1913 Idaho football team explained

Year:1913
Team:Idaho
Sport:football
Conference:Northwest Conference
Short Conf:Northwest
Record:3–3
Conf Record:2–2
Head Coach:John G. Griffith
Hc Year:9th

The 1913 Idaho football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1913 college football season. Idaho was led by ninth-year head coach John G. Griffith. The two home games were played in Moscow, but off campus; the new MacLean Field opened the following season.

In the season opener in Spokane, Idaho whipped then posted a second-straight win over Washington State in the Battle of the Palouse,

Rival Montana was not played this season, and Idaho's three losses were all in Oregon, concluding on New Year's Day against the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland.[1] [2] [3] With wins over Gonzaga, Washington State, and, Idaho was the champion of the Inland Empire.[4]

It was Griffith's penultimate year as head coach; he left for Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State) in Stillwater after the 1914 season.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Idaho will play Multnomah team . Spokane Daily Chronicle . Washington . November 27, 1913 . 20.
  2. News: Idaho "U" meets Multnomah men . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington . January 1, 1914. 15.
  3. News: Idaho defeated in Portland game . Spokane Daily Chronicle . Washington . January 2, 1914. 16.
  4. News: Inland Empire title to Idaho . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington . November 16, 1913. 1, part 3.