Idaho at Stanford

Saturday, October 17, 1942

Stanford beat Idaho 54–⁠7. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Stanford led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayIdaho3–⁠7 in 1942
7
HomeStanford6–⁠4 in 1942
54

FinalHigh 79°F, low 46°FAttendance 5,000

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: WEEKLY UPSET

    Imperial Valley press, California, October 19, 1942, page 4

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    WEEKLY UPSET The weekly upset was engendered by Southern California which Iouted the previously unbeaten Wash ington STATE Cougars, 26 to 12 The speed of Mickey McCardle and the warm Los Angeles weather proved too much for w. S. c., according to a 18th hole report by Coach Grin Hollingbery Washington grabbed the runner up spot in the conference race by sUbduing Montana, $50, and STAN ford outclassed Idaho, 54–⁠7 The IN dians showed some of their old T formation form in routing the VAN dals and fullback Buck Fawcett was the individual star with three tOuchdoWnS. Loyola kept its unbeaten status Sunday By downing the coast guard, 38 to 6, and st. Mary’s humbled the University of San Francisco,

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)

Stanford 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Stanford leads 6–⁠1 in seven meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1949Stanford 63, Idaho 0
1947Idaho 19, Stanford 16
1946Stanford 45, Idaho 0
1942Stanford 54, Idaho 7
1928Stanford 47, Idaho 0
1924Stanford 3, Idaho 0

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