1917 Idaho football team

1917 Idaho football
ConferenceNorthwest Conference
Record2–3 (1–3 Northwest)
Head coach
CaptainTom Jackson
Home stadiumMacLean Field
1917 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Washington State $ 5 0 06 0 1
Oregon Agricultural 2 1 14 2 1
Washington 1 1 11 2 1
Oregon 1 2 03 3 0
Idaho 1 3 02 3 0
Whitman 0 3 01 4 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1917 Idaho football team represented the University of Idaho as a member of the Northwest Conference during the 1917 college football season. Led by Wilfred C. BleamasterI in his second and final season as head coach, Idaho compiled an overall record of 2–3 with a mark of 1–3 in conference play, placing fifth in the Northwest Conference. The team had two home games on campus, at MacLean Field in Moscow.

Idaho dropped a fourth consecutive shutout to Washington State in the Battle of the Palouse, falling 0–19 at home. Six years later, the Vandals won the first of three consecutive, their only three-peat in the rivalry series.

Idaho opened with three losses, then won twice for a 2–3 record; they did not play Gonzaga this season.