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2016 Idaho State

1–⁠9 (1–⁠7 Big Sky). The season’s Wikipedia article records 2–⁠9, over 11 games to the 10 on file here.

Schedule and results

Idaho State in 2016, game by game: lost at Colorado 7–56; lost at Oregon State 7–37; won vs. Sacramento State 42–34; lost at Portland State 20–45; lost at Northern Arizona 7–52; lost vs. North Dakota 21–28; lost vs. Southern Utah 27–52; lost at Montana 44–62; lost at Eastern Washington 17–48; lost vs. Weber State 28–34+8−49Lost 7–56 at Colorado-49ColoradoLost 7–37 at Oregon State-30Oregon StateWon 42–34 vs. Sacramento State+8Sacramento StateLost 20–45 at Portland State-25Portland StateLost 7–52 at Northern Arizona-45Northern ArizonaLost 21–28 vs. North Dakota-7North DakotaLost 27–52 vs. Southern Utah-25Southern UtahLost 44–62 at Montana-18MontanaLost 17–48 at Eastern Washington-31Eastern Washing…Lost 28–34 vs. Weber State-6Weber State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10atColoradoL 7–⁠5614%
Sep 17atOregon StateL 7–⁠3720%
Sep 24vsSacramento StateW 42–⁠3458%
Oct 1atPortland StateL 20–⁠4526%
Oct 15atNorthern ArizonaL 7–⁠5225%
Oct 22vsNorth DakotaL 21–⁠2826%
Oct 29vsSouthern UtahL 27–⁠5231%
Nov 5atMontanaL 44–⁠6213%
Nov 12atEastern WashingtonL 17–⁠488%
Nov 19vsWeber StateL 28–⁠3432%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Weber State 34–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; 13th in the Big Sky.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 76 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Idaho State’s 2016 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Sep 3vsSimon FraserW 47–⁠3Idaho State’s article
Record
1–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠7 13th in Big Sky
AP final
Unranked
Points
220–⁠448
Coach
—
Elo
1116 −89 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−34.4 No. 85 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 169
Offensive coordinator
Sheldon Cross
Defensive coordinator
Spencer Toone

Leaders

Passing yardsTanner Gueller QB286 yds
Rushing yardsJakori Ford RB131 yds
Rushing touchdownsJakori Ford RB2 TD
Receiving yardsJosh Cook WR106 yds
TacklesMario Jenkins LB19 tkl
SacksMario Jenkins LB2 sacks

Top recruits in the 2016 class

Alec Stevenson ILB★★No. 2381
Caleb Brown CB★★No. 3036
Andrew Grimes RB★★No. 3036
Tristan Beard WR★★No. 3036
Connor Smith OG★★No. 3036

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2016 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs12.00.767
Receivers22.00.767
Offensive line12.00.767
Defensive line12.00.767
Linebackers12.00.789
Defensive backs12.00.767
Whole class72.00.770

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

2016 Big Sky standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Eastern Washington8–⁠012–⁠2
North Dakota8–⁠09–⁠3
Weber State7–⁠27–⁠5
Cal Poly5–⁠37–⁠5
Southern Utah5–⁠36–⁠5
Northern Colorado4–⁠45–⁠5
Northern Arizona4–⁠45–⁠6
Montana3–⁠56–⁠5
Montana State2–⁠64–⁠7
UC Davis2–⁠63–⁠8
Portland State2–⁠62–⁠8
Sacramento State2–⁠72–⁠8
Idaho State1–⁠71–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.