2018 Idaho State Bengals football team

2018 Idaho State Bengals football
Conference Big Sky Conference
2018 record 4–1 (3–0 Big Sky)
Head coach Rob Phenicie (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Mike Ferriter (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Roger Cooper (1st season)
Home stadium Holt Arena
(Capacity: 12,000)
2018 Big Sky football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Eastern Washington  3 –0     5 –1  
Idaho State  3 –0     4 –1  
No. 14 UC Davis  2 –0     4 –1  
No. 22 Montana  2 –1     4 –2  
Northern Arizona  2 –1     3 –3  
Montana State  1 –1     3 –2  
No. 13 Weber State  1 –1     3 –2  
Idaho  1 –2     2 –3  
Cal Poly  1 –2     2 –4  
Portland State  1 –2     2 –4  
Sacramento State  0 –2     2 –3  
Southern Utah  0 –2     0 –5  
Northern Colorado  0 –3     0 –6  
  • *Although North Dakota is classified as an independent, games against them still count as Big Sky conference games.
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Idaho State Bengals football team represents Idaho State University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bengals are led by second-year head coach Rob Phenicie and play their home games at Holt Arena. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference.

Previous season

The Bengals finished the 2017 season 4–7, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place.

Preseason

Polls

On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Bengals were predicted to finish in twelfth place in the coaches poll and tenth place in the media poll.[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 134 (6)
2 Weber State 124 (3)
3 Northern Arizona 121 (3)
4 Idaho 101 (1)
5 Sacramento State 94
6 Southern Utah 91
7 Montana 82
8 Montana State 76
9 UC Davis 64
10 Cal Poly 40
11 Northern Colorado 30
12 Idaho State 29
13 Portland State 21
Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Eastern Washington 651 (27)
2 Weber State 636 (19)
3 Northern Arizona 535 (1)
4 Montana 496 (2)
5 Idaho 483 (3)
6 Southern Utah 449 (1)
7 Sacramento State 415
8 Montana State 391 (1)
9 UC Davis 331 (1)
10 Idaho State 170
11 Cal Poly 169
12 Northern Colorado 166
13 Portland State 103

Preseason All-Conference Team

The Bengals had one player selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[2]

James Madison – Sr. RB

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:30 p.m.Western State*
Pluto TV 243W 45–105,062
September 154:00 p.m.at California*
P12NL 23–4537,104
September 223:00 p.m.at No. 22 North Dakota
Pluto TV 240W 25–2111,157
September 292:30 p.m.Northern Arizonadagger
  • Holt Arena
  • Pocatello, ID
Pluto TV 243W 56–429,129
October 63:30 p.m.Idaho
Pluto TV 243W 62–2811,015
October 135:00 p.m.at No. 14 UC Davis
Pluto TV 245
October 2012:00 p.m.at Liberty*
ESPN3
October 273:30 p.m.Montana State
  • Holt Arena
  • Pocatello, ID
ELVN
November 33:00 p.m.at Portland State
ELVN
November 105:00 p.m.at Cal Poly
Pluto TV 244
November 172:30 p.m.Weber State
  • Holt Arena
  • Pocatello, ID
Pluto TV 235

Game summaries

Western State

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountaineers 0 3 7 0 10
Bengals 14 17 14 0 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–7–1 2013 IDST, 29–3

at California

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 3 6 14 23
Golden Bears 7 21 3 14 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 6 13 0 6 25
No. 22 Fighting Hawks 14 7 0 0 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–5 2016 UND, 28–21

Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 7 14 14 42
Bengals 7 28 14 7 56
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–34–1 2016 NAU, 52–7

Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 7 7 14 0 28
Bengals 14 21 20 7 62
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–28 2008 IDA, 42–27

at UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0
No. 14 Aggies 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–3 2017 UCD, 56–17

at Liberty

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0
Flames 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 0
Bengals 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
28–43 2017 MSU, 28–14

at Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0
Vikings 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–17–1 2017 ISU, 59–30

at Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0
Mustangs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–13 2017 ISU, 38–34

Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0
Bengals 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–42 2017 WEB, 35–7

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS NR NR NR NR RV RV RV  
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR RV RV

References

  1. ↑ "Eastern Washington Picked to Win the Big Sky".
  2. ↑ "Doss, Buss Headline Big Sky Football Preseason All-Conference Team".
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