1913 Idaho football team

1913 Idaho football
Conference	Northwest Conference
Record	3–3 (2–2 Northwest)
Head coach	John G. Griffith (9th season)

1913 Northwest Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington $	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	0	–	0
Oregon Agricultural	3	–	1	–	1			3	–	2	–	3
Idaho	2	–	2	–	0			3	–	3	–	0
Oregon	1	–	1	–	1			3	–	3	–	1
Washington State	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Whitman	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1913 Idaho football team represented the University of Idaho as a member of the Northwest Conference during the 1913 college football season. Led by ninth-year head coach John G. Griffith, Idaho compiled an overall record of 3–3 with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, tying for third place in the Northwest Conference.^[1] The team's two home games were played in Moscow, but off campus; the new MacLean Field opened the following season.

In the season opener in Spokane, Idaho whipped Gonzaga 54−3,^[2][3][4] then posted a second-straight win over Washington State in the Battle of the Palouse, 3–0 in Moscow.^[5][6][7][8]

Rival Montana was not played this season, and Idaho's three losses were all in Oregon, concluding on New Year's Day against the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland.^[9][10][11] With wins over Gonzaga, Washington State, and Whitman, Idaho was the champion of the Inland Empire.^[12]

It was Griffith's penultimate year as head coach; he left for Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State) in Stillwater after the 1914 season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 11	at Gonzaga*	Spokane, WA (rivalry)	W 54–3	[2][3][4]
October 17	Washington State	Moscow, ID (rivalry)	W 3–0	[5][6][7][8]
October 25	at Oregon	Kincaid Field Eugene, OR	L 0–27	[13][14]
November 15	Whitman	Moscow, ID	W 29–3	[12]
November 27	at Oregon Agricultural	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	L 0–3	[15]
January 1, 1914	at Multnomah Athletic Club*	Multnomah Field Portland, OR	L 9–20	[9][10][11]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "Washington Scored 267 Games During 1914[sic] Gridiron Games". The Oregon Journal. Portland, Oregon. November 30, 1913. p. 23. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
2. "Idaho swamps Gonzaga team". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. October 12, 1913. p. 1, part 3.
3. "Idaho 54, Gonzaga 3". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. October 12, 1913. p. 12.
4. "Gonzaga swamped by Idaho eleven". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. October 13, 1913. p. 16.
5. "Idaho wins 3-0 victory over W.S.C. in their annual battle". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. October 18, 1913. p. 18.
6. "Idaho defeats W.S.C. team". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. October 18, 1913. p. 8.
7. "Idaho victorious in Pullman game". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. October 18, 1913. p. 17.
8. "Fatal fumbling by WSC backs". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. October 19, 1913. p. 4, part 3.
9. "Idaho will play Multnomah team". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. November 27, 1913. p. 20.
10. "Idaho "U" meets Multnomah men". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. January 1, 1914. p. 15.
11. "Idaho defeated in Portland game". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. January 2, 1914. p. 16.
12. "Inland Empire title to Idaho". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. November 16, 1913. p. 1, part 3.
13. "Oregon wins 27 to 0". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). October 25, 1913. p. 1.
14. "Idaho swamped by Oregon". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 2, 1913. p. 1, part 3.
15. "Oregon Aggies defeat Idaho in the mud". The Idaho Statesman. November 28, 1913. Retrieved October 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Gem of the Mountains: 1915 University of Idaho yearbook (spring 1914) – 1913 football season
• Go Mighty Vandals – 1913 football season
• Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1913 editions