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1930 Idaho

4–⁠7 (0–⁠5 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Leo Calland.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1930, game by game: lost vs. Montana State 6–7; won vs. Albertson 30–6; lost at Washington 0–27; won vs. Whitman 47–0; lost at Oregon 6–20; won vs. Gonzaga 26–0; lost vs. Washington State 7–33; lost vs. Montana 6–12; lost at UCLA 6–20; won at St. Louis Alumni-Hawaii 20–14; lost at Hawai’i 0–37+47−37Lost 6–7 vs. Montana State-1Montana StateWon 30–6 vs. Albertson+24AlbertsonLost 0–27 at Washington-27WashingtonWon 47–0 vs. Whitman+47WhitmanLost 6–20 at Oregon-14OregonWon 26–0 vs. Gonzaga+26GonzagaLost 7–33 vs. Washington State-26Washington StateLost 6–12 vs. Montana-6MontanaLost 6–20 at UCLA-14UCLAWon 20–14 at St. Louis Alumni-Hawaii+6St. Louis Alumn…Lost 0–37 at Hawai’i-37Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsMontana StateL 6–⁠753%
Oct 4vsAlbertsonW 30–⁠686%
Oct 11atWashingtonL 0–⁠2738%
Oct 18vsWhitmanW 47–⁠086%
Oct 25atOregonL 6–⁠2026%
Nov 1vsGonzagaW 26–⁠082%
Nov 8vsWashington StateL 7–⁠3327%
Nov 15vsMontanaL 6–⁠1260%
Nov 29atUCLAL 6–⁠2052%
Dec 25atSt. Louis Alumni-HawaiiW 20–⁠1465%
Jan 1atHawai’iL 0–⁠3767%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Hawai’i 37–⁠0; 10th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 62nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Photographs from 1930

  • Stretching drills at Idaho practice
    Stretching drills at Idaho practicePhoto: 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
4–⁠7
Conference
0–⁠5 10th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
154–⁠176
Coach
Leo Calland
Elo
1323 −125 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−17.2 No. 97 of 106 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1930 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington State6–⁠09–⁠1
USC5–⁠18–⁠2
Stanford4–⁠19–⁠1–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠17–⁠2
Washington3–⁠45–⁠4
Oregon State2–⁠37–⁠3
Montana1–⁠35–⁠3
California1–⁠44–⁠5
UCLA1–⁠43–⁠5
Idaho0–⁠54–⁠7

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