1977 Idaho Vandals football team

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1977 Idaho Vandals football
Idaho Vandals logo.svg
Conference Big Sky Conference
Record3–8 (2–4 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn McMahon (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Veer [1]
Defensive coordinator Greg McMackin (1st season)
Base defense 4–3 [1]
Captains
Home stadium Kibbie Dome
Seasons
  1976
1978  
1977 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. T–5 Boise State $ 6 0 09 2 0
No. T–5 Northern Arizona ^ 5 1 09 3 0
Montana State 3 3 06 4 0
Weber State 2 4 04 6 0
Idaho State 2 4 03 8 0
Idaho 2 4 03 8 0
Montana 1 5 04 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • Boise State concluded its regular season after the NCAA Division II playoffs started; runner-up Northern Arizona was awarded playoff bid.
Rankings from NCAA Division II AP Poll

The 1977 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. The Vandals were led by fourth-year head coach Ed Troxel and were members of the Big Sky Conference, [1] then in Division II. They played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho.

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Season

With quarterbacks Craig Juntunen and Rocky Tuttle running the veer offense, the Vandals were 3–8 overall and 2–4 in the Big Sky in 1977. [2] [3] Idaho did not play runner-up Northern Arizona, but the Big Sky designated a non-conference home game for each to count as a sixth conference game in the standings, with both opponents from the PCAA. [4] [5] The Vandals lost to Pacific in September while NAU defeated Cal State Fullerton in October.

The Vandals suffered a tenth straight loss in the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State of the Pac-8, falling 45–17 at Martin Stadium in Pullman on November 12. [6] [7]

Boise State

The season concluded with a 30-point home loss to Boise State, held two days after Thanksgiving. The young rivalry took a new step in the fourth quarter, when the Broncos were up 34–14 and in control. Having thrown the ball sparingly in building its twenty-point lead, second-year head coach Jim Criner went heavily to the passing game. Boise scored a touchdown with less than two minutes left, then staged a successful onside kick and made a field goal with seconds remaining. [2] [8] [9] [10]

Boise State went undefeated in the Big Sky, but because of the late conclusion of their regular season, they had to decline a berth in the Division II playoffs, which started earlier that day. [11] Conference runner-up Northern Arizona took their place and was shut out at home, 35–0. [9] [12] In the previous season, underdog Idaho had won the rivalry game in the season opener before a record crowd in Boise in Criner's debut as head coach. [13] [14] At the time, the Broncos were three-time defending conference champions, all under previous head coach Tony Knap. Idaho had agreed to move that 1976 game from November 27 up to September 11, so that BSU could participate in the D-II playoffs, but the Broncos ended at 2–5 in the Big Sky (fifth) and 5–5–1 overall.

Division I

This was the last season prior to the creation of Division I-AA, [15] which the Big Sky joined. Through 1977, the Big Sky was a Division II conference for football, except for Division I member Idaho, which moved down to I-AA in 1978. Idaho had maintained its upper division status in the NCAA by playing Division I non-conference opponents (and was ineligible for the Division II postseason). (Idaho was involuntarily dropped to the College Division in 1967, [16] then returned to the University Division in 1969.) [17]

Troxel fired

Five weeks after the season concluded, Troxel was asked for his resignation by new university president Richard Gibb on December 30. [18] [19] [20] [21] An assistant under the preceding three head coaches and a former head coach of track and field, [22] he had been at UI for an over a decade. [3] [23] Very successful at Borah High School in Boise (1958–66), [23] Troxel returned to the high school ranks in 1978 at Kennewick High School, in the Tri-Cities of eastern Washington, [24] and built the Lions into winners; he coached through 1990, and died of cancer at age 75in 2001. [25] [26]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 105:30 pmat Rice *L 10–3114,000 [27]
September 178:00 pm Pacific (CA) L 21–3112,000 [28]
September 2410:00 pmat Hawaii *L 26–4525,463 [29]
October 88:00 pm Idaho State
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
L 14–3411,500 [30]
October 151:30 pm Montana Dagger-14-plain.png
W 31–2015,200 [31]
October 2212:30 pmat No. 3 Montana State W 17–68,750 [32]
October 2912:30 pmat Weber State L 27–303,000 [33]
November 57:30 pm UNLV *
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
L 21–357,400 [34]
November 121:00 pmat Washington State *L 17–4518,500 [6] [7]
November 196:00 pmat New Mexico State *W 47–446,438 [35]
November 267:30 pmNo. T–5 Boise State
L 14–4412,000 [2] [8] [9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Idaho did not play Northern Arizona, so a non-conference game was designated to count in the standings for each team. Both were home games against Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) opponents. Idaho lost to Pacific, while Northern Arizona defeated Cal State Fullerton. [4] [5]

Roster

1977 Idaho Vandals football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 7Mike McCurdyFr
SE 10Brad Clausen
SE 11Jett TaylorJr
QB, P 12Rocky TuttleJr
QB 14 Craig Juntunen  (C)Sr
QB 15Jay GoodenbourFr
SE 18Kirk AllenJr
RB 25Robert Brooks  Cruz Roja.svg Redshirt.svg  Sr
RB 30 Tim Lappano Jr
TE 33Mike SupkisSo
RB 35Glenn FordSo
RB 36Glen WhiteFr
RB 40Robert TaylorSr
TE 44Dan MeyerSo
C 50Joe KramerSr
C 53Dave PearsonJr
OL 55David Earl
OL 59Mike ClarkJr
RG 61Dick WilkinJr
OL 63Bob VolkeFr
OL 64Mark WhippsJr
RG 65Joe DahlinSr
OL 66Doug GisselbergSo
OL 68Brian ZimmermanJr
LT 69Larry CoombsSo
OL 71Mark McNealSo
LG 74Dave WiggumSr
RT 77Tom RandelJr
FL 80Dan DavidsonSr
TE 84Rick MayfieldJr
TE 87Jeff Eucker
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 20Larry BarkerFr
DB 21Mike KeoghFr
DB 22Ray McCannaFr
DB 23Marc WattsFr
FS 24Rick LinehanJr
CB 26Greg ComanSr
DB 27Todd McKillopJr
LB 33Kelly GrimesSo
LB 34Chris FrostSr
DB 37Dan DuncanSo
DB 41Doug MoySr
CB 42Bill ClarkSr
CB 43Brian CharlesSr
DB 45Kevin Johnson
LB 45Monty ElderFr
LB 51Chris EadsSo
LB 52Bob CaffertyJr
LB 54Tom JackshaSr
LB 57Marty MarshallSo
LB 58Dan CozzettoJr
DL 60Mark StennfeldJr
DT 62Tim SanfordSr
DL 67Scott WhippsJr
DL 70Kyle RiddellSo
DT 72Joe PellegriniSr
DE 73Tom EilertsonSr
DT 75Lynn RiceSr
DL 76Vic LillquistSo
DT 78Steve ParkerSo
DL 79Mark Husby
LB 81Rick HuntSo
DL 82Randy RalphSo
LB 83Phil VanceSo
LB 85 Chris Tormey  (C)Sr
DL 86Tom MichaudFr
DE 89Robert CollinsJr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
PK, P 6Ralph LoweSr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt
Source: [11] [36] [37] [38]

All-conference

Defensive tackle Tim Sanford and punter Ralph Lowe were named to the Big Sky all-conference team; Lowe was named to the second team as a placekicker. Also on the second team were tackle Larry Coombs, center Joe Kramer, running back Robert Taylor, linebacker Chris Tormey, defensive end Joe Pellegrini, and defensive back Brian Charles. [39] [40]

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