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1917 Idaho football
ConferenceNorthwest Conference
Record2–3 (1–3 Northwest)
Head coach
CaptainTom Jackson
Home stadiumMacLean Field
Seasons
← 1916
1919 →
1917 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington State $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 0 – 1
Oregon Agricultural 2 – 1 – 1 4 – 2 – 1
Washington 1 – 1 – 1 1 – 2 – 1
Oregon 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Idaho 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 3 – 0
Whitman 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1917 Idaho football team represented the University of Idaho as a member of the Northwest Conference during the 1917 college football season. Led by Wilfred C. BleamasterI in his second and final season as head coach, Idaho compiled an overall record of 2–3 with a mark of 1–3 in confernce play, placing fifth in the Northwest Conference.[1] The team had two home games on campus, at MacLean Field in Moscow.

Idaho dropped a fourth consecutive shutout to Washington State in the Battle of the Palouse, falling 0–19 at home.[2][3][4][5] Six years later, the Vandals won the first of three consecutive, their only three-peat in the rivalry series.

Idaho opened with three losses, then won twice for a 2–3 record; they did not play Gonzaga this season.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 202:30 p.m.vs. Oregon Agricultural
L 6–26[6][7][8][9]
October 27at Oregon
L 0–14[10][11]
November 3Washington Statedagger
L 0–19[2][3][4][5]
November 10Whitman
  • MacLean Field
  • Moscow, ID
W 16–0[12][13][14][15]
November 29at Montana*
W 14–3[16][17][18][19][20]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

1918

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The following year in 1918, Idaho's football team was non-varsity, composed of Student Army Training Corps (SATC) players.[21] After the Armistice ending World War I, they played a limited schedule and defeated Washington State's SATC team 7–6 in Moscow in December.[21][22][23]

Idaho's first two games were against Gonzaga; the opener in Moscow on November 16 was a 13–7 Idaho win,[24] and they tied the next week in Spokane at seven points each.[25] Idaho played another in Spokane on November 30, a 0–68 loss to a team of U.S. Marines from Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California.[26][27]

References

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  1. ^ "Washington State Is Coast Champion For '17 Football Season". The Oregon Sunday Journal. Portland, Oregon. December 2, 1917. p. 4, section 2. Retrieved December 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ a b "Idaho expects upset of dope; Pullman looks for hard battle". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 2, 1917. p. 19.
  3. ^ a b "Idaho meets W.S.C. team today". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 3, 1917. p. 14.
  4. ^ a b "Line up against Pullman team today". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (photo). November 3, 1917. p. 11.
  5. ^ a b "W.S.C. bowls over Idaho, 19 to 0, by fierce hammering of backs". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 4, 1917. p. 1, part 3.
  6. ^ "O. A. C. And Idaho Will Fight It Out Tomorrow At The Round-Up Field". East Oregonian. Pendleton, Oregon. October 19, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ Varnell, George M. (October 19, 1917). "Big gridiron offensive starts swing tomorrow". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 25.
  8. ^ "O. A. C. Defeats Idaho, 26-6, In First College Football Game Ever Played Here". East Oregonian. Pendleton, Oregon. October 21, 1917. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Superior weight wins for O.A.C." Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 21, 1917. p. 1, part 3.
  10. ^ "Coach at Idaho sees no victory; neither defeat". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 26, 1917. p. 19.
  11. ^ "University team shuts out Idaho". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). October 29, 1917. p. 4.
  12. ^ "Bitter fight coming to Idaho". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 9, 1917. p. 19.
  13. ^ "Idaho meets Whitman today". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 10, 1917. p. 16.
  14. ^ "Idaho "U" eleven beats Whitman". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 11, 1917. p. 1, part 3.
  15. ^ "Old Man Dope is jolted all over the Northwest". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 12, 1917. p. 16.
  16. ^ "Idaho team off for Missoula". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 29, 1917. p. 14.
  17. ^ "Varsity leaves for Missoula determined to land Grizzly pelt". University Argonaut. (Moscow, Idaho). November 27, 1917. p. 1.
  18. ^ "Idaho wins from Montana". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 30, 1917. p. 5.
  19. ^ "Idaho defeats Montana, 14 to 3". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 30, 1917. p. 20.
  20. ^ "Varsity closes season with win over Bruins". University Argonaut. (Moscow, Idaho). December 4, 1917. p. 1.
  21. ^ a b "Football: 1918 season". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. (1920 junior class, volume 17). Spring 1919. p. 117.
  22. ^ "Moscow plans for W.S.C. game". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 7, 1918. p. 1, part two.
  23. ^ "Idaho wins first game from WSC in five years". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 8, 1918. p. 1, part two.
  24. ^ "Idaho "U: defeats Gonzaga, 13 to 7". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 17, 1918. p. 1, part 3.
  25. ^ "Gridiron season opened with Gonzaga and Idaho in 7-7 tie". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 24, 1918. p. 1, part 3.
  26. ^ "Idaho has chance to win Coast football championship today". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 30, 1918. p. 13.
  27. ^ "Devil Dog Marines romp to easy victory over Idaho - score 68-0". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 1, 1918. p. 1, part 2.
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