1929 Idaho Vandals football team

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.

1929 Idaho Vandals football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1929 record	4–5 (1–4 PCC)
Head coach	Leo Calland (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Otto Anderson Rich Fox Glenn Jacoby (freshmen)
Home stadium	MacLean Field

1929 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
USC $	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Stanford	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Oregon	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
California	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	1
Washington State	4	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
UCLA	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Montana	0	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Washington	0	–	5	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28	Montana State*	MacLean Field Moscow, Idaho [9][10][11][12]	W 39–6
October 5	Whitman*	MacLean Field Moscow, Idaho [13]	W 41–7
October 12	Montana	MacLean Field Moscow, Idaho [14] (Little Brown Stein)	W 19–0
October 19	at Oregon	Multnomah Stadium Portland, Oregon [15][16]	L 7–34	20,000
October 26	at Oregon State	Bell Field Corvallis, Oregon [17]	L 0–27
November 9	at Washington State	Rogers Field Pullman, Washington [5][6] (Battle of the Palouse)	L 7–41	10,000
November 16	Gonzaga*	MacLean Field Moscow, Idaho [18][19]	L 14–20	8,000
November 23	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles [7]	L 0–72	10,000
November 28	at Idaho – Southern Branch*	Pocatello, Idaho [8]	W 41–7
*Non-conference game Homecoming

• The Little Brown Stein trophy for the Montana game debuted nine years later in 1938
• One game was played on Thursday (Southern Branch at Pocatello on Thanksgiving)

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. 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. "Cougars blast Idaho 41 to 7". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 10, 1929. p. 9.
7. "USC beats Vandals in 72 to 0 frolic". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 24, 1929. p. 13.
8. "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 and Idaho clash today in their 15th annual grid game". 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.

External links

• Gem of the Mountains: 1930 University of Idaho yearbook – 1929 football season
• Go Mighty Vandals – 1929 football season
• Scout.com: Idaho – The 1920s Series (Part IV)
• Official game program: Idaho at Washington State – November 9, 1929
• Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1929 editions