All photos from the University of Idaho Special Collections and Archives
In 1922, Idaho’s first season as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference, the football team got off to a dull offensive start, to say the least. The Vandals defeated Whitman College in their season-opener, 3-0, then were narrowly edged by Washington, 2-0 in Seattle. The caption of this Gerald Hodgins — the preeminent photographer for early 20th Century Idaho athletics — photograph reads: “Idaho leaves her mark after the ‘stunt.’” The “stunt” was an epithet of the annual Harvard Yell contest between Idaho and Washington State College, in which students from both schools performed competitive skits.