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1938 Idaho

6–⁠3–⁠1 (2–⁠3–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Ted Bank.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1938, game by game: won at Oregon State 13–0; tied at Washington 12–12; won vs. North Dakota State 27–0; won at Gonzaga 26–12; lost at UCLA 0–33; won vs. Montana 19–6; lost at Oregon 6–19; lost vs. Washington State 0–12; won vs. Utah State 14–0; won at Utah 16–0+27−33Won 13–0 at Oregon State+13Oregon StateTied 12–12 at Washington0WashingtonWon 27–0 vs. North Dakota State+27North Dakota St…Won 26–12 at Gonzaga+14GonzagaLost 0–33 at UCLA-33UCLAWon 19–6 vs. Montana+13MontanaLost 6–19 at Oregon-13OregonLost 0–12 vs. Washington State-12Washington StateWon 14–0 vs. Utah State+14Utah StateWon 16–0 at Utah+16Utah
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24atOregon StateW 13–⁠022%
Oct 1atWashingtonT 12–⁠1219%
Oct 8vsNorth Dakota StateW 27–⁠084%
Oct 15atGonzagaW 26–⁠1239%
Oct 22atUCLAL 0–⁠3332%
Oct 29vsMontanaW 19–⁠664%
Nov 5atOregonL 6–⁠1940%
Nov 12vsWashington StateL 0–⁠1256%
Nov 19vsUtah StateW 14–⁠045%
Nov 24atUtahW 16–⁠016%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Utah 16–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 13th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Photographs from 1938

  • Idaho vs. Montana football game
    Idaho vs. Montana football gamePhoto: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
    The game
  • Card section of audience at a football game [01]
    Card section of audience at a football game [01]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
  • Idaho vs. North Dakota State
    Idaho vs. North Dakota StatePhoto: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
  • Pep band at football game [06]
    Pep band at football game [06]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
  • Varsity football team
    Varsity football teamPhoto: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
  • Idaho vs. North Dakota State football game
    Idaho vs. North Dakota State football gamePhoto: 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
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠1 7th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
133–⁠94
Coach
Ted Bank
Elo
1457 +128 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.2 No. 65 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

  • Tony KnapEAP-2; NEA-1

From Wikipedia’s 1938 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1938 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California6–⁠110–⁠114
USC6–⁠19–⁠27
UCLA4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon State4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon4–⁠44–⁠5
Washington3–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Idaho2–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠53–⁠6
Washington State1–⁠72–⁠8
Montana0–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1

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