Battle of the Palouse

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Washington State University		University of Idaho

The Battle of the Palouse is the cross-border college football game between the Washington State University (WSU) Cougars and the University of Idaho (UI) Vandals. The name of the rivalry is derived from the "Palouse", the geographic region in which both schools are located. The two land-grant schools are less than seven miles (11 km) apart, with UI in Moscow, directly on the Washington-Idaho border, and WSU only six miles away in Pullman.

Contents 1 History 2 Future of Rivalry 3 All-Time Football Results 4 References

[edit] History

College Comparison

Category	Washington State	Idaho
Location	Pullman	Moscow
Abbreviation	WSU	UI
Team Name	Cougars	Vandals
Students	23,225	11,251
School Colors	Crimson & Grey	Silver & Gold
Mascot	Butch T. Cougar	Joe Vandal
Conference	Pac-10	WAC
Home Field	Martin Stadium	Kibbie Dome

The first rivalry game, played in 1894, resulted in a win for Idaho. Through 2007, WSU has won a majority of the games, holding a record of 70-18-3 (.769). At one point, Idaho went 28 years without winning a matchup (1926-54). The longest winning streak for Idaho was three games (1923-25). Most recently, Idaho had a two game winning streak (1999-2000), but has been greatly outmatched in every game since then.

Since the two schools are less than seven miles apart, there was once what was called The Loser’s Walk, where the losing team would start walking from the opposing school and walk the distance back to their own campus. In 1954, the walk made national news when about 2,000 students from (what was at the time) Washington State College made the trek from Moscow to Pullman after losing to Idaho for the first time in 29 years.^[1]

Between 1969 and 1970, both schools’ stadiums (UI’s Neale Stadium and WSU’s Rogers Field) burned down due to suspected arson. In 1970, the WSU-UI game was dubbed the Displaced Bowl, which was held in Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane on September 19th. The WSU Cougars won the game (their only win that season), as well as the next year's match-up, also held in Spokane.^[2]

In 1978 the NCAA Division I split into two parts: Division I-A (now FBS) and Division I-AA (now FCS). Washington State joined Division I-A as part of the Pacific-10 Conference and Idaho joined Division I-AA as part of the Big Sky Conference. During the years they were in different divisions, the schools met only twice (1982 in Spokane and 1989 in Pullman). In 1996, Idaho moved back up to Division I-A, joining the Big West Conference, and UI and WSU rekindled their century-old rivalry. Since the rivalry was reinstated in 1998, every game has been played at Martin Stadium in Pullman, except for the matchup in 2003, which was played at Seattle’s Seahawks Stadium. The last time the game was played on the Idaho side of the border was in 1966, a 14-7 Cougar victory on a very muddy field. The rivalry game will not be played in 2008.

[edit] Future of Rivalry After ten years of the renewed rivalry, new Vandal head coach Robb Akey, formerly WSU's defensive coordinator, has said that he preferred the game not be played every year, instead saying he would prefer it as a "once-in-a-while thing."[3]

[edit] All-Time Football Results

• Washington State: 70 wins (.769)
• Idaho: 18 wins (.198)
• Ties: 3 (.033)^[4]
  
  

Year Winner Score 2007 Washington State 45-28 2006 Washington State 56-10 2005 Washington State 38-26 2004 Washington State 49-8 2003 Washington State 25-0 2002 Washington State 49-14 2001 Washington State 36-7 2000 Idaho 38-34 1999 Idaho 28-17 1998 Washington State 24-16 1989 Washington State 41-7 1982 Washington State 34-14 1978 Washington State 28-0 1977 Washington State 45-17 1976 Washington State 45-6 1975 Washington State 84-27 1974 Washington State 17-10 1973 Washington State 51-24 1972 Washington State 35-14 1970 Washington State 44-16 1968 Washington State 14-7 1967 Washington State 52-14 1966 Washington State 14-7 1965 Idaho 17-13 1964 Idaho 28-13 1963 Washington State 14-10 1962 Washington State 22-14 1961 Washington State 34-0 1960 Washington State 18-7 1959 Washington State 27-5 1958 Washington State 8-0 1957 Washington State 21-13 1956 Washington State 33-19 1955 Washington State 9-0 1954 Idaho 10-0 1953 Washington State 30-13 1952 Washington State 36-6 1951 Washington State 9-6 1950 Tie 7-7 1949 Washington State 35-13 1948 Washington State 19-14 1947 Washington State 7-0 1946 Washington State 32-0 1945 Washington State 21-0 1945 Washington State 43-12 1942 Washington State 7-0 1941 Washington State 26-0 1940 Washington State 26-0 1939 Washington State 21-13 1938 Washington State 12-0 1937 Washington State 13-0 1936 Washington State 14-0 1935 Washington State 6-0 1934 Washington State 19-0 1933 Washington State 14-6 1932 Washington State 12-0 1931 Washington State 9-8 1930 Washington State 33-7 1929 Washington State 41-7 1928 Washington State 26-0 1927 Tie 7-7 1926 Washington State 6-0 1925 Idaho 7-6 1924 Idaho 19-3 1923 Idaho 14-0 1922 Washington State 18-9 1921 Washington State 20-3 1920 Washington State 14-7 1919 Washington State 37-0 1917 Washington State 19-0 1916 Washington State 31-0 1915 Washington State 41-0 1914 Washington State 3-0 1913 Idaho 3-0 1912 Idaho 13-0 1911 Washington State 17-0 1910 Idaho 9-5 1909 Washington State 18-0 1908 Tie 4-4 1907 Idaho 5-4 1906 Washington State 10-0 1905 Idaho 5-0 1904 Idaho 5-0 1903 Idaho 32-0 1902 Washington State 17-0 1901 Idaho 5-0 1899 Washington State 11-0 1895 Washington State 10-4 1894 Washington State 10-0 1894 Idaho 12-0 1894 Idaho 22-0

[edit] References

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v • d • e Idaho Vandals Head Football Coaches Higgins • Morse • Herbold • Griffith • Middleton • Grogan • Griffith • Rademacher • Bleasmaster • Hutchinson • Kelley • Mathews • Erb • Calland • Bank • Schmidt • Brown • Howell • Curfman • Stahley • Andros • Musseau • McNease • Robbins • Troxel • Davitch • Erickson • Gilbertson • Smith • Tormey • Cable • Holt • Erickson • Akey