| 1929Idaho Vandals football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 4–5 (1–4 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | MacLean Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6USC ^ + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4California + | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1929 Idaho Vandals football team represented theUniversity of Idaho in the1929 college football season. TheVandals were led by first-year head coachLeo Calland and were in their eighth season in thePacific Coast Conference. Home games were played on campus inMoscow atMacLean Field. Idaho compiled a 4–5 overall record and went1–4 in conference games.
Calland was previously aUSC assistant coach and a former player for theTrojans,[1][2] aguard andcaptain as a senior on the1922 team that won theRose Bowl. Raised inSeattle, he was also the head coach of theUSC basketball team for two seasons.[3][4]
In theBattle of the Palouse with neighborWashington State, the Cougars won for the second straight year,[5][6] their first at home inPullman ineight years.
The Vandals finished the season with a two-game road trip to Los Angeles andPocatello in southeastern Idaho. Calland's return to USC was harsh, with a 72-point shutout by theTrojans to extend the season's losing streak to five games.[7] The final game on Thanksgiving was a 41–7 win over theTigers of the university's Southern Branch,[8] today'sIdaho State University, but then a two-year school.
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | Montana State* | W 39–6 | [9][10][11][12] | ||
| October 5 | Whitman* |
| W 41–7 | [13] | |
| October 12 | Montana |
| W 19–0 | [14] | |
| October 19 | atOregon | L 7–34 | 20,000 | [15][16] | |
| October 26 | atOregon State | L 0–27 | [17] | ||
| November 9 | atWashington State | L 7–41 | 10,000 | [5][6] | |
| November 16 | Gonzaga* |
| L 14–20 | 8,000 | [18][19] |
| November 23 | atUSC | L 0–72 | 10,000 | [7] | |
| November 28 | atIdaho Southern Branch* | Pocatello, ID (future rivalry) | W 41–7 | [8] | |
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No Vandals were named to the All-Coast team.[20][21] on the All-Northwest team, tackle Gordon Diehl and center Lester Kirkpatrick were first team selections.[22][23]