2020 Idaho Vandals football team

2020 Idaho Vandals football
File:Idaho Vandals logo.svg
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	2–4 (2–4 Big Sky)
Head coach	Paul Petrino (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Kris Cinkovich (8th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Mike Breske (6th season)
Base defense	Multiple 3–4
Home stadium	Kibbie Dome

2020 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 9 Weber State $^		5	–	0					5	–	1
No. 10 Eastern Washington ^		5	–	1					5	–	2
No. 14 UC Davis		3	–	2					3	–	2
Northern Arizona		3	–	2					3	–	2
Idaho State		2	–	4					2	–	4
Idaho		2	–	4					2	–	4
Southern Utah		1	–	5					1	–	5
Cal Poly‡		0	–	3					0	–	3
Montana†			–						2	–	0
Portland State†			–						0	–	1
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Notes: Due to COVID-19, the Big Sky suspended the fall 2020 football season. Montana State, Northern Colorado, and Sacramento State opted out of the spring season. † – Montana and Portland State opted out of the conference season, but scheduled non-conference games. ‡ – Cal Poly opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 29, 2021. Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Paul Petrino, the Vandals played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was delayed and started in late February 2021.

Preseason

Polls

On July 23, 2020, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Vandals were predicted to finish ninth in the Big Sky by the coaches and eighth by the media.

Coaches poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Weber State	135 (7)
2	Montana	128 (3)
3	Montana State	121 (1)
4	Eastern Washington	118 (1)
5	Sacramento State	99 (1)
6	UC Davis	83
7	Northern Arizona	68
8	Portland State	67
9	Idaho	66
10	Cal Poly	46
11	Idaho State	37
12	Southern Utah	33
13	Northern Colorado	13

Media poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Weber State	546 (28)
2	Montana	496 (8)
3	Montana State	493 (6)
4	Eastern Washington	438 (1)
5	Sacramento State	389
6	UC Davis	325 (1)
7	Portland State	274
8	Idaho	273
9	Northern Arizona	238
10	Cal Poly	206
11	Idaho State	133
12	Southern Utah	105
13	Northern Colorado	88

Schedule

Idaho released their full schedule on November 7, 2019. The Vandals had games scheduled against Western Oregon and Washington State, which were later canceled before the start of the 2020 season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was delayed and started in late February 2021.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
February 27, 2021	4:00 p.m.	No. 12 Eastern Washington		Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	SWX	W 28–21	2,694
March 6	1:00 p.m.	UC Davis	No. 19	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	Pluto TV	L 17–27	1,823
March 27	1:00 p.m.	Southern Utah		Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	Pluto TV	W 33–32	1,947
April 3		at Idaho State	No. 24	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID (rivalry)	Pluto TV	L 22–24	2,797
April 10	2:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Eastern Washington		Roos Field Cheney, WA	SWX	L 31–38	0
April 17	2:00 p.m.	at Northern Arizona		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	Pluto TV	L 9–19	0
Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time