Idaho at Montana

Saturday, October 31, 1942. Idaho took the Little Brown Stein from Montana

Idaho beat Montana 21–⁠0. It was their 23rd meeting; after it, Idaho led the series 17–⁠6.

AwayIdaho3–⁠7 in 1942
21
HomeMontana0–⁠8 in 1942
0

FinalHigh 44°F, low 34°F, 0.42 in. of rainAttendance 2,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Statistics. First downs Idaho Downs Montana On Three Pitches, 2l-0

    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 The Daily Alaska empire's story: U OF MONTANA L05E5 CONTEST TO IDAHO, 21-0

    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.

Idaho leads 39–⁠22–⁠1 in 62 meetings, counting the 39 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Idaho 42, Montana 35
2025Montana 41, Idaho 30
2023Montana 23, Idaho 21
2022Idaho 30, Montana 23
2021Montana 34, Idaho 14
2019Montana 42, Idaho 17

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