1974 Idaho Vandals football team
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| Conference | Big Sky Conference |
| 1974 record | 2–8–1 (2–2–1 Big Sky) |
| Head coach | Ed Troxel (1st year) |
| Offensive coordinator | Dennis Erickson (1st year) |
| Offensive scheme | Veer |
| Defensive coordinator | Andy Christoff (1st year) |
| Base defense | 5–2 |
| Home stadium | new Idaho Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State $^ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Arizona | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coordinates: 46°43′34″N 117°01′05″W / 46.726°N 117.018°W
The 1974 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The Vandalsw were led by first-year head coach Ed Troxel and were members of the Big Sky Conference, then in Division II. They played their home games at new Idaho Stadium, an unlit outdoor facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho.
Troxel was promoted to head coach in December 1973, after seven seasons at Idaho as an assistant under three head coaches, and several years as head coach of the track team. He was previously very successful at the high school level in Boise at Borah High School. Troxel had previously declined the job in 1970 and days earlier in 1973, but was persuaded to reconsider by player support.
With quarterbacks Dave Comstock, Dennis Ballock, and Ken Schrom running the veer offense, the Vandals were 2–8–1 overall and 2–2–1 in the Big Sky.
In the Battle of the Palouse, Idaho suffered a seventh straight loss to neighbor Washington State of the Pac-8, falling 17–10 at Martin Stadium in Pullman on September 21. In the fourth game with new rival Boise State, the Vandals fell for the third time as the Broncos repeated as conference champions. Idaho did not schedule Northern Arizona until 1975 and both played only five games in conference.
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