Idaho·Sun Belt

2016 — The Winning Chapter

Idaho's 2016 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-4
Final result Bowl season Won the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -1.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Mont Sta 20-17 L @ Washin 14-59 L @ Wash St 6-56 W @ UNLV 33-30 L vs Troy 13-34 W @ UL Mon 34-31 W vs New Sta 55-23 L @ App Sta 19-37 W @ Louisi 23-13 W @ Texa Sta 47-14 W vs Sout Ala 38-31 W vs Geor Sta 37-12 W @ Colo Sta 61-50 Bowl
Defining moments
The statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Idaho 47, Texas State 14. A 33-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Idaho 6, Washington State 56. A 50-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Idaho beat Colorado State 61-50 in the postseason.

"Go Vandals"
— Idaho fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What it meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Idaho — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.