IDAHO VANDALS FOOTBALL ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS | FB CONTACT: JOE ST. PIERRE | C: 603-475-8548 | O: 208-885-0211 | E: [email protected] 2019 SCHEDULE 4-6 (2-4 BIG SKY) GAME 11 - AT MONTANA HOME: 4-1 AWAY: 0-5 NOV. 16 | 2 P.M. PT | MOSCOW, IDAHO | KIBBIE DOME (16,000) at #15/14 PENN STATE NR/NR NO. 6 / NO. 6 SATURDAY, AUG. 31 L, 79-7 SERIES HISTORY SACRAMENTO STATE STATE COLLEGE, PA. (BEAVER STADIUM) BIG TEN NETWORK IDAHO Record 2-0-0 Last Meeting Aug. 31, 2017 HORNETS CENTRAL WASHINGTON VANDALS Record 7-3 (5-1 Big Sky) Record 4-6 (2-4 Big Sky) Idaho 28, Sacramento State 6 SATURDAY, SEPT. 7 W, 41-31 Idaho Streak W2 Road Record (Streak) 3-2 (W3) MOSCOW, IDAHO (KIBBIE DOME) PLUTO TV Home Record (Streak) 4-1 (W1) Head Coach Troy Taylor Head Coach Paul Petrino Idaho at Home 2-0-0 Idaho on Road -- Record at Sacramento State 7-3 at WYOMING Record at Idaho 27-54 (Seventh Year) Career Record Same SATURDAY, SEPT. 14 L, 21-16 Career Record Same Idaho at Neutral -- First Meeting Sept. 16, 1989 Website HornetSports.com LARAMIE, WYO. (WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM) ESPN3 Website GoVandals.com Twitter SacHornetsFB Twitter @VandalFootball Idaho 45, Sacramento State 3 #11/11 EASTERN WASHINGTON SATURDAY, SEPT. 21 W, 35-27 MOSCOW, IDAHO (KIBBIE DOME) ROOT SPORTS BROADCAST INFORMATION at NORTHERN COLORADO * TV CHANNEL FINDER RADIO SATURDAY, SEPT. 28 L, 24-27 GREELEY, COLO. (NOTTINGHAM FIELD) ELEVEN SPORTS SWX Vandal Radio Network #4/5 WEBER STATE * Play-by-Play Sam Adams Time Warner 1245 Play-by-Play Dennis Patchin SATURDAY, OCT. 5 L, 35-41 Analyst Adam Shackleford Over the Air 6-2 Analyst Ryan Phillips MOSCOW, IDAHO (KIBBIE DOME) SWX / PLUTO TV Network Affiliates See Page 20 at PORTLAND STATE * Live Stream GoVandals.com SATURDAY, OCT. 12 L, 0-24 HILLSBORO, ORE. (HILLSBORO STADIUM) PLUTO TV PICK SIX IDAHO STATE * 1. THE GAME: Idaho football closes out the home schedule on SATURDAY, OCT. 19 W, 45-21 Saturday with No. 6 Sacramento state coming to town. Kickoff is set for RETURNING AWARD MOSCOW, IDAHO (KIBBIE DOME) ROOT SPORTS 2:06 p.m. in the Kibbie Dome, with the action televised live on SWX and streaming through PlutoTV. WINNERS CAL POLY * CADE COFFEY (P) SATURDAY, NOV. 2 W, 21-9 2. ABOUT IDAHO: The Vandals (4-6, 2-4 BSC) took a tough loss MOSCOW, IDAHO (KIBBIE DOME) PLUTO TV 2019 (Preseason) at No. 6/No. 5 Montana on Saturday, 42-17. The Idaho defense forced Athlon Sports All-America First Team at #6/5 MONTANA * three Montana turnovers in the first quarter, including an interception STATS LLC All-America Second Team SATURDAY, NOV. 9 L, 17-42 and forced fumble by Tyrese Dedmon, as Idaho jumped out to a 10-0 HERO Sports All-America Second Team lead early in the second. Phil Steele All-America Third Team MISSOULA, MONT. (WASHINGTON-GRIZZLY STADIUM) ROOT SPORTS All-Big Sky Team #6/6 SACRAMENTO STATE * 3. ABOUT SAC STATE: The Hornets (7-3, 5-1 BSC) come into 2018 SATURDAY, NOV. 16 2 P.M. PT the matchup ranked sixth in both polls and currently sit in second in the STATS LLC All-America Second Team MOSCOW, IDAHO (KIBBIE DOME) SWX / PLUTO TV Big Sky standings. Phil Steele All-America Third Team Last time out, Sacramento State defeated Northern Arizona, 38-34. The All-Big Sky First Team at NORTHERN ARIZONA Lumberjacks took a 34-24 advantage with 5:42 to play, but the Hornets 2017 SATURDAY, NOV. 23 2 P.M. MT fought back to make it 34-31 with 1:38 remaining. After recovering the USA Today Freshman All-America FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. (WALKUP SKYDOME) NAU TV / PLUTO TV onside kick, Sacramento State went 49 yards in just over one minute to All-Sun Belt Second Team get the game-winning touchdown. * Big Sky Conference games NOAH JOHNSON (OL) All times local to site and subject to change 4. SENIORS: Idaho will recognize its seniors on Saturday prior to 2019 (Preseason) kickoff. The Vandals will see out 11 seniors that have given everything Athlon Sports All-America First Team STATS LLC All-America First Team BIG SKY STANDINGS they have to the program. HERO Sports All-America FirstTeam Phil Steele All-America First Team TEAM BIG SKY OVERALL 5. HOME FIELD SUCCESS: Idaho currently sits at 4-1 in home All-Big Sky Team Weber State 6-0 8-2 contests, matching last year’s record in the Kibbie Dome. Idaho hasn’t won five home games in a single season since 1996. 2018 Montana 5-1 8-2 HERO Sports All-America First Team Sacramento State 5-1 7-3 The senior class has been tremendous in Moscow. Over the last four All-Big Sky First Team Montana State 4-2 7-3 years, Idaho is 14-7 in home games, the best overall record by a class EWU 4-2 5-5 since the 1990’s. 2017 UC Davis 3-3 5-5 All-Sun Belt Second Team The schedule never gets easier for the Portland State 3-4 5-6 6. BIG SKY RANKED: 2016 Idaho 2-4 4-6 Vandals, who will take on their second ranked opponent in as many All-Sun Belt Newcomer Team Northern Arizona 2-4 4-6 weeks. So far this season, Idaho has faced four ranked opponents, Northern Colorado 2-4 2-8 including Penn State who is currently ranked ninth in the FBS. CHRISTIAN ELLISS (LB) Idaho State 2-5 3-7 Overall, the Big Sky has stacked the rankings, with four programs in the 2018 Cal Poly 1-5 2-7 top-10 in the nation. All-Big Sky Third Team Southern Utah 1-5 2-8 LOGAN FLOYD (OL) 2018 North Dakota is competing as an FCS independent this season, but will Phil Steele Freshman All-America play a Big Sky schedule. North Dakota’s results will not count in the Big Sky standings, but the games will count for opponents. 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 seventh season as Idaho’s head coach. ARKANSAS 2012 Petrino got his first taste of Division I coaching as an assistant at Offensive coordinator Idaho from 1992-94, including three consecutive NCAA Playoff Quarterbacks appearances. Idaho’s 2018 campaign, its first in its return to the Football ILLINOIS 2010-11 Championship Subdivision and the Big Sky Conference, included Offensive coordinator the Vandals’ first win over a nationally-ranked opponent in 11 years. Receivers North Dakota came to the Kibbie Dome as the No. 25 team in the country according to the coaches’ poll. Idaho came away with a 31- ARKANSAS 2008-09 27 victory thanks to Mason Petrino finding Jeff Cotton in the end Offensive coordinator zone with 27 seconds to play. It was Idaho’s first win over a team Receivers ranked in either national poll (media or coaches) in the FCS or FBS since 2007. The 2017 team featured the first five-year class of Vandals under Petrino. Among that group was record- ATLANTA FALCONS 2007 setting quarterback Matt Linehan, 1,000-yard rusher Aaron Duckworth and Academic All-America wide Receivers receiver Jacob Sannon. A four-year starter under Petrino, Linehan surpassed some of the most sacred names in Vandal football LOUISVILLE 2003-06 history. He became the program’s all-time leader in completions and when his senior season was cut three Offensive coordinator games short by injury, Linehan finished just shy of Doug Nussmeier’s record for career passing yards. Receivers Idaho played a school-record seven one-possession games in 2017, including its five conference losses SOUTHERN MISS. 2000-02 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 Quarterbacks who became the first Idaho running back to earn first-team all-league honors since 2000. LOUISVILLE 1998-99 Petrino’s head coaching career thus far is highlighted by Idaho’s 2016 campaign. He guided the Vandals Receivers to bowl eligibility for the first time since 2009 - and won their bowl game in record-setting and entertaining fashion. For his efforts, Petrino was voted the 2016 Sun Belt Coach of theYear. UTAH STATE 1995-97 The Vandals’ bowl eligibility was the result of their posting their best regular-season record since the 1998 Receivers team (Idaho’s first bowl team) went 8-3. They wrapped up the year 9-4 after beating Colorado State 61-50 in Special teams the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl – largely recognized as one of the most entertaining of the bowl season. It was the highest-scoring bowl game of 2016 and Linehan, who was named game MVP, had one of the top pass IDAHO 1992-94 efficiency ratings of any quarterback involved in postseason play. Running backs 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. That marked the beginning of the on-field visibility of the process that started in December 2012 when Petrino was hired. CARROLL COLLEGE 1990-91 From the minute he arrived on the University of Idaho campus, Petrino infused the Vandals with an intensity Offensive coordinator that reverberated around the Kibbie Dome and throughout the Vandal Family.