| 1997 Idaho Vandals football | |
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| Conference | Big West Conference |
| Record | 5–6 (2–3 Big West) |
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| Offensive coordinator | George Yarno[1] (3rd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
| Defensive coordinator | Nick Holt[2] (4th season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Kibbie Dome |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State + | 4 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada + | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 2 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 2 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 0 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Vandals, led by third-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 5–6 overall and 2–3 in conference play.
Idaho's 21-game winning streak at home in the Kibbie Dome came to and end with a blowout loss to bowl-bound Utah State;[3] the Vandals also lost at home to rival Boise State in the season finale, only the second loss to BSU in the last sixteen meetings.
For the first time since 1981, Idaho finished with a losing record. Before the fifteen-year run (1982–96), the previous school record for consecutive winning seasons was only three (1903–05), followed by four other times at two (1910–11, 1920–21, 1923–24, 1937–38).
- ^ Sahlberg, Bert (August 24, 1997). "Brennan is back in the saddle". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
- ^ Sahlberg, Bert (August 30, 1997). "No Baskin & Robbins for Vandals today". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
- ^ Sahlberg, Bert (October 26, 1997). "Indoor calamity". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.