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1921 Idaho

4–⁠3–⁠1, coached by Thomas Kelley.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1921, game by game: tied vs. Oregon 7–7; lost at Washington State 3–20; lost at Utah 7–17; won at Montana 35–7; won vs. Wyoming 31–3; won vs. Gonzaga 6–0; lost vs. Whitman 3–14; won vs. 9th Amry Corps 6–0+28−17Tied 7–7 vs. Oregon0OregonLost 3–20 at Washington State-17Washington StateLost 7–17 at Utah-10UtahWon 35–7 at Montana+28MontanaWon 31–3 vs. Wyoming+28WyomingWon 6–0 vs. Gonzaga+6GonzagaLost 3–14 vs. Whitman-11WhitmanWon 6–0 vs. 9th Amry Corps+69th Amry Corps
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 15vsOregonT 7–⁠748%
Oct 21atWashington StateL 3–⁠2024%
Oct 29atUtahL 7–⁠1731%
Nov 5atMontanaW 35–⁠738%
Nov 11vsWyomingW 31–⁠362%
Nov 19vsGonzagaW 6–⁠087%
Nov 26vsWhitmanL 3–⁠1487%
Dec 3vs9th Amry CorpsW 6–⁠084%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat 9th Amry Corps 6–⁠0.

In program history: The 29th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Idaho’s 1921 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 8vsCamp Lewis (Army)service teamW 6–⁠0Idaho’s article

Photographs from 1921

  • University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [01]
    University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [01]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • Idaho Stunt at Harvard Yell Contest at football game [04]
    Idaho Stunt at Harvard Yell Contest at football game [04]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
  • Football Men
    Football MenPhoto: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
  • Idaho Freshmen Football
    Idaho Freshmen FootballPhoto: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America

Photographs from libraries and archives found through the Digital Public Library of America, each under the rights statement its holder gives (no copyright in the United States, public domain or Creative Commons) and credited to it. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Record
4–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠2–⁠1 5th in the Northwest Conference (Wikipedia)
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
98–⁠68
Coach
Thomas Kelley
Elo
1425 −0 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.7 No. 33 of 102 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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