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IDAHO VANDALS FOOTBALL ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS | FOOTBALL CONTACT: MIKE WALSH | C: 208-921-7396 | O: 208-885-0245 | E: [email protected] 2018 SCHEDULE 4-6 (3-5 BIG SKY) GAME 11 - AT FLORIDA HOME: 4-1 AWAY: 0-5 NOV. 17 | NOON (ET) | GAINESVILLE, FLA. | BEN HILL GRIFFIN STADIUM (91,916) at FRESNO STATE SATURDAY, SEPT. 1 L, 79-13 NR/NR SERIES HISTORY #15/16 FRESNO, CALIF. (BULLDOG STADIUM) FACEBOOK IDAHO Record First Meeting FLORIDA Last Meeting Aug. 30, 2014 WESTERN NEW MEXICO VANDALS Canceled (Weather) GATORS SATURDAY, SEPT. 8 W, 56-10 Record 4-6 (3-5 Big Sky) Gainesville Record 7-3 (5-3 SEC) MOSCOW, IDAHO (KIBBIE DOME) PLUTO TV Road Record (Streak) 0-5 (L 5) Idaho Streak N/A Home Record (Streak) 4-2 (W 1) Head Coach Paul Petrino Idaho at Home 0-0 Head Coach Dan Mullen at #21/25 UC DAVIS * Record at Idaho 23-47 (Sixth Year) Idaho on Road 0-0 Record at UF 7-3 (First Year) SATURDAY, SEPT. 22 L, 44-21 Career Record Same Idaho at Neutral 0-0 Career Record 76-49 (Ninth Year) DAVIS, CALIF. (AGGIE STADIUM) ELEVEN SPORTS Website GoVandals.com First Meeting N /A Website FloridaGators.com Twitter @VandalFootball Twitter @GatorsFB PORTLAND STATE * SATURDAY, SEPT. 29 W, 20-7 MOSCOW, IDAHO (KIBBIE DOME) SWX / PLUTO TV BROADCAST INFORMATION at IDAHO STATE * TELEVISION CHANNEL FINDER RADIO SATURDAY, OCT. 6 L, 62-28 POCATELLO, IDAHO (HOLT ARENA) PLUTO TV ESPNU ESPNU Vandal Radio Network at MONTANA STATE * Play-by-Play Kevin Brown DirecTV 208 Play-by-Play Dennis Patchin SATURDAY, OCT. 13 L, 24-23 Analyst Andre Ware Dish Network 141 Analyst Ryan Phillips BOZEMAN, MONT. (BOBCAT STADIUM) ROOT SPORTS Spectrum 370 Network Affiliates See Page 22 SOUTHERN UTAH * Comcast Xfinity 400 & 621 Live Stream GoVandals.com SATURDAY, OCT. 20 W, 31-12 MOSCOW, IDAHO (KIBBIE DOME) SWX / PLUTO TV PICK SIX at #5/4 EASTERN WASHINGTON * 1. THE GAME: Idaho football closes its 2018 campaign Saturday, with a nonconference game at Florida. SATURDAY, OCT. 27 L, 38-14 Kickoff is set for noon ET/9 a.m. PT, and will be televised on ESPNU. CHENEY, WASH. (ROOS FIELD) ROOT SPORTS 2. ABOUT FLORIDA: First-year head coach Dan Mullen has the Gators 7-3 and ranked No. 15 in the #RV/25 NORTH DAKOTA * College Football Playoff Rankings. Florida is among the FBS leaders in takeaways and turnover margin. SATURDAY, NOV. 3 W, 31-27 MOSCOW, IDAHO (KIBBIE DOME) SWX / PLUTO TV 3. THE GAME THAT NEVER WAS: Saturday will mark the first MONTANA * official meeting between Idaho and Florida, but it is not the Vandals’ first RECORD WATCH SATURDAY, NOV. 10 L, 46-27 trip to Gainesville. The teams were set square off Aug. 30, 2014, but the MOSCOW, IDAHO (KIBBIE DOME) ROOT SPORTS game was canceled due to unsafe field conditions following more than RUSHING YARDS (CAREER) four hours of lightning delays, accompanied by torrential rains. Initially 1. 3,929 Joel Thomas 1993-98 at FLORIDA kickoff was set for 7 p.m., but lightning caused a nearly-three-hour ... SATURDAY, NOV. 17 NOON ET delay. At roughly 10 p.m., Idaho booted the opening kickoff, which was 6. 2,700 Deonte’ Jackson 2007-10 GAINESVILLE, FLA. (BEN HILL GRIFFIN STADIUM) ESPNU returned 64 yards before Bradley Njoku and Jayshawn Jordan made 7. 2,245 Princeton McCarty 2008-11 a touchdown-saving tackle. It would be the game’s only play. More 8. 2,200 Russell Davis 1978-81 lightning struck and the game was delayed again. Ultimately, around 9. 2,196 Tim Lappano 1975-79 * Big Sky Conference games midnight, it was declared a no contest as continued rainfall made the 10. 2,155 Isaiah Saunders 2015-Pr All times local to site and subject to change field conditions unsafe. RECEPTIONS (CAREER) 1. 268 Kasey Dunn 1988-91 4. FULL CIRCLE: Idaho seniors Dorian Clark and David Ungerer ... BIG SKY STANDINGS were slated to make their collegiate debuts in the 2014 game at Florida. 12. 129 Eric Yarber 1984-86 Clark and Ungerer both made the trip as true freshmen, and will now 13. 125 Jacob Sannon 2013-17 TEAM BIG SKY OVERALL return to Gainesville for the final game of their careers. Clark, a native of 14. 124 Brant Bengen 1984-86 Eastern Washington 6-1 8-2 Jacksonville, Fla., has 32 tackles and six pass breakups at cornerback 15. 122 Orlando Winston 2001-03 UC Davis 6-1 8-2 this year. Ungerer is having a career year at wide receiver, leading Idaho 122 Wendell Octave 2003-06 Weber State 6-1 8-2 with 66 catches, 692 receiving yards and 1,048 all-purpose yards. 17. 119 David Ungerer 2014-Pr Idaho State 5-2 6-4 Montana 4-3 6-4 5. SAUNDERS CLOSING STRONG: Senior running back TACKLES (CAREER) Montana State 4-3 6-4 Isaiah Saunders broke into Idaho’s top 10 for career rushing yards last 1. 519 Sam Merriman 1979-82 Cal Poly 3-4 4-6 ... week, after running for 123 yards against Montana - Saunders’ third 11. 306 Cole Snyder 2003-05 Portland State 3-4 4-6 100-yard game of the season. He now ranks 10th all-time with 2,155 12. 290 Jordan Kramer 1999-02 Idaho 3-5 4-6 yards in his career and is within 90 yards of jumping three more spots 13. 285 Boyce Bailey 1980-83 Northern Arizona 2-4 3-6 to seventh. Saunders has broken off the longest run of his career in 14. 279 Kaden Elliss 2015-Pr Northern Colorado 2-6 2-9 consecutive weeks. A 43-yard touchdown against North Dakota was his Southern Utah 1-6 1-9 longest carry until he ripped off a 60-yard run against Montana. TACKLES FOR LOSS (CAREER) Sacramento State 0-6 2-7 1. 91 Ryan Phillips 1993-96 6. TOP-25 WIN: North Dakota entered last week ranked No. 25 in 2. 90 Jeff Robinson 1989-92 North Dakota is competing as an FCS independent this season, but will the AFCA FCS Coaches’ Poll. Idaho’s come-from-behind 31-27 victory 3. 62 Chris Nofoaiga 1997-00 play a Big Sky schedule. North Dakota’s results will not count in the Big marked its first win since 2007 over a team ranked in either poll (media 4. 48.5 Tim Wilson 1994-97 Sky standings, but the games will count for opponents. 5. 46 John Simon 1989-92 or coaches) in either the FCS or FBS, when the FBS Vandals beat 46 Kaden Elliss 2015-Pr nationally-ranked FCS Cal Poly, 20-13. The last time Idaho had beaten a ranked opponent at its own level was 1995. IDAHO FOOTBALL | GAME NOTES IT STARTS AT THE TOP HEAD COACH PAUL PETRINO EXPERIENCE IDAHO 2013-PRESENT ► 2016 SUN BELT CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR Head coach/receivers Paul Petrino enters his sixth season as Idaho’s head coach, leading ARKANSAS 2012 the Vandals in their return to the Big Sky Conference. The move Offensive coordinator also returns Petrino to his football roots. The Montana native got Quarterbacks his first taste of Division I coaching as an assistant at Idaho from 1992-94, including the Vandals’ last Big Sky title in 1992 and three ILLINOIS 2010-11 consecutive NCAA Playoff appearances. Offensive coordinator The 2017 team featured the first five-year class of Vandals under Receivers Petrino. Among that group was record-setting quarterback Matt Linehan, 1,000-yard rusher Aaron Duckworth and Academic All- ARKANSAS 2008-09 America wide receiver Jacob Sannon. Offensive coordinator A four-year starter under Petrino, Linehan surpassed some of the most sacred names in Vandal football Receivers history. He became the program’s all-time leader in completions and when his senior season was cut three games short by injury, Linehan finished just shy of Doug Nussmeier’s record for career passing yards. ATLANTA FALCONS 2007 Receivers Idaho played a school-record seven one-possession games in 2017, including its five conference losses coming by a combined 24 points, on the way to finishing 4-8. Still, the team featured 10 all-conference selections. For the first time since 2008 three Vandals picked up first-team accolades, including Duckworth LOUISVILLE 2003-06 who became the first Idaho running back to earn first-team all-league honors since 2000. Offensive coordinator Receivers Petrino’s head coaching career thus far is highlighted by Idaho’s 2016 campaign. He guided the Vandals to bowl eligbility for the first time since 2009 - and won their bowl game in record-setting and entertaining fashion. SOUTHERN MISS. 2000-02 For his efforts, Petrino was voted the 2016 Sun Belt Coach of the Year. Quarterbacks The Vandals’ bowl eligibility was the result of their posting their best regular-season record since the 1998 team (Idaho’s first bowl team) went 8-3. They wrapped up the year 9-4 after beating Colorado State 61-50 in LOUISVILLE 1998-99 the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl – largely recognized as one of the most entertaining of the bowl season. It was Receivers the highest-scoring bowl game of 2016 and Linehan, who was named game MVP, had one of the top pass efficiency ratings of any quarterback involved in postseason play. UTAH STATE 1995-97 The bowl victory was the culmination of not just gritty, determined efforts week-in and week-out during 2016, Receivers but of the first four years of Petrino’s reign. After back-to-back one-victory seasons, the Vandals were 4-8 in Special teams 2015.