Wyoming at Idaho

Saturday, November 4, 1950

No. 18 Wyoming beat Idaho 14–⁠7. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

Away18Wyoming10–⁠0 in 1950
14
HomeIdaho3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1950
7

FinalHigh 66°F, low 44°FAttendance 9,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Wyoming Wins, AT, Over Stubborn Idaho

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 5, 1950, page 43

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    Wyoming Wins, AT, Over Stubborn Idaho MOSCOW, Idaho, Nov. A. Little Eddie Talboom provided the first-half spark today that brought the unbeaten wyoming. football team a IA to victory over the tough University Of Idaho eleven. A crowd estimated at 5000 fans saw a thrilling game that was fought bitterly every inch of the way. Offensive stars of both teams were shaded by the brilliant play of defensive platoons. Talboom, the Nations leading scorer last week with Sc, added eight points today with a touch down and two conversions. For Wyoming’s second touchdown Talboom completed a pass from the Idaho “a to Halfback Al Man. chalk on the 7. Then little Eddie packed it four straight times. He dashed into the end zone from Ia yards out and kicked the point few seconds later.

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)

Wyoming 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wyoming leads 7–⁠2 in nine meetings, counting the seven since this game.

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2019Wyoming 21, Idaho 16
2013Wyoming 42, Idaho 10
2012Wyoming 40, Idaho 37
1999Wyoming 28, Idaho 13
1996Wyoming 40, Idaho 38

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