Gonzaga–Idaho football rivalry
| Sport | Football |
|---|---|
| First meeting | October 15, 1910 Idaho, 46–6 |
| Latest meeting | October 10, 1941 Idaho, 21–7 |
| Next meeting | discontinued |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 28 |
| All-time series | Idaho leads 16–10–2 (.607) |
| Largest victory | 51 points, 1913 |
| Longest win streak | 4, Idaho |
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.
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. 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, 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.
During World War II, Gonzaga did not field a team after 1941, while Idaho played in 1942 and went on hiatus in September 1943. 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.
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