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| No. 7 Northern Arizona $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–9 Montana State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals were led by new head coach Jerry Davitch and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho. Davitch was previously an assistant at the Air Force Academy for five seasons under longtime head coach Ben Martin, preceded by four years as a high school head coach in Tucson, Arizona.
With quarterbacks Jay Goodenbour and Mike McCurdy running the veer offense,[1][2] the Vandals were 2–9 overall and 2–4 in the Big Sky in 1978.[3][4]
The final win was an unplayed forfeit by Idaho State for a scheduled night game in Moscow in November. Flying from Pocatello to the Palouse on the afternoon of the game because of unavailable lodging, one of ISU's two chartered Convair 440 aircraft had carburetor problems soon after takeoff and had to land. It carried the defensive players; the other with the offense landed safely at the Moscow-Pullman airport two hours later.[5][6] After difficulties in arranging a viable makeup date, a forfeit win was awarded to the Vandals.[7][8] It was the conference finale for both teams,[9] and Idaho State finished winless in the Big Sky.
This was the first season for the newly created Division I-AA,[10] which the Big Sky joined. It was previously a Division II conference for football, except for Division I member Idaho, which moved down to I-AA this season. Idaho had maintained its upper division status in the NCAA by playing Division I non-conference opponents.
Schedule
Sep 097:00 pmat San Jose State - (Div. I-A)*
L 14–31 10,011 Sep 161:00 pmat Washington State - (Div. I-A)*
L 0–28 16,950 Sep 23at Wichita State - (Div. I-A)*
L 6–28 Sep 307:00 pmNorthern Arizona
L 29–34 8,200 Oct 077:30 pmat Nevada-Las Vegas - (Div. I-A)*
L 14–53 18,944 Oct 141:00 pmat Montana
W 34–30 8,286 Oct 217:00 pmMontana State
- Kibbie Dome
- Moscow, ID
L 21–57 9,000
Oct 282:00 pmWeber State
- Kibbie Dome
- Moscow, ID
L 6–51 13,500 Nov 0412:30 pmat Boise State
L 10–48 20,235 Nov 117:00 pmIdaho State
- Kibbie Dome
- Moscow, ID
W 1–0 (Forfeit) Nov 187:00 pmat Fresno State - (Div. I-A)*
- Kibbie Dome
- Moscow, ID
L 28–41 5,600
References
- ^ Stewart, Chuck (September 11, 1978). "'Future' arrives fast for young Vandal QB". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 21.
- ^ "McCurdy snares quarterback job". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). September 26, 1978. p. 17.
- ^ Barrows, Bob (November 20, 1978). "Idaho football". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
- ^ Payne, Bob (November 26, 1978). "Vandals kiss this sort of season goodbye". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C5.
- ^ Barrows, Bob (November 12, 1978). "No Vandal game, ISU can't make it". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
- ^ "One platoon arrived, one did not – sorry". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 12, 1978. p. C2.
- ^ "Bengals forfeit to Idaho". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 14, 1978. p. 15.
- ^ Drosendahl, Glenn (November 12, 1978). "Vandals claim a forfeit". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
- ^ Barrows, Bob (November 11, 1978). "Vandals, Idaho State try to salvage something". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 3B.
- ^ "Big schools win battle". St. Petersburg Independent. (Florida). Associated Press. January 13, 1978. p. 5C.
External links
- Gem of the Mountains: 1979 University of Idaho yearbook – 1978 football season
- Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 1978 editions