1939 Idaho Vandals football team

Coordinates: 46°43′34″N 117°01′05″W / 46.726°N 117.018°W / 46.726; -117.018

1939 Idaho Vandals football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
1939 record 2–6 (0–3 PCC)
Head coach Ted Bank (5th season)
Home stadium Neale Stadium
1939 PCC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 USC $ 5 –0 –2  8 –0 –2
No. 7 UCLA 5 –0 –3  6 –0 –4
Oregon State 6 –1 –1  9 –1 –1
Washington 4 –4 –0  4 –5 –1
Oregon 3 –3 –1  3 –4 –1
Washington State 3 –5 –0  4 –5 –0
Montana 1 –2 –0  3 –6 –0
California 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Stanford 0 –6 –1  1 –7 –1
Idaho 0 –3 –0  2 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1939 college football season. The Vandals were led by fifth-year head coach Ted Bank, and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. Home games were played on campus in Moscow at Neale Stadium, with one game in Boise at Public School Field.

The Vandals were 2–6 overall and lost all three conference games. They did not play any of the four teams from California teams, Washington, or Oregon. In the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State, the Vandals suffered a twelfth straight loss, falling 13–21 at Rogers Field in Pullman on November 11.[1] Idaho's most recent win in the series was a fourteen years earlier in 1925 and the next was fifteen years away in 1954.

Two weeks earlier, Idaho began a rare three-year losing streak to Montana in the Little Brown Stein rivalry with a 13-point shutout at homecoming in Moscow.[2] While Montana was in the PCC (through 1949), the loser of the game was frequently last in the conference standings.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 30 2:00 pm Montana State* Neale Stadium • Moscow, ID [3] W 7–6    
October 7 2:00 pm at Oregon State Bell Field • Corvallis, OR [4] L   6–7    
October 13 2:00 pm at Gonzaga* Gonzaga Stadium • Spokane, WA [5] L   0–19    
October 21 1:00 pm vs. Utah* Public School Field • Boise, ID [6] L   0–35     6,500
October 28 2:00 pm Montanadagger Neale Stadium • Moscow, ID [2] (Little Brown Stein) L   0–13    
November 4 2:00 pm Utah State* Neale Stadium • Moscow, ID [7] W 19–7     2,500
November 11 2:00 pm at Washington State Rogers Field • Pullman, WA [1] (Battle of the Palouse) L 13–21   12,000
November 23 1:00 pm at Denver* DU Stadium • Denver, CO [8] L   0–23   14,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. All times are in Pacific Time.
  • One game was played on Friday (Gonzaga at Spokane)
    and one on Thursday (at Denver on Thanksgiving)

References

  1. 1 2 "Idaho loses by one touchdown in 'Civil War'". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 12, 1939. p. 10.
  2. 1 2 "Grizzlies take Vandals, 13-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 29, 1939. p. 11.
  3. ↑ "Vandals defeat Montana State in grid opener". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 1, 1939. p. 11.
  4. ↑ "Beavers barely able to defeat Vandals 7 to 6". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 8, 1939. p. 12.
  5. ↑ "Bulldogs take Vandals 19-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 14, 1939. p. 8.
  6. ↑ "Utah trounces Vandals, 35-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 22, 1939. p. 13.
  7. ↑ "Vandals defeat Utah State 19-7". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 5, 1939. p. 10.
  8. ↑ "Vandals slowed by rarified air". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 24, 1939. p. 8.
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