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1942 Idaho

3–⁠7 (1–⁠5 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Francis Schmidt.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1942, game by game: lost vs. Oregon State 0–32; lost at Second Air Force (Washington) 0–14; won at Eastern Washington 28–7; lost at Stanford 7–54; lost at Oregon 0–28; won at Montana 21–0; lost vs. No. 14 Washington State 0–7; won vs. Portland 20–14; lost at Utah 7–13; lost at UCLA 13–40+21−47Lost 0–32 vs. Oregon State-32Oregon StateLost 0–14 at Second Air Force (Washington)-14Second Air Forc…Won 28–7 at Eastern Washington+21Eastern Washing…Lost 7–54 at Stanford-47StanfordLost 0–28 at Oregon-28OregonWon 21–0 at Montana+21MontanaLost 0–7 vs. No. 14 Washington State-7No. 14 Washington StateWon 20–14 vs. Portland+6PortlandLost 7–13 at Utah-6UtahLost 13–40 at UCLA-27UCLA
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsOregon StateL 0–⁠3218%
Oct 3atSecond Air Force (Washington)L 0–⁠1452%
Oct 9atEastern WashingtonW 28–⁠750%
Oct 17atStanfordL 7–⁠5415%
Oct 24atOregonL 0–⁠2819%
Oct 31atMontanaW 21–⁠039%
Nov 14vs14Washington StateL 0–⁠719%
Nov 21vsPortlandW 20–⁠1466%
Nov 26atUtahL 7–⁠1310%
Dec 5atUCLAL 13–⁠4014%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to UCLA 40–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 81st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Photographs from 1942

  • Pep band at football game [08]
    Pep band at football game [08]Photo: University of Idaho, Public Domain Mark 1.0, via Digital Public Library of America
  • Pep band at football game [07]
    Pep band at football game [07]Photo: 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
3–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠5 9th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
96–⁠209
Coach
Francis Schmidt
Elo
1283 +4 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−18.8 No. 112 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1942 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠17–⁠413
Washington State5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠217
Stanford5–⁠26–⁠412
USC4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State4–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Washington3–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠3
California3–⁠45–⁠5
Oregon2–⁠52–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠53–⁠7
Montana0–⁠60–⁠8

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