The 1925 Idaho Vandals football team represented the
University of Idaho in the
1925 Pacific Coast Conference football season
The 1925 Pacific Coast Conference football season was the 11th season of college football played by the member schools of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) and was a part of the 1925 college football season.
The 1925 Washington Huskies football ...
, and were led by fourth-year head coach
Robert L. Mathews
Robert Lee "Matty" Mathews (August 6, 1887 – September 1, 1947) was an American football player and coach. He was the head football coach at St. Edward's University, St. Edward's College (1911), Kenyon College (1912–1914), Willamette Bearcats, ...
. It was Idaho's fourth year in the
Pacific Coast Conference
The Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was a college athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. Though the Pac-12 Conference claims the PCC's history as part of its own, with eight of the ten PCC members (including a ...
and they were overall and in conference. Home games were played on campus in
Moscow at
MacLean Field, with one in
Boise at
Public School Field
Albertsons Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. It is the home field of the Boise State Broncos of the Mountain West Conference. Known as Bronco ...
.
Idaho defeated neighbor
Washington State for the third straight year in the
Battle of the Palouse,
and the second consecutive win at
Rogers Field
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in
Pullman. Since this
three-peat of , Idaho has won only five games in the rivalry, the next victory came 29 years later in 1954.
USC
USC most often refers to:
* University of South Carolina, a public research university
** University of South Carolina System, the main university and its satellite campuses
**South Carolina Gamecocks, the school athletic program
* University of ...
came north in late October and met Idaho in Moscow for the only time in history, and won 51–7 on a Friday afternoon.
The next day in nearby Pullman, Washington State hosted
Washington, decades before the rivalry became known as the
Apple Cup. A special train from Boise brought up football fans from southern Idaho to watch both games for a package fare of fifty dollars for the four-day jaunt.
Idaho opened the season with three wins, but dropped its final five games. After the season, head coach Mathews left for
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private Jesuit research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1818 by Louis William Valentine DuBourg, it is the oldest university west of the Mississip ...
in
Missouri and was succeeded by
Charles Erb, a former all-PCC quarterback at the
University of California.
Schedule
* The
Little Brown Stein trophy for the
Montana game debuted thirteen years later in
1938
Events
January
* January 1
** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...
* Two games were played on Friday (College of Idaho, USC) and one on Thursday (Creighton on Thanksgiving)
References
External links
''Gem of the Mountains:'' 1926 University of Idaho yearbook– 1925 football season
Go Mighty Vandals– 1925 football season
Scout.com: Idaho– Idaho vs. USC – The 1920s Series (Part III) an
Part IV
– student newspaper – 1925 editions
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