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1920 Idaho Vandals football team

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1920 Idaho Vandals football
ConferenceNorthwest Conference
Record4–2 (2–2 Northwest)
Head coach
CaptainFelix Plastino[1][2]
Home stadiumMacLean Field
Seasons
← 1919
1921 →
1920 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington State $ 3 0 0 5 1 0
Oregon 1 0 1 3 2 1
Whitman 2 1 0 3 2 0
Idaho 2 2 0 4 2 0
Oregon Agricultural 0 1 1 2 2 2
Willamette 0 1 0 3 1 1
Montana 0 3 0 4 3 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1920 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho as a member of the Northwest Conference during the 1920 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Thomas Kelley, the Vandals compiled an overall record of 4–2 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, placing fourth in the Northwest Conference.[3] The team played one home game on campus, at MacLean Field in Moscow, Idaho, and one in Boise, Idaho, at the state fairgrounds.

Idaho dropped a sixth consecutive game to Washington State in the Battle of the Palouse, falling, 14–7, in the opener in Moscow.[4][5] Three years later, the Vandals won the first of three consecutive, their only three-peat in the rivalry series.

After coming up six points short at Oregon to start with two losses,[6][7] Idaho won its last four games.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 15Washington StatedaggerL 7–14[4][5]
October 23at OregonL 7–13[6][7]
October 30at Whitman
W 21–7[8]
November 11vs. Utah*W 10–0[9][10]
November 20at MontanaW 20–7[11]
November 27at Gonzaga*
W 10–7[12][13][14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

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  1. ^ "Elected Captain". Victoria Daily Times. Victoria, British Columbia. December 3, 1919. p. 10. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Team Members to Wear Numbers in Grid Contest". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. November 11, 1920. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Bertz, George (November 22, 1920). "California Wins Coast Grid Honors". The Oregon Daily Journal. Portland, Oregon. p. 8. Retrieved December 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ a b "Idaho meets W.S.C. today". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). October 15, 1920. p. 1, sec. 2.
  5. ^ a b "Idaho's team was surprise". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). October 16, 1920. p. 9.
  6. ^ a b "U. of Oregon 13 to Idaho's 7". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho). October 24, 1920.
  7. ^ a b "Oregon beats Idaho in hard fought game in Hayward stadium". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). October 25, 1920. p. 8.
  8. ^ "Whitman win? "Hardly a chance" says Borleske". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 30, 1920. p. 13.
  9. ^ "'U' warriors off on their fourth and last jaunt of 1920 season". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). November 10, 1920. p. 4, part 2.
  10. ^ "'U' warriors fall before weightier Gem Staters in spectacular game". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). November 12, 1920. p. 4, part 2.
  11. ^ "Idaho humbles Montana Bruins". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 21, 1920. p. 1, sports.
  12. ^ "Gonzaga and Idaho elevens face hard fight Saturday". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 26, 1920. p. 23.
  13. ^ "Gonzaga holds Idaho as warm fight opens". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 27, 1920. p. 6.
  14. ^ McPhee, R.G. (November 29, 1920). "Gonzaga fights hard but Idaho wins victory". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 19.
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