1920 Idaho Vandals football team explained

Year:1920
Team:Idaho Vandals
Sport:football
Conference:Northwest Conference
Short Conf:Northwest
Record:4–2
Conf Record:2–2
Head Coach:Thomas Kelley
Hc Year:1st
Captain:Felix Plastino[1] [2]
Stadium:MacLean Field

The 1920 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho as a member of the Northwest Conference during the 1920 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Thomas Kelley, the Vandals compiled an overall record of 4–2 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, placing fourth in the Northwest Conference.[3] The team played one home game on campus, at MacLean Field in Moscow, Idaho, and one in Boise, Idaho, at the state fairgrounds.

Idaho dropped a sixth consecutive game to Washington State in the Battle of the Palouse, falling, 14–7, in the opener in Moscow.[4] [5] Three years later, the Vandals won the first of three consecutive, their only three-peat in the

After coming up six points short at Oregon to start with two losses,[6] [7] Idaho won its last

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Notes and References

  1. News: Elected Captain . . . 10 . December 3, 1919 . March 22, 2022 . newspapers.com.
  2. News: Team Members to Wear Numbers in Grid Contest . . . 6 . November 11, 1920 . March 22, 2022 . newspapers.com.
  3. News: Bertz . George . California Wins Coast Grid Honors . . . November 22, 1920 . 8 . December 3, 2024 . .
  4. News: Idaho meets W.S.C. today . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . October 15, 1920 . 1, sec. 2.
  5. News: Idaho's team was surprise . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . October 16, 1920 . 9.
  6. News: U. of Oregon 13 to Idaho's 7 . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho) . October 24, 1920 .
  7. News: Oregon beats Idaho in hard fought game in Hayward stadium . Eugene Daily Guard . (Oregon). October 25, 1920 . 8.