1927 Idaho Vandals football team

American college football season

1927 Idaho Vandals football
PCC co-champion
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	4–1–3 (2–0–2 PCC)
Head coach	Charles F. Erb (2nd season)
Home stadium	MacLean Field
Seasons← 1926 1928 →

1927 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Stanford ^ +	4	–	0	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
No. 10 USC +	4	–	0	–	1	8	–	1	–	1
Idaho +	2	–	0	–	2	4	–	1	–	3
Washington	4	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	3	–	1
California	2	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Washington State	1	–	3	–	1	3	–	3	–	2
Oregon	0	–	4	–	1	2	–	4	–	1
Montana	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	4	–	1

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1927 college football season. The Vandals were led by second-year head coach Charles F. Erb and were members of the Pacific Coast Conference. Home games were played on campus in Moscow at MacLean Field.

Idaho compiled a 4–1–3 overall record and went undefeated in their four conference games at 2–0–2. They did not play the three California schools (Stanford, California, and USC) or Washington. (UCLA joined the conference the following year.)

In the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State, the Vandals tied 7–7 at Rogers Field in Pullman on Friday, November 11. The Cougars broke the Vandals' three-game winning streak (1923–25) in the rivalry game the previous year.

The only loss was to Gonzaga in the finale; the Bulldogs won 13–0 at Gonzaga Stadium in Spokane on November 26.

Conference co-champions

This season is claimed by Idaho as a co-championship with Stanford and USC, and was supported at the time by the Pacific Coast Conference following its December 1927 meetings in Portland. Stanford gained the Rose Bowl berth and defeated Pittsburgh 7–6 on Monday, January 2. The three co-champions were granted possession of the Schwabacher Trophy for four months each.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 1		Montana State*	MacLean Field Moscow, ID	W 19–12
October 8		at Oregon	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	T 0–0	7,000
October 15	2:00 pm	Whitman*	MacLean Field Moscow, ID	W 40–0
October 22	2:00 pm	Montana	MacLean Field Moscow, ID (rivalry)	W 42–6
November 5		vs. Saint Mary's*	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	T 3–3	5,000
November 11	2:00 pm	at Washington State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse)	T 7–7	15,000
November 19		at Oregon State	Mutnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 12–7	12,000
November 26	2:00 pm	at Gonzaga*	Gonzaga Stadium Spokane, WA (rivalry)	L 0–13
*Non-conference game All times are in Pacific time

References

"1927 Idaho Vandals Football schedule | Fanbase". fanbase.com. Archived from the original on December 24, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
^ "Battle to 7–7". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 12, 1927. p. 12.
^ "Meeker's dashes hold Idaho team". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 12, 1927. p. 12.
^ "Gonzaga bumps Vandal eleven". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 28, 1927. p. 16.
"Conference Titles".
"Conference grid schedule stands". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). December 12, 1927. p. 18.
^ "Adopt schedule". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 11, 1927. p. 13.
"Coast grid schedule given O.K. after long conference wrangle". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 11, 1927. p. 1, sports.
"Cardinals down Panther eleven". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. January 3, 1928. p. 16.
"Stanford triumphs over Panthers, 7-6". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. United News. January 3, 1928. p. 1.
Hannum, Max (January 3, 1928). "Legality of Stanford's touchdown questioned". Pittsburgh Press. p. 26.
"Get first game". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 2, 1927. p. 13.
"Saturday games spill grid dope". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. October 3, 1927. p. 16.
"Idaho battles tie with Oregon". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). October 9, 1927. p. 1, sports.
"Oregon-Idaho tie, 0 to 0". Eugene Guard. (Oregon). October 8, 1927. p. 1.
"Vandal gridsters wallop Whitman". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. October 17, 1927. p. 18.
"Struggle looms in Coast loop". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. October 24, 1927. p. 16.
"Saturday scores". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. November 7, 1927. p. 17.
Wilderman, Sam (November 21, 1927). "Three teams on Coast head list". Eugene Guard. (Oregon). p. 12.
"Idaho and Aggies to fight it out". Eugene Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 19, 1927. p. 19.
"Idaho conquers". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 20, 1927. p. 14.
"Three teams at top on Coast". Eugene Guard. (Oregon). November 21, 1927. p. 8.

External links

Gem of the Mountains: 1928 University of Idaho yearbook – 1927 football season
Go Mighty Vandals – 1927 football season
Scout.com: Idaho – Idaho vs. USC – The 1920s Series (Part III) and Part IV
Official game program: Idaho at Washington State – November 11, 1927
Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1927 editions

v t e Idaho Vandals football
Venues	MacLean Field (1914–1936) Neale Stadium (1937–1968) Rogers Field (1969–1970) Joe Albi Stadium (1971) Kibbie Dome (1971–present) Martin Stadium (1999–2001)
Bowls and rivalries	Bowl games Boise State Gonzaga (defunct) Idaho State Montana: Little Brown Stein Washington State: Battle of the Palouse
Culture and lore	History Joe Vandal Go, Vandals, Go The Sound of Idaho
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Pac-12 Conference football champions
Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) California & Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Idaho, Stanford, & USC (1927) USC (1928) California, Oregon, Stanford, & USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) California (1958)
AAWU	UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State & USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)
Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California & UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)
Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC & UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington & Stanford (1992) Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC & Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA & Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC & Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California & USC (2006) Arizona State & USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)
Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015) Washington (2016) USC (2017) Washington (2018) Oregon (2019) Oregon (2020) Utah (2021) Utah (2022) Washington (2023)
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