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1989 Idaho Vandals football team

1989 Idaho Vandals football
University of Idaho Vandals logo.svg
Big Sky champion
Conference Big Sky Conference
1989 record 9–3 (8–0 Big Sky)
Head coach John L. Smith (1st year)
Offensive coordinator Dan Cozzetto (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Craig Bray (1st year)
Home stadium Kibbie Dome
Seasons
← 1988
1990 →
1989 Big Sky football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Idaho $^ 8 0 0     9 3 0
#5 Montana ^ 7 1 0     11 3 0
Nevada 5 3 0     7 4 0
Boise State 5 3 0     6 5 0
Eastern Washington 4 4 0     4 6 0
Northern Arizona 2 6 0     3 8 0
Montana State 2 6 0     4 7 0
Idaho State 2 6 0     3 7 0
Weber State 1 7 0     3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Idaho earned automatic berth and
    Montana 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 1989 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals, led by first-year head coach John L. Smith, 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 consecutive conference title (fourth in five years), and made the I-AA playoffs for the fifth consecutive season, under a third head coach. Led by senior All-American quarterback John Friesz, Idaho finished the regular season at 9–2 and 8–0 in the Big Sky.

Following two non-conference road losses to open the season at Washington State and Portland State, the Vandals won nine straight, which included an undefeated conference record of 8–0. It was the only time in school history that the football team has posted an unblemished conference record.

The Vandals defeated Montana, their only conference loss the previous season, on a Thursday night in the Kibbie Dome in late September, televised by ESPN. Idaho beat long-time nemesis Nevada-Reno for the third straight year, only the fourth time in the twelve meetings since the Wolf Pack joined the Big Sky in 1979. The Vandals defeated rival Boise State for the eighth consecutive year, the eighth of twelve straight over the Broncos before a record crowd of 17,600 in the Kibbie Dome.


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