The 2015 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third year head coach Paul Petrino and played their home games at Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho. The Vandals were football only members the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a five way tie for fifth place.

Schedule

Idaho announced their 2015 football schedule on February 27, 2015. The 2015 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Vandals hosted Sun Belt foes Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, Louisiana–Monroe, and Texas State, and traveled to Arkansas State, New Mexico State, South Alabama, and Troy.^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 p.m.	Ohio*	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ESPN3	L 28–45	11,587
September 12	5:00 p.m.	at No. 8 USC*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	P12N	L 9–59	72,422
September 19	2:00 p.m.	Wofford*	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ESPN3	W 41–38	11,633
September 26	6:00 p.m.	Georgia Southern	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	SWX ALT2	L 20–44	14,441
October 3	4:00 p.m.	at Arkansas State	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN3	L 35–49	23,411
October 17	12:30 p.m.	at Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL	ESPN3	W 19–16	20,107
October 24	2:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Monroe	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ESPN3	W 27–13	14,414
October 31	5:00 p.m.	at New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	ESPN3	L 48–55 ^OT	7,546
November 7	1:00 p.m.	at South Alabama	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN3	L 45–52	17,651
November 14	2:00 p.m.	Appalachian State	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ESPN3	L 20–47	10,113
November 21	2:00 p.m.	at Auburn*	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	SECN Alt.	L 34–56	87,451
November 28	2:00 p.m.	Texas State	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ESPN3	W 38–31	8,893
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	21	7	3	14	45
Vandals	3	10	0	15	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	0	3	6	0	9
#8 Trojans	21	17	14	7	59

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terriers	3	14	14	7	38
Vandals	14	13	7	7	41

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	10	6	14	14	44
Vandals	3	10	7	0	20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	7	7	7	14	35
Red Wolves	7	21	14	7	49

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	0	6	10	3	19
Trojans	0	0	3	13	16

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warhawks	7	3	3	0	13
Vandals	3	10	7	7	27

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Vandals	10	13	10	15	0	48
Aggies	0	7	14	27	7	55

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	10	14	7	14	45
Jaguars	0	7	21	24	52

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	7	14	14	12	47
Vandals	7	6	0	7	20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	7	10	3	14	34
Tigers	14	21	14	7	56

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	3	14	7	7	31
Vandals	7	17	0	14	38

^ "Six Home Games on Tap" (Press release). University of Idaho Department of Athletics. February 27, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
^ "2015 Idaho Vandals Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 28, 2015.

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