American college football season
The 2023 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the Big Sky Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Led by second-year head coach Jason Eck , the Vandals were 8–3 (6–2 in Big Sky, 2nd) in the regular season, and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho .
Seeded fourth in the 24-team FCS playoffs , Idaho received a bye in the first round and hosted two games, but fell in the quarterfinals to Albany to finish at 9–4 (.692).
Preseason [ edit ] On July 23, 2023, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Vandals were predicted to finish fifth in the Big Sky by the coaches and second by the media.[1]
Coaches poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Montana State 120 (10) 2 UC Davis 96 (1) 3 Sacramento State 94 (1) 4 Weber State 91 5 Idaho 89 6 Montana 84 7 Eastern Washington 52 8 Portland State 45 9 Northern Arizona 44 10 Northern Colorado 37 11 Cal Poly 25 12 Idaho State 15
Media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Montana State 447 (26) 2 Idaho 410 (8) 3 Montana 359 (2) 4 Sacramento State 334 (3) 5 UC Davis 330 6 Weber State 320 7 Eastern Washington 216 8 Northern Arizona 178 9 Portland State 167 10 Northern Colorado 109 11 Cal Poly 103 12 Idaho State 69
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 5:00 pm at Lamar * No. 8 ESPN+ W 42–17 5,321 September 9 4:00 p.m. at Nevada * No. 7 KNSN-TV W 33–619,852 September 16 1:00 p.m. at California * No. 5 P12N L 17–3136,810 September 23 1:00 p.m. No. 4 Sacramento State No. 7 ESPN+ W 36–27 9,433 September 30 1:00 p.m. at No. 19 Eastern Washington No. 4 ESPN+ W 44–36 8,347 October 7 5:00 p.m. at Cal Poly No. 3 ESPN+ W 42–14 6,028 October 14 7:30 p.m. No. 16 Montana No. 3 ESPN2 L 21–2314,218 October 28 1:00 p.m. No. 2 Montana State No. 9 ESPN+ W 24–2113,073 November 4 12:00 p.m. at Northern Colorado No. 3 ESPN+ W 27–13 3,608 November 11 12:00 p.m. at Weber State No. 4 ESPN+ L 29–31 8,741 November 18 4:00 p.m. Idaho State No. 6 ESPN+ W 63–21 9,854 December 2 7:00 p.m. No. 14 Southern Illinois * No. 4 ESPN2 W 20–17 OT 9,224 December 9 7:00 p.m. No. 9 Albany * No. 4 Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID (FCS Quarterfinal) ESPN+ L 22–30 9,372 *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 Lamar [ edit ] No. 8 Idaho Vandals (0–0) at Lamar Cardinals (0–0) – Game summary
Period 1 2 3 4 Total No. 8 Vandals 14 14 7 7 42 Cardinals 0 0 3 14 17
at Provost Umphrey Stadium • Beaumont, TX
Date : August 31, 2023Game time : 7:00 p.m. CDTGame attendance : 5,321TV : ESPN+
at Nevada [ edit ] No. 7 Idaho Vandals (1–0) at Nevada Wolf Pack (0–1) – Game summary
Period 1 2 3 4 Total No. 7 Vandals 14 3 10 6 33 Wolf Pack 3 3 0 0 6
at Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV
Date : September 9, 2023Game time : 4:00 p.m. PDTGame attendance : 19,852TV : KNSN-TV
at California [ edit ] No. 5 Idaho Vandals (2–0) at California Golden Bears (1–1) – Game summary
Period 1 2 3 4 Total No. 5 Vandals 10 7 0 0 17 Golden Bears 0 14 14 3 31
at California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA
Date : September 16, 2023Game time : 1:00 p.m. PDTGame attendance : 36,810TV : Pac-12 Network
Game information First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter
vs No. 4 Sacramento State [ edit ] No. 4 Sacramento State (3–0) vs No. 7 Idaho Vandals (2–1) – Game summary
Period 1 2 3 4 Total No. 4 Hornets 3 7 7 10 27 No. 7 Vandals 3 10 14 9 36
at Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID
Date : September 23, 2023Game time : 1:00 p.m. PDTGame attendance : 9,433TV : ESPN+
at No. 19 Eastern Washington [ edit ] No. 4 Idaho Vandals (3–1) at No. 19 Eastern Washington (2–2) – Game summary
Period 1 2 3 4 Total No. 4 Vandals 7 14 10 13 44 No. 19 Eagles 7 14 7 8 36
at Roos Field • Cheney, WA
Date : September 30, 2023Game time : 1:00 p.m. PDTGame attendance : 8,347TV : ESPN+
at Cal Poly [ edit ] No. 3 Idaho Vandals (4–1) at Cal Poly Mustangs (2–3) – Game summary
Period 1 2 3 4 Total No. 3 Vandals 7 21 7 7 42 Mustangs 0 7 0 7 14
at Mustang Memorial Field • San Luis Obispo, CA
Date : October 7, 2023Game time : 5:00 p.m. PDTGame attendance : 6,028TV : ESPN+
vs No. 16 Montana [ edit ] No. 16 Montana Grizzlies (5–1) vs No. 3 Idaho Vandals (5–1) – Game summary
Period 1 2 3 4 Total No. 16 Grizzlies 10 10 0 3 23 No. 3 Vandals 0 7 0 14 21
at Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID
Date : October 14, 2023Game time : 7:30 p.m. PDTGame attendance : 14,218TV : ESPN2
vs No. 2 Montana State [ edit ] No. 2 Montana State Bobcats (6–1) vs No. 9 Idaho Vandals (5–2) – Game summary
Period 1 2 3 4 Total No. 2 Bobcats 0 0 14 7 21 No. 9 Vandals 3 7 0 14 24
at Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID
Date : October 28, 2023Game time : 1:00 p.m. PDTGame attendance : 13,073TV : ESPN+
at Northern Colorado [ edit ] No. 3 Idaho Vandals (6–2) at Northern Colorado Bears (0–8) – Game summary
Period 1 2 3 4 Total No. 3 Vandals 3 7 7 10 27 Bears 0 7 0 6 13
at Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO
Date : November 4, 2023Game time : 1:00 p.m. MDTGame attendance : 3,608TV : ESPN+
at Weber State [ edit ] No. 4 Idaho Vandals (7–2) at Weber State Wildcats (4–5) – Game summary
Period 1 2 3 4 Total No. 4 Vandals 3 10 8 8 29 Wildcats 0 14 14 3 31
at Stewart Stadium • Ogden, UT
Date : November 11, 2023Game time : 1:00 p.m. PDTGame attendance : 8,741TV : ESPN+
vs Idaho State [ edit ] Idaho State Bengals (3–7) vs No. 6 Idaho Vandals (7–3) – Game summary
Period 1 2 3 4 Total Bengals 0 0 7 14 21 No. 6 Vandals 28 28 0 7 63
at Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID
Date : November 18, 2023Game time : 4:00 p.m. PDTGame attendance : 9,854TV : ESPN+
Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking ( ) = First-place votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS 8 7 5 (1) 7 4 3 3 10 9 3 4 6 4 Coaches 13 12 10 10 5 3 3 8 8 5 4 8 4
References [ edit ]
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