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1988 Idaho Vandals football team

1988 Idaho Vandals football
University of Idaho Vandals logo.svg
Big Sky champion
Conference Big Sky Conference
1988 record 11–2 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach Keith Gilbertson (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator Bill Diedrick (3rd year)
Defensive coordinator Barry Lamb (2nd year)
Home stadium Kibbie Dome
Seasons
← 1987
1989 →
1988 Big Sky football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Idaho $^ 7 1 0     11 2 0
#16 Montana ^ 6 2 0     8 4 0
#12 Boise State ^ 5 3 0     8 4 0
Nevada 4 4 0     7 4 0
Northern Arizona 4 4 0     6 5 0
Weber State 4 4 0     5 6 0
Montana State 4 4 0     4 7 0
Eastern Washington 2 6 0     2 8 0
Idaho State 0 8 0     0 11 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Idaho earned automatic berth and Montana and
    Boise State earned at-large berths 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 1988 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals, led by third-year head coach Keith Gilbertson, 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 third conference title in four seasons, and made the I-AA playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. Led by redshirt junior quarterback John Friesz, Idaho finished the regular season at 9–1 and 7–1 in the Big Sky. The Vandals scheduled only ten regular season games for the first time since 1969. Idaho would play only ten regular season games again in 1995, their final year the Big Sky. The shortened regular season was beneficial in 1988, as the Vandals played three post-season games, falling on the road in the national semifinals in Gilbertson's final game as the Vandals' head coach. He left for an assistant's position in the Pac-10 in Seattle, as offensive line coach under head coach Don James at Washington.


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