# 2017 Idaho Vandals football team

The 2017 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Vandals played their home games at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by fifth-year head coach Paul Petrino. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for eighth place.
The season marked the Vandals' final year in the Sun Belt and the FBS, as the team rejoined the Big Sky Conference and FCS in 2018.

## Schedule

Idaho announced its football schedule on March 1, 2017 and the regular season consisted of six home games and six away games, with four each in the Sun Belt Conference. The Vandals hosted Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Louisiana–Monroe, and traveled to Georgia State, New Mexico State, South Alabama, and Troy
The Vandals hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Sacramento State from the Big Sky Conference and UNLV from the Mountain West Conference, and traveled to Western Michigan from the Mid-American Conference and Missouri from the Southeastern Conference.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | Sacramento State* | Kibbie DomeMoscow, ID | ESPN3 | W 28–6 | 10,526 |
| September 9 | 4:00 p.m. | UNLV* | Kibbie DomeMoscow, ID | ESPN3 | L 16–44 | 10,156 |
| September 16 | 4:00 p.m. | at Western Michigan* | Waldo StadiumKalamazoo, MI | ESPN3 | L 28–37 | 25,732 |
| September 23 | 11:00 a.m. | at South Alabama | Ladd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL | ESPN3 | W 29–23 $^{2OT}$ | 12,603 |
| October 7 | 2:00 p.m. | Louisiana–Lafayette | Kibbie DomeMoscow, ID | ESPN3 | L 16–21 | 14,198 |
| October 14 | 2:00 p.m. | Appalachian State | Kibbie DomeMoscow, ID | ESPN3 | L 20–23 | 10,168 |
| October 21 | 10:00 a.m. | at Missouri* | Faurot FieldColumbia, MO | SECN | L 21–68 | 47,648 |
| October 28 | 2:00 p.m. | Louisiana–Monroe | Kibbie DomeMoscow, ID | ESPN3 | W 31–23 | 10,705 |
| November 2 | 6:15 p.m. | at Troy | Veterans Memorial StadiumTroy, AL | ESPNU | L 21–24 | 20,341 |
| November 18 | 2:00 p.m. | Coastal Carolina | Kibbie DomeMoscow, ID | ESPN3 | L 7–13 | 7,444 |
| November 25 | 1:00 p.m. | at New Mexico State | Aggie Memorial StadiumLas Cruces, NM | ESPN3 | L 10–17 | 21,894 |
| December 2 | 11:00 a.m. | at Georgia State | Georgia State StadiumAtlanta, GA | ESPN3 | W 24–10 | 14,163 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Pacific time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### Sacramento State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hornets | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Vandals | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |

### UNLV

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rebels | 7 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 44 |
| Vandals | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |

### At Western Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vandals | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Broncos | 3 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 37 |

### At South Alabama

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| Vandals | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 29 |
| Jaguars | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 |

### Louisiana–Lafayette

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Vandals | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 |

### Appalachian State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| Vandals | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 20 |

### At Missouri

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vandals | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Tigers | 34 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 68 |

### Louisiana–Monroe

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Warhawks | 0 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 |
| Vandals | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 31 |

### At Troy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vandals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Trojans | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### Coastal Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chanticleers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Vandals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### At New Mexico State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vandals | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Aggies | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |

### At Georgia State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vandals | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| Panthers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |