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1932 Idaho

3–⁠5 (1–⁠4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Leo Calland.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1932, game by game: won vs. Whitman 49–0; lost at UCLA 0–6; lost vs. Gonzaga 7–20; won at Montana 19–6; lost vs. Oregon 0–32; lost at Washington State 0–12; lost at California 6–21; won vs. Utah State 33–0+49−32Won 49–0 vs. Whitman+49WhitmanLost 0–6 at UCLA-6UCLALost 7–20 vs. Gonzaga-13GonzagaWon 19–6 at Montana+13MontanaLost 0–32 vs. Oregon-32OregonLost 0–12 at Washington State-12Washington StateLost 6–21 at California-15CaliforniaWon 33–0 vs. Utah State+33Utah State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsWhitmanW 49–⁠084%
Sep 30atUCLAL 0–⁠637%
Oct 8vsGonzagaL 7–⁠2059%
Oct 15atMontanaW 19–⁠635%
Oct 22vsOregonL 0–⁠3242%
Nov 5atWashington StateL 0–⁠1219%
Nov 12atCaliforniaL 6–⁠2127%
Nov 26vsUtah StateW 33–⁠039%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Utah State 33–⁠0; tied for 8th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Photographs from 1932

  • 1932 Idaho football team photo
    1932 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
3–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠4 tied for 8th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
114–⁠97
Coach
Leo Calland
Elo
1405 −5 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.0 No. 60 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

  • Wee Willie SmithQBNEA-2

From Wikipedia’s 1932 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1932 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠010–⁠0
Washington State5–⁠1–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
UCLA4–⁠26–⁠4
Washington3–⁠2–⁠26–⁠2–⁠2
California2–⁠2–⁠17–⁠3–⁠2
Oregon2–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon State1–⁠44–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠43–⁠5
Montana0–⁠52–⁠7

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