Montana at Idaho

Saturday, October 29, 1938. Idaho won the Little Brown Stein the first time it was played for

Idaho beat Montana 19–⁠6. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Idaho led the series 16–⁠3.

AwayMontana5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1938
6
HomeIdaho6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1938
19

FinalHigh 49°F, low 45°F, 0.29 in. of rainAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Points FOOT BAIL m {a{3SW{5 IFS Me

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 31, 1938, page 5 (results column)

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    Points FOOT BAIL m {a{3SW{5 IFS Me The following are final scores of leading football games played last Saturday afternoon on the principal grid fields in the Nation: Idaho 19; Montana 6. Oregon Frosh 0; University of Washington Frosh 6. Stanford 0; U.CLA. 6. Oregon State T. California 13. Oregon T; Southern California 31 Washington State IS; Gonzaga 13. Oklahoma 23; Tulsa 6. Centenary IT; Loyola G. Utah State 6; Colorado State 0. Amherst 35; Massachusetts State 0. Maryland IA; Virginia Military 47. Montana State 20; Portland 12. Grinnell 6; Drake 2l. Army ‘; Notre Dame 19. Michigan IA, Illinois 0. Colgate O; Holy Cross 0. Tufts 0: Brown 48. Dartmouth 24; Yale 6. Santa Clara ‘; Michigan State 6. Duke IA; North Carolina 0. Fordham 13; Pittsburgh 24. Cornell 23; Columbia T. Washington and Lee o; Richmond 6. Mississippi 25; George Washing ton 0. Cincinnati 12; Ohio 13 !, Ohio State 32; New York Uni versity 0. Alabama 26; Kentucky 6. North Carolina State 0; Virginia Tech ‘. William and Mary 0; Virginia 34. John Hopkins ‘; Haverford 6. Indiana O; Wisconsin 6. Iowa State T; Marquette J. Missouri 13; Nebraska 10. Purdue 0: Iowa 0. Minnesota 3; Northwestern 6. Louisiana State 6; Tennessee IA. Texas Christian 39; Baylor T. Kansas 27; Kansas State T. South Dakota ‘; South Dakota State 0. DePauw IA; Chicago 34. Mississippi State o; Tulane 27. Carnegie Tech 27; Akron 13. Miami 16; Wesleyan 20 Texas A and M 13; Arkansas ‘. Southern Methodist T; Texas 6. Georgia Tech 2; Vanderbilt 13. Auburn 0: Rice IA. Navy 0; Penn 0, tie. Harvard 26; Princeton ‘. Penn State B; Syracuse 6. St. Louis U 13; Catholic U 0.

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.

Photos from the game

  • Idaho vs. Montana football game
    Idaho vs. Montana football gamePhoto: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America

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Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Idaho 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Idaho leads 39–⁠22–⁠1 in 62 meetings, counting the 43 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Idaho 42, Montana 35
2025Montana 41, Idaho 30
2023Montana 23, Idaho 21
2022Idaho 30, Montana 23
2021Montana 34, Idaho 14
2019Montana 42, Idaho 17

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