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1925 Idaho

3–⁠5 (2–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Robert L. Mathews.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1925, game by game: won vs. Albertson 16–14; won at Oregon 6–0; won at Washington State 7–6; lost vs. Gonzaga 3–12; lost vs. USC 7–51; lost vs. Montana 14–20; lost vs. Oregon State 7–16; lost at Creighton 19–34+7−44Won 16–14 vs. Albertson+2AlbertsonWon 6–0 at Oregon+6OregonWon 7–6 at Washington State+1Washington StateLost 3–12 vs. Gonzaga-9GonzagaLost 7–51 vs. USC-44USCLost 14–20 vs. Montana-6MontanaLost 7–16 vs. Oregon State-9Oregon StateLost 19–34 at Creighton-15Creighton
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 3vsAlbertsonW 16–⁠1491%
Oct 10atOregonW 6–⁠052%
Oct 17atWashington StateW 7–⁠657%
Oct 24vsGonzagaL 3–⁠1271%
Oct 30vsUSCL 7–⁠5147%
Nov 7vsMontanaL 14–⁠2072%
Nov 21vsOregon StateL 7–⁠1651%
Nov 28atCreightonL 19–⁠3466%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Creighton 34–⁠19; tied for 6th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 32nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Photographs from 1925

  • Vandal football team
    Vandal football teamPhoto: 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
3–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠3 tied for 6th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
79–⁠153
Coach
Robert L. Mathews
Elo
1406 −137 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.3 No. 60 of 104 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

  • Ted BucklinOTUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1925 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1925 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington5–⁠010–⁠1–⁠1
Stanford4–⁠17–⁠2
USC3–⁠211–⁠2
Oregon State3–⁠27–⁠2
California2–⁠26–⁠3
Washington State2–⁠33–⁠4–⁠1
Idaho2–⁠33–⁠5
Montana1–⁠43–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon0–⁠51–⁠5–⁠1

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