| 1917 Idaho football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 2–3 |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Tom Jackson |
| Home stadium | MacLean Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | – | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | – | 4 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | – | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico A&M | – | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | – | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University Farm | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1917 Idaho football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1917 college football season. Idaho was led by second-year head coach Wilfred C. Bleamaster and played as an independent; they joined the Pacific Coast Conference five years later in 1922.[1][2] Idaho had two home games in Moscow on campus at MacLean Field, with none in Boise.
Idaho dropped a fourth consecutive shutout to Washington State in the Battle of the Palouse, falling 0–19 at home.[3][4][5][6] 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.
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| October 20 | vs. Oregon Agricultural | Pendleton, OR | L 6–26 | [7][8] |
| October 27 | at Oregon | L 0–14 | [9][10] | |
| November 3 | Washington State | L 0–19 | [3][4][5][6] | |
| November 10 | Whitman |
| W 16–0 | [11][12][13][14] |
| November 29 | at Montana | W 14–3 | [15][16][17][18][19] | |
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The following year in 1918, Idaho's football team was non-varsity, composed of Student Army Training Corps (SATC) players.[20] After the Armistice ending World War I, they played a limited schedule and defeated Washington State's SATC team 7–6 in Moscow in December.[20][21][22]
Idaho's first two games were against Gonzaga; the opener in Moscow on November 16 was a 13–7 Idaho win,[23] and they tied the next week in Spokane at seven points each.[24] Idaho played another in Spokane on November 30, a 0–68 loss to a team of U.S. Marines from Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California.[25][26]