1929 Idaho Vandals football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–5 (1–4 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMacLean Field
1929 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 USC $ 6 –1 –010 –2 –0
Stanford 5 –1 –09 –2 –0
No. 4 California 4 –1 –07 –1 –1
Oregon 4 –1 –07 –3 –0
Washington State 4 –2 –010 –2 –0
UCLA 1 –3 –04 –4 –0
Oregon State 1 –4 –05 –4 –0
Idaho 1 –4 –04 –5 –0
Montana 0 –4 –13 –5 –1
Washington 0 –5 –12 –6 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1929 college football season. The Vandals were led by first-year head coach Leo Calland and were in their eighth season in the Pacific Coast Conference. Home games were played on campus in Moscow at MacLean Field. Idaho compiled a 4–5 overall record and went 1–4 in conference games.

Calland was previously a USC assistant coach and a former player for the Trojans,[1][2] a guard and captain as a senior on the 1922 team that won the Rose Bowl. Raised in Seattle, he was also the head coach of the USC basketball team for two seasons.[3][4]

In the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State, the Cougars won for the second straight year,[5][6] their first at home in Pullman in eight years.

The Vandals finished the season with a two-game road trip to Los Angeles and Pocatello in southeastern Idaho. Calland's return to USC was harsh, with a 72-point shutout by the Trojans to extend the season's losing streak to five games.[7] The final game on Thanksgiving was a 41–7 win over the Tigers of the university's Southern Branch,[8] today's Idaho State University, but then a two-year school.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Montana State*
W 39–6[9][10][11][12]
October 5Whitman*
  • MacLean Field
  • Moscow, ID
W 41–7[13]
October 12Montana
W 19–0[14]
October 19at Oregon
L 7–3420,000[15][16]
October 26at Oregon State
L 0–27[17]
November 9at Washington State
L 7–4110,000[5][6]
November 16Gonzaga*dagger
  • MacLean Field
  • Moscow, ID
L 14–208,000[18][19]
November 23at USC
L 0–7210,000[7]
November 28at Idaho Southern Branch*Pocatello, ID (future rivalry)W 41–7[8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

All-conference

No Vandals were named to the All-Coast team.[20][21] on the All-Northwest team, tackle Gordon Diehl and center Lester Kirkpatrick were first team selections.[22][23]

References

  1. ↑ "Calland named to coach Idaho in Erb's stead". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. March 1, 1929. p. 10.
  2. ↑ "Calland will have charge of sports". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. March 2, 1929. p. 10.
  3. ↑ "Calland to head Idaho athletics". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. March 2, 1929. p. 14.
  4. ↑ "Calland undecided upon his assistant". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. March 2, 1929. p. 1, section 2.
  5. 1 2 Russell, Eugene H. (November 10, 1929). "W.S.C. defeats Idaho, 41 to 7, before 10,000 fans". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 1, sports.
  6. 1 2 "Cougars blast Idaho 41 to 7". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 10, 1929. p. 9.
  7. 1 2 "USC beats Vandals in 72 to 0 frolic". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 24, 1929. p. 13.
  8. 1 2 "Vandals trim Southern Branch by 41-7 score". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 29, 1929. p. 12.
  9. ↑ "Vandals open up". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. September 27, 1929. p. 12.
  10. ↑ "Calland mum on grid hopes". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. September 27, 1929. p. 29.
  11. ↑ "Idaho tramples Montana State". Spokesman-Review. Spokesman-Review. September 29, 1929. p. 1, sports.
  12. ↑ "Vandals defeat Montana State". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. September 29, 1929. p. 11.
  13. ↑ "Idaho defeats Whitman Saints". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 6, 1929. p. 13.
  14. ↑ "Vandals crush Montana 19-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 13, 1929. p. 11.
  15. ↑ "Oregon-Idaho tied at quarter 7-7". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. October 19, 1927. p. 1.
  16. ↑ "Oregon eleven smashes Idaho". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 20, 1929. p. 11.
  17. ↑ "Vandals crushed". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 27, 1927. p. 9.
  18. ↑ "Gonzaga and Idaho clash today in 16th annual gridiron battle". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington). November 16, 1929. p. 18.
  19. ↑ "Passing attack gives Gonzaga 20 to 14 victory over University of Idaho in hard battle". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington). November 17, 1929. p. 1, sports.
  20. ↑ "Pick Cost team". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 3, 1929. p. 12.
  21. ↑ "Austin Colbert, Webfoot, rates tackle on All-Coast team". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 3, 1929. p. 9.
  22. ↑ "Name all-star teams in Coast conference". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. November 28, 1929. p. 24.
  23. ↑ "Pick North team". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 29, 1929. p. 12.
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