2022 Idaho Vandals football team

2022 Idaho Vandals football
NCAA Division I FCS First Round, L 42–45 at Southeastern Louisiana
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 18
FCS Coaches	No. 22
Record	7–5 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jason Eck (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Luke Schleusner (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Rob Aurich (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Kibbie Dome

2022 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Montana State +^		8	–	0					12	–	2
No. 5 Sacramento State +^		8	–	0					12	–	1
No. 9 Weber State ^		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 18 Idaho ^		6	–	2					7	–	5
No. 25 UC Davis		5	–	3					6	–	5
No. 14 Montana ^		4	–	4					8	–	5
Portland State		3	–	5					4	–	7
Eastern Washington		2	–	6					3	–	8
Northern Colorado		2	–	6					3	–	8
Northern Arizona		2	–	6					3	–	8
Idaho State		1	–	7					1	–	10
Cal Poly		1	–	7					2	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2022 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the Big Sky Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Jason Eck, the Vandals were 7–4 in the regular season (6–2 in Big Sky, third) and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho. It was the program's first winning season in six years.

Idaho defeated rival Montana for the first time since 1999 and made their twelfth appearance in the FCS playoffs, the first since 1995 (the program was in FBS from 1996 through 2017).

Hired in December 2021, Eck was previously the offensive coordinator at South Dakota State; earlier, he was an assistant coach at Idaho for three seasons (2004–06).

Preseason

Polls

During the virtual Big Sky Kickoff on July 25, the Vandals were predicted to finish eighth by the coaches, and ninth by the media.

Coaches poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Montana	111 (3)
2	Sacramento State	110 (4)
3	Montana State	109 (5)
4	Weber State	84
5	UC Davis	82
6	Eastern Washington	76
7	Northern Arizona	62
8	Idaho	45
9	Portland State	42
10	Cal Poly	33
T-11	Idaho State	19
T-11	Northern Colorado	19

Media poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Montana	356 (14)
2	Montana State	352 (13)
3	Sacramento State	335 (4)
4	Weber State	261
5	UC Davis	255 (1)
6	Eastern Washington	236
7	Northern Arizona	191
8	Portland State	146
9	Idaho	142
10	Cal Poly	85
11	Northern Colorado	71
12	Idaho State	66

Preseason All–Big Sky team

The Vandals had one player selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.

Defense

Fa'Avae Fa'Avae – OLB

Roster

2022 Idaho Vandals football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 0 Terez Traynor  Jr WR 1 Jermaine Jackson Sr WR 2 Michael Noil  Jr RB 3 Nick Romano Jr QB 4 Gevani McCoy So QB 5 J'Bore Gibbs  Jr QB 7 C. J. Jordan So QB 8 Tyler Webb Fr WR 11 Jalen Grable So TE 12 Connor Whitney Sr QB, RB 13 Zach Borisch  Jr QB 18 Ridge Docekal Fr QB 19 Jack Layne Fr RB 20 Elisha Cummings So WR 21 Jordan Dwyey Fr RB 22 Aundre Carter  Jr RB 24 Roshaun Johnson  Sr TE 27 Spencer Fisher Fr RB 28 Anthony Woods Fr TE 33 Jake Cox So RB 39 Trent Elstad Fr WR 42 Trais Higgins Fr WR 44 Luke Borchardt Fr WR 48 Travis Jerome  So TE 49 Chance Bogan Fr OL 54 Logan Floyd Sr OL 55 Abe Christensen  So OL 58 Greyson Harwood So OL 60 Logan Harris So OL 61 Jacob Graves Fr OL 62 Connor Wood So OL 65 Jack Foster Fr OL 66 Jory Dotts So OL 67 Kevin Eldredge  So OL 68 Charlie Vliem Fr OL 70 Cooper Carlson Fr OL 71 Tigana Cisse Fr OL 72 Elijah Sanchez So OL 74 Nate Azzopardi So OL 75 Ayden Knapik Fr OL 77 Jason Hahlbeck GS OL 78 Beau St. John Sr WR 80 Hayden Hatten Jr TE 81 Jack Schuster  So WR 83 Booker Rush  So TE 84 Alex Moore  So WR 85 Michael Graves So TE 86 Dalton Cash Sr TE 87 Jackson Mason Fr WR 88 Daseau Puffer  So WR 89 Tommy Hauser Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 0 Murvin Kenion III So LB 2 Fa'Avae Fa'Avae  Sr DB 3 Jeremiah Salaam Sr DB 4 Arnell Walker Jr. So DB 5 Josh Jones Sr DB 6 Wyryon Noil  Sr LB 7 Mujeeb Rufai  Jr DB 10 Sean McCormick Jr DB 11 Marcus Harris  So DB 12 Jordan Doyle  So LB 13 Paul Moala  Jr DB 18 Tommy McCormick So DB 19 Davis Dengah So LB 20 Sully Shannon Jr DB 21 Zamajay Duncan So DB 22 Ormaine Arnold Fr DB 22 Awan Parker Sr DB 23 Dee'Shon Swafford So LB 24 Isiah King So S 25 Jordan Velasquez Fr DB 26 Daniel Coverley Fr DB 27 Kyrin Beachem  So DB 28 Colbey Nosworthy So LB 30 Brett Tommasini So DB 31 Mathias Bertram  So DL 33 Leo Tamba Sr LB 34 Jabarii Pharms So DL 35 Kemari Bailey So LB 36 Dylan Layne Fr LB 40 Eddie Becker  Jr OLB 41 Juliano Falaniko  Sr DL 44 Jackson Bailey So LB 45 Mitchel Jaskowiak Fr LB 46 Hogan Hatten Jr LB 47 Colt Musgrave So OLB 50 Jackson Beck Fr DE 51 Xavier Slayton Fr DL 52 Carter Carlson  So DL 54 Ben Bertram  Sr LB 57 Jake Kindel So DL 59 Cooper Wooley Fr OLB 69 Caleb Menzel Fr DL 90 Malakai Williams So DL 92 Aamarii Notice So DL 93 Sam Brown So DL 94 Nate Degraw  Sr OLB 95 Dylan Bartles Fr DL 96 Zach Krotzer So LB 97 Tanner Brooks  So DL 99 Devante Keys Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K, P 10 Ricardo Chavez Jr K 15 Logan Prescott  Jr LS 54 Tyson Jacobson Fr	Head coach Jason Eck (1st year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Luke Schleusner (Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks) Rob Aurich (Defensive coordinator) Thomas Ford (special teams coordinator / Running backs) Tyler Sutton (Tight ends) Tyler Yelk (safeties) Cody Booth (offensive line) David Lose (defensive line) Stanley Franks Jr. (cornerbacks) Matt Linehan (wide receivers) Kapono Roy Asuega (outside linebackers) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: June 25, 2022

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:30 p.m.	at Washington State*		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (Battle of the Palouse)	P12N	L 17–24	25,233
September 10	5:00 p.m.	at Indiana*		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 22–35	46,785
September 17	12:00 p.m.	Drake*		Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ESPN+	W 42–24	6,852
September 24	1:00 p.m.	at Northern Arizona		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	ESPN+	W 27–10	7,022
October 1	6:00 p.m.	Northern Colorado		Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ESPN+/SWX	W 55–35	10,759
October 15	12:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Montana		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (Little Brown Stein)	ESPN+	W 30–23	26,314
October 22	12:00 p.m.	Portland State	No. 17	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ESPN+/SWX	W 56–21	7,357
October 29	6:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Sacramento State	No. 14	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	ESPN+	L 28–31	17,241
November 5	12:00 p.m.	Eastern Washington	No. 15	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ESPN+/SWX	W 48–16	11,811
November 12	4:00 p.m.	UC Davis	No. 15	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ESPN+/SWX	L 26–44	7,681
November 19	12:00 p.m.	at Idaho State	No. T–21	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 38–7	7,706
November 26	4:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Southeastern Louisiana*	No. 18	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN+	L 42–45	3,174
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

at Washington State

See also: 2022 Washington State Cougars football team and Battle of the Palouse

Idaho Vandals (0–0) at Washington State Cougars (0–0) – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	10	0	0	7	17
Cougars	0	10	7	7	24

at Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA

• Date: September 3, 2022
• Game time: 8:00 p.m. PDT
• Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C) Sunny
• Game attendance: 25,233
• Referee: Steven Strimling
• TV: P12N

Game information

First Quarter IDHO – Marcus Harris 45 Yd Fumble Return (Logan Prescott Kick), 11:11. Drive:1 play, 3 yards, 0:10. IDHO – Ricardo Chavez 27 Yd Field Goal 3:28. Drive: 11 plays, 69 yards, 6:24. Second Quarter WSU – Renard Bell 3 Yd pass from Cameron Ward (Dean Janikowski Kick), 3:13. Drive: 6 plays, 19 yards, 1:28. WSU – Dean Janikowski 26-yard field goal, 0:06. Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 3:06. Third Quarter WSU - De'Zhaun Stribling 13 Yd pass from Cameron Ward (Dean Janikowski Kick), 8:17. Drive: 8 plays, 58 yards, 2:29. Fourth Quarter WSU - Jaylen Jenkins 8 Yd pass from Cameron Ward (Dean Janikowski Kick), 10:33. Drive: 5 plays, 39 yards, 1:07. IDHO - Jordan Dwyer 23 Yd pass from Gevani McCoy (Ricardo Chavez Kick), 6:05. Drive:8 plays, 75 yards, 4:28. Top passers IDHO – Gevani McCoy – 21/32, 212 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT WSU – Cameron Ward – 26/41, 228 yards, 3 TD Top rushers IDHO – Anthony Woods – 9 rushes, 50 yards WSU – Nakia Watson – 18 rushes, 117 yards Top receivers IDHO – Jermaine Jackson – 6 receptions, 113 yards WSU – Donovan Ollie – 7 receptions, 67 yards

at Indiana

See also: 2022 Indiana Hoosiers football team

Idaho Vandals (0–1) at Indiana Hoosiers (1–0) – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	0	10	0	12	22
Hoosiers	0	0	23	12	35

at Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN

• Date: September 10, 2022
• Game time: 8:00 p.m. EDT
• Game attendance: 46,785
• TV: BTN

vs Drake

See also: 2022 Drake Bulldogs football team

Drake Bulldogs (0–2) vs Idaho Vandals (0–2) – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	7	0	0	14
Vandals	7	13	14	8	42

at Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID

at Northern Arizona

See also: 2022 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

Idaho Vandals (1–2) at Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (1–2) – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	7	10	3	7	27
Lumberjacks	7	3	0	0	10

at Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ

vs Northern Colorado

See also: 2022 Northern Colorado Bears football team

Northern Colorado Bears (2–2) vs Idaho Vandals (2–2) – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	6	14	8	7	35
Vandals	10	14	21	10	55

at Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID

at No. 3 Montana

See also: 2022 Montana Grizzlies football team and Little Brown Stein

Idaho Vandals (3–2) at No. 3 Montana Grizzlies (5–0) – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Vandals	3	9	10	8	30
No. 3 Grizzlies	6	7	3	7	23

at Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT

vs Portland State

See also: 2022 Portland State Vikings football team

Portland State Vikings (2–4) vs No. 17 Idaho Vandals (4–2) – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	14	7	0	0	21
No. 17 Vandals	14	7	14	21	56

at Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID

at No. 2 Sacramento State

See also: 2022 Sacramento State Hornets football team

No. 14 Idaho Vandals (5–2) at No. 2 Sacramento State Hornets (7–0) – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Vandals	0	7	7	14	28
No. 2 Hornets	7	10	7	7	31

at Hornet Stadium • Sacramento, CA

vs Eastern Washington

See also: 2022 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

Eastern Washington Eagles (2–6) vs No. 15 Idaho Vandals (5–3) – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	7	0	6	16
No. 15 Vandals	7	28	3	10	48

at Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID

vs UC Davis

See also: 2022 UC Davis Aggies football team

UC Davis Aggies (5–4) vs No. 15 Idaho Vandals (6–3) – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	14	17	3	10	44
No. 15 Vandals	7	0	12	7	26

at Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID

at Idaho State

See also: 2022 Idaho State Bengals football team and Battle of the Domes

No. 21T Idaho Vandals (6–4) at Idaho State Bengals (1–9) – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 21T Vandals	7	17	7	7	38
Bengals	7	0	0	0	7

at Holt Arena • Pocatello, ID

FCS Playoffs

at No. 17 Southeastern Louisiana – first round

See also: 2022 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team and 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season

Idaho Vandals (7–4) at Southeastern Louisiana Lions (8–3) – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 18 Vandals	7	14	0	21	42
No. 17 Lions	7	10	7	21	45

at Strawberry Stadium • Hammond, LA

• Date: November 26
• Game time: 6:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Cloudy
• Game attendance: 3,174
• Referee: Rick Wayne
• TV: ESPN+