1939 Idaho Vandals football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1939 Idaho Vandals football Pacific Coast Conference PCC 2–6 0–3 Ted Bank 5th Neale Stadium The 1939 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1939 college football season. The Vandals were led by fifth-year head coach Ted Bank, and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. Home games were played on campus in Moscow at Neale Stadium, with one game in Boise at Public School Field. The Vandals were 2–6 overall and lost all three conference games. They did not play any of the four California teams, Washington or Oregon. In the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State, the Vandals suffered a twelfth straight loss, falling 21–13 at Rogers Field in Pullman on November 11.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NJBfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1611%2C3077307 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Idaho loses by one touchdown in 'Civil War' November 12, 1939 10 Idaho's most recent win in the series was a fourteen years earlier in 1925 and the next was fifteen years away in 1954. Two weeks earlier, Idaho began a rare three-year losing streak to Montana in the Little Brown Stein rivalry with a 13-point shutout at homecoming in Moscow.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JpBfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1787%2C2122338 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Grizzlies take Vandals, 13-0 October 29, 1939 11 While Montana was in the PCC (through 1949), the loser of the game was frequently last in the conference standings. Idaho was ranked at No. 182 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth E. E. Litkenhous Johnson City Sunday Press December 31, 1939 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123000367/vols-second-in-final-litkenhous-grid/ Newspapers.com Schedule Pacific September 30 2:00 pm w y Montana State Neale Stadium Moscow, ID 7–6 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CpBfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1503%2C79201 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Vandals defeat Montana State in grid opener October 1, 1939 11 October 7 2:00 pm l y Oregon State Bell Field Corvallis, OR 6–7 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EZBfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1816%2C599822 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Beavers barely able to defeat Vandals 7 to 6 October 8, 1939 12 October 13. 1939 2:00 pm l y y Gonzaga Gonzaga Stadium Spokane, WA rivalry 0–19 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F5BfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3394%2C1013186 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Bulldogs take Vandals 19-0 October 14, 1939 8 October 21 1:00 pm l y y Utah Public School Field Boise, ID 0–35 6,500 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H5BfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1535%2C1613431 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Utah trounces Vandals, 35-0 October 22, 1939 13 October 28 2:00 pm l y Montana Neale Stadium Moscow, ID Little Brown Stein 0–13 November 4 2:00 pm w y Utah State Neale Stadium Moscow, ID 19–7 2,500 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LZBfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1644%2C2611174 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Vandals defeat Utah State 19-7 November 5, 1939 10 November 11 2:00 pm l y Washington State Rogers Field Pullman, WA Battle of the Palouse 13–21 12,000 November 23, 1939 1:00 pm l y y Denver DU Stadium Denver, CO 0–23 14,000 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QJBfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1504%2C3919753 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Vandals slowed by rarified air November 24, 1939 8 Coaching staff Bob Tessier, line Forrest Twogood Glenn Jacoby Walt Price, freshmen All-conference No Vandals were named to the All-Coast team; honorable mention were ends Ray Smith and Emory Howard, guard Tony Kamelevicz, and center Tony Aschenbrenner.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oW9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JuQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6975%2C2374283 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press All-Pacific Coast football team lists tough fast group December 8, 1939 15https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TpBfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1690%2C4922990 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press All-star Coast football team selected by AP December 8, 1939 11https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XNtXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0PUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7272%2C1835913 Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington Associated Press Dusky gridder tops all-star December 8, 1939 17 References External links Gem of the Mountains: 1940 University of Idaho yearbook – 1939 football season Go Mighty Vandals – 1939 football season Official game program: Idaho at Washington State – November 11, 1939 WSU Libraries: Game video – Idaho at Washington State – November 11, 1939 Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1939 editions Idaho Category:Idaho Vandals football seasons Idaho Vandals football