Idaho at Gonzaga

Friday, October 13, 1939

Gonzaga beat Idaho 19–⁠0. It was their 18th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 8–⁠8–⁠2.

AwayIdaho2–⁠6 in 1939
0
HomeGonzaga6–⁠2 in 1939
19

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FoorBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 16, 1939, page 5 (results column)

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    FoorBALL SCORES The following arc final scores of football games played in various parts of the Nation last Saturday afternoon Oregon 6; California 0. University of Washington 0; Washington State 6. U.CLA. IA; Stanford IA. tie. Oregon State IA; University of Portland 12. Illinois 0; Southern California 26. Idaho 0; Gonzaga 19. Carnegie Tech 21; Case O. Iowa T; Michigan 27 Ohio Wesleyan 12; Ohio 2. Brown 0; Colgate 10. Duke 13; Pitt IA. Cornell 20; Princeton T. Penn 6; Yale o. Army 6; Columbia g. tie. Dartmouth c; Navy o, tie. Northwestern 0; Ohio State IS. Texas Christian II; Temple 13. Fordham 0; Tulane ‘. Nebraska 10; Iowa State ‘. Purdue 13; Minnesota 13, tie. Southern Methodist 19; Notre Dame 20 Harvard 61; Chicago 0. New York U. ‘; North Caro- lima IA. Marquette IT; Michigan State IA. Lehigh T; Penn State 49. Western Reserve 19; Boston U, IA. Detroit 13; Catholic U. IA. Colorado o; Kansas State 20. Holy Cross 13; Georgia 0. Georgetown 13; Syracuse 13, tie. Valparaiso 13; Indiana State 12. Coast Guard Academy T; Nor wich IT.

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 54% to win. Gonzaga won as Elo’s underdog.

Tied 9–⁠9–⁠2 in 20 meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1941Idaho 21, Gonzaga 7
1940Gonzaga 25, Idaho 0
1939Gonzaga 19, Idaho 0
1938Idaho 26, Gonzaga 12
1937Idaho 6, Gonzaga 0
1936Idaho 18, Gonzaga 6

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