The 2006 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Idaho competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), and played their home games in the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho. In his second stint as the program's head coach, Dennis Erickson led the Vandals to wins in their first three conference games to move to 4–3 overall,[1] Idaho then lost their final five games, all in conference to finish at 4–8 (3–5 in WAC, sixth), their seventh-straight season with a losing record.[2]
| 2006 Idaho Vandals football | |
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| Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
| Record | 4–8 (3–5 WAC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Dan Cozzetto (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | Spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Jeff Mills (3rd season) |
| Base defense | 3–4 |
| Home stadium | Kibbie Dome (Capacity: 17,000) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Boise State $ | 8 | – | 0 | 13 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hired in February following the departure of Nick Holt for an assistant's position at USC, Erickson was previously the head coach of the Vandals from 1982 through 1985, his first collegiate head coaching position, and was most recently the head coach of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers.[3][4] After just ten months back at Idaho, Erickson departed in December to become the head coach at Arizona State in the Pac-10 Conference.[5][6]
Schedule edit
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 2 | 9:00 am | at Michigan State* | ESPN Plus | L 17–27 | 70,711 | |
| September 9 | 12:45 pm | at Washington State* | FSN NW | L 10–56 | 29,431 | |
| September 16 | 2:00 pm | Idaho State (FCS)* | W 27–24 | 15,162 | ||
| September 23 | 7:14 pm | at Oregon State* | FSN NW | L 0–38 | 40,317 | |
| September 30 | 12:00 pm | at Utah State | W 41–21 | 8,618 | ||
| October 7 | 2:00 pm | New Mexico State |
| W 28–20 | 15,107 | |
| October 14 | 4:00 pm | at Louisiana Tech | W 24–14 | 19,231 | ||
| October 21 | 2:00 pm | No. 17 Boise State |
| KTVB | L 26–42 | 17,000 |
| October 28 | 9:00 pm | at Hawaii | L 10–68 | 34,051 | ||
| November 4 | 2:00 pm | Nevada |
| L 7–45 | 15,013 | |
| November 18 | 2:00 pm | at Fresno State | L 0–34 | 35,382 | ||
| November 25 | 2:00 pm | San José State |
| L 13–28 | 10,435 | |
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- Source:[7]
Idaho's reported home attendance for 2006 was 72,717 for five games, an average of 15,543. The maximum was 17,000 for the Boise State game on October 21, and the minimum was 10,435 for San Jose State on November 25, two days after Thanksgiving.
References edit
- ^ Wasser, Aaron (October 16, 2006). "Turn, turn, turn: Vandals rack up eight takeaways in win over LTU". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
- ^ Wasser, Aaron (November 27, 2006). "Spartans escape Vandals' grasp". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
- ^ Bauer, Doug (February 9, 2006). "Back in silver and gold". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
- ^ Blanchette, John (February 9, 2006). "Now would be good time to jump on Vandal bandwagon". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
- ^ Meehan, Jim (December 11, 2006). "Upset Vandals try to move forward". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
- ^ Baum, Bob (December 12, 2006). "The search is on". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. p. 1B.
- ^ "Football statistics - 2006 - Idaho Vandals". wacsports.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
External links edit
- Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 2006 editions
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