Idaho at Gonzaga
Friday, October 13, 1939 Share
Gonzaga beat Idaho 19–0. It was their 18th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 8–8–2.
Final
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Idaho–Gonzaga gameTied 9–9–2 in 20 meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1941 | Idaho 21, Gonzaga 7 | |
| 1940 | Gonzaga 25, Idaho 0 | |
| 1939 | Gonzaga 19, Idaho 0 | |
| 1938 | Idaho 26, Gonzaga 12 | |
| 1937 | Idaho 6, Gonzaga 0 | |
| 1936 | Idaho 18, Gonzaga 6 |
Around this game
Idaho
- Next gamevs. UtahOct. 21, 1939
- SeasonIdaho in 1939
- ProgramIdaho history and records
Gonzaga
- Next gameat OregonOct. 21, 1939
- SeasonGonzaga in 1939
- ProgramGonzaga history and records
