Idaho Vandals football

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Idaho Vandals football
2016 Idaho Vandals football team
University of Idaho Vandals logo.svg
First season 1893, 131 years ago
Athletic director Dr. Rob Spear
Head coach Paul Petrino
4th year, 6–29 (.171)
Stadium Kibbie Dome
Year built 1971, 53 years ago
1975 (enclosed)
Seating capacity 16,000
Field surface RealGrass Pro
(2007–present)
AstroTurf
(1990–2006)
TartanTurf
(1972–1989)
Natural grass (1971)
Location Moscow, Idaho
Conference Sun Belt
Past conferences Independent (2013)
WAC (2005–12)
Sun Belt (2001–04)
Big West
(1996–2000)
Big Sky (1965–95)(2018-)
Independent
(1959–64)
Pacific Coast
(1922–58)
All-time record 314–518–26 (.381)
Bowl record 2–0–0 (1.000)
Playoff appearances 11   (Div. I-AA)
Playoff record 6–11 (.353)
Conference titles 10
Consensus All-Americans 1
Colors Silver and Gold           
Fight song Go, Vandals, Go
Mascot Joe Vandal
Marching band The Sound of Idaho
Outfitter Nike
Website GoVandals.com

The Idaho Vandals are the college football team that represents the University of Idaho and plays its home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow.[1] Idaho is a football-only member of the Sun Belt Conference in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I. The current head coach is Paul Petrino, in his third season in 2015.

The Idaho football program began competing 131 years ago in 1893,[2] and through the 2015 season, the Vandals have an all-time record of 314–518–26 (.381). This is the worst winning percentage in NCAA football history.[3] They have played in two bowl games in their history, close victories in the Humanitarian Bowl in Boise in 1998 and 2009.[4]

On April 28, 2016, the University announced the football program would drop down to FCS from FBS beginning in the 2018 season.

Conference affiliations

Idaho rejoined the Sun Belt Conference in 2014 after a season as an independent in 2013, and eight seasons in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), which dropped football after the 2012 season. The Vandals were previously in the Sun Belt (also football only) from 2001 through 2004, after the Big West Conference dropped football.

The Idaho football program began competing in 1893,[2] and was a member of the Pacific Coast Conference from 1922 to 1958. It was then an independent until 1965, when it began league play in the Big Sky Conference. At the time the other four football-playing schools in the conference were members of the College Division (today's Division II), while Idaho remained a member of the University Division (today's Division I) through 1977, except for and involuntary demotion for 1967 and 1968.[5][6] It maintained University Division status by playing a majority of games against University Division opponents.[7]

A charter member of the Big Sky in 1963, Idaho did not participate in league play for football until 1965,[8][9][10] the Big Sky's third year, after the conference demanded it. With its upper division status, the Vandals were ineligible for the College Division (D-II) playoffs. Notably, in 1971, the Vandals won their first outright conference title in school history. However, runner-up Boise State received the Big Sky's automatic berth. Because of its hybrid status, Idaho requested to retain its higher allotment of football scholarships (75) than the other conference members (62),[7][11] which was expectedly disallowed.[12] The university received an invitation in 1973 to join the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (later the Big West),[13][14] but the state board of education (concurrent board of regents) rejected it by a vote of 4 to 3.[12][15][16] The Big Sky moved up to the new Division I-AA in 1978 (while Idaho moved down).

Idaho experienced its best years in football from 1985 to 1995, when it made the I-AA national playoffs in ten of eleven seasons with four different head coaches, reaching the semifinals twice. After 18 years in Division I-AA, Idaho returned to Division I-A competition (now called the FBS) in 1996 in the Big West.

On August 18, 2012, Idaho was cleared to stay in the Football Bowl Subdivision as an independent[17] after the WAC announced it would drop football effective with the end of the 2012 season.[18] Idaho would only remain a football independent for the 2013 season; on March 27 of that year, the Sun Belt Conference announced that Idaho would return as a football-only member starting with the 2014 season.[19] Nearly two years later in 2016, the Sun Belt Conference announced via teleconference that neither the University of Idaho nor New Mexico State University would be renewed after the 2017 football season.[20] Idaho will resume full membership in the Big Sky Conference in 2018 which participates in the Football Championship Subdivision[21]

Conference championships

The Vandals have won ten conference championships in their history,
nine of them in the Big Sky.[22]

Conference Season Head Coach
Big Sky   1965 ^ Steve Musseau
  1968 ^ Y C McNease
1971 Don Robbins
  1982 ^ Dennis Erickson
1985
1987 Keith Gilbertson
1988
1989 John L. Smith
  1992 ^
Big West 1998 Chris Tormey
^ denotes shared championship

I-AA playoffs

For 18 seasons (1978–95), Idaho was a member of Division I-AA (now FCS), and participated in the I-AA playoffs eleven times to compile a 6–11 playoff record. The Vandals were 4–4 at home and 2–7 on the road, with a 4–7 record in the first round (2–4 at home, 2–3 away). The best advancements were to the national semifinals in 1988 and 1993, but both seasons ended with road losses by large margins to the eventual national champions. The 1982 and 1990 teams advanced to the quarterfinals, but both lost close road games to the eventual national champions.[23]

Season Round Score Head Coach
1982 First @ Idaho 21 Montana 7 Dennis Erickson
(1–2)
Quarterfinal @ E. Kentucky 38 Idaho 30
1985 First E. Washington 42 @ Idaho 38
1986 First @ Nevada-Reno 27 Idaho 7 Keith Gilbertson
(2–3)
1987 First Weber St. 59 @ Idaho 30
1988 First @ Idaho 38 Montana 19
Quarterfinal @ Idaho 38 Northwestern St. 30
Semifinal @ Furman 38 Idaho 7
1989 First E. Illinois 38 @ Idaho 21 John L. Smith
(3–5)
1990 First Idaho 41 @ SW Missouri St. 35
Quarterfinal @ Georgia So. 28 Idaho 27
1992 First McNeese St. 23 @ Idaho 20
1993 First Idaho 34 @ Northeast Louisiana 31
Quarterfinal @ Idaho 21 Boston U. 14
Semifinal @ Youngstown St. 35 Idaho 16
1994 First @ McNeese St. 38 Idaho 21
1995 First @ McNeese St. 33 Idaho 3 Chris Tormey
(0–1)

All-time record vs. Sun Belt teams

Official record (including any NCAA imposed vacates and forfeits) against all current Sun Belt opponents:

Opponent Won Lost Tied Percentage Streak First Last
Appalachian State 0 2 0 .000 Lost 2 2014 2015
Arkansas State 4 7 0 .364 Lost 3 1975 2015
Coastal Carolina 0 0 0 – — — —
Georgia Southern 0 3 0 .000 Lost 3 1990 2015
Georgia State 0 0 0 – – – –
Louisiana–Lafayette 1 3 0 .250 Won 1 2001 2004
Louisiana–Monroe 4 3 0 .571 Won 1 1993 2015
New Mexico State 15 7 0 .682 Lost 1 1971 2015
South Alabama 0 2 0 .000 Lost 2 2014 2015
Texas State 4 4 0 .500 Won 1 1990 2015
Troy 1 2 0 .333 Won 1 2004 2015
Totals 29 33 0 .468

Bowl history

The Vandals have played in two bowls since rejoining the FBS and have won both.[4]

Season Bowl City Score Head Coach
1998   Humanitarian     Boise     Idaho Vandals     42     Southern Miss     35     Chris Tormey  
2009 Humanitarian Boise Idaho Vandals 43 Bowling Green 42 Robb Akey

Notable players

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See also: Category:Idaho Vandals football players

NFL

CFL

Coaches

(former Vandal football players)

Other

Retired numbers

  Number   Player Position(s) Varsity
seasons
9 Ken Hobart QB   1980–83  
17 John Friesz QB 1986–89
53   Wayne Walker     LB / C / LS   1955–57
56 John Yarno C 1973–76
64 Jerry Kramer G / DT / PK 1955–57


Top NFL Draft selections

Player Position Overall
Pick		 Round   NFL  
Draft		 Franchise
Ray McDonald   RB 13 1st 1967 Washington Redskins
Mike Iupati G 17 1st 2010 San Francisco 49ers
Jerry Kramer G / PK 39 4th 1958 Green Bay Packers
Wayne Walker LB / C / LS / PK 45 4th 1958 Detroit Lions
Carl Kiilsgaard T 61 5th 1950 Chicago Cardinals
Ryan Phillips LB 68 3rd 1997 New York Giants
Jim Prestel DT 70 6th 1959 Cleveland Browns
Jim Norton S / P 75 7th 1960 Detroit Lions
John Yarno C 87 4th 1977 Seattle Seahawks
Jeff Robinson DE / TE / LS 98 4th 1993 Denver Broncos
Doug Nussmeier QB 116 4th 1994 New Orleans Saints
John Friesz QB 138 6th 1990 San Diego Chargers
Mark Schlereth G 263 10th 1989 Washington Redskins

Coaching records

Head Coach Years Seasons Wins Losses Ties Pct.
Fred Herbold 1900–1901 2 4 2 1 .643
John G. Griffith (a) 1902–1906 5 13 9 1 .587
John R. Middleton 1907–1908 1 3 4 0 .429
John S. Grogan 1909 1 2 3 0 .400
John G. Griffith (b) 1910–1914 5 15 13 1 .534
Charles Rademacher 1915 1 1 4 1 .250
Wilfred C. Bleamaster 1916–1917 2 5 8 0 .385
Ralph Hutchinson 1919 1 2 3 0 .400
Thomas Kelley 1920–1921 2 8 5 1 .607
Matty Mathews 1922–1925 4 16 14 2 .531
Charles Erb 1926–1928 3 10 9 5 .521
Leo Calland 1929–1934 6 21 30 0 .412
Ted Bank 1935–1940 6 18 33 3 .361
Francis Schmidt 1941–1942 2 7 12 0 .368
Babe Brown 1945–1946 2 2 15 0 .118
Dixie Howell 1947–1950 4 13 20 1 .397
Babe Curfman 1951–1953 3 7 19 1 .278
Skip Stahley 1954–1961 8 22 51 1 .304
Dee Andros 1962–1964 3 11 16 1 .411
Steve Musseau 1965–1967 3 13 17 0 .433
Y C McNease 1968–1969 2 7 13 0 .350
Don Robbins 1970–1973 4 20 24 0 .455
Ed Troxel 1974–1977 4 16 25 3 .398
Jerry Davitch 1978–1981 4 15 29 0 .341
Dennis Erickson (a) 1982–1985 4 32 15 0 .681
Keith Gilbertson 1986–1988 3 28 9 0 .757
John L. Smith 1989–1994 6 53 21 0 .716
Chris Tormey 1995–1999 5 33 23 0 .589
Tom Cable 2000–2003 4 11 35 0 .239
Nick Holt 2004–2005 2 5 18 0 .217
Dennis Erickson (b) 2006 1 4 8 0 .333
Robb Akey 2007–2012 6 20 50 0 .286
Jason Gesser ^ 2012  1^ 0 4 0 .000
Paul Petrino 2013–present 3 6 29 0 .171
Totals (1893–2015) Total 118 450 599 27 .431

^ Interim head coach - Gesser coached the final four games of 2012 after Akey was relieved on October 21.

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of February 1, 2016

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
vs Montana State vs UNLV at Fresno State at Penn State at LSU at Indiana at Indiana
at Washington at Western Michigan vs Wyoming at Wyoming vs San Jose State vs Nevada at Old Dominion
at Washington State at Nevada at Florida at San Jose State at Temple at San Jose State vs San Jose State
at UNLV at Missouri at Northern Illinois

References

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External links

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