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1917 Idaho football team

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.[1][2] Idaho had two home games in Moscow on campus at MacLean Field, with none in Boise.

1917 Idaho football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–3
Head coach
CaptainTom Jackson
Home stadiumMacLean Field
Seasons
← 1916
1919 →
1917 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Mary's   –   8 – 1 – 1
Hawaii   –   4 – 0 – 1
USC   –   4 – 2 – 1
New Mexico A&M   –   4 – 2 – 0
Arizona   –   3 – 2 – 0
Idaho   –   2 – 3 – 0
New Mexico   –   1 – 2 – 0
University Farm   –   1 – 2 – 0
Nevada   –   1 – 3 – 0
Montana   –   1 – 4 – 0

Idaho dropped a fourth consecutive shutout to Washington State in the Battle of the Palouse, falling 0–19 at home.[3][4][5][6] Six years later, the Vandals won the first of three consecutive, their only three-peat in the rivalry series.

Idaho opened with three losses, then won twice for a 2–3 record; they did not play Gonzaga this season.

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 20vs. Oregon AgriculturalPendleton, ORL 6–26[7][8]
October 27at Oregon
L 0–14[9][10]
November 3Washington State 
L 0–19[3][4][5][6]
November 10Whitman
  • MacLean Field
  • Moscow, ID
W 16–0[11][12][13][14]
November 29at Montana
W 14–3[15][16][17][18][19]
  •  Homecoming

1918 edit

The following year in 1918, Idaho's football team was non-varsity, composed of Student Army Training Corps (SATC) players.[20] After the Armistice ending World War I, they played a limited schedule and defeated Washington State's SATC team 7–6 in Moscow in December.[20][21][22]

Idaho's first two games were against Gonzaga; the opener in Moscow on November 16 was a 13–7 Idaho win,[23] and they tied the next week in Spokane at seven points each.[24] Idaho played another in Spokane on November 30, a 0–68 loss to a team of U.S. Marines from Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California.[25][26]

References edit

  1. ^ "Conference to handle east-west games in future; Idaho admitted". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 11, 1921. p. 1, sports.
  2. ^ "Kelley quits as coach of Idaho". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). June 9, 1922. p. 14.
  3. ^ a b "Idaho expects upset of dope; Pullman looks for hard battle". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 2, 1917. p. 19.
  4. ^ a b "Idaho meets W.S.C. team today". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 3, 1917. p. 14.
  5. ^ a b "Line up against Pullman team today". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (photo). November 3, 1917. p. 11.
  6. ^ a b "W.S.C. bowls over Idaho, 19 to 0, by fierce hammering of backs". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 4, 1917. p. 1, part 3.
  7. ^ Varnell, George M. (October 19, 1917). "Big gridiron offensive starts swing tomorrow". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 25.
  8. ^ "Superior weight wins for O.A.C." Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 21, 1917. p. 1, part 3.
  9. ^ "Coach at Idaho sees no victory; neither defeat". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 26, 1917. p. 19.
  10. ^ "University team shuts out Idaho". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). October 29, 1917. p. 4.
  11. ^ "Bitter fight coming to Idaho". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 9, 1917. p. 19.
  12. ^ "Idaho meets Whitman today". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 10, 1917. p. 16.
  13. ^ "Idaho "U" eleven beats Whitman". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 11, 1917. p. 1, part 3.
  14. ^ "Old Man Dope is jolted all over the Northwest". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 12, 1917. p. 16.
  15. ^ "Idaho team off for Missoula". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 29, 1917. p. 14.
  16. ^ "Varsity leaves for Missoula determined to land Grizzly pelt". University Argonaut. (Moscow, Idaho). November 27, 1917. p. 1.
  17. ^ "Idaho wins from Montana". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 30, 1917. p. 5.
  18. ^ "Idaho defeats Montana, 14 to 3". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 30, 1917. p. 20.
  19. ^ "Varsity closes season with win over Bruins". University Argonaut. (Moscow, Idaho). December 4, 1917. p. 1.
  20. ^ a b "Football: 1918 season". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. (1920 junior class, volume 17). Spring 1919. p. 117.
  21. ^ "Moscow plans for W.S.C. game". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 7, 1918. p. 1, part two.
  22. ^ "Idaho wins first game from WSC in five years". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 8, 1918. p. 1, part two.
  23. ^ "Idaho "U: defeats Gonzaga, 13 to 7". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 17, 1918. p. 1, part 3.
  24. ^ "Gridiron season opened with Gonzaga and Idaho in 7-7 tie". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 24, 1918. p. 1, part 3.
  25. ^ "Idaho has chance to win Coast football championship today". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 30, 1918. p. 13.
  26. ^ "Devil Dog Marines romp to easy victory over Idaho - score 68-0". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 1, 1918. p. 1, part 2.

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