Idaho at Washington
Saturday, November 20, 1948 Share
Washington beat Idaho 34–7. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Washington led the series 12–0–1.
FinalHigh 50°F, low 45°F, 0.14 in. of rainAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 22, 1948, page 42
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Washington’s impressive 34–7 VIC tory over Idaho informs us that we had best not look past this coming Saturday or we might find ourselves on the short end of the score. Getting of to a slow start, Coach Cravath’s aggregation once again is approaching the position usually held by Southern Cali fornia in intercollegiate football circles. The 1948 team Is sport ing a highly diversified version of the “T” formation which WILL make it extremely difficult to set up any definite defense that Will stop the Trojans. With the menu for this Thurs day including some outstanding contests as well as the Thanks giving turkey, it Is proper for us to attempt our predictions this early in the week. Saturdays results of % correct with four
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 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Idaho–Washington gameWashington leads 28–0–1 in 29 meetings, counting the 16 since this game.
| 2016 | Washington 59, Idaho 14 | |
| 2009 | Washington 42, Idaho 23 | |
| 2005 | Washington 34, Idaho 6 | |
| 2003 | Washington 45, Idaho 14 | |
| 2002 | Washington 41, Idaho 27 | |
| 2001 | Washington 53, Idaho 3 |
Around this game
Idaho
- Next gamevs. WillametteSept. 17, 1949
- SeasonIdaho in 1948
- ProgramIdaho history and records
Washington
- Next gameat Notre DameNov. 27, 1948
- SeasonWashington in 1948
- ProgramWashington history and records

