| Year: | 1929 |
| Team: | Idaho Vandals |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | PCC |
| Record: | 4–5 |
| Conf Record: | 1–4 |
| Head Coach: | Leo Calland |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Stadium: | MacLean Field |
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 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.
No Vandals were named to the All-Coast team.[9] [10] on the All-Northwest team, tackle Gordon Diehl and center Lester Kirkpatrick were first team selections.[11] [12]