Idaho at Montana
Saturday, October 31, 1942. Idaho took the Little Brown Stein from Montana Share
Idaho beat Montana 21–0. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Idaho led the series 17–6.
FinalHigh 44°F, low 34°F, 0.42 in. of rainAttendance 2,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 1, 1942, page 41
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Statistics. First downs Idaho Downs Montana On Three Pitches, 2l-0 MISSOULA, Mont, Oct. 81 Three touchdown passes gave the University of Idaho Vandals a. too football victory over Montana University today. Montana rallied in the waning inmates of the first half and drove TO the Idaho one, but the Vandals took over on downs.

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 2, 1942, page 5
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U OF MONTANA L05E5 CONTEST TO IDAHO, 21–0 MISSOULA, Mont, Nov. 2.-Three touchdown passes gave Idaho vic tory over Montana here last Sat urday afternoon, q to o. Ray Davis and Howard Manson were behind the losses which brought scores in the first three periods.
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)
Montana 61% to win. Idaho won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Idaho–Montana gameIdaho leads 39–22–1 in 62 meetings, counting the 39 since this game.
| 2026 | Idaho 42, Montana 35 | |
| 2025 | Montana 41, Idaho 30 | |
| 2023 | Montana 23, Idaho 21 | |
| 2022 | Idaho 30, Montana 23 | |
| 2021 | Montana 34, Idaho 14 | |
| 2019 | Montana 42, Idaho 17 |
Around this game
Idaho
- Next gamevs. Washington StateNov. 14, 1942
- SeasonIdaho in 1942
- ProgramIdaho history and records
Montana
- Next gameat Oregon StateNov. 7, 1942
- SeasonMontana in 1942
- ProgramMontana history and records

