1983 Idaho State Bengals football team

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1983 Idaho State Bengals football
Conference Big Sky Conference
Record8–4 (5–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home stadium ASISU Minidome
Seasons
←  1982
1984  →
1983 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Nevada* $^ 6 –1 –010 –4 –0
No. 12 Idaho State ^ 5 –2 –08 –4 –0
Idaho 4 –3 –08 –3 –0
Boise State 4 –3 –06 –5 –0
Weber State 3 –4 –06 –5 –0
Montana 3 –4 –04 –6 –0
Northern Arizona 2 –5 –04 –7 –0
Montana State 1 –6 –01 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • * – Nevada was given a win on the Fremont Cannon after UNLV was forced to forfeit the game after an investigation found that ineligible players had participated in the 1983 and 1984 seasons.
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Poll

The 1983 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University as member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bengals were led by first-year head coach Jim Koetter and played home games at the ASISU MiniDome (now Holt Arena), an indoor venue on campus in Pocatello, Idaho.

After a disappointing season as defending national champions in 1982, the Bengals regrouped and went 8–3 overall in the regular season (5–2 in Big Sky, second). Led by senior quarterback Paul Peterson, Idaho State hosted the first round of the 12-team I-AA playoffs, [1] [2] but lost to conference champion Nevada by seven points and finished at 8–4. [3]

Koetter was promoted to head coach in early June after Dave Kragthorpe left to become athletic director at his alma mater, Utah State in Logan. [4] [5] [6] [7] Later that month, quarterback Peterson had knee surgery. [8]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 10at UTEP *
W 12–1020,193 [9]
September 17at Eastern Washington *
W 20–132,000 [10] [11]
September 24No. 11 Idaho No. 13
W 41–3112,983 [12]
October 1at Nevada No. 8
L 7–239,324 [13]
October 8 Montana State Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 14
  • ASISU MiniDome
  • Pocatello, ID
W 26–311,321 [14]
October 15 Northern Arizona No. 13
  • ASISU MiniDome
  • Pocatello, ID
W 42–249,545 [15]
October 22at Cal Poly *No. 9
L 37–445,262 [16] [17]
October 29 Cal State Fullerton *No. 15
  • ASISU MiniDome
  • Pocatello, ID
W 43–108,215 [18]
November 5at Boise State No. 9
L 20–3220,477 [19]
November 12 Weber State No. 19
  • ASISU MiniDome
  • Pocatello, ID
W 38–3210,834 [20]
November 19at Montana No. 17
W 31–175,755 [21]
November 26No. 11 Nevada*No. 12
L 20–2710,333 [3] [22]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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