American college football season
The 2018 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Vandals played 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 were led by sixth-year head coach Paul Petrino and finished the season at 4–7 (3–5 in Big Sky, ninth).
Preseason [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 7:00 p.m. at Fresno State * Stadium L 13–7931,170 September 8 2:00 p.m. Western New Mexico * Pluto TV 242W 56–1010,566 September 22 4:00 p.m. at No. 21 UC Davis ELVN L 21–448,179 September 29 2:00 p.m. Portland State SWX W 20–710,566 October 6 2:30 p.m. at Idaho State Pluto TV 243 L 28–6211,015 October 13 1:00 p.m. at Montana State RTNW L 23–2419,177 October 20 2:00 p.m. Southern Utah SWX W 31–1212,798 October 27 12:00 p.m. at No. 5 Eastern Washington RTNW L 14–3810,023 November 3 2:00 p.m. North Dakota SWX W 31–277,899 November 10 3:30 p.m. Montana RTNW L 27–4614,571 November 17 9:00 a.m. at No. 15 (FBS ) Florida * ESPNU L 10–6381,467 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
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Game summaries [ edit ] At Fresno State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vandals 6 0 7 0 13 Bulldogs 16 28 14 21 79
Western New Mexico [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 3 7 0 0 10 Vandals 7 14 7 28 56
At UC Davis [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vandals 0 7 0 14 21 No. 21 Aggies 14 13 17 0 44
Portland State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 0 0 7 0 7 Vandals 3 17 0 0 20
At Idaho State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vandals 7 7 14 0 28 Bengals 14 21 20 7 62
At Montana State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vandals 7 7 3 6 23 Bobcats 7 0 14 3 24
Southern Utah [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 0 0 12 12 Vandals 10 14 7 0 31
At Eastern Washington [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vandals 0 0 7 7 14 No. 5 Eagles 14 17 7 0 38
North Dakota [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Fighting Hawks 7 7 6 7 27 Vandals 14 0 0 17 31
Montana [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Grizzlies 14 22 7 3 46 Vandals 3 3 7 14 27
At Florida [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vandals 0 0 3 7 10 No. 15 (FBS ) Gators 28 21 7 7 63
NFL Draft [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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