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2021 Idaho Vandals football

Conference	Big Sky Conference
2021 record	4–7 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach	Paul Petrino (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Reader (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Breske (7th season)
Home stadium	Kibbie Dome (capacity: 16,000)
Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

2021 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 10 Sacramento State $^		8	–	0		9	–	3
No. 2 Montana State ^		7	–	1		11	–	3
No. 7 Eastern Washington ^		6	–	2		10	–	3
No. 6 Montana ^		6	–	2		10	–	3
No. 17 UC Davis ^		5	–	3		8	–	4
Weber State		5	–	3		6	–	5
Northern Arizona		4	–	4		5	–	6
Portland State		4	–	4		5	–	6
Idaho		3	–	5		4	–	7
Northern Colorado		2	–	6		3	–	8
Cal Poly		1	–	7		2	–	9
Idaho State		1	–	7		1	–	10
Southern Utah		0	–	8		1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2021 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho as in the Big Sky Conference during the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Paul Petrino, the Vandals were 4–7 (3–5 in Big Sky, ninth), and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.

Previous season

Main article: 2020 Idaho Vandals football team

The Vandals finished the 2020–21 season 2–4 to finish in a tie for fifth place.

Preseason

Polls

On July 26, 2021, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Vandals were predicted to finish eighth in the Big Sky by both the coaches and media.^[1]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Weber State	(7)
2	Montana	(3)
3	Eastern Washington	(2)
4	Montana State	(1)
5	Sacramento State	(1)
6	UC Davis
7	Northern Arizona
8	Idaho
9	Idaho State
10	Portland State
11	Southern Utah
12	Cal Poly
13	Northern Colorado

Media poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Weber State	(14)
2	Montana	(4)
3	Eastern Washington	(3)
4	Montana State	(3)
5	Sacramento State
6	UC Davis
7	Northern Arizona
8	Idaho
9	Idaho State
10	Portland State
11	Southern Utah
12	Northern Colorado
13	Cal Poly

Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Vandals had two players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.

Offense

Logan Kendall – FB

Defense

Tre Walker – MLB

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	1:00 p.m.	Simon Fraser*	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	SWX/ESPN+	W 68–0	5,214
September 11	4:30 p.m.	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 14–56	47,417
September 18	12:30 p.m.	at Oregon State*	Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	P12N	L 0–42	26,797
October 2	7:00 p.m.	at No. 8 UC Davis	UC Davis Health Stadium Davis, CA	ESPN+	L 20–27	11,622
October 9	2:00 p.m.	Portland State	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	SWX/ESPN+	W 42–35	7,034
October 16	11:30 a.m.	at No. 2 Eastern Washington	Roos Field Cheney, WA	RTNW	L 21–71	5,380
October 23	4:30 p.m.	No. 11 Montana	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID (Little Brown Stein)	SWX/ESPN+	L 14–34	6,059
October 30	1:00 p.m.	Northern Arizona	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	SWX/ESPN+	L 31–38	3,000
November 6	1:00 p.m.	Southern Utah	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ESPN+	W 42–24	6,082
November 13	12:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Montana State	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	SWX/ESPN+	L 13–20	19,447
November 20	12:00 p.m.	at Idaho State	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID (Battle of the Domes)	ESPN+	W 14-0	0
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

^[2]

Game summaries

Simon Fraser

	1	2	3	4	Total
Clan	0	0	0	0	0
Vandals	21	19	21	7	68

at Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	0	7	7	0	14
Hoosiers	21	14	7	14	56

at Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	0	0	0	0	0
Beavers	14	14	14	0	42

at No. 8 UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	6	7	7	0	20
No. 8 Aggies	3	10	0	14	27

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	7	7	0	21	35
Vandals	21	14	0	7	42

at No. 2 Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	7	7	0	7	21
No. 2 Eagles	29	14	14	14	71

No. 11 Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 11 Grizzlies	7	13	7	7	34
Vandals	7	0	0	7	14

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	14	3	14	7	38
Vandals	7	14	0	10	31

Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	7	3	7	7	24
Vandals	14	14	7	7	42

at No. 3 Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	0	10	3	0	13
No. 3 Bobcats	7	6	0	7	20

at Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	14	0	0	0	14
Bengals	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Walker, Kendall Earn Preseason Nods". July 26, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
^ "2021 Idaho Football Schedule". govndals.com. Retrieved August 5, 2021.

v t e Idaho Vandals football
Venues	MacLean Field (1914–1936) Neale Stadium (1937–1968) Rogers Field (1969–1970) Joe Albi Stadium (1971) Kibbie Dome (1971–present) Martin Stadium (1999–2001)
Bowls and rivalries	Bowl games Boise State (Governor's Trophy) Gonzaga (defunct) Idaho State (Battle of the Domes) Montana (Little Brown Stein) Washington State (Battle of the Palouse)
Culture and lore	History Joe Vandal Go, Vandals, Go The Sound of Idaho
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks
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