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1924 Idaho

5–⁠2–⁠1 (4–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Robert L. Mathews.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1924, game by game: tied at Gonzaga 0–0; won vs. Montana 41–13; won vs. Washington State 19–3; lost at Stanford 0–3; won at Oregon State 22–0; won vs. Oregon 13–0; lost at USC 0–13; won vs. Nevada 23–0+28−13Tied 0–0 at Gonzaga0GonzagaWon 41–13 vs. Montana+28MontanaWon 19–3 vs. Washington State+16Washington StateLost 0–3 at Stanford-3StanfordWon 22–0 at Oregon State+22Oregon StateWon 13–0 vs. Oregon+13OregonLost 0–13 at USC-13USCWon 23–0 vs. Nevada+23Nevada
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 4atGonzagaT 0–⁠052%
Oct 11vsMontanaW 41–⁠1370%
Oct 17vsWashington StateW 19–⁠369%
Oct 25atStanfordL 0–⁠341%
Nov 1atOregon StateW 22–⁠057%
Nov 8vsOregonW 13–⁠068%
Nov 22atUSCL 0–⁠1344%
Nov 27vsNevadaW 23–⁠073%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Nevada 23–⁠0; tied for 4th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

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

Photographs from 1924

  • 1924 Football game, University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [02]
    1924 Football game, University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [02]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • 1924 Football game, University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [01]
    1924 Football game, 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
  • 1924 Football game, University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [03]
    1924 Football game, University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [03]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • 1924 Football game, University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [06]
    1924 Football game, University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [06]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • 1924 Football game, University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [04]
    1924 Football game, University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [04]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • 1924 Football game, University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [05]
    1924 Football game, University of Idaho vs. Washington State College [05]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game

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
5–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 4th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
118–⁠32
Coach
Robert L. Mathews
Elo
1565 +60 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.5 No. 18 of 111 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Skippy StiversQBUP-1; PW-2; GV-1
  • John VesserEPW-1; GV-2

Second team

  • TapperOGGV-2

From Wikipedia’s 1924 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1924 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford3–⁠0–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
California2–⁠0–⁠28–⁠0–⁠2
Washington3–⁠1–⁠18–⁠1–⁠1
Idaho4–⁠25–⁠2–⁠1
USC2–⁠19–⁠2
Oregon2–⁠2–⁠14–⁠2–⁠3
Oregon State1–⁠43–⁠5
Washington State0–⁠4–⁠11–⁠5–⁠2
Montana0–⁠34–⁠4

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.