Troxel was promoted to head coach in December 1973,[4] after seven seasons at Idaho as an assistant under three head coaches, and several years as head coach of the track team. Before his move north to Moscow in 1967, he was very successful at the high school level at Borahin Boise.[5] Troxel had previously declined the job in 1970 and days earlier in 1973, but was persuaded to reconsider by player support.[4][6][7]
With quarterbacks Dave Comstock, Dennis Ballock, and Ken Schrom running the veeroffense,[1][8] the Vandals were 2–8–1 overall and 2–2–1 in the Big Sky.[9][10]
This was the last year the Vandals played outdoors on campus; its new Idaho Stadium opened in October 1971 in the same footprint as its predecessor, wooden Neale Stadium(1937–1968), and neither venue had lights.[3]Artificial turf was installed in 1972; the 3MTartan Turf was the first in the world produced in one continuous piece to allow it to be rolled up on a spool.[13] Following this season,[14][15] an arched roof and end walls were constructed in ten months to enclose it and the inaugural indoor game at the renamed Kibbie Dome was played on September 27, 1975.[16]
Through 1977, the Big Sky was a Division II conference for football, except for Division I member Idaho, which moved down to I-AA in 1978. Idaho maintained its upper division status in the NCAA by playing Division I non-conference opponents (and was ineligible for the Division II postseason).
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The 1974 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season The Vandals were led by first year head coach Ed Troxel and were members of the Big Sky Conference then in Division II They played their home games at new Idaho Stadium an unlit outdoor facility on campus in Moscow Idaho 3 1974 Idaho Vandals footballConferenceBig Sky ConferenceRecord2 8 1 2 2 1 Big Sky Head coachEd Troxel 1st season Offensive coordinatorDennis Erickson 1st season Offensive schemeVeer 1 2 Defensive coordinatorAndy Christoff 1st season Base defense5 2 1 CaptainsMark Fredback RB Joe White SS Home stadiumIdaho StadiumSeasons 19731975 1974 Big Sky Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TNo 5 Boise State 6 0 0 10 2 0Montana State 4 2 0 7 3 0Idaho 2 2 1 2 8 1Montana 2 3 1 3 6 1Northern Arizona 2 3 0 3 6 0Idaho State 2 4 0 5 5 0Weber State 1 5 0 4 7 0 Conference champion NCAA Division II playoff participantRankings from NCAA College Division AP PollTroxel was promoted to head coach in December 1973 4 after seven seasons at Idaho as an assistant under three head coaches and several years as head coach of the track team Before his move north to Moscow in 1967 he was very successful at the high school level at Borah in Boise 5 Troxel had previously declined the job in 1970 and days earlier in 1973 but was persuaded to reconsider by player support 4 6 7 Contents 1 Season 2 Notable players and coaches 3 Division I 4 Schedule 5 Roster 6 All conference 7 References 8 External linksSeason EditWith quarterbacks Dave Comstock Dennis Ballock and Ken Schrom running the veer offense 1 8 the Vandals were 2 8 1 overall and 2 2 1 in the Big Sky 9 10 In the Battle of the Palouse Idaho suffered a seventh straight loss to neighbor Washington State of the Pac 8 falling 17 10 at Martin Stadium in Pullman on September 21 11 In the fourth game with new rival Boise State the Vandals fell for the third time as the Broncos repeated as conference champions 9 12 Idaho did not schedule Northern Arizona until the following season and both played only five games in conference this year This was the last year the Vandals played outdoors on campus its new Idaho Stadium opened in October 1971 in the same footprint as its predecessor wooden Neale Stadium 1937 1968 and neither venue had lights 3 Artificial turf was installed in 1972 the 3M Tartan Turf was the first in the world produced in one continuous piece to allow it to be rolled up on a spool 13 Following this season 14 15 an arched roof and end walls were constructed in ten months to enclose it and the inaugural indoor game at the renamed Kibbie Dome was played on September 27 1975 16 Notable players and coaches EditSophomore center John Yarno was a first team AP All American as a senior in 1976 he was selected in fourth round of the 1977 NFL Draft and played six seasons with the Seattle Seahawks the last five as a starter Although quarterback Ken Schrom was projected as the starter for 1976 as a redshirt junior he opted to pursue professional baseball after the 1976 baseball draft 17 A pitcher he was a major leaguer for seven seasons and an all star as a reliever in 1986 Dennis Erickson age 27 was in his first year as an offensive coordinator 2 18 19 and stayed for two seasons He left for Fresno State and later San Jose State then returned to the UI program in 1982 as head coach and the Vandals began a streak of fifteen consecutive winning seasons Division I EditThrough 1977 the Big Sky was a Division II conference for football except for Division I member Idaho which moved down to I AA in 1978 Idaho maintained its upper division status in the NCAA by playing Division I non conference opponents and was ineligible for the Division II postseason Schedule EditDateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSourceSeptember 1412 30 pmat Air Force Falcon StadiumColorado Springs COL 0 3732 364 20 September 211 30 pmat Washington State Martin StadiumPullman WA Battle of the Palouse L 10 1719 300 11 September 2810 30 amat Villanova Villanova StadiumVillanova PAL 7 15 9 857 21 October 57 00 pmat Idaho StateISU MinidomePocatello IDW 28 912 000 22 October 121 30 pmWest Texas State Idaho StadiumMoscow IDL 6 2115 200 23 October 191 30 pmMontana Idaho StadiumMoscow ID Little Brown Stein T 35 3516 500 24 October 2612 30 pmat Montana StateReno H Sales StadiumBozeman MTL 21 36 6 117 25 November 212 30 pmUtah State Idaho StadiumMoscow IDL 3 17 5 500 26 November 912 30 pmWeber StateIdaho StadiumMoscow IDW 38 13 6 000 27 November 1611 30 amat Northern Illinois Huskie StadiumDeKalb ILL 21 27 3 712 28 November 2312 30 pmat Boise StateBronco StadiumBoise ID rivalry L 29 5314 486 9 12 Non conference game HomecomingAll times are in Pacific timeRoster Edit1974 Idaho Vandals football team rosterPlayers CoachesOffense Pos Name ClassQB 10 Ken Schrom FrQB 12 Dennis Ballock SrQB 14 Dave Comstock JrFL 20 Kirk Dennis SrTE 21 Joe Dahlin FrRB 23 Monty Nash SoFL 25 Collie MackRB 30 Mark Fredback C SrRB 33 Marshall Brantley SoRB Robert Brooks FrRB 42 Rob DeanFB 44 J C Chadband JrTE 45 Kevin McAfee SoOL 50 Randy DornC 56 John Yarno SoRG 51 Mike Kramer JrLT 62 John Adams JrLG 65 Kurt Nelson SrOL 68 Clarence Hough SoOL 72 Scott CallahanRT 78 Wil Overgaard SoTE 82 Steve Duncanson JrSE 83 Tim Coles Jr Defense Pos Name ClassFS PK 11 Bill Keilty JrFS 27 Chuck Love JrCB 31 Bill Clark SoS 37 Barry Hopkins SoSS 38 Joe White C SrCB 40 Johnny Sims JrCB 43 Chris MooneyLB 52 Kevin RobisonDT 53 Duke Minium SrDE 55 Vince Howard SrLB 58 Kjel Kiilsgaard SoLB 59 John Kirtland SoLB 61 Mike Siva JrNG 63 Dave Gallick JrNG 74 Jim AllenDT 77 Craig Crnick JrDE 81 Doug Fisher JrDE 85 Chris Tormey SoLB 87 Bill KirtlandDE 88 Mark Hodges Sr Special teams Pos Name ClassPK P 7 Steve TannerPK 16 Chuck Filippini So Head coachEd Troxel 1st year Coordinators assistant coachesDennis Erickson OC Andy Christoff DC Legend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible Injured RedshirtSource 1 29 30 31 All conference EditTwo Vandals were named to the Big Sky all conference team fullback J C Chadband and tight end Steve Duncanson 32 References Edit a b c d Payne Bob September 8 1974 Idaho has some bodies now Spokesman Review Spokane Washington p 6 sports a b UI s Erickson knows Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho October 24 1974 p 15 a b Barrows Bob November 2 1974 Aggies with Sweet Louie invade Idaho Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho p 11 a b Shelledy Jay December 20 1973 Trox changes mind accepts Vandal grid challenge Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho p 17 Vandals name Ed Troxel as defensive line coach Spokesman Review Spokane Washington Associated Press January 24 1967 p 12 Troxel motivated by players pleas Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington December 20 1973 p 27 Emerson Paul January 17 1974 Idaho AD eyes 75 for doming Idaho Stadium Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho p 17 Vandals vs Cougars rosters Spokesman Review Spokane Washington September 21 1974 p 12 a b c Boise State rips Idaho in shootout Spokesman Review Spokane Washington November 24 1974 p 1 sports Troxel hopes conqueror captures playoff honors Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington November 25 1974 p 17 a b Brown Bruce September 23 1974 WSU s potential stays dormant Spokane Daily Chronicle Washington p 15 a b Emerson Paul November 24 1974 Boise State roars past Vandals 53 29 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho p 1B Football field rolls up Southeast Missourian Cape Girardeau Associated Press February 22 1973 p 12 Idaho Stadium roof near reality as gift aids project approval Spokesman Review Spokane Washington November 9 1974 p 11 Martin Vicki November 9 1974 Regents okay stadium roof Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho p 9 Emerson Paul September 28 1975 Early ISU burst brings down roof on Vandal debut Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho p 1B Barrows Bob October 25 1980 Ken Schrom glad he switched to baseball Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho p 5B Knecht only UI aide to return Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press January 17 1974 p 18 Idaho hires grid coaches Ellensburg Daily Record Washington UPI January 18 1974 p 6 Payne Bob September 15 1974 Falcons rip fumbly Idaho Spokesman Review Spokane Washington p 1 sports Safety big help Villanova winner Reading Eagle Pennsylvania Associated Press September 29 1974 p 64 Drosendahl Glenn October 6 1974 Early striking Vandals sack Idaho State 28 9 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho p 15 Emerson Paul October 13 1974 Buffaloes control Vandals Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho p 15 Drosendahl Glenn October 20 1974 Idaho Montana race to 35 35 tie Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho p 13 Barrows Bob October 27 1974 MSU spurt spells Idaho loss 36 21 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho p 13 Barrows Bob November 3 1974 Utah St raps Vandals Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho p 17 Drosendahl Glenn November 10 1974 Vandals flex muscles beat Weber 38 13 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho p 17 Emerson Paul November 17 1974 Idaho rallies but not enough Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho p 1B Rosters Spokesman Review Spokane Washington September 21 1974 p 12 Rosters Spokesman Review Spokane Washington October 12 1974 p 14 Rosters Spokesman Review Spokane Washington October 19 1974 p 12 Boise Montana players MVPs Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press November 28 1974 p 1B External links EditGem of the Mountains 1975 University of Idaho yearbook 1974 football season Idaho Argonaut student newspaper 1974 editions Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1974 Idaho Vandals football team amp oldid 1095377717, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
