2020 Idaho Vandals football team

The 2020 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Paul Petrino, the Vandals played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.

2020 Idaho Vandals football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record2–4 (2–4 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKris Cinkovich (8th season)
Defensive coordinatorMike Breske (6th season)
Home stadiumKibbie Dome
(capacity: 16,000)
2020 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 9 Weber State $^  5 –0   5 –1  
No. 10 Eastern Washington ^  5 –1   5 –2  
No. 14 UC Davis  3 –2   3 –2  
Northern Arizona  3 –2   3 –2  
Idaho State  2 –4   2 –4  
Idaho  2 –4   2 –4  
Southern Utah  1 –5   1 –5  
Cal Poly‡  0 –3   0 –3  
Montana†   –   2 –0  
Portland State†   –   0 –1  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Notes: Due to COVID-19, the Big Sky suspended the fall 2020 football season.
    Montana State, Northern Colorado, and Sacramento State opted out of the spring season.
    † – Montana and Portland State opted out of the conference season, but scheduled non-conference games.
    ‡ – Cal Poly opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 29, 2021.
Rankings from STATS Poll

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was delayed and started in late February 2021.

Preseason

Polls

On July 23, 2020, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Vandals were predicted to finish ninth in the Big Sky by the coaches and eighth by the media.[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Weber State 135 (7)
2 Montana 128 (3)
3 Montana State 121 (1)
4 Eastern Washington 118 (1)
5 Sacramento State 99 (1)
6 UC Davis 83
7 Northern Arizona 68
8 Portland State 67
9 Idaho 66
10 Cal Poly 46
11 Idaho State 37
12 Southern Utah 33
13 Northern Colorado 13
Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Weber State 546 (28)
2 Montana 496 (8)
3 Montana State 493 (6)
4 Eastern Washington 438 (1)
5 Sacramento State 389
6 UC Davis 325 (1)
7 Portland State 274
8 Idaho 273
9 Northern Arizona 238
10 Cal Poly 206
11 Idaho State 133
12 Southern Utah 105
13 Northern Colorado 88

Schedule

Idaho released their full schedule on November 7, 2019.[2] The Vandals had games scheduled against Western Oregon and Washington State, which were later canceled before the start of the 2020 season.[3][4]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was delayed and started in late February 2021.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
February 27, 2021 4:00 p.m. No. 12 Eastern Washington
SWX W 28–212,694
March 6 1:00 p.m. UC Davis No. 19
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
 Pluto TV L 17–271,823
March 27 1:00 p.m. Southern Utah
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
 Pluto TV W 33–32 1,947
April 3 at Idaho State No. 24
Pluto TV L 22–24 2,797
April 10 2:00 p.m. at No. 9 Eastern Washington
SWX L 31–38 0
April 17 2:00 p.m. at Northern Arizona
Pluto TV L 9–19 0

[5]

References
  1. "Eagles Selected to Finish Fourth in the Big Sky in 2020". July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  2. Kelley, Kevin (November 7, 2019). "Idaho announces 2020 football schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  3. Bromberg, Nick. "Pac-12 follows Big Ten's lead and won't play non-conference games in 2020". Yahoo News. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  4. Kelley, Kevin (July 19, 2020). "Idaho, Montana each have non-conference game canceled due to COVID-19". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  5. "2020-21 Football Schedule". University of Idaho. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
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