2018 Idaho Vandals football team

2018 Idaho Vandals football
Conference Big Sky Conference
2018 record 2–3 (1–2 Big Sky)
Head coach Paul Petrino (6th season)
Offensive coordinator Kris Cinkovich (6th season)
Defensive coordinator Mike Breske (4th season)
Home stadium Kibbie Dome
(Capacity: 16,000)
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 Vandals football team represent the University of Idaho in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Vandals play their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho, and are members of the Big Sky Conference, which they rejoined for football this season. A charter member of the Big Sky in 1963, Idaho was previously a football member from 1965 through 1995. They are led by sixth-year head coach Paul Petrino.

Previous season

The Vandals finished the 2017 season 4–8, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for eighth place. 2017 was Idaho's final year in the Sun Belt and the FBS.

Preseason

Polls

On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in Spokane, Washington, the Vandals were predicted to finish in fourth place in the coaches poll and fifth 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 Vandals had three players selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.[2]

Noah Johnson – Jr. OL

Kaden Ellis – Sr. LB

Cade Coffey – So. P

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.at Fresno State*
StadiumL 13–7931,170
September 82:00 p.m.Western New Mexico*
Pluto TV 242W 56–1010,566
September 224:00 p.m.at No. 21 UC Davis
ELVNL 21–448,179
September 292:00 p.m.Portland State
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
SWXW 20–710,566
October 62:30 p.m.at Idaho State
Pluto TV 243L 28–6211,015
October 131:00 p.m.at Montana State
RTNW
October 202:00 p.m.Southern Utahdagger
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
SWX
October 2712:00 p.m.at Eastern Washington
RTNW
November 32:00 p.m.North Dakota
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
SWX
November 103:30 p.m.Montana
RTNW
November 17at Florida*
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

at Fresno State

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 6 0 7 0 13
Bulldogs 16 28 14 21 79
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–11 2013 FRES, 61–14

Western New Mexico

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 3 7 0 0 10
Vandals 7 14 7 28 56
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 0 7 0 14 21
No. 21 Aggies 14 13 17 0 44
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 1997 IDA, 44–14

Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 0 7 0 7
Vandals 3 17 0 0 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–1 1997 IDA, 46–0

at Idaho State

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

at Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 0
Bobcats 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–17–1 2016 IDA, 20–17

Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0
Vandals 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 1994 IDA, 43–10

at Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 0
Eagles 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–6 2012 EWU, 20–3

North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 0
Vandals 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 2011 IDA, 44–14

Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
Grizzlies 0
Vandals 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
27–55–2 2003 MONT, 41–28

at Florida

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 0
Gators 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

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 FCS RV RV RV RV NR NR NR  
Coaches RV NR NR NR NR NR NR

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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