Idaho at Air Force

Saturday, October 10, 1959

No. 18 Air Force beat Idaho 21–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Air Force led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayIdaho1–⁠9 in 1959
0
Home18Air Force5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1959
21

FinalHigh 55°F, low 29°FAttendance 17,393

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Moyo Hot as Falcons Shut Out Idaho, 21-0

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 11, 1959, page 1

    Read the text

    Moyo Hot as Falcons Shut Out Idaho, 21–⁠0 the second period when pen alties stalled the Air Force offense. Idaho never penetrated any deeper than the Air Force 80. Guard Howard Bronson OF Falls Church, Va, set up touchdown for Air Force in the third when he intercepted a pass by Idaho Quarterback Sill Vial on the Van dals’ 10. On the first play Pupich took a handoff and darted through left guard for the score. h}k FORCE – g g g 81 Air Force-ouinlan 8, run (kicE Air Fcrce-FG, Pupich (s7). Air Force-Pupich 10. run (kick Air Force-ouinlan As, pass from Mayo pass failed).

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)

Air Force 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Air Force leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1997Air Force 14, Idaho 10
1974Air Force 37, Idaho 0
1970Air Force 45, Idaho 7
1959Air Force 21, Idaho 0

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