1929 Idaho Vandals football team

1929 Idaho Vandals football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–5 (1–4 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMacLean Field
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 USC $ 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Stanford 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 4 California 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
Oregon 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
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
Rankings from Dickinson System

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.

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.

  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.