Idaho vs. USC

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

1. USC’s biggest win1929: USC 72, Idaho 0by 72 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Idaho’s side (Mathews 0–⁠3 against Henderson). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1922 · Bisbee daily review, Nov 19, 1922

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  1923 · The daily star-mirror, Moscow, Idaho, Nov 24, 1923

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  1924 · Imperial Valley press, Nov 24, 1924

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  1928 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 26, 1928

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  1929 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 25, 1929

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Idaho vs. Washington State74 meetings, Idaho 8–⁠64–⁠2
• Idaho vs. Montana62 meetings, Idaho 39–⁠22–⁠1
• Idaho vs. Oregon50 meetings, Idaho 3–⁠44–⁠3
• Idaho vs. Oregon State41 meetings, Idaho 7–⁠34
• USC vs. California108 meetings, USC 72–⁠31–⁠5
• USC vs. Stanford102 meetings, USC 66–⁠33–⁠3
• USC vs. Notre Dame96 meetings, USC 38–⁠53–⁠5
• USC vs. UCLA95 meetings, USC 54–⁠34–⁠7