From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American college football season
The 2017 Idaho Vandals football team represented the
University of Idaho in the
2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Vandals played their home games at the
Kibbie Dome in
Moscow, Idaho, and competed in the
Sun Belt Conference. They were led by fifth-year head coach
Paul Petrino. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for eighth place.
The season marked the Vandals' final year in the Sun Belt and the FBS, as the team rejoined the
Big Sky Conference and
FCS in
2018.
Schedule
Idaho announced its football schedule on March 1, 2017 and the regular season consisted of six home games and six away games, with four each in the Sun Belt Conference. The Vandals hosted
Appalachian State,
Coastal Carolina,
Louisiana–Lafayette, and
Louisiana–Monroe, and traveled to
Georgia State,
New Mexico State,
South Alabama, and
Troy
[1]
The Vandals hosted two of the four non-conference opponents,
Sacramento State from the
Big Sky Conference and
UNLV from the
Mountain West Conference, and traveled to
Western Michigan from the
Mid-American Conference and
Missouri from the
Southeastern Conference.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
---|
| 6:00 p.m. |
Sacramento State* | |
ESPN3 | W 28–6 | 10,526 |
September 9 | 4:00 p.m. |
UNLV* | | ESPN3 | L 16–44 | 10,156 |
September 16 | 4:00 p.m. | at
Western Michigan* | | ESPN3 | L 28–37 | 25,732 |
September 23 | 11:00 a.m. | at
South Alabama | | ESPN3 | W 29–23 2OT | 12,603 |
October 7 | 2:00 p.m. |
Louisiana–Lafayette | | ESPN3 | L 16–21 | 14,198 |
October 14 | 2:00 p.m. |
Appalachian State | | ESPN3 | L 20–23 | 10,168 |
October 21 | 10:00 a.m. | at
Missouri* | |
SECN | L 21–68 | 47,648 |
October 28 | 2:00 p.m. |
Louisiana–Monroe | | ESPN3 | W 31–23 | 10,705 |
| 6:15 p.m. | at
Troy | |
ESPNU | L 21–24 | 20,341 |
November 18 | 2:00 p.m. |
Coastal Carolina | | ESPN3 | L 7–13 | 7,444 |
November 25 | 1:00 p.m. | at
New Mexico State | | ESPN3 | L 10–17 | 21,894 |
December 2 | 11:00 a.m. | at
Georgia State | | ESPN3 | W 24–10 | 14,163 |
|
- Schedule Source:
[2]
Game summaries
Sacramento State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Hornets
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
0 |
6 |
Vandals
|
0
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
28 |
UNLV
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Rebels
|
7
|
3
|
24
|
10 |
44 |
Vandals
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
6 |
16 |
At Western Michigan
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Vandals
|
7
|
7
|
14
|
0 |
28 |
Broncos
|
3
|
3
|
13
|
18 |
37 |
At South Alabama
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT | 2OT |
Total |
Vandals
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
10 | 3 | 6 |
29 |
Jaguars
|
10
|
3
|
0
|
7 | 3 | 0 |
23 |
Louisiana–Lafayette
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Ragin' Cajuns
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
21 |
Vandals
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
3 |
16 |
Appalachian State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Mountaineers
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
16 |
23 |
Vandals
|
0
|
17
|
3
|
0 |
20 |
At Missouri
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Vandals
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
21 |
Tigers
|
34
|
17
|
14
|
3 |
68 |
Louisiana–Monroe
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Warhawks
|
0
|
7
|
6
|
10 |
23 |
Vandals
|
14
|
14
|
3
|
0 |
31 |
At Troy
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Vandals
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
14 |
21 |
Trojans
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
7 |
24 |
Coastal Carolina
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Chanticleers
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
3 |
13 |
Vandals
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
At New Mexico State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Vandals
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
0 |
10 |
Aggies
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
3 |
17 |
At Georgia State
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Vandals
|
7
|
7
|
3
|
7 |
24 |
Panthers
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
0 |
10 |
References
|
---|
Venues | |
---|
Bowls and rivalries | |
---|
Culture and lore | |
---|
People | |
---|
Seasons | |
---|