1996 Idaho Vandals football team

The 1996 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Vandals, led by second-year head coach Chris Tormey, were members of the Big West Conference and played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho. Idaho was 6–5 overall and 3–2 in conference play.

1996 Idaho Vandals football
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	6–5 (3–2 Big West)
Head coach	Chris Tormey (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	George Yarno (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Nick Holt[1] (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kibbie Dome
Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

1996 Big West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Nevada +		4	–	1					9	–	3
Utah State +		4	–	1					6	–	5
Idaho		3	–	2					6	–	5
North Texas		3	–	2					5	–	6
Boise State		1	–	4					2	–	10
New Mexico State		0	–	5					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions

Idaho's home winning streak in the Kibbie Dome extended to seventeen games this season, winning all five home games, but they had only one road victory. That was over rival Boise State in the season finale in Boise, the fourteenth win over the Broncos in the last fifteen seasons.^[2]

With the move up to Division I-A this season, Idaho changed its uniforms' shade of gold from yellow to metallic.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	12:07 pm	at Wyoming*	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	L 38–40	17,279
September 7	6:05 pm	at San Diego State*	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	L 21–40	29,449
September 14	3:00 pm	Saint Mary's*	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	W 52–17	10,558	[4]
September 28	5:00 pm	at Southwest Texas State*	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX	L 21–27	7,047	[5]
October 5	3:05 pm	Cal Poly*	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	W 38–33	14,579	[6]
October 19	12:05 pm	at Nevada	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	W 24–15	11,042	[7]
October 26	1:05 pm	at Utah State	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	L 28–35	13,712	[8]
November 2	3:05 pm	No. 20 Eastern Washington*	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	W 37–27	10,107	[9]
November 9	3:05 pm	New Mexico State	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	W 34–19	9,494
November 16	12:00 pm	at North Texas	Fouts Field Denton, TX	L 17–24	7,000	[10]
November 23	12:30 pm	at Boise State	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (rivalry)	W 64–19	22,323	[2]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Roster

1996 Idaho Vandals football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB Willie Alderson Fr LB 37 Nick Alexakos  So WR 8 Jerome Allen Jr WR 24 Kimiko Bandy Sr WR 80 Rocky Barlow So RB Vern Bernard Fr WR 5 Chad Berry Jr QB 11 Brian Brennan Jr OL Casey Campbell Fr TE William Cole Fr RB 20 Pierre Erick  Fr QB 12 Ryan Fien Sr WR 7 Tom Gamelin Sr TE 31 Andy Gilroy Sr WR 33 David Griffin Sr OL 62 Robert Horbaczewski Fr RB Khalid Hurst Fr OL Mort Kelley  Fr TE Ryan Lapointe Jr OL Jon Love  Fr C 67 Nathan Lundquist  Fr OT 77 Justin Meek Jr OL Brett Morton Fr TE 84 Jeff Pankratz Jr QB 16 Darick Pope  Fr WR 21 Ryan Prestimonico  Fr WR 17 Deon Price Jr TE Mike Roberg Fr WR 4 Robert Scott So OL 72 Jeff Senkevich  Fr OL Ryan Schienle  Fr OL Brian Smith  Fr OL 78 Jason Stark So TE Travis Stombaugh Fr OT 65 Crosby Tajan Jr WR Jesse Taylor Fr RB 32 Jerome Thomas So RB 1 Joel Thomas Jr C 76 Bill Verdonk Jr RB 19 Ozzie Wallace Sr WR Linc Way  Fr RB 27 Marcelle Williams Jr WR 3 Antonio Wilson Jr G 69 Dan Zeamer Sr OT 71 Steven Zenk Sr G 60 Richard Zenk Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 92 Eric Balzer Fr DL Kevin Bowman Fr DB Jaquwan Brackernridge Fr DT 93 Mike DeGraw Sr DL Rick Demulling Fr LB 40 James Durrough  Fr DL Lani Emerson Fr LB Wayne Emerson Fr LB Jared Erickson  Fr FS 10 Bryson Gardner  Fr DB Dennis Gibbs Fr LB Bryan Grey So DB 23 Arnold Gunn Jr LB 46 John Harper Jr DB Bennie Herron Jr SS 42 Kevin Hill So LB Casey Hills Fr LB 82 Jeff James  Fr DB 2 Tommy James Sr LB 35 Matt Jasik  Fr DL James Johnson Fr DE 99 Matt Kramer  Fr DT 94 John LaJeunesse Jr DB 34 Whitney Mayer Jr DB James McDaniel Fr CB 14 Ryan McGinnis Jr DE 89 Barry Mitchell Sr DE 87 Garner Moody Jr DE 90 Robert Mulder Sr LB Sidney Murphy Fr DB Tom Pace Fr DB Anthony Parson Fr DE 96 Ryan Phillips Sr DB 28 Tom Rayner Jr LB 7 Jevez Robinson  Fr DB Chris Rogers  Fr LB 43 Jason Shelt Sr LB 44 Ryan Skinner So DL Cade Smith Fr DE Ryan Smith Sr DE 98 Chad Stalder  Fr DB 49 Tony Uranga Jr CB 22 Yaphet Warren So DB Jasper Williams Jr DT 95 Tim Wilson Jr DL Jake Wimer Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 29 Greg Debolt Fr K 57 Troy Scott Jr	Head coach Chris Tormey (2nd year) Coordinators/assistant coaches George Yarno (OC) Nick Holt (DC) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

NFL draft

One Vandal senior was selected in the 1997 NFL draft, which lasted seven rounds (240 selections).

Player	Position	Round	Overall	Franchise
Ryan Phillips	Linebacker	3rd	68	New York Giants

Source:^[11]