1981 Idaho State Bengals football team
1981 Idaho State Bengals football | |
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National Champions (Div. I-AA) Big Sky Champions | |
Conference | Big Sky Conference |
1981 record | 12–1 (6–1 Big Sky) |
Head coach | Dave Kragthorpe (2nd season) |
Base defense | 3–4 |
Home stadium |
ASISU Minidome (Capacity: 12,000) |
1981 Big Sky football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#2 Idaho State $^ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#5 Boise State ^ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weber State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Arizona | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1981 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-AA football season. A charter member of the Big Sky Conference, the Bengals were led by second year head coach Dave Kragthorpe and played their home games at the ASISU MiniDome, later renamed Holt Arena, an indoor venue on campus in Pocatello, Idaho.
Led by senior quarterback Mike Machurek, the Bengals won the Big Sky Championship with a 6–1 record, and were 9–1 overall in the regular season. They hosted the first two rounds of the eight-team I-AA playoffs, and won their only national championship in football at the Pioneer Bowl in Wichita Falls, Texas. ISU defeated Eastern Kentucky 34–23 to finish the season with a 12–1 record.[1]
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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Sep 12 | Eastern Washington (Div. II)* | ASISU Minidome • Pocatello, Idaho | W 34–10 | 8,005 | |||||
Sep 19 | at Boise State | Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho | W 21–10 | 20,486 | |||||
Sep 26 | Nevada | No. 3 | ASISU Minidome • Pocatello, Idaho | W 23–7 | 9,883 | ||||
Oct 03 | Northern Arizona | No. 3 | ASISU Minidome • Pocatello, Idaho | W 31–6 | 11,284 | ||||
Oct 10 | at Portland State (Div. II)* | No. 2 | Civic Stadium • Portland, OR | W 28–9 | 2,757 | ||||
Oct 17 | at Montana | No. 2 | Dornblaser Field • Missoula, Montana | L 21–24 | 9,190 | ||||
Oct 31 | at Idaho | No. 3 | Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho | W 24–14 | 10,500 | ||||
Nov 07 | Montana State | No. 2 | ASISU Minidome • Pocatello, Idaho | W 31–3 | 10,468 | ||||
Nov 14 | Utah State (Div. I-A)* | No. 2 | ASISU Minidome • Pocatello, Idaho | W 50–24 | 12,008 | ||||
Nov 21 | Weber State | No. 2 | ASISU Minidome • Pocatello, Idaho | W 33–30 | 13,444 | ||||
Dec 05 | Rhode Island* | No. 2 | ASISU Minidome • Pocatello, Idaho (Div. I-AA quarterfinal) | W 51–0 | |||||
Dec 12 | No. 3 South Carolina State* | No. 2 | ASISU Minidome • Pocatello, Idaho (Div. I-AA semifinal) | W 41–12 | 12,003 | ||||
Dec 19 | vs. No. 1 Eastern Kentucky* | No. 2 | Memorial Stadium • Wichita Falls, Texas (Div. I-AA Championship Game; Pioneer Bowl – ABC-TV) |
W 34–23 | 11,003 | ||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from NCAA (Div. I-AA) (top ten only). |
Roster
1981 Idaho State Bengals football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Defense
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Special teams
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NFL Draft
Two Bengal seniors were selected in the 1982 NFL Draft, which lasted twelve rounds (334 selections).
Player | Position | Round | Overall | Franchise |
Mike Machurek | QB | 6th | 154 | Detroit Lions |
Case deBruijn | P, PK | 8th | 214 | Kansas City Chiefs |
References
- ↑ "Bengals ride like the wind". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 20, 1981. p. 2D.
- ↑ "Probable starters". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). October 31, 1981. p. 3C.
External links
- College Football Data Warehouse – Idaho State Bengals (1980–84)
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