California vs. Idaho

California and Idaho have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1931; California leads the series 5–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s California 5–⁠0, and California has won the last 5.

California wins
5
Idaho wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1931
Longest streak
5 California
Current streak
5 California
Last 10 meetings
California 5–⁠0
Most recent
2023

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s4–⁠0
2020s1–⁠0
Average margin
17 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At California
5–⁠0 California’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. California’s biggest win1934: California 45, Idaho 13by 32 points

Coach against coach

YearsCaliforniaSeriesIdaho
1931–⁠1934William Ingram4–⁠0Leo Calland

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from California’s side (Ingram 4–⁠0 against Calland). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of California and Idaho, 1931 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 1931 game: BEARS DOWN IDAHO, 1870 Light blu Piucky Eleven Gives California a Scrap.

    1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 15, 1931

  • The Imperial Valley press's story of the 1932 game: TROJANS APPEAR SURE TO FACE IRISH WITH UNDEFEATED TEAM

    1932 · Imperial Valley press, Nov 14, 1932

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1933 game: FOOT BALL. RESULISz&

    1933 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 20, 1933

  • The Imperial Valley press's story of the 1934 game

    1934 · Imperial Valley press, California, Nov 19, 1934

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

Sep 16, 2023California 31, Idaho 17at California
Nov 17, 1934California 45, Idaho 13at California
Nov 18, 1933California 6, Idaho 0at California
Nov 12, 1932California 21, Idaho 6at California
Nov 14, 1931California 18, Idaho 0at California

Every game is listed as played on the field.