Whitman at Idaho
Saturday, October 18, 1930 Share
Idaho beat Whitman 47–0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Idaho led the series 6–1.
FinalHigh 49°F, low 33°F, 0.01 in. of rain
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Whitman–Idaho gameIdaho leads 10–2 in 12 meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1936 | Idaho 25, Whitman 6 | |
| 1935 | Whitman 7, Idaho 0 | |
| 1933 | Idaho 60, Whitman 0 | |
| 1932 | Idaho 49, Whitman 0 | |
| 1931 | Idaho 32, Whitman 7 | |
| 1930 | Idaho 47, Whitman 0 |
Around this game
Whitman
- Next gameat IdahoSept. 26, 1931
- SeasonWhitman in 1930
- ProgramWhitman history and records
Idaho
- Next gameat OregonOct. 25, 1930
- SeasonIdaho in 1930
- ProgramIdaho history and records
