1931 Idaho Vandals football team

Coordinates: 46°43′34″N 117°00′47″W / 46.726°N 117.013°W / 46.726; -117.013

1931 Idaho Vandals football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
1931 record 3–4 (1–4 PCC)
Head coach Leo Calland (3rd season)
Home stadium MacLean Field
1931 PCC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
USC $ 7 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
California 4 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
Oregon 3 –1 –1  6 –2 –2
Washington State 4 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Washington 3 –3 –1  5 –3 –1
Stanford 2 –2 –1  7 –2 –2
Oregon State 1 –3 –1  6 –3 –1
Idaho 1 –4 –0  3 –4 –0
UCLA 0 –3 –0  3 –4 –1
Montana 0 –5 –0  1 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1931 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1931 college football season. The Vandals were led by third-year head coach Leo Calland, and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. Home games were played on campus in Moscow at MacLean Field, with none in Boise this season.

Idaho compiled a 3–4 overall record and lost all but one of its five games in the PCC. The Vandals were led on the field by undersized sophomore quarterback Wee Willie Smith, then known as "Little Giant" Willis Smith of Boise.[1][2] Three years later in 1934, he was a backup in the NFL with the New York Giants in their championship season.

In the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State, the Vandals suffered a fourth straight loss, falling by one point at Rogers Field in Pullman on November 7.[3][4] Idaho's most recent win in the series was six years earlier in 1925 and the next was 23 years away in 1954.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 26 Whitman* MacLean Field • Moscow, Idaho W 32–7    
October 3 vs. Oregon Multnomah Stadium • Portland, Oregon [5] L   0–9   10,000
October 10 Montana MacLean Field • Moscow, Idaho [6] (Little Brown Stein) W 21–19    
October 17 at Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle [7] L   7–38   10,000
October 31 Gonzaga*dagger MacLean Field • Moscow, Idaho [1][8] (Rivalry) W  7–6     5,000
November 7 at Washington State Rogers Field • Pullman, Washington (Battle of the Palouse) L   8–9   10,000
November 14 at California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, California L   0–18    
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.

References

  1. 1 2 "Idaho takes Bulldogs in hard-fought battle". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. November 2, 1931. p. 12.
  2. ↑ "Prospects point to first close Cougar-Vandal battle for four long years". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. November 6, 1931. p. 25.
  3. ↑ "Vandals nearly slough Cougars". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 8, 1931. p. 7.
  4. ↑ "Vandals, Cougars give wild-eyed crowd thrill". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. November 9, 1931. p. 12.
  5. ↑ "Oregon barely defeats Idaho". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 4, 1931. p. 7.
  6. ↑ "Vandals victors". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 11, 1931. p. 7.
  7. ↑ "Washington wins from Idaho 38-7". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. October 18, 1931. p. 8.
  8. ↑ "Idaho defeats Gonzaga 7 to 6". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 1, 1931. p. 9.
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