1931 Idaho

3–⁠4 (1–⁠4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Leo Calland.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1931, game by game: won vs. Whitman 32–7; lost at Oregon 0–9; won vs. Montana 21–19; lost at Washington 7–38; won at Gonzaga 7–6; lost at Washington State 8–9; lost at California 0–18+25−31Won 32–7 vs. Whitman+25WhitmanLost 0–9 at Oregon-9OregonWon 21–19 vs. Montana+2MontanaLost 7–38 at Washington-31WashingtonWon 7–6 at Gonzaga+1GonzagaLost 8–9 at Washington State-1Washington StateLost 0–18 at California-18California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsWhitmanW 32–⁠782%
Oct 3atOregonL 0–⁠924%
Oct 10vsMontanaW 21–⁠1954%
Oct 17atWashingtonL 7–⁠3829%
Oct 31atGonzagaW 7–⁠641%
Nov 7atWashington StateL 8–⁠917%
Nov 14atCaliforniaL 0–⁠1827%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 18–⁠0; 8th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 47th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Photographs from 1931

  • 1931 Idaho football team photo
    1931 Idaho football team photoPhoto: 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
3–⁠4
Conference
1–⁠4 8th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
75–⁠106
Coach
Leo Calland
Elo
1365 −17 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.4 No. 45 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1931 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠010–⁠1
California4–⁠18–⁠2
Oregon3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠2
Washington State4–⁠36–⁠4
Washington3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠2–⁠17–⁠2–⁠2
Oregon State1–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Idaho1–⁠43–⁠4
UCLA0–⁠33–⁠4–⁠1
Montana0–⁠51–⁠6

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