Idaho had its first undefeated season and finished with a record of 2–0–1.
• In 1905, Idaho had its first undefeated and untied season and finished with a record of 5–0.

1900

1900 Idaho football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–0–1
Head coach	Fred Herbold (1st season)
Seasons ←  1899 1901  →

1900 Far West college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington Agricultural			–					4	–	0	–	1
Idaho			–					2	–	0	–	1
Arizona			–					3	–	1	–	0
Stanford			–					7	–	2	–	1
Utah			–					2	–	1	–	0
California			–					4	–	2	–	1
Nevada State			–					4	–	2	–	1
Oregon			–					3	–	3	–	1
New Mexico A&M			–					3	–	3	–	1
San Jose State			–					3	–	3	–	1
Arizona Normal			–					1	–	1	–	0
USC			–					1	–	1	–	1
Wyoming			–					3	–	3	–	0
Washington			–					1	–	2	–	2
Montana			–					0	–	1	–	0
Utah Agricultural			–					0	–	2	–	0

The 1900 Idaho football team represented the University of Idaho during the 1900 college football season. Under first-year head coach Fred Herbold, Idaho finished with a record of 2–0–1.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 19	Lewiston Normal	Moscow, ID	W 17–0		[1]
October 27	vs. Washington	Natatorium Park Spokane, WA	W 12–6	1,000	[2] [3]
November 17	Lewiston Athletic Club	Moscow, ID	T 0–0		[4]
Source: [5]

External link

• The University Argonaut – student newspaper – 1900 editions

1901

1901 Idaho football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–2–1
Head coach	Fred Herbold (2nd season)
Captain	J. A. Gibb
Seasons ←  1900 1902  →

1901 Far West college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Wyoming			–					1	–	0	–	0
California			–					9	–	0	–	1
Arizona			–					4	–	1	–	0
Washington Agricultural			–					4	–	1	–	0
Utah			–					3	–	1	–	0
Montana Agricultural			–					2	–	1	–	0
New Mexico A&M			–					2	–	1	–	0
Utah Agricultural			–					3	–	2	–	0
Stanford			–					3	–	2	–	2
Idaho			–					3	–	2	–	1
Washington			–					3	–	3	–	0
Nevada State			–					3	–	3	–	0
Oregon			–					3	–	4	–	1
Montana			–					2	–	3	–	0
Oregon Agricultural			–					1	–	2	–	0
New Mexico			–					0	–	3	–	1
USC			–					0	–	2	–	0

The 1901 Idaho football team represented the University of Idaho during the 1901 college football season. Under second-year head coach Fred Herbold, Idaho finished with a record of 3–2–1.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 19	Lewiston Normal	Moscow, ID	W 11–6		[6]
October 25	Washington Agricultural	Moscow, ID (rivalry)	W 5–0		[7]
November 6	Oregon	Moscow, ID	T 0–0		[8] [9]
November 20	Whitman	Moscow, ID	L 0–10		[10]
November 28	at Washington	Athletic Park Seattle, WA	L 0–10	2,000	[11]
December 13	at Lewiston Normal	Lewiston, ID	W 22–0		[12]
Source: [13]

External link

• The University Argonaut – student newspaper – 1901 editions

1902

1902 Idaho football
Conference	Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	1–3–1 (0–3–0 NIAA)
Head coach	John G. Griffith (1st season)
Seasons ←  1901 1903  →

1902 Northwest Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington $	4	–	0	–	0			5	–	1	–	0
Oregon	1	–	0	–	1			3	–	1	–	3
Washington State	2	–	1	–	0			2	–	3	–	0
Oregon Agricultural	0	–	1	–	1			4	–	1	–	1
Whitman	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	4	–	0
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0			1	–	3	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1902 Idaho football team represented the University of Idaho during the 1902 college football season. Under first-year head coach John G. Griffith, Idaho finished with a record of 1–3–1.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Lewiston Normal	Moscow, ID	T 0–0		[14]
October 13	Pacific (OR)	Moscow, ID	W 23–0		[15]
October 24	at Washington Agricultural	Rogers Field Pullman, WA (rivalry)	L 0–17		[16]
November 3	Washington	Moscow, ID	L 0–10	500	[17]
November 27	at Whitman	Walla Walla, WA	L 0–16		[18]

External link

• The University Argonaut – student newspaper – 1902 editions

1903

1903 Idaho football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–2
Head coach	John G. Griffith (2nd season)
Seasons ←  1902 1904  →

1903 Far West college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Stanford			–					8	–	0	–	3
California			–					6	–	1	–	2
Washington			–					6	–	1	–	0
Oregon			–					4	–	2	–	1
USC			–					4	–	2	–	0
Albany College (OR)			–					4	–	3	–	0
Utah Agricultural			–					3	–	0	–	0
New Mexico A&M			–					2	–	0	–	1
Arizona			–					2	–	0	–	0
Tempe Normal			–					2	–	0	–	0
Idaho			–					4	–	2	–	0
Wyoming			–					3	–	2	–	0
Washington Agricultural			–					3	–	3	–	2
Utah			–					3	–	5	–	0
Nevada State			–					2	–	4	–	2
Oregon Agricultural			–					2	–	4	–	1
Montana			–					2	–	5	–	0
Academy of Idaho			–					0	–	1	–	1

The 1903 Idaho football team represented the University of Idaho during the 1903 college football season. Under second-year head coach John G. Griffith, Idaho finished with a record of 4–2.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 10	Lewiston Normal	Moscow, ID	W 35–0	[19]
October 16	Puget Sound	Moscow, ID	L 0–11	[20]
October 23	Washington Agricultural	Moscow, ID (rivalry)	W 32–0	[21]
November 13	Whitman	Moscow, ID	W 36–0	[22]
November 18	Montana	Moscow, ID (rivalry)	W 28–0	[23]
November 26	at Washington	Athletic Park Seattle, WA	L 0–5	[24]

External link

• The University Argonaut – student newspaper – 1903 editions

1904

1904 Idaho football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–1
Head coach	John G. Griffith (3rd season)
Seasons ←  1903 1905  →

1904 Far West college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Utah			–					7	–	1	–	0
Stanford			–					7	–	2	–	1
California			–					6	–	1	–	1
USC			–					6	–	1	–	0
Idaho			–					2	–	1	–	0
Oregon			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tempe Normal			–					4	–	0	–	0
Wyoming			–					4	–	1	–	1
Washington			–					4	–	2	–	1
Arizona			–					3	–	1	–	2
Oregon Agricultural			–					4	–	2	–	0
Montana			–					3	–	2	–	0
Nevada State			–					3	–	3	–	0
Washington Agricultural			–					2	–	2	–	0
New Mexico A&M			–					1	–	2	–	1
Utah Agricultural			–					4	–	8	–	0

The 1904 Idaho football team represented the University of Idaho during the 1904 college football season. Under third-year head coach John G. Griffith, Idaho finished with a record of 2–1.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 21	at Washington Agricultural	Rogers Field Pullman, WA (rivalry)	W 5–0	1,500	[25]
November 5	at Washington	Madison Park Seattle, WA	L 10–12		[26]
November 11	at Whitman	Walla Walla, WA	W 21–0		[27]

External link

• The University Argonaut – student newspaper – 1904 editions

1905

1905 Idaho football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–0
Head coach	John G. Griffith (4th season)
Seasons ←  1904 1906  →

1905 Far West college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Stanford			–					8	–	0	–	0
Idaho			–					5	–	0	–	0
New Mexico A&M			–					3	–	0	–	0
Colorado			–					8	–	1	–	0
New Mexico			–					5	–	1	–	1
Utah			–					6	–	2	–	0
California			–					4	–	1	–	2
Oregon Agricultural			–					6	–	3	–	0
USC			–					6	–	3	–	1
Arizona			–					4	–	2	–	0
Oregon			–					4	–	2	–	2
Washington			–					4	–	2	–	2
Washington State			–					4	–	4	–	0
Utah Agricultural			–					2	–	2	–	1
Wyoming			–					3	–	4	–	0
Montana			–					2	–	3	–	0
Montana Agricultural			–					1	–	2	–	1
Nevada State			–					0	–	3	–	1
Tempe Normal			–					0	–	3	–	0

The 1905 Idaho football team represented the University of Idaho during the 1905 college football season. Under fourth-year head coach John G. Griffith, Idaho finished with a record of 5–0.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Lewiston High School (ID)	Moscow, ID	W 41–2		[28]
October 9	Montana Agricultural	Moscow, ID	W 50–0		[29]
October 30	Washington	Moscow, ID	W 8–0	1,000	[30] [31]
November 10	Washington State	Moscow, ID (rivalry)	W 5–0	5,000	[32]
November 18	Whitman	Moscow, ID	W 9–0		[33]

External link

• The University Argonaut – student newspaper – 1905 editions

1906

1906 Idaho football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–4
Head coach	John G. Griffith (5th season)
Seasons ←  1905 1907  →

1906 Western college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington State			–					6	–	0	–	0
New Mexico A&M			–					4	–	0	–	0
Oregon			–					5	–	0	–	1
Colorado Mines			–					3	–	0	–	2
Utah			–					4	–	1	–	0
New Mexico			–					3	–	1	–	0
USC			–					2	–	0	–	2
Utah Agricultural			–					3	–	1	–	0
Oregon Agricultural			–					4	–	1	–	2
Washington			–					4	–	1	–	4
Wyoming			–					1	–	1	–	0
Idaho			–					2	–	4	–	0
Montana			–					2	–	4	–	0
Tempe Normal			–					0	–	2	–	0

The 1906 Idaho football team represented the University of Idaho during the 1906 college football season. Under fifth-year head coach John G. Griffith, Idaho finished with a record of 2–4.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 13	Spokane Athletic Club	Moscow, ID	W 10–5		[34]
October 20	Coeur d'Alene High School	Moscow, ID	W 23–0		[35]
October 26	Oregon	Moscow, ID	L 0–12		[36] [37]
November 9	at Washington State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA (rivalry)	L 0–10		[38]
November 17	at Whitman	Walla Walla, WA	L 5–6		[39]
November 29	at Washington	Denny Field Seattle, WA	L 9–16	3,500	[40]

External link

• The University Argonaut – student newspaper – 1906 editions

1907

1907 Idaho football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–1–2
Head coach	John R. Middleton (1st season)
Seasons ←  1906 1908  →

1907 Western college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Oregon Agricultural			–					6	–	0	–	0
New Mexico A&M			–					3	–	0	–	0
New Mexico			–					1	–	0	–	0
Washington State			–					7	–	1	–	0
Colorado Mines			–					5	–	1	–	0
Oregon			–					5	–	1	–	0
USC			–					5	–	1	–	0
Utah Agricultural			–					5	–	1	–	0
Idaho			–					3	–	1	–	2
Montana			–					4	–	1	–	1
Utah			–					4	–	2	–	0
Wyoming			–					2	–	1	–	0
Gonzaga			–					0	–	0	–	1
Washington			–					4	–	4	–	2

The 1907 Idaho football team represented the University of Idaho during the 1907 college football season. Under first-year head coach John R. Middleton, Idaho finished with a record of 3–1–2.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 5	Spokane High School	Moscow, ID	T 0–0		[41]
October 19	Spokane Athletic Club	Moscow, ID	W 22–0		[42]
October 26	vs. Oregon	Portland, OR	L 5–21		[43] [44]
November 8	Washington State	Moscow, ID (rivalry)	W 5–4	2,000	[45]
November 16	Whitman	Moscow, ID	W 11–0	2,000	[46]
November 28	at Washington	Denny Field Seattle, WA	T 0–0	3,000	[47]

External link

• The University Argonaut – student newspaper – 1907 editions

1908

Main article: 1908 Idaho football team

1909

Main article: 1909 Idaho football team

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