Washington State at Idaho

Saturday, November 10, 1951

No. 17 Washington State beat Idaho 9–⁠6. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Washington State led the series 28–⁠3–⁠2.

Away17Washington State7–⁠3 in 1951
9
HomeIdaho2–⁠7 in 1951
6

FinalHigh 52°F, low 42°F, 0.07 in. of rainAttendance 14,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Stanford Takes Lead, Rose Bowl

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 12, 1951, page 6

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    Stanford Takes Lead, Rose Bowl The slightly soothing salve of moral victory was about the only thing left today for the northern division football teams of the Pa- cific Coast conference. As for the California entries, they went thataway-straigh to the top of the heap. After Washington dropped a hears-cracker to California 37 to 23 Saturday and Oregon State was outmudded by UCLA ‘ to 0, the conference standings looked like a publicity release from sunny” Cal. Stanferl, which has made habit of being enc touchdown better than anybody, nudped use 2T-20 to break tic for the lead and gain the in- side track to the Rose Bowl UCLA now ranks third, California fourth It’s a long ways down 10 the north, isn’t it? Washington State expected to mash Idaho with ease was happy to settle for 9–⁠6 de- cision at Moscow to take over fifth spot in the league Oregon State L,.rsnkss sistisg Washington and Ore gon are tied for seventh with just one victory, each, and Idaho trails winless. Oregon youth movement moved all the way back to Beantown to absorb 34–⁠6 drubbing from Bos- ton U Washington made brilliant comeback after it’s sorry perform ance against OSC the week before giving the Bears of California a frightening afternoon in the mud

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 12, 1951, page 13 (results column)

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    BILL WHELAN, Cornell. half back-Inspired Cornell to a 20–⁠7 upset victory over Michigan. His booming punts kept Michigan in It’s own territory and he aided the Big Reds offensive with some fancy kick returns. CHARLIE MALOY, Holy Cross, quarterback-Scored three touch downs and passed for another as Holy Cross smothered Marquette. 1918. JACK SCARBATH, Maryland quarterback-His passing mastery was the prime factor in Mary lands 40–⁠2I facing of Navy. He completed Is Of % attempts for 238 yards. BOB HANER, Villanova, full back-Was virtually a one-man show as he Spearheaded his team to a 26–⁠7 triumph over Detroit. He scored three touchdowns, one on a 57-yard run, and kicked two extra points, gaining 1913 yards on the ground In II carries. DARRELL CRAWFORD, Georgia Tech. quarterback-His aerial accuracy enabled Georgia Tech to whip VMI, BAT, and gain an Orange Bowl bid. He threw three touchdown passes and scored an other. HUGH McELHENNY, Washing ton, fullback-Starred in a losing cause while his mates were alb sorbing a 1923 defeat at the hands of California. He tailed three times and booted four extra points. TONY SCARDINO, Missouri quarterback-Completed % out of AZ passes for 365 yards, but his team bowed to Oklahoma, 1920. JOHN BORDOGNA, Nebraska, quarterback-Tossed four scoring passes as Nebraska rallied in the second half to overcome Iowa State. 34–⁠27. He threw % times for 234 yards. BABE PARILLI, Kentucky, quarterback-His slingshot arm accounted for 13 competitions in ID tries as Kentucky rolled over Tulane. 37–⁠0. He passed for two scores, tailed on a sneak and set up another touchdown. DON RINGE, Idaho, end Played the entire game against Washington State and stood out extensively. although his school lost, 9–⁠6. He made two sparkling catches of sprea d formation passes for IS yards. GERRY FURST, Virginia, full back His running exploits sparked Virginia to a 34-l4 victory over North Carolina. He also made a brilliant catch of a pass in the end zone for a touchdown. JERRY COODY, Baylor, half back-Set up his teams first touchdown with long punt return and then scored 1t himself on a 15-yard run. His 9-yard jaunt put Baylor in position for

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 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington State leads 64–⁠8–⁠2 in 74 meetings, counting the 41 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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