The 1997 Idaho Vandals football team represented the

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in the

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. The

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, led by third-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 5–6 overall and 2–3 in conference play. Idaho's 21-game winning streak at home in the

came to and end with a blowout loss to bowl-bound the Vandals also lost at home to

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Boise State in the season finale, only the second loss to BSU in the last sixteen meetings. For the first time since

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, Idaho finished with a losing record. Before the fifteen-year run (

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– 96), the previous school record for consecutive winning seasons was only three (1903–05), followed by four other times at two ( 1910– 11,

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– 21, 1923– 24,

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– 38).

Schedule

References

External links

''Gem of the Mountains:'' 1998 University of Idaho yearbook
– 1997 football season

– student newspaper – 1997 editions {{Idaho Vandals football navbox

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Idaho Vandals football seasons

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