Idaho vs. Stanford

Idaho and Stanford have 7 meetings on file, the first in 1923; Stanford leads the series 6–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 7 meetings it’s Stanford 6–⁠1.

Idaho wins
1
Stanford wins
6
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1923
Longest streak
5 Stanford
Current streak
1 Stanford
Last 10 meetings
Stanford 6–⁠1
Most recent
1949

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠3
1940s1–⁠3
Average margin
31.1 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Stanford
6–⁠1 Stanford’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Idaho’s biggest win1947: Idaho 19, Stanford 16by 3 points
  2. Stanford’s biggest win1949: Stanford 63, Idaho 0by 63 points
  3. Upset1947: Idaho 19, Stanford 16Idaho had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Idaho and Stanford, 1923 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 Imperial Valley press's story of the 1942 game: WEEKLY UPSET

    1942 · Imperial Valley press, California, Oct 19, 1942

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1946 game: WEST COAST GRID SEASON lS UNDERWAY

    1946 · The Daily Alaska empire, Sep 30, 1946

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1947 game: FOOTBALL q SCORES

    1947 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Sep 29, 1947

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

Nov 12, 194917Stanford 63, Idaho 0at Stanford
Sep 27, 1947Idaho 19, Stanford 16at Stanford
Sep 28, 1946Stanford 45, Idaho 0at Stanford
Oct 17, 1942Stanford 54, Idaho 7at Stanford
Oct 20, 1928Stanford 47, Idaho 0at Stanford
Oct 25, 1924Stanford 3, Idaho 0at Stanford
Nov 17, 1923Stanford 17, Idaho 7at Stanford

Every game is listed as played on the field.