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1925 Idaho Vandals football team

1925 Idaho Vandals football
ConferenceNorthwest Conference, Pacific Coast Conference
Record3–5 (2–3 Northwest, 2–3 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMacLean Field
Seasons
← 1924
1926 →
1925 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oregon Agricultural + 7 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Washington + 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 1
Gonzaga 2 – 1 – 2 7 – 2 – 2
Whitman 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Idaho 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Montana 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Washington State 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Pacific (OR) 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Oregon 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 5 – 1
Willamette 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1925 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Washington $ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 1
No. 8 Stanford 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
USC 3 – 2 – 0 11 – 2 – 0
Oregon Agricultural 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
California 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Idaho 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Washington State 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Montana 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Oregon 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1925 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho as a member of the Northwest Conference and the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1925 college football season. Led by Robert L. Mathews in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Vandals compiled an overall record of 3–5. Idaho had a record of 2–3 in Northwest Conference play, tying for fourth place, and 2–3 against PCC opponents, tying for sixth.[1] The team played home games on campus, at MacLean Field in Moscow, Idaho.

Idaho defeated neighbor Washington State for the third straight year in the Battle of the Palouse,[2] and the second consecutive win at Rogers Field in Pullman. Since this three-peat of 100 years ago, Idaho has won only five games in the rivalry, the next victory came 29 years later in 1954.

USC came north in late October and met Idaho in Moscow for the only time in history, and won 51–7 on a Friday afternoon.[3][4] The next day in nearby Pullman, Washington State hosted Washington, decades before the rivalry became known as the Apple Cup. A special train from Boise brought up football fans from southern Idaho to watch both games for a package fare of fifty dollars for the four-day jaunt.[5]

Idaho opened the season with three wins, but dropped its final five games. After the season, Mathews left for Saint Louis University and was succeeded by Charles F. Erb, a former all-PCC quarterback at the University of California.[6]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2College of Idaho*
W 16–14[7][8]
October 10at Oregon
W 6–0[9][10][11]
October 17at Washington State
W 7–6[2]
October 24at Gonzaga
L 3–12[12][13][14]
October 30USC
  • MacLean Field
  • Moscow, ID
L 7–51[3][4]
November 7Montana
L 14–20[15]
November 21Oregon Agricultural
L 7–16[16]
November 26at Creighton*
L 19–34[17]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "Washington Gains Coast Supremacy". The Morning Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. November 16, 1925. p. 14. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ a b "Fumble resulted in Idaho victory". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 19, 1925. p. 15.
  3. ^ a b "U.S.C. tramples Idaho's Vandals". Eugene Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 31, 1925. p. 7.
  4. ^ a b "Trojans dazzle Idaho followers". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 31, 1925. p. 14.
  5. ^ "Idaho grid fans will see games". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 3, 1925. p. 16.
  6. ^ "Erb will coach Idaho gridders". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). May 12, 1926. p. 19.
  7. ^ "Vandals fail to show class in College of Idaho game". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 3, 1925. p. 16.
  8. ^ "Idaho noses out victory, 16 to 14". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 3, 1925. p. 8.
  9. ^ "Coach Mathews brings 30 Idaho Vandals along". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). October 9, 1925. p. 8.
  10. ^ "Oregon loses to Idaho; California loses her game". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). October 12, 1925. p. 8.
  11. ^ "Vandal invaders defeat Oregon". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 12, 1925. p. 13.
  12. ^ "Bulldogs and Vandals look even". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 23, 1925. p. 24.
  13. ^ "Gonzaga scores 12 to 3 early in Idaho battle". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 24, 1925. p. 1.
  14. ^ "Gonzaga swamps invading Vandals". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 26, 1925. p. 14.
  15. ^ "Idaho will try to down Montana". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 7, 1925. p. 16.
  16. ^ "Aggies to face Idaho's Vandals". Eugene Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 21, 1925. p. 14.
  17. ^ "Creighton Victor Over Idaho, 34-19". The Billings Gazette. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
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