2006 Idaho Vandals football team

The 2006 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho during the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Idaho competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), and played their home games in the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho. In his second stint as the program's head coach, Dennis Erickson led the Vandals to wins in their first three conference games to move to 4–3 overall,^[1] Idaho then lost their final five games, all in conference to finish at 4–8 (3–5 in WAC, sixth), their seventh-straight season with a losing record.^[2]

2006 Idaho Vandals football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	4–8 (3–5 WAC)
Head coach	Dennis Erickson (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dan Cozzetto (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Jeff Mills (3rd season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Kibbie Dome (Capacity: 17,000)
Seasons ← 2005 2007 →

2006 Western Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 5 Boise State $		8	–	0					13	–	0
Hawaii		7	–	1					11	–	3
San Jose State		5	–	3					9	–	4
Nevada		5	–	3					8	–	5
Fresno State		4	–	4					4	–	8
Idaho		3	–	5					4	–	8
New Mexico State		2	–	6					4	–	8
Louisiana Tech		1	–	7					3	–	10
Utah State		1	–	7					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria Rankings from AP Poll

Hired in February following the departure of Nick Holt for an assistant's position at USC, Erickson was previously the head coach of the Vandals from 1982 through 1985, his first collegiate head coaching position, and was most recently the head coach of the NFL's San Francisco 49ers.^[3][4] After just ten months back at Idaho, Erickson departed in December to become the head coach at Arizona State in the Pac-10 Conference.^[5][6]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	9:00 am	at Michigan State*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN Plus	L 17–27	70,711
September 9	12:45 pm	at Washington State*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse)	FSN NW	L 10–56	29,431
September 16	2:00 pm	Idaho State (FCS)*	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID (rivalry)		W 27–24	15,162
September 23	7:14 pm	at Oregon State*	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN NW	L 0–38	40,317
September 30	12:00 pm	at Utah State	Romney Stadium Logan, UT		W 41–21	8,618
October 7	2:00 pm	New Mexico State	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID		W 28–20	15,107
October 14	4:00 pm	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA		W 24–14	19,231
October 21	2:00 pm	No. 17 Boise State	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID (Governor's Trophy)	KTVB	L 26–42	17,000
October 28	9:00 pm	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI		L 10–68	34,051
November 4	2:00 pm	Nevada	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID		L 7–45	15,013
November 18	2:00 pm	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA		L 0–34	35,382
November 25	2:00 pm	San José State	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID		L 13–28	10,435
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:^[7]

Idaho's reported home attendance for 2006 was 72,717 for five games, an average of 15,543. The maximum was 17,000 for the Boise State game on October 21, and the minimum was 10,435 for San Jose State on November 25, two days after Thanksgiving.

References

1. Wasser, Aaron (October 16, 2006). "Turn, turn, turn: Vandals rack up eight takeaways in win over LTU". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
2. Wasser, Aaron (November 27, 2006). "Spartans escape Vandals' grasp". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
3. Bauer, Doug (February 9, 2006). "Back in silver and gold". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
4. Blanchette, John (February 9, 2006). "Now would be good time to jump on Vandal bandwagon". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
5. Meehan, Jim (December 11, 2006). "Upset Vandals try to move forward". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
6. Baum, Bob (December 12, 2006). "The search is on". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. p. 1B.
7. "Football statistics - 2006 - Idaho Vandals". wacsports.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2011.

External links

• Idaho Argonaut – student newspaper – 2006 editions