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1985 Idaho Vandals football team

1985 Idaho Vandals football
University of Idaho Vandals logo.svg
Big Sky champion
Conference Big Sky Conference
1985 record 9–3 (6–1 Big Sky)
Head coach Dennis Erickson (4th year)
Offensive coordinator Keith Gilbertson (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator John L. Smith (4th year)
Home stadium Kibbie Dome
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 Big Sky football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#5 Idaho $^ 6 1 0     9 3 0
#2 Nevada ^ 6 1 0     11 2 0
Boise State 5 2 0     7 4 0
Weber State 4 3 0     6 5 0
Idaho State 3 4 0     5 6 0
Montana 2 5 0     3 8 0
Northern Arizona 1 6 0     3 8 0
Montana State 1 6 0     2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Idaho earned automatic berth and
    Nevada earned at-large berth in I-AA playoffs.
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll
(released before playoffs)

Coordinates: 46°43′34″N 117°01′05″W / 46.726°N 117.018°W / 46.726; -117.018

The 1985 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals, led by fourth-year head coach Dennis Erickson, were members of the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho.

The Vandals won their first outright conference title since 1971 (the 1982 team tied for the title, but lost the head-to-head tiebreaker to Montana). Led first by redshirt junior quarterback Scott Linehan and then by senior Rick Sloan, Idaho finished the regular season at 9–2 and 6–1 in the Big Sky.

The 1985 season marked the first time in school history that the Vandals had four consecutive winning seasons in football.

The Vandals opened the season with a 15-point loss at Oregon State in Corvallis, whom they had defeated the year before in Moscow. After six straight losses to Nevada-Reno, Idaho recorded its first conference victory over the Wolf Pack, who joined the Big Sky in 1979. The Vandals defeated rival Boise State for the fourth consecutive year, the fourth of twelve straight over the Broncos. A key one-point road loss at Idaho State in late October prevented the Vandals from attaining an important first round bye in the I-AA playoffs.


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