2017 Idaho State Bengals football team

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2017 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 14 Southern Utah +^		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 5 Weber State +^		7	–	1					11	–	3
Northern Arizona ^		6	–	2					7	–	5
No. 21 Eastern Washington		6	–	2					7	–	4
Sacramento State		6	–	2					7	–	4
Montana		5	–	3					7	–	4
Montana State		5	–	3					5	–	6
UC Davis		3	–	5					5	–	6
Idaho State		2	–	6					4	–	7
Northern Colorado		2	–	6					3	–	7
North Dakota		2	–	6					3	–	8
Cal Poly		1	–	7					1	–	10
Portland State		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bengals were led by first-year head coach Rob Phenicie and played their home games at Holt Arena. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place.

Schedule

August 316:30 p.m.Western Oregon*

• Holt Arena
• Pocatello, ID

Pluto TVW 37–65,395 September 76:00 p.m.at Utah State*

• Maverik Stadium
• Logan, UT

STADIUML 13–5119,368 September 165:00 p.m.at Nevada*

• Mackay Stadium
• Reno, NV

AT&T RMW 30–2816,394 September 231:00 p.m.at Northern Colorado

• Nottingham Field
• Greeley, CO

Pluto TVL 42–435,273 September 302:30 p.m.Cal Poly

• Holt Arena
• Pocatello, ID

Pluto TVW 38–347,105 October 72:30 p.m.Montana

• Holt Arena
• Pocatello, ID

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Pluto TVL 31–397,279 October 147:00 p.m.at Sacramento State

• Hornet Stadium
• Sacramento, CA

Pluto TVL 21–4110,008 October 212:30 p.m.Portland State

• Holt Arena
• Pocatello, ID

Pluto TVW 59–305,942 October 281:30 p.m.at Montana State

• Bobcat Stadium
• Bozeman, MT

RTNWL 14–2817,097 November 42:30 p.m.UC Davis

• Holt Arena
• Pocatello, ID

Pluto TVL 17–565,762 November 182:00 p.m.at No. 12 Weber State

• Stewart Stadium
• Ogden, UT

Pluto TVL 7–359,539

• Source: Official Schedule

Game summaries

Western Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolves	3	3	0	0	6
Bengals	0	3	13	21	37

See also: Western Oregon Wolves

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	6	7	0	13
Aggies	17	21	7	6	51

See also: 2017 Utah State Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–17	2014	USU, 40–20

at Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	10	13	7	0	30
Wolf Pack	0	7	7	14	28

See also: 2017 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–18	1991	NEV, 41–20

Idaho Stare’s First win over an FBS team since 2000 against Utah State

at Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	10	7	13	12	42
Bears	10	10	20	3	43

See also: 2017 Northern Colorado Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–10	2014	ISU, 46–12

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	0	17	14	3	34
Bengals	10	7	7	14	38

See also: 2017 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–13	2015	POLY, 58–26

Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Grizzlies	7	6	19	7	39
Bengals	7	14	7	3	31

See also: 2017 Montana Grizzlies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–44	2016	MONT, 62–44

at Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	7	14	0	21
Hornets	7	10	14	10	41

See also: 2017 Sacramento State Hornets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–12	2016	ISU, 42–34

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	9	7	7	7	30
Bengals	10	21	21	7	59

See also: 2017 Portland State Vikings football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–17–1	2016	PSU, 45–20

at Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	14	0	0	14
Bobcats	14	0	7	7	28

See also: 2017 Montana State Bobcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–42	2015	MSU, 44–20

UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	21	7	7	21	56
Bengals	0	10	7	0	17

See also: 2017 UC Davis Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2013	UCD, 30–13

at Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	7	0	0	0	7
No. 12 Wildcats	7	14	7	7	35

See also: 2017 Weber State Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–41	2016	WEB, 34–28