2001 Idaho Vandals football team

2001 Idaho Vandals football
Conference Sun Belt Conference
2001 record 1–10 (1–5 SBC)
Head coach Tom Cable (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Bret Ingalls (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Ed Rifilato[1] (2nd season)
Home stadium Martin Stadium (Pullman, WA)
Kibbie Dome (Moscow, ID)
2001 Sun Belt football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Middle Tennessee +  5 –1     8 –3  
North Texas +  5 –1     5 –7  
New Mexico State  4 –2     5 –7  
Louisiana–Lafayette  2 –4     3 –8  
Arkansas State  2 –4     2 –9  
Louisiana–Monroe  2 –4     2 –9  
Idaho  1 –5     1 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Idaho was a football-only member of the Sun Belt Conference. The Vandals' head coach was alumnus Tom Cable, in his second season, and Idaho was 1–10 overall, 1–5 in conference, their lowest win total since 1960, and most losses in a season.[2]

Idaho played its November home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor 16,000-seat facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho; earlier home games in 2001 were held at Martin Stadium at Washington State University in nearby Pullman, Washington.[3]

This was the first year of football competition in the Sun Belt Conference, which included four of the six members of the Big West from the previous football season; the three that moved to full membership were Arkansas State, New Mexico State, and North Texas. Idaho and Utah State stayed in the Big West for other sports, but the Aggies went independent for football (for two seasons). Boise State joined the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), marking the first time Idaho and BSU were not in the same conference since 1969, when the Broncos were an NAIA independent.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
August 30 7:00 pm vs. Washington State* Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA[3] (Battle of the Palouse) FSN L    7–36   31,097
September 8 7:00 pm at Arizona* Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ L  29–36   44,250
September 22 12:30 pm at No. 13 Washington* Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA FSN L    3–53   70,145
September 29 7:00 pm Boise State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (Rivalry) L  13–45   20,359
October 6 4:00 pm at Middle Tennessee Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN L  58–70   23,100
October 13 5:00 pm at New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM L  39–46   20,323
October 20 12:30 pm Louisiana–Lafayettedagger Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA L  37–54   13,088
October 27 12:00 pm at Arkansas State Indian Stadium • Jonesboro, AR L  31–34    
November 3 6:00 pm Louisiana–Monroe Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID W 42–38    
November 17 7:00 pm North Texas Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID L  27–50    
November 24 11:00 am at No. 1 Montana (Div. I-AA)* Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT[2] (Little Brown Stein) L  27–33 2OT  18,056
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP poll. All times are in Pacific time.

References

  1. ↑ "Rifilato resigns from UI staff". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). December 21, 2001. p. 2B.
  2. 1 2 Meehan, Jim (November 25, 2001). "UI finds a new way to lose". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  3. 1 2 Strickland, Carter (August 31, 2001). "Payback on the Palouse". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
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