1983 Idaho State Bengals football team
American college football season
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The 1983 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University as member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bengals were led by first-year head coach Jim Koetter and played home games at the ASISU MiniDome (now Holt Arena), an indoor venue on campus in Pocatello, Idaho.
- Jim Koetter (1st season)
| 1983 Idaho State Bengals football | |
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| Conference | Big Sky Conference |
| Record | 8–4 (5–2 Big Sky) |
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| Home stadium | ASISU Minidome |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Nevada * $^ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Idaho State ^ | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Arizona | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After a disappointing season as defending national champions in 1982, the Bengals regrouped and went 8–3 overall in the regular season (5–2 in Big Sky, second). Led by senior quarterback Paul Peterson, Idaho State hosted the first round of the 12-team I-AA playoffs,[1][2] but lost to conference champion Nevada by seven points and finished at 8–4.[3]
Koetter was promoted to head coach in early June after Dave Kragthorpe left to become athletic director at his alma mater, Utah State in Logan.[4][5][6][7] Later that month, quarterback Peterson had knee surgery.[8]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 10 | at UTEP* | W 12–10 | 20,193 | [9] | ||
| September 17 | at Eastern Washington* | W 20–13 | 2,000 | [10][11] | ||
| September 24 | No. 11 Idaho | No. 13 | W 41–31 | 12,983 | [12] | |
| October 1 | at Nevada | No. 8 | L 7–23 | 9,324 | [13] | |
| October 8 | Montana State | No. 14 |
| W 26–3 | 11,321 | [14] |
| October 15 | Northern Arizona | No. 13 |
| W 42–24 | 9,545 | [15] |
| October 22 | at Cal Poly* | No. 9 | L 37–44 | 5,262 | [16][17] | |
| October 29 | Cal State Fullerton* | No. 15 |
| W 43–10 | 8,215 | [18] |
| November 5 | at Boise State | No. 9 | L 20–32 | 20,477 | [19] | |
| November 12 | Weber State | No. 19 |
| W 38–32 | 10,834 | [20] |
| November 19 | at Montana | No. 17 | W 31–17 | 5,755 | [21] | |
| November 26 | No. 11 Nevada* | No. 12 |
| L 20–27 | 10,333 | [3][22] |
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