2004 Idaho Vandals football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record3–9 (2–5 SBC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorNate Kaczor (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJoel Thomas
(1st season)
Defensive coordinatorNick Holt (5th season)
Home stadiumKibbie Dome
(Capacity: 17,000)
Seasons
← 2003
2005 →
2004 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Texas $   7 – 0     7 – 5  
Troy State   4 – 2     7 – 5  
New Mexico State   3 – 2     5 – 6  
Middle Tennessee   4 – 4     5 – 6  
Louisiana–Monroe   3 – 3     5 – 6  
Arkansas State   3 – 4     3 – 8  
Louisiana–Lafayette   2 – 5     4 – 7  
Utah State   2 – 5     3 – 8  
Idaho   2 – 5     3 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion

The 2004 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Idaho competed as a member of the Sun Belt Conference, and played their home games in the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho. Led by first-year head coach Nick Holt, the Vandals finished at 3–9 (2–5 in Sun Belt, last).

Holt was previously the linebackers coach at USC and an Idaho assistant coach for eight seasons in the 1990s.[1][2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 45:05 pmat Boise State*
L 7–6530,944
September 115:00 pmat Utah State
L 7–1420,117
September 187:30 pmWashington State*
FSNNWL 8–4934,858[3]
September 2512:30 pmat Oregon*
L 10–4857,912
October 211:00 amat Eastern Michigan*
W 45–4118,920
October 92:00 pmLouisiana–Monroe
L 14–1611,798
October 162:00 pmLouisiana–Lafayette
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
W 38–2510,397
October 2312:00 pmat Middle Tennessee
L 14–3416,918
October 301:30 pmat Troy
L 7–4720,151
November 62:00 pmArkansas Statedagger
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
W 45–31  9,425
November 134:00 pmat North Texas
L 29–5114,583
November 208:00 pmat Hawaii*
L 21–5230,864

Fallen teammate

The season was marred by the September death of starting cornerback Eric McMillan, a redshirt freshman from Murrieta, California, and originally from Tuskegee, Alabama. In a case of mistaken identity, he was shot in his apartment in south Moscow on Sunday afternoon, a day after the third game of season, and died at Gritman Medical Center.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

References

  1. ^ Lawson, Jamie (December 9, 2003). "'We will get things done'". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
  2. ^ Meehan, Jim (December 9, 2003). "It's official: Holt Idaho's head man". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  3. ^ Grummert, Dale (September 19, 2004). "Palouse pummelling". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1B.
  4. ^ Doyle, Megan (September 20, 2004). "UI football player dies from gunshot". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1A.
  5. ^ Sudermnn, Hannelore (September 21, 2004). "Two held in Moscow homicide". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1A.
  6. ^ Bacharach, Alex (September 21, 2004). "'Disbelief, anger, sorrow'". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1.
  7. ^ Sudhalter, Michael (September 21, 2004). "Mentors remember McMillan". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
  8. ^ Whiteside, Kelly (October 30, 2004). "McMillan's death changed lives". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (USA Today). p. C8.
  9. ^ Summers, Leila (November 5, 2004). "Brothers, nephew indicted". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1A.
  10. ^ Dupler, Michelle (September 2, 2005). "Wells brothers plead guilty to second-degree murder". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1A.
  11. ^ Doyle, Megan (November 19, 2005). "Brothers sentenced after emotional testimony". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1A.
  12. ^ Craig, John (November 19, 2005). "Wells brothers sentenced in UI murder". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B3.

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