2001 Idaho Vandals football team

The 2001 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho during the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. Idaho was a football-only member of the Sun Belt Conference. The Vandals' head coach was alumnus Tom Cable, in his second season, and Idaho was 1–10 overall, 1–5 in conference, their lowest win total since 1960, and most losses in a season.^[2]

2001 Idaho Vandals football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	1–10 (1–5 SBC)
Head coach	Tom Cable (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Bret Ingalls (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Ed Rifilato[1] (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Martin Stadium (Pullman, WA) Kibbie Dome (Moscow, ID)
Seasons ← 2000 2002 →

2001 Sun Belt Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Texas +		5	–	1					5	–	7
Middle Tennessee +		5	–	1					8	–	3
New Mexico State		4	–	2					5	–	7
Louisiana–Lafayette		2	–	4					3	–	8
Arkansas State		2	–	4					2	–	9
Louisiana–Monroe		2	–	4					2	–	9
Idaho		1	–	5					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions

Idaho played its November home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor 16,000-seat facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho; earlier home games in 2001 were held at Martin Stadium at Washington State University in nearby Pullman, Washington.^[3]

This was the first year of football competition in the Sun Belt Conference, which included four of the six members of the Big West from the previous football season; the three that moved to full membership were Arkansas State, New Mexico State, and North Texas. Idaho and Utah State stayed in the Big West for other sports, but the Aggies went independent for football (for two seasons). Boise State joined the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), marking the first time Idaho and BSU were not in the same conference since 1969, when the Broncos were an NAIA independent.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	7:00 pm	vs. Washington State*	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse)	FSN	L 7–36	31,097	[3]
September 8	7:00 pm	at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ		L 29–36	44,250
September 22	12:30 pm	at No. 13 Washington*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FSN	L 3–53	70,145
September 29	7:00 pm	Boise State	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (rivalry)		L 13–45	20,359
October 6	4:00 pm	at Middle Tennessee	Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN		L 58–70	23,100	[4]
October 13	5:00 pm	at New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM		L 39–46	20,323
October 20	12:30 pm	Louisiana–Lafayette	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		L 37–54	13,088
October 27	12:00 pm	at Arkansas State	Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR		L 31–34
November 3	6:00 pm	Louisiana–Monroe	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID		W 42–38	8,465
November 17	7:00 pm	North Texas	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID		L 27–50
November 24	11:00 am	at No. 1 I-AA) Montana*	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Little Brown Stein)		L 27–33 2OT	18,056	[5][2]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP poll All times are in Pacific time