The 2018 Idaho Vandals football team represented the
University of Idaho
The University of Idaho (U of I, or UIdaho) is a public land-grant research university in Moscow, Idaho. It is the state's land-grant and primary research university,, and the lead university in the Idaho Space Grant Consortium. The Universit ...
in the
2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season
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. The Vandals played their home games on campus at the
Kibbie Dome
The William H. Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center (commonly known as the Kibbie Dome) is a multi-purpose indoor athletic stadium in the northwest United States, on the campus of the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. It is the home of the Idaho ...
in
Moscow, Idaho, and are members of the
Big Sky Conference
The Big Sky Conference (BSC) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the eig ...
, which they rejoined for football this season. A charter member of the Big Sky in 1963, Idaho was previously a football member from
1965 through
1995
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. They were led by sixth-year head coach
Paul Petrino
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and finished the season at 4–7 (3–5 in Big Sky, ninth).
Previous season
The Vandals finished the
2017
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season at 4–8 (3–5 in
Sun Belt, eighth), their final year in
FBS.
Preseason
Polls
On July 16, 2018 during the Big Sky Kickoff in
Spokane, Washington
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, the Vandals were predicted to finish in fourth place in the coaches poll and fifth place in the media poll.
Preseason All-Conference Team
The Vandals had three players selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team.
Noah Johnson – Jr. OL
Kaden Ellis – Sr. LB
Cade Coffey – So. P
Schedule
Official Schedule
Game summaries
at Fresno State
Western New Mexico
at UC Davis
Portland State
at Idaho State
at Montana State
Southern Utah
at Eastern Washington
North Dakota
Montana
at Florida
NFL Draft
*
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
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Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyomi ...
Idaho Vandals football seasons
Idaho Vandals football
The Idaho Vandals are the college football team that represents the University of Idaho and plays its home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho. Idaho is a member of the Big Sky Conference in the Football Cha ...