2017 Idaho State Bengals football team

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.[1][2] They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place.

2017 Idaho State Bengals football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
2017 record	4–7 (2–6 Big Sky)
Head coach	Rob Phenicie (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Matt Troxel (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Spencer Toone (5th season)
Home stadium	Holt Arena (Capacity: 12,000)

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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:30 p.m.	Western Oregon*	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Pluto TV	W 37–6	5,395
September 7	6:00 p.m.	at Utah State*	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT	STADIUM	L 13–51	19,368
September 16	5:00 p.m.	at Nevada*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	AT&T RM	W 30–28	16,394
September 23	1:00 p.m.	at Northern Colorado	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	Pluto TV	L 42–43	5,273
September 30	2:30 p.m.	Cal Poly	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Pluto TV	W 38–34	7,105
October 7	2:30 p.m.	Montana	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	ELVN Pluto TV	L 31–39	7,279
October 14	7:00 p.m.	at Sacramento State	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	Pluto TV	L 21–41	10,008
October 21	2:30 p.m.	Portland State	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Pluto TV	W 59–30	5,942
October 28	1:30 p.m.	at Montana State	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	RTNW[3]	L 14–28	17,097
November 4	2:30 p.m.	UC Davis	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Pluto TV	L 17–56	5,762
November 18	2:00 p.m.	at No. 12 Weber State	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	Pluto TV	L 7–35	9,539
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

• 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

References

1. "Idaho State seeks to rebound in 2017". STATS FCS Football. February 13, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
2. "2017 Bengal Football Schedule Announced". Idaho State Athletics. February 13, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
3. "BIG SKY, ROOT SPORTS ANNOUNCE CONTRACT EXTENSION, 2017 SCHEDULE". Big Sky Conference. March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.