Washington State at Idaho
Saturday, October 27, 1945 Share
Washington State beat Idaho 21–0. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Washington State led the series 23–3–1.
FinalHigh 52°F, low 40°F, 0.03 in. of rainAttendance 5,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 27, 1945, page 12 (results column)
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Navy–Penn Game Tops Outstanding Slate |0f Grid Season The collegiate football frolics moves into the final half today with a flock of outstanding games that will have great bearing on Bow selections, conference titles and the mythical national championship. Heading the best program of the season to date is the Navy–Pennsylvania clash at Philadelphia. The big Penn Quakers, whose goal line has yet to be crossed, are ranked seventh nationally to Navy’s third and will furnish a true test as tc whether the Middies are all they’re cracked up to be. Army, the No. ! power, meets Duke at the Polo Grounds and the Cadets will be shooting for the 21–0 “par’ set up by Navy’s victory over the Blue Devils. The Cadets, remembering the TO half-time lead the Blue Devils held over them last season, are taking no chances and will start the first team headed by the redoubtable Doc Blanchard ano speedy Glenn Davis. Big Games in Midwest. Out in the Midwest, three games share top billing. Ohio States Buckeyes, knocked over by Purdue last week, will be aiming to do the same to the, Minnesota Gophers in a Big Ten fracas. The unbeaten Tulsa Hurricanes of the Missouri Valley will cross into Big Ten lines to tangle with the equally undefeated, but once-tied Indiana Hoosiers. Purdue, off last weeks performance, is favored to make its perfect record 60 at North Westerns expense. Notre Dame, the No. 2 team ot the country, probably will clear tht bench against Iowa. A third Biz Ten game matches Illinois at Mich. igsn. Alabama’s gridders, with the Rost Bowl in mind, won’t be takins Georgia’s rebounding team lightly The Bulldogs and Charley Tripp were surprised by Louisiana State Tigers last Saturday, but Trippi hal had an added week in which to worl into Georgia’s plays. | Unbeaten Texas will be out to in crease its Southwest Conferenc, holdings against Rice, but the fea ture game in that part of the coun try pits Bob Fenimore and tn, Missouri Valley Oklahoma Aggie against Texas Christian. Anothe conference tilt matches Baylor ant | Texas A. and M. In the Rockies all-conquering Utah State puts its perfect recort on the line against Denver ans Utah faces Colorado A. and M. A New Year Day trip to Pasa dena’s Rose Bowl may be at stak, at Seattle. where the once-beatel Southern California Trojans collid, with Washington’s Huskies, loser only to California. U. C. L. A. KEEP III tae running for the Pasaden, prize by stopping Oregon, 1910, las night. Rare Scrapping in East. In the East, Temple, Holy Cros and Columbia will be risking thei unblemished records against under dog foes. Temple plays at Pitts burgh, Holy Cross entertains Col gate and Columbia hopes to prov, | inhoSpitable to Brown. =, Other games around the country match Cornell VS.. Yale, Dartmouth VS.. Syracuse, Coast Guard VS.. Har. ward, Rutgers VS.. Princeton, Buck. nell VS.. Lafayette, Boston College VS.. the United States Merchant Marine Academy, Auburn at Georgia Tech, Arkansas VS.. Mississippi Southern Methodist VS.. Tulane Vanderbilt VS.. Louisiana State ir a night game, Villanova VS.. Tennes. see, Maryland VS.. West Virginia Virginia VS.. Virginia Poly, Nebraska VS.. Missouri, Oklahoma VS.. Kansas State, Marquette VS.. Michigan State Nevada VS.. California and Idaho VS. Washington State. Held to a 90 halftime deadlock U. c. L. A., led by Cal Rossi, bounced back with a touchdown in each OF the last two periods to beat Oregon Rossi, who is being transferred by the Navy to Harvard, made his last start for the Uclans a memorable one by scoring once and gaining 16e yards in 81 carries. Florida won the championship OF the Mianlis as the Miami, Fla. eleven rallied for three last period touchdowns to topple Miami of Ohio from the list of unbeaten teams 27–13. In other games last night, North Carolina State defeated William anc Mary, 20–6; Detroit nipped Drake 1914, and st. Louis edged out Olathe Naval Air Station, 1913.
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 State 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Washington State–Idaho gameWashington State leads 64–8–2 in 74 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.
Around this game
Washington State
- Next gameat CaliforniaNov. 3, 1945
- SeasonWashington State in 1945
- ProgramWashington State history and records
Idaho
- Next gameat Oregon StateNov. 3, 1945
- SeasonIdaho in 1945
- ProgramIdaho history and records

