Gonzaga–Idaho_football_rivalry

Gonzaga–Idaho football rivalry

Gonzaga–Idaho football rivalry

American college sports rivalry

The Gonzaga–Idaho rivalry was the football game between Gonzaga University and the University of Idaho. The respective campuses, in Spokane, Washington, and Moscow, Idaho, are approximately ninety miles (145 km) apart.

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The football teams met 28 times from 1910 to 1941 and Idaho held a slight advantage at 16–10–2 (.607). For the last twenty meetings, from 1921 on, the rivalry was exactly even at 9–9–2 (.500), and the final ten were split at five wins each. They did not meet in 1912, 1917, or 1926, and Idaho did not have a varsity team in 1918.[3] Idaho joined the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) in 1922, while Gonzaga remained independent.

Gonzaga's dominating wins in 1939 and 1940, both shutouts, were led by halfback Tony Canadeo,[4][5] a future member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. With Canadeo in the NFL, Idaho rebounded in 1941 to win 21–7 in Spokane in what was the final game in the series.[6][7][8]

During World War II, Gonzaga did not field a team after 1941,[9][10] while Idaho played in 1942 and went on hiatus in September 1943.[11][12] After the war, Idaho resumed football for the 1945 season, but Gonzaga opted not to, as its program had been in financial difficulty before the war.[13][14][15]

Game results

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  • The only one to serve as head coach for both programs was Matty Mathews,
    who was 1–2–1 while with Idaho (1922–1925), and won during his only season with Gonzaga in 1929.
  • Idaho's 1918 team was non-varsity, composed of Student Army Training Corps (SATC) players.[17]
    After the Armistice ended World War I on November 11, they played a limited schedule; the first two games were against Gonzaga.[18]
    The opener in Moscow on November 16 was a 13–7 Idaho win,[19] and the next week in Spokane was a 7–7 tie.[20]

Coaching records

From 1919 through 1941; Idaho 11–9–2 (.545)

Gonzaga

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Idaho

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Other sports

Men's basketball

Idaho holds the overall lead at 70–64 (.522),[21] but Gonzaga has won the last nine, most recently 80–46 in November 2008 at home in the McCarthey Center. The score at halftime was 47–11 and it was the third consecutive non-competitive game in the series.[22]

Prior to both teams joining the new Big Sky Conference as charter members in 1963, Idaho had a large lead in the series at 55–21 (.724). As conference foes, they met two or three times per season and Gonzaga led at 22–13 (.629), plus two wins in tournaments. After sixteen years in the Big Sky, Gonzaga left for the WCAC in the summer of 1979, but the rivalry continued as an annual game (and occasionally biannual). In the next fifteen games through 1990, Idaho went 10–5, but Gonzaga has since dominated at 14–2 (.875). The last seven games in the series have been played on the Gonzaga campus; the last in Idaho was in early 2000.[23] The Vandals' most recent win was 27 years ago in January 1998 at home,[24] and they last won in Spokane in December 1989.[21][25]

After more than a decade, the teams were scheduled to meet in December 2020 in Spokane, but the game was canceled due to COVID-19 issues.

Game results

Since December 1979, Gonzaga leads 19–12 (.613), all non-league

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^ Two games were played at the Spokane Coliseum (Nov 1987, Nov 1988), both won by Idaho
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Baseball

In the eleven seasons of baseball in the Big Sky (1964–74), Idaho and Gonzaga each won four league titles. The Vandals were champions in 1964, 1966, 1967, and 1969, while Gonzaga won in 1965, 1971, 1973, and 1974.

Baseball was one of five sports that the Big Sky stopped sponsoring in 1974,[26][27] so both moved to the new Nor-Pac in 1975,[28][29] and continued as conference foes until Idaho dropped its program in May 1980.[30] The last eleven seasons of the baseball rivalry (1970–80) saw the Bulldogs dominate at 33–5 (.868).[31]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Gonzaga scores on Idaho's team". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 16, 1910. p. 1, sporting.
  2. [2]
    "Moscow rooters happy over score". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 17, 1910. p. 13.
  3. [3]
    "1918 football season". 1920 Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. Spring 1919. p. 116.
  4. [4]
    "Bulldogs take Vandals 19–0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 14, 1939. p. 8.
  5. [5]
    "Scoreless Idaho faces tough foe". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 14, 1940. p. 12.
  6. [6]
    "W.S.C. fullback outlook better; Idaho, Gonzaga primed". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 10, 1941. p. 11.
  7. [7]
    Stark, Charles R. Jr. (October 11, 1941). "Idaho outplays Gonzaga before 8000 fans and wins football game". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 9.
  8. [8]
    Ashlock, Herb. "Schmidt's improving Idaho eleven defeats Gonzaga, 21–7". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 9.
  9. [9]
    "Gonzaga cancels its intercollegiate football program". Spokane Daily Chronicle. April 7, 1942. p. 11.
  10. [10]
    "Unofficial word says Hunton will be dismissed at Gonzaga". Spokane Daily Chronicle. April 8, 1942. p. 17.
  11. [11]
    "Idaho, Washington State, and O.S.C. withdraw from Northern Division football loop". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 24, 1943. p. 8.
  12. [12]
    Ashlock, Herb (September 24, 1943). "Hollingbery to stay "at present salary," but Schmidt's status not revealed". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 9.
  13. [13]
    "Gonzaga might drop football". Ellensburg Daily Record. (Washington). Associated Press. October 23, 1939. p. 6.
  14. [14]
    Ashlock, Herb (October 23, 1939). "Financial problem may force Gonzaga University to drop collegiate football program". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 11.
  15. [15]
    "Gonzaga looks for supporters". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington). October 24, 1939. p. 14.
  16. [16]
    "Gonzaga-Idaho football record is a long one". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). October 8, 1932. p. 1.
  17. [17]
    "Football: 1918 season". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. (1920 junior class, volume 17). Spring 1919. p. 117.
  18. [18]
    "Gonzaga University will play Idaho behind closed gates today". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 16, 1918. p. 13.
  19. [19]
    "Idaho "U: defeats Gonzaga, 13 to 7". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 17, 1918. p. 1, part 3.
  20. [20]
    "Gridiron season opened with Gonzaga and Idaho in 7–7 tie". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 24, 1918. p. 1, part 3.
  21. [21]
    "2017–18 Men's basketball, All-time series (Idaho)" (PDF). Gonzaga University Athletics. (record book). 2017. p. 92. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  22. [22]
    Geranios, Nicholas K. (November 19, 2008). "No. 9 Gonzaga pounds Idaho". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. p. 1B.
  23. [23]
    Meehan, Jim (January 5, 2000). "Ailing Zags work over Idaho". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  24. [24]
    Baney, Matt (January 6, 1998). "Idaho avenges earlier setback". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  25. [25]
    Blanchette, John (December 6, 1989). "Idaho pressure puts the squeeze on Zags, 67–47". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
  26. [26]
    "Idaho off probation, loop titles dwindle". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). May 5, 1974. p. 13.
  27. [27]
    "Baseball axed in Big Sky". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). May 29, 1974. p. 15.
  28. [28]
    "Idaho, Gonzaga join new baseball circuit". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. June 24, 1974. p. 16.
  29. [29]
    "Portland State, Portland to play in baseball league". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). Associated Press. June 24, 1974. p. 12.
  30. [30]
    "Baseball's 'out' at Idaho". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). May 13, 1980. p. 19.
  31. [31]
    "2017–18 Baseball, All-time series (Idaho)" (PDF). Gonzaga University Athletics. (record book). 2017. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
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