The 1922 Idaho Vandals football team represented the

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in the

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. Idaho was led by first-year head coach

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in their first season as a member of the

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. One home game was played on campus in

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, with one in

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at Public School Field. They dropped an eighth consecutive game to

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in the

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, but it was the only loss to the Cougars under Mathews. Idaho won the next three meetings, their only

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in the rivalry series.

Schedule

* The

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trophy for the

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game debuted sixteen years later in

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* One game was played on Friday (in Moscow against Washington State)
and one was played on Thursday (at Montana in Missoula on

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)

References

External links

Oregon game programGo Mighty Vandals
– 1922 football season

– student newspaper – 1922 editions

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Idaho Vandals football seasons

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