The University of Idaho Rivalry

University of Idaho Vandals Games
Year	Broncos	BSU Coach	Vandals	Idaho Coach	Result	Record	Where
1971	42	Knap	14	Don Robbins	W	1-0-0	Boise
1972	21	Knap	22	Don Robbins	L	1-1-0	Boise
1973	47	Knap	24	Don Robbins	W	2-1-0	Moscow
1974	53	Knap	29	Ed Troxel	W	3-1-0	Boise
1975	31	Knap	31	Ed Troxel	T	3-1-1	Moscow
1976	9	Criner	16	Ed Troxel	L	3-2-1	Boise
1977	44	Criner	14	Ed Troxel	W	4-2-1	Moscow
1978	48	Criner	10	Jerry Davitch	W	5-2-1	Boise
1979	41	Criner	17	Jerry Davitch	W	6-2-1	Moscow
1980	44	Criner	21	Jerry Davitch	W	7-2-1	Boise
1981	45	Criner	43	Jerry Davitch	W	8-2-1	Moscow
1982	17	Criner	24	Dennis Erickson	L	8-3-1	Boise
1983	24	Setencich	45	Dennis Erickson	L	8-4-1	Moscow
1984	0	Setencich	37	Dennis Erickson	L	8-5-1	Boise
1985	27	Setencich	44	Dennis Erickson	L	8-6-1	Moscow
1986	14	Setencich	21	Keith Gilbertson	L	8-7-1	Boise
1987	34	Skip Hall	40	Keith Gilbertson	L	8-8-1	Moscow
1988	20	Skip Hall	26	Keith Gilbertson	L	8-9-1	Boise
1989	21	Skip Hall	26	John L. Smith	L	8-10-1	Moscow
1990	14	Skip Hall	21	John L. Smith	L	8-11-1	Boise
1991	24	Skip Hall	28	John L. Smith	L	8-12-1	Moscow
1992	16	Skip Hall	62	John L. Smith	L	8-13-1	Boise
1993	16	Pokey Allen	49	John L. Smith	L	8-14-1	Moscow
1994	27	Pokey Allen	24	John L. Smith	W	9-14-1	Boise
1995	13	Pokey Allen	33	Chris Tormey	L	9-15-1	Moscow
1996	19	Pokey Allen	64	Chris Tormey	L	9-16-1	Boise
1997	30	Houston Nutt	23	Chris Tormey	W	10-16-1	Moscow
1998	35	Dirk Koetter	36	Chris Tormey	L	10-17-1	Boise
1999	45	Dirk Koetter	14	Chris Tormey	W	11-17-1	Pullman, WA
2000	66	Dirk Koetter	24	Tom Cable	W	12-17-1	Boise
2001	45	Dan Hawkins	13	Tom Cable	W	13-17-1	Pullman, WA
2002	38	Dan Hawkins	21	Tom Cable	W	14-17-1	Boise
2003	24	Dan Hawkins	10	Tom Cable	W	15-17-1	Moscow
2004	65	Dan Hawkins	7	Nick Holt	W	16-17-1	Boise
2005	70	Dan Hawkins	35	Nick Holt	W	17-17-1	Boise
2006	42	Chris Petersen	26	Dennis Erickson	W	18-17-1	Moscow
2007	58	Chris Petersen	14	Robb Ackey	W	19-17-1	Boise
2008	45	Chris Petersen	10	Robb Ackey	W	20-17-1	Moscow
2009	63	Chris Petersen	25	Robb Ackey	W	21-17-1	Boise
2010	52	Chris Petersen	14	Robb Ackey	W	22-17-1	Moscow
Total Points	1389		1057

The Idaho Vandals were the Bronco's biggest rivalry for many years.  This Rivalry started in 1971 after the University of Idaho was forced to play Boise State in Football, because Boise State had joined the Big Sky Conference in 1970. The Broncos shocked the heavily favored Vandals in their first meeting in 1971, 42 to 14 and the rivalry was on.   The first 25 games were played in the Big Sky Conference and the next 5 games were played in the Big West Conference.  Idaho was a Member of the Sun Belt Conference from 2001 to 2004 and Boise State was a member of the WAC from 2001 till 2010.  Idaho was a WAC member from 2006 to 2012. Idaho currently plays Football in the Sun Belt Conference and their other sports are in the Big Sky Conference.

The Vandals dominated the series for 12 years from 1982 to 1993 winning all 12 games.  The Broncos ended the series by winning the last 12 games in a row.. The Broncos lead the series 22-17-1.  The Broncos have outscored the Vandals by 338 points in the series.

Did someone say 'Tradition'?

by Micah Cranney

Tradition in the Vandal sense of the word? I hear people talk about the "Vandal tradition" as if it's a good thing. Shall we have a look at the Vandal tradition?

Started play in 1893 . Didn't win their first game until 1900. It took 8 seasons to win their first game--although it appears that they didn't have a team for 2 of those years.
1900 to 1905 , had 4 winning seasons, including a 5-0 season in 1905.
1906 to 1910 , had 2 winning seasons, a .500 season, and 2 losing seasons.
1911 to 1920 , had 2 winning seasons (coincidentally were both 1911 and 1920--9 years apart), though they didn't sport a team in 1918 due to WW1. Had 2 .500 seasons, and 4 losing seasons. In 1914, averaged 2 points/game, and 2.7 pts/game in 1915.
1920 to 1927 , had 5 winning seasons (though never higher than .667) and 3 losing seasons.
1928 to 1936 , only had 1 season of .500. All other years were losing seasons.
1937 and 1938 managed to have 2 consecutive winning seasons (.562 and .650).
1939 to 1962 , never managed to get over .500, and hit that only 3 times ('47, '52, and '57). 1943 and 1944 were on WWII hiatus. 1940 averaged 3.3 pts/game. The average margin of defeat in 1962 was 31.8 pts/game--even with 2 wins.
1963 to 1968 had 2 winning seasons, 2 .500 seasons and 2 losing seasons.
1969 to 1975 , had 1 winning season, and 6 losing seasons, including the first-ever game with and first-ever loss to that soon-to-be former junior college in Boise in 1971 , which strangely enough was the only winning season they had during this streak.
1976 to 1981 had 2 winning seasons (never higher than .636) and 4 losing seasons.
1982 to 1996 were all winning seasons (15 straight).
1997 to 2010 have had 3 winning seasons, 11 losing seasons.

All in all:
60 losing seasons
10 .500 seasons
38 winning seasons
.447 winning percentage

The tradition of the Vandal program is mediocrity (at best) or perhaps losing. That's their tradition. It appears that the only anomaly in the whole scheme of the tradition is the period in the 80's to 90's. This is the only time period that doesn't seem to match the rest of the history of the football program.

Now compare their tradition to the tradition that Boise State built from the end of WWII 'til now ( .723 winning percentage)

Since 1968 :
5 losing seasons
1 .500 season
35 winning seasons

Prior to 1968 :
6 losing seasons
1 .500 season
24 winning seasons
All of the losing seasons were from 1932 to 1946. From 1947 through 1975, Boise State had a consecutive winning season streak. Boise State went from 1946 until 1986 before it experienced its next losing season (1976 was a .500 season). No games were played from 1942-1945.

Combined since 1932 :
11 losing seasons
2 .500 seasons
59 winning seasons

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