The 1996 Idaho Vandals football team represented the

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in the

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. The

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, led by second-year head coach

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, were members of the

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and played their home games at the

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, an indoor facility on campus in

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. Idaho was 6–5 overall and 3–2 in conference play. Idaho's home winning streak in the

extended to seventeen games this season, winning all five home games, but they had only one road victory. That was over

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Boise State in the season finale in Boise, the fourteenth win over the Broncos in the last With the move up to Division I-A this season, Idaho changed its uniforms' shade of

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from yellow

Schedule

Roster

NFL Draft

One Vandal senior was selected in the

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, which lasted seven rounds (240 selections). : *

List of Idaho Vandals in the NFL Draft This is a list of Idaho Vandals football players in the NFL Draft. Key Selections : Notes * Ken Hobart was selected in the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft,

References

External links

''Gem of the Mountains:'' 1997 University of Idaho yearbook
– 1996 football season

– student newspaper – 1996 editions {{Idaho Vandals football navbox

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Idaho Vandals football seasons

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