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. The Vandals were led by Dennis Erickson, hired following the departure of Nick Holt for an assistant's position at USC in February 2006. Erickson was previously the head coach of the Vandals from 1982 to 1985, his first collegiate head coaching position.

2006 Idaho Vandals football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
2006 record4–8 (3–5 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDan Cozzetto (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJeff Mills (3rd as DC, 8th overall season)
Home stadiumKibbie Dome
(Capacity: 17,000)
2006 Western Athletic Conference football standings
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

The Vandals won their first three conference games to move to 4–3 overall, then lost their final five games, all in conference. They finished the season with a 4–8 overall record and 3–5 in conference play, which was the team's seventh-straight season with a losing record. Erickson departed in December to become the head coach at Arizona State.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 29:00 amat Michigan State*
ESPN PlusL 17–2770,711
September 912:45 pmat Washington State*
FSN NWL 10–5629,431
September 162:00 pmIdaho State*
W 27–2415,162
September 237:14 pmat Oregon State*
FSN NWL 0–3840,317
September 3012:00 pmat Utah State
W 41–218,618
October 72:00 pmNew Mexico State
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
W 28–2015,107
October 144:00 pmat Louisiana Tech
W 24–1419,231
October 212:00 pmNo. 17 Boise State
KTVBL 26–4217,000
October 289:00 pmat Hawaii
L 10–6834,051
November 42:00 pmNevada
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
L 7–4515,013
November 182:00 pmat Fresno State
L 0–3435,382
November 252:00 pmSan José State
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
L 13–2810,435
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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 the San Jose State game on November 25, two days after Thanksgiving.

References
  1. "Football statistics - 2006 - Idaho Vandals". wacsports.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
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