Idaho at Washington
Saturday, October 5, 1940 Share
Washington beat Idaho 21–0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Washington led the series 10–0–1.
FinalHigh 71°F, low 47°FAttendance 23,000
In the newspapers

The Tacoma times, Tacoma, Wash., October 8, 1940, page 10
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Lutheran Grid Club Standout Mokes Northwest Buzz in Pruise Mary Tommervik and his Pa cific Lutheran teammates were the standout squad in northwest small college football Monday on the basis of the Lutes’ smashing 45–6 win over Linfield in a week end climax of montague play. No league games were scheduled In either the North west or Washington intercollegiate conferences, but Tom rervik’s kings-X performance left little doubt of the inter collegiate outcome. He threw four of the Gladiators’ touch down passes and generated the rest. Western Washington College of Education drove across two scores in the second half TO beat Central Washington 1912 in Ellensburg’ 8 season opener. Whitman whitewashed Whit worth $50 with an impressive display Of power. Whitworth’ S flashy halfback Kenneth Randolph was lost in the first period with injuries. Eastern Washington College Of Education bumped College of Puget Sound 1876 at Che ney. Tacoma’s score followed tumble In opening minutes. San Jose State hammered VIII lamette University 21–0 in Port land contest, scoring all points in the first half. Portland University beat Pacific University 25–7. and College of Idaho dumped Albion State Nor NAL 1920.

The Nome nugget, October 7, 1940, page 1 (results column)
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Football Scores Saturday, October 5 l49 - Purdue l4-Ohio State IT Colgate 0-Cornell 34 Northwestern 40-Syracuse 0 West Virginia 7-Fordham 20 Navy 14-Cincinatti 0 Virginia 19-Yale II Missouri 14-PistSburgh 19 Army 20-Williams l9 Princeton 7-Vanderbilt 6 Harvard 13-Amherst Michigan 2l-Mich. State IA Minnesota l3-Nebraska ‘ Texas 13-Indiana 6. Washington 21-Idaho 0 Montana eWashington State 13. Utah 12-Brigham Young 6. Lafayette 9-New York Uni ‘. Georgia 33-South Carolina 2. Pacific University ‘ -Univer- sity of Portland 25. Oregon 0-Stanford 13. St. Mary’s 6-California g. Oklahoma Aggies 27 - Okla homa g. Oregon State 01Southern Cal. O. Auburn 20-Tulane IA Kentucky 47-Washington Lee 12 Notre Dame 25-College of the Pacific 2. Maryland 0-Pennsylvania 51 Kansas 0-Iowa State ‘. Wisconsin 33-Marquette 19 Texas Christian 20-Arkansas Duke 0-TenneSsee 13. Penn State 9-Bucknell 0 Alabama 20-Mercer 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.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Washington 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Idaho–Washington gameWashington leads 28–0–1 in 29 meetings, counting the 18 since this game.
| 2016 | Washington 59, Idaho 14 | |
| 2009 | Washington 42, Idaho 23 | |
| 2005 | Washington 34, Idaho 6 | |
| 2003 | Washington 45, Idaho 14 | |
| 2002 | Washington 41, Idaho 27 | |
| 2001 | Washington 53, Idaho 3 |
Around this game
Idaho
- Next gamevs. GonzagaOct. 12, 1940
- SeasonIdaho in 1940
- ProgramIdaho history and records
Washington
- Next gameat OregonOct. 12, 1940
- SeasonWashington in 1940
- ProgramWashington history and records

