Washington State at Idaho

Saturday, October 4, 1947

Washington State beat Idaho 7–⁠0. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Washington State led the series 25–⁠3–⁠1.

AwayWashington State3–⁠7 in 1947
7
HomeIdaho4–⁠4 in 1947
0

FinalHigh 75°F, low 46°FAttendance 22,500

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 6, 1947, page 1 (results column)

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    lack was the whole show as Notre Dame downed Pittsburgh 40 to 6. Michigan used the third team the entire second half in clubbing Stafford 40 to 13. Sizing up Illinois 1912 conquest of Iowa, Harold (Red) Grange OBJ served that the 1947 contingent is better than last years Big Nine champions. In the East, Army Penn, and Penn State won easily. Army BANKED Colorado At to 0, extending the Cadets string to 80 without defeat. The new Army team bumps into Illinois in New York’s Yankee Stadium next Saturday. Penn opened by swapping Lafayette SO to 0. Penn State romped to a $40 win over Bucknell. Columbia ran all over Navy |yet had to come from behind to win Is to 6. Spanked by halfback Fred Nadmery, Yale trlpped Cornell IA to 0. In the south, Georgia Tech mastered Tulane 20 to 0. Tech displayed a top-notch first team, but little in the way of reserve strength. The mud and rain failed to stop Mississippi’s Charlie Conerly, as Mississippi routed South Carolina 80 to 0. Southwest Conference teams won two, lost and tied one in non-league contests. Texas Jared some $1,000 spectators by crush ing highly regarded North Carolima, “a to 0. The fighting Doak Walker led Southern Methodist to a 1919 victory over Missouri. Texas A. and M. dropped to a decision to Oklahoma, 26 to IA. Rice travelled to Los Angeles to tie Southern California 7 to Z. Coach Lynn Waldrof’s Califor- MIA Bears made it three straight, routing St. Mary’s As to 6. A blocked punt gave Oregon state a IA to 7 win over Washington. Two brothers, Jerry Williams of Washington State, and Idaho’s Bill Williams, paced their re- |spective teams as Washington State topped the Vandals 7 to 0. Jerry made the games only touchdown.

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 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington State leads 64–⁠8–⁠2 in 74 meetings, counting the 45 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Washington State 13, Idaho 10
2022Washington State 24, Idaho 17
2016Washington State 56, Idaho 6
2013Washington State 42, Idaho 0
2007Washington State 45, Idaho 28
2006Washington State 56, Idaho 10

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