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1996 Idaho

6–⁠5 (3–⁠2 Big West), coached by Chris Tormey.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1996, game by game: lost at Wyoming 38–40; lost at San Diego State 21–40; won vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) 52–17; lost at Texas State 21–27; won vs. Cal Poly 38–33; won vs. Nevada 24–15; lost at Utah State 28–35; won vs. Eastern Washington 37–27; won vs. New Mexico State 34–19; lost at North Texas 17–24; won at Boise State 64–19+45−19Lost 38–40 at Wyoming-2WyomingLost 21–40 at San Diego State-19San Diego StateWon 52–17 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)+35Saint Mary’s (C…Lost 21–27 at Texas State-6Texas StateWon 38–33 vs. Cal Poly+5Cal PolyWon 24–15 vs. Nevada+9NevadaLost 28–35 at Utah State-7Utah StateWon 37–27 vs. Eastern Washington+10Eastern Washing…Won 34–19 vs. New Mexico State+15New Mexico StateLost 17–24 at North Texas-7North TexasWon 64–19 at Boise State+45Boise State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atWyomingL 38–⁠4020%
Sep 7atSan Diego StateL 21–⁠4018%
Sep 14vsSaint Mary’s (CA)W 52–⁠1748%
Sep 28atTexas StateL 21–⁠2752%
Oct 5vsCal PolyW 38–⁠3381%
Oct 19vsNevadaW 24–⁠1529%
Oct 26atUtah StateL 28–⁠3532%
Nov 2vsEastern WashingtonW 37–⁠2760%
Nov 9vsNew Mexico StateW 34–⁠1973%
Nov 16atNorth TexasL 17–⁠2457%
Nov 23atBoise StateW 64–⁠1963%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Boise State 64–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Big West.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1996.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Big West
AP final
Unranked
Points
374–⁠296
Coach
Chris Tormey
Elo
1395 +69 this season
SP+ rating
-2.4 No. 67 of 111; offense No. 37, defense No. 85
SRS
−5.8 No. 75 of 111 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
George Yarno
Defensive coordinator
Nick Holt
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1997

The 1997 draft
Rd 3Ryan Phillips LBNew York Giants

1996 Big West standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nevada4–⁠19–⁠3
Utah State4–⁠16–⁠5
Idaho3–⁠26–⁠5
North Texas3–⁠25–⁠6
Boise State1–⁠42–⁠10
New Mexico State0–⁠51–⁠10

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