Air Force vs. Idaho

Air Force and Idaho have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1959; Air Force leads the series 4–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Air Force 4–⁠0, and Air Force has won the last 4.

Air Force wins
4
Idaho wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1959
Longest streak
4 Air Force
Current streak
4 Air Force
Last 10 meetings
Air Force 4–⁠0
Most recent
1997

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s1–⁠0
1970s2–⁠0
1990s1–⁠0
Average margin
25 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Air Force
4–⁠0 Air Force’s record at home
Shutouts
2

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Air Force and Idaho, 1959 on1300150017001960197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1959 game: Moyo Hot as Falcons Shut Out Idaho, 21-0

    1959 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 11, 1959

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Aug 30, 1997Air Force 14, Idaho 10at Air Force
Sep 14, 1974Air Force 37, Idaho 0at Air Force
Sep 12, 1970Air Force 45, Idaho 7at Air Force
Oct 10, 195918Air Force 21, Idaho 0at Air Force

Every game is listed as played on the field.