Whitman at Idaho

Saturday, October 18, 1930

Idaho beat Whitman 47–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Idaho led the series 6–⁠1.

AwayWhitman0–⁠2 in 1930
0
HomeIdaho4–⁠7 in 1930
47

FinalHigh 49°F, low 33°F, 0.01 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Seward daily gateway's story: IDAHO FoOTBlLLERs SWAMP WHITMAN

    Seward daily gateway, October 20, 1930, page 5

    Read the text

    IDAHO FoOTBlLLERs SWAMP WHITMAN MOSCOW, Oct, 2o, Idaho, using it’s first, second and third football teams, swamped Whit man College. The game was marked by a l05 yard run for a touchdown by George Wilson, TAP pound quarterback who took the ball from five wards be- hind his own goal line when Idaho was penalized 16 yards to the goal line. He called for punt forma- ton but ran through the de- fence and tackle, dodged the secondary line of defense, side- stepped to safety then ambled on.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Idaho 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Idaho leads 10–⁠2 in 12 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1936Idaho 25, Whitman 6
1935Whitman 7, Idaho 0
1933Idaho 60, Whitman 0
1932Idaho 49, Whitman 0
1931Idaho 32, Whitman 7
1930Idaho 47, Whitman 0

Around this game

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Idaho