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46°43′34″N 117°01′05″W / 46.726°N 117.018°W / 46.726; -117.018

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1979 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boise State * 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Montana State $ 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
No. 5 Nevada ^ 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
No. T–10 Northern Arizona 3 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Weber State 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Idaho 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Montana 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Idaho State 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • * – Boise State was on probation
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA AP Poll

The 1979 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals were led by second-year head coach Jerry Davitch and were members of the Big Sky Conference. They played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho.

With quarterbacks Jay Goodenbour and Rob Petrillo running the veer offense, the Vandals were 4–7 overall and 2–5 in the Big Sky. They won four of five in mid-season, but dropped their final four games.[1] Idaho lost to rival Boise State for the third straight year; the Broncos went undefeated in conference play but were on probation for a scouting violation and not eligible for the title or the I-AA playoffs.[2]

Notable players

Junior running back Glen White was the Vandals' leading rusher in 1979,[3] the best season by a UI running back in the 1970s. He missed the opener at Fresno but gained 889 yards and averaged 5.0 yards per carry in the final ten games;[1] in the game at Idaho State, he rushed for 163 yards on 19 carries.[4] A military brat, White graduated from high school in West Germany and had not been recruited by college football programs; a high school coach was a former Vandal and alerted UI head coach Ed Troxel.[3]

While in off-season training in February 1980, White felt weakness and underwent medical testing in Moscow and Seattle.[5] Diagnosed with aplastic anemia, he battled it for several months until his death from complications on August 9 at an Oklahoma City hospital, near his parents' home at Fort Sill.[6][7] White, age 22, was posthumously designated an honorary team captain for all eleven games in 1980,[8] and his Vandal teammates wore his number 32 on the left side of their helmets in tribute.[9][10]

Future NFL linebacker Sam Merriman of Tucson, Arizona,[11][12] was a standout on defense in 1979 as a true freshman.[1]

Schedule

Sep 087:30 p.m.at Fresno State - (Div. I-A)*

L 10–30 11,418 Sep 157:00 p.m.at Northern Arizona

L 18–29 13,056 Sep 227:30 p.m.Pacific - (Div. I-A)*

W 17–13   Sep 297:30 p.m.Puget Sound - (Div. II)*

W 34–10   Oct 067:00 p.m.at Idaho State

W 28–23 8,175 Oct 137:30 p.m.Boise State

L 17–41 15,500 Oct 201:30 p.m.Montanadagger

W 20–17 14,200 Oct 2712:30 p.m.at Montana State

L 20–28 7,127 Nov 031:30 p.m.Nevada-Reno

  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID [22]

L 26–38 5,500 Nov 1012:30 p.m.at Weber State

L 7–12 2,323 Nov 171:30 p.m.South Dakota State - (Div. II)*

  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID [24]

L 13–27 6,000

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ a b c "Peaks and valleys". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 22, 1979. p. 1B.
  2. ^ Killen, John (October 13, 1979). "Idaho: possibility looms for a winning season". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
  3. ^ a b Killen, John (November 14, 1979). "Prodigal son: Glen White came back to Idaho and everybody's happy he did". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
  4. ^ a b Emerson, Paul (October 6, 1979). "Vandals stop ISU for 3rd straight win". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1D.
  5. ^ "Idaho back stricken". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). February 21, 1980. p. 23.
  6. ^ "UI running back dies". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). August 10, 1980. p. 2B.
  7. ^ "UI grid star dies of anemia". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. August 11, 1980. p. 17.
  8. ^ "Vandals". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). September 18, 1980. p. 4C.
  9. ^ "White memory spurs Vandals to big victory". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 18, 1980. p. 30.
  10. ^ "'96 Vandals will sport new look". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). April 28, 1996. p. 6B.
  11. ^ "Sam Merriman". NFL.com. (historical players). Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  12. ^ "Sam Merriman". Database Football. Archived from the original on October 10, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Killen, John (September 8, 1979). "Vandals". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
  14. ^ Killen, John (September 9, 1979). "Vandals: Fresno St. delivers 30-10 loss". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1D.
  15. ^ Killen, John (September 16, 1979). "Lumberjacks fell Vandals in wild one, 29-18". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1D.
  16. ^ Killen, John (September 23, 1979). "Idaho nips Pacific". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1D.
  17. ^ Killen, John (September 30, 1979). "Vandals drown Puget Sound". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1D.
  18. ^ Stewart, Chuck (October 1, 1979). "Vandals erupt late to 'win for Lappano'". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 17.
  19. ^ Killen, John (October 14, 1979). "End of a Vandal winning streak". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1D.
  20. ^ Emerson, Paul (October 21, 1979). "Winners by a foot". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 5D.
  21. ^ Emerson, Paul (October 28, 1979). "Bad day at Bozeman". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 2D.
  22. ^ Emerson, Paul (November 4, 1979). "High rollers". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 8D.
  23. ^ "Cornered cats can kill". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 11, 1979. p. 4D.
  24. ^ Barrows, Bob (November 18, 1979). "Hard-hitting Jackrabbits". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 4D.
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