1924 Idaho Vandals football team

The 1924 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1924 college football season,[1] and were led by third-year head coach Robert L. Mathews. It was Idaho's third year in the Pacific Coast Conference and they were 5–2–1 overall; their 4–2 record in conference led the PCC in wins.

1924 Idaho Vandals football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–2–1 (4–2 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMacLean Field
1924 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Stanford $ 3 –0 –17 –1 –1
No. 2 California 2 –0 –28 –0 –2
Washington 3 –1 –18 –1 –1
No. 7 USC 2 –1 –09 –2 –0
Idaho 4 –2 –05 –2 –1
Oregon 2 –2 –14 –2 –3
Oregon Agricultural 1 –4 –03 –5 –0
Washington State 0 –4 –11 –5 –2
Montana 0 –3 –04 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

Home games were played on campus in Moscow at MacLean Field, with one in Boise at Public School Field.[2] Conference champion Stanford was played at Multnomah Field in Portland, Oregon.

Idaho defeated neighbor Washington State again in the Battle of the Palouse,[3][4] the second of three consecutive wins over the Cougars in the rivalry.

The four PCC wins were the most ever for Idaho; their next best total was two, achieved six times, last in 1938.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at Gonzaga*
T 0–0  6,000[5][6]
October 11at Montana
W 41–13[7]
October 17Washington Statedagger
W 19–310,000[3][4]
October 25vs. Stanford
L 0–3[8]
October 31at Oregon Agricultural
W 22–012,000[9][10]
November 8Oregon
  • MacLean Field
  • Moscow, Idaho
W 13–0[11][12]
November 22at USC
L 0–1345,000[13][14]
November 27Nevada*
W 23–0[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • The Little Brown Stein trophy for the Montana game debuted fourteen years later in 1938
  • Two games were played on Friday (Washington State and Oregon Agricultural),
    and the finale against Nevada in Boise was on Thursday (Thanksgiving)

Conference opponents not played this season: Washington, California

References
  1. "1924 Idaho Vandals Football schedule | Fanbase". fanbase.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  2. "Idaho Vandals at Boise today". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. November 27, 1924. p. 16.
  3. "Football fans of Northwest turn gaze to Idaho-W.S.C. annual game at Moscow today". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. October 17, 1924. p. 16.
  4. "Crowd of 10,000 sees Idaho win". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. October 18, 1924. p. 1.
  5. "Idaho and Gonzaga all set for football game tomorrow". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. October 3, 1924. p. 25.
  6. "Gonzaga and Idaho battle in fierce game to scoreless tie before 6000 football rooters". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. October 5, 1924. p. 1, sports.
  7. "Idaho wallops much lauded Montana bruins, 41-13". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. October 5, 1924. p. 1, sports.
  8. "Idaho and W.S.C. face hard tests". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. October 23, 1924. p. 15.
  9. "Idaho steps all over Aggies and wins by 22 to 0". Eugene Guard. Oregon. November 1, 1924. p. 8.
  10. "Idaho defeats Oregon Aggies 22-0 in mud before crowd of 12,000 at stadium opening". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. November 1, 1924. p. 16.
  11. "Oregon-Idaho game will be on wet field". Eugene Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. November 8, 1924. p. 6.
  12. Smith, Floyd (November 9, 1924). "Idaho breaks 23-year jinx and wins from Oregon, 13 to 0, by flashy aerial attacks". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 1, sports.
  13. "Stanford muss may boost Idaho". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. November 22, 1924. p. 16.
  14. "Idaho Vandals suffer telling defeat of the season, 13-0, at hands of Southern California". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. November 23, 1924. p. 1, sports.
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