Idaho State Bengals
Big SkyPocatello, IDHolt Arena
2026: 4–3 (1–3 Big Sky). Last: lost at Weber State 27–20. Next: Portland State, Saturday, Oct 24, 6 p.m. ET.
- W 38–10VMI
- W 29–17at Utah State
- W 59–17San Diego
- W 28–24at Southern Utah
- L 31–38Northern Arizona
- L 24–25Cal Poly
- L 20–27at Weber State
- Oct 24Portland State
- Oct 31at Utah Tech
- Nov 7Montana State
- Nov 14at Montana
- Nov 21Idaho
Idaho State has played football since 1902 and is officially 497–575–20; 328 of its 1,092 games are in our file. They have won five Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference titles (the last in 1959) and three Big Sky Conference titles, counting shared titles. The most-played rival is Idaho: 25 meetings, Idaho leads 19–6. This season, they’re 4–3.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 497–575–20 official; 91–235–2 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1348
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 20 · Composite No. 22 in FCS, Oct 17; down 1 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 8 last in 2002
- Bowl record
- 2–0 official, bowls only
- Seasons
- 76 since 1919, 328 games
Identity
- Fight song
- Growl, Bengals, Growl
2026 season 4–3
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs VMI | W 38–10 | 80% |
| Sep 5 | at Utah State | W 29–17 | 24% |
| Sep 12 | vs San Diego | W 59–17 | 64% |
| Sep 26 | at Southern Utah | W 28–24 | 50% |
| Oct 3 | vs Northern Arizona | L 31–38 | 65% |
| Oct 10 | vs Cal Poly | L 24–25 | 75% |
| Oct 17 | at Weber State | L 20–27 | 53% |
| Oct 24 | vs Portland State | Preview | 78% |
| Oct 31 | at Utah Tech | Preview | 77% |
| Nov 7 | vs Montana State | Preview | 26% |
| Nov 14 | at Montana | Preview | 30% |
| Nov 21 | vs Idaho | Preview | 68% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
On the 2026 team
- Jordan Cooke1,687 passing yards, 15 TD (leads Idaho State in passing yards)
- Nathan Reynolds64 tackles (leads Idaho State in tackles)
- Chedon James39 catches, 471 yards, 4 TD (leads Idaho State in receiving yards)
- Jacob Perez53 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT
- Julian Mason35 catches, 432 yards, 5 TD (leads Idaho State in receiving touchdowns)
- Trehsyn Fesili35 tackles, 3.5 sacks, 1 INT (leads Idaho State in sacks)
Program strength since 1919
Best seasons everMost-played series
All rivalries- Idaho
6–19 in 25
- 2006 L 24–27
- 2008 L 27–42
- 2018 W 62–28
- 2019 L 21–45
- 2020 W 24–22
- 2021 L 0–14
- 2022 L 7–38
- 2023 L 21–63
- 2024 L 17–40
- 2025 W 37–16
Won the last one; holds the The Potato State Trophy.
Next: Nov 21
- Montana State
2–19–2 in 23
- 2010 L 20–23
- 2011 L 13–54
- 2014 L 39–44
- 2015 L 20–44
- 2017 L 14–28
- 2018 W 24–17
- 2021 L 9–27
- 2022 L 6–37
- 2024 L 17–37
- 2025 L 14–48
Lost the last four.
Next: Nov 7
- Weber State
3–20 in 23
- 2018 L 13–26
- 2019 L 10–38
- 2020 L 21–49
- 2020 L 15–20
- 2021 L 17–40
- 2022 L 7–45
- 2023 L 21–33
- 2024 W 43–35
- 2025 W 31–3
- 2026 L 20–27
Lost the last one.
| Opponent | Games | IDST record |
|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 25 | 6–19 |
| Montana State | 23 | 2–19–2 |
| Weber State | 23 | 3–20 |
| Utah State | 18 | 3–15 |
| Portland State | 18 | 8–10 |
| Northern Arizona | 17 | 3–14 |
| Montana | 17 | 0–17 |
| Eastern Washington | 16 | 2–14 |
Rivals the program names: Idaho.
The trophy it holds: The Potato State Trophy (Idaho, since 2025). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.
Every opponent (65)
Every program Idaho State has played, A to Z, with Idaho State’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Air Force 0–1
- Arizona State 0–1
- Black Hills State 1–0
- Boise State 0–3
- BYU 0–7
- Cal Poly 6–8
- Cal State Fullerton 1–2
- Cal State Los Angeles 1–0
- California 0–1
- Central Arkansas 0–1
- Central Washington 0–1
- Chadron State 1–0
- Colorado 0–1
- Drake 2–0
- Eastern Washington 2–14
- Edmonton Field 2–0
- Fort Lewis 1–0
- Fort Warren 0–1
- Fresno State 0–1
- Georgia 0–1
- Idaho 6–19
- Idaho Marines 2–0
- Kansas State 0–1
- Kentucky 0–1
- Liberty 0–1
- Lincoln (CA) 1–0
- Louisiana 0–1
- Montana 0–17
- Montana State 2–19–2
- Montana Western 2–0
- Nebraska 0–1
- Nevada 1–1
- New Mexico 0–4
- North Dakota 3–5
- North Texas 0–1
- Northern Arizona 3–14
- Northern Colorado 9–6
- Northern Iowa 0–2
- Oklahoma 0–1
- Ole Miss 0–1
- Oregon 0–1
- Oregon State 0–3
- Portland State 8–10
- Sacramento State 6–9
- San Diego 1–0
- San Diego State 0–3
- Second Air Force (Colorado) 0–1
- Simon Fraser 1–0
- Southern Oregon 1–0
- Southern Utah 6–5
- Texas–Arlington 0–1
- Tulsa 0–2
- UC Davis 2–6
- UNLV 1–4 †
- Utah 0–8
- Utah State 3–15
- Utah Tech 1–0
- UTEP 1–1
- VMI 1–0
- Washington 0–1
- Washington State 0–1
- Weber State 3–20
- Western Colorado 8–2
- Western Oregon 2–0
- Wyoming 1–3
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.
Conference titles
8, counting shared titles- Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference 5
- 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1902–1917, 1919–1942, 1944, 1946–1949 and 1961–1962
- Big Sky since 1978
- 1963Joined the Big Sky from independence. Source
Idaho State’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time). The moves and their announcement dates from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the year is the first season in the new conference. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL Draft
By college- Drafted, rounds 1–7
- 5 since 1973
- First-round picks
- 0
The school
Idaho State University- Enrollment
- 13,061 10,834 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Pocatello, Idaho
- Public or private
- Public Research 2
- Founded
- 1901
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $45,608 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 1348 | ||||
| 2025 | 6–6 | 5–3 | 1321 | ||||
| 2024 | 5–7 | 3–5 | 1217 | ||||
| 2023 | 3–8 | 3–5 | 1157 | ||||
| 2022 | 1–10 | 1–7 | 1088 | ||||
| 2021 | 1–10 | 1–7 | 1132 | ||||
| 2020 | 2–4 | 1212 | |||||
| 2019 | 3–9 | 1–6 | 1187 | ||||
| 2018 | 6–5 | 4–3 | 1275 | ||||
| 2017 | 4–7 | 2–6 | 1157 | ||||
| 2016 | 1–9 | 1–7 | 1116 | ||||
| 2015 | 2–9 | 1–7 | 1158 | ||||
| 2014 | 8–4 | 6–2 | 1349 | ||||
| 2013 | 3–9 | 1–7 | 1133 | ||||
| 2012 | 0–2 | 1158 | |||||
| 2011 | 2–9 | 1–7 | 1100 | ||||
| 2010 | 1–10 | 0–8 | 1068 | ||||
| 2009 | 1–10 | 1–7 | 1069 | ||||
| 2008 | 1–11 | 1–7 | 1089 | ||||
| 2007 | 3–8 | 2–6 | 1153 | ||||
| 2006 | 2–9 | 1–7 | 1152 | ||||
| 2005 | 5–6 | 3–4 | 1233 | ||||
| 2004 | 3–8 | 2–5 | 1204 | ||||
| 2003 | 3–1 | 1335 | |||||
| 2002 | 0–1 | 1281 |
Every season back to 1919 (51 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0–1 | 1285 | |||||
| 2000 | 1–0 | 1282 | |||||
| 1998 | 0–2 | 1237 | |||||
| 1997 | 0–2 | 1241 | |||||
| 1996 | 0–1 | 1266 | |||||
| 1995 | 0–1 | 1262 | |||||
| 1994 | 0–1 | 1265 | |||||
| 1993 | 0–1 | 1264 | |||||
| 1991 | 0–1 | 1263 | |||||
| 1988 | 0–2 | 1268 | |||||
| 1987 | 0–1 | 1286 | |||||
| 1986 | 0–1 | 1303 | |||||
| 1985 | 0–1 | 1323 | |||||
| 1984 | 0–2 | 1339 | |||||
| 1983 | 2–0 | 1386 | |||||
| 1982 | 1–1 | 1337 | |||||
| 1981 | 1–0 | 1292 | |||||
| 1980 | 0–1 | 1197 | |||||
| 1979 | 0–2 | 1152 | |||||
| 1978 | 0–2 | 1132 | |||||
| 1977 | 0–2 | 1149 | |||||
| 1975 | 1–0 | 1185 | |||||
| 1974 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1126 | ||||
| 1973 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1143 | ||||
| 1972 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1196 | ||||
| 1971 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1129 | ||||
| 1970 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1127 | ||||
| 1969 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1092 | ||||
| 1968 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1056 | ||||
| 1967 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1074 | ||||
| 1966 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1083 | ||||
| 1965 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1084 | ||||
| 1963 | 0–1 | 1081 | |||||
| 1962 | 0–2 | 1087 | |||||
| 1951 | 1–1 | 1101 | |||||
| 1950 | 0–1 | 1085 | |||||
| 1949 | 0–1 | 1084 | |||||
| 1948 | 0–1 | 1094 | |||||
| 1947 | 0–1 | 1100 | |||||
| 1946 | 0–1 | 1117 | |||||
| 1944 | 4–5 | 1137 | |||||
| 1937 | 0–2 | 1127 | |||||
| 1936 | 1–2 | 1161 | |||||
| 1935 | 1–0–1 | 1191 | |||||
| 1934 | 1–0 | 1169 | |||||
| 1933 | 1–0 | 1128 | |||||
| 1932 | 0–3–1 | 1088 | |||||
| 1931 | 1–0 | 1096 | |||||
| 1929 | 0–1 | 1079 | |||||
| 1923 | 0–1 | 1085 | |||||
| 1919few games on file | 0–1 | 1095 |
Officially 497–575–20 since 1902 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 91–235–2 (328 of its 1,092 games are on file). Our file starts in 1919; the program began in 1902. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1920–22, 1924–28, 1930, 1938–43, 1945, 1952–61, 1964, 1976, 1989–90, 1992, 1999: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.