Gonzaga at Idaho

Saturday, October 12, 1940

Gonzaga beat Idaho 25–⁠0. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Gonzaga led the series 9–⁠8–⁠2.

AwayGonzaga5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1940
25
HomeIdaho1–⁠7–⁠1 in 1940
0

FinalHigh 57°F, low 47°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Nome nugget's story: Football Scores

    The Nome nugget, Alaska, October 14, 1940, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Scores SATURDAY, Oct. 12, (P) - Michigan State 20-Purduc Il Columbia 20-Dartmouth Colgate 20-BroWn 3 Navy 12-Princeton 6 Fordham 20-Tulane ‘ Southern Methodisct Pitts burg ‘ Syracuse AZ New York Uni versity 13 Cornell 45-Army 0 Pennsylvania 50-Yale ‘ North Carolina 21 - Texas Christian II Holy Cross 18-Carnegie Tech 0. Michigan 26-Hardvard 0 Boston College 33-Temple 20 Nebraska 13-Indiana 2 Notre Dame-26 Georgia Tech 26. Southern Cal. 13-Illinois Ohio State 3-Northwestern 6 Mississippi 28-Georgia IA Missouri 24-Kansas State l3 Wisconsin 12-IoWa 30 West Virginia 13-Penn State IT, Auburn 7-Mississippi State ‘ Lake Forrest 0-Clemson 39 Tennessee 53-Chattanooga 0 Oklahoma 16-Texas 19 Kentucky 7-Vanderbilt T. Washington 10-Oregon 0. Gonzaga 25-Idaho 0 Washington 9-California 6 Stanford 7-Santa Clara 6 Texas A and M 7-Ucla 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)

Gonzaga 52% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Tied 9–⁠9–⁠2 in 20 meetings, counting the one 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

Around this game

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