The regular season finale against Weber State went to triple overtime.[2] The Big Sky introduced overtime for conference games the previous season, and this was its first-ever usage.[5]
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1981, idaho, state, bengals, football, team, represented, idaho, state, university, member, conference, during, 1981, ncaa, division, football, season, bengals, were, second, year, head, coach, dave, kragthorpe, played, their, home, games, asisu, minidome, lat. The 1981 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1981 NCAA Division I AA football season The Bengals were led by second year head coach Dave Kragthorpe and played their home games at the ASISU MiniDome later renamed Holt Arena an indoor venue on campus in Pocatello Idaho Quarterbacked by senior Mike Machurek the Bengals won the Big Sky championship with a 6 1 record and were 9 1 overall in the regular season In the eight team NCAA Division I AA playoffs they won two home playoff games then won their only national championship to date in the Pioneer Bowl played in Wichita Falls Texas Idaho State defeated Eastern Kentucky 34 23 in the title game to finish the season with a 12 1 record 1 1981 Idaho State Bengals footballNCAA Division I AA championBig Sky championNCAA Division I AA Championship Game W 34 23 vs Eastern KentuckyConferenceBig Sky ConferenceRecord12 1 6 1 Big Sky Head coachDave Kragthorpe 2nd season Base defense3 4Home stadiumASISU Minidome capacity 12 000 Seasons 19801982 1981 Big Sky Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TNo 2 Idaho State 6 1 0 12 1 0No 5 Boise State 6 1 0 10 3 0Montana 5 2 0 7 3 0Nevada 4 3 0 7 4 0Weber State 4 3 0 7 4 0Northern Arizona 2 5 0 4 7 0Montana State 1 6 0 3 7 0Idaho 0 7 0 3 8 0 Conference champion NCAA Division I AA playoff participantRankings from NCAA Division I AA Committee poll Contents 1 Schedule 2 Roster 3 NFL Draft 4 ReferencesSchedule EditDateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSourceSeptember 12Eastern Washington ASISU MinidomePocatello IDW 34 108 005September 19at Boise StateBronco StadiumBoise IDW 21 1020 486September 26NevadaNo 3ASISU MinidomePocatello IDW 23 79 883October 3Northern Arizona No 3ASISU MinidomePocatello IDW 31 611 284October 10at Portland State No 2Civic StadiumPortland ORW 28 92 757October 17at MontanaNo 2Dornblaser FieldMissoula MTL 21 249 190October 31at IdahoNo 3Kibbie DomeMoscow IDW 24 1410 500November 7Montana StateNo 2ASISU MinidomePocatello IDW 31 310 468November 14Utah State No 2ASISU MinidomePocatello IDW 50 2412 008November 21Weber StateNo 2ASISU MinidomePocatello IDW 33 30 3OT13 444 2 December 5Rhode Island No 2ASISU MinidomePocatello ID NCAA Division I AA Quarterfinal W 51 012 153December 12No 3 South Carolina State No 2ASISU MinidomePocatello ID NCAA Division I AA Semifinal W 41 1212 300December 19vs No 1 Eastern Kentucky No 2Memorial StadiumWichita Falls Texas NCAA Division I AA Championship Game Pioneer Bowl ABCW 34 2311 002 Non conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game 3 4 The regular season finale against Weber State went to triple overtime 2 The Big Sky introduced overtime for conference games the previous season and this was its first ever usage 5 Roster Edit1981 Idaho State Bengals football team rosterPlayers CoachesOffense Pos Name ClassLT Dan Taylor JrLG Ken Noel SrC Jim Lane JrRG Ken Bacon JrRT Steve Anderson SrTE Rod Childs SrQB 19 Mike Machurek SrQB 12 Dirk Koetter SrFB Rick Ambrosi SrTB Dwain Wilson SrFL Charles Ewing SrSE Jerry Bird Sr Defense Pos Name ClassLDT Chuck Wiefels JrNG George Semons SrRDT John Naut SrSOLB John Olivia JrSILB Lem Galeai SrWILB Bill Snapp JrWOLB Dave Walser SrLCB Matt Courtney SoSS John Berry SoFS Reggie Chapman JrRCB Willie Allen Jr Special teams Pos Name ClassPK P 3 Case deBruijn Sr Head coachDave Kragthorpe 2nd year Coordinators assistant coachesJim Koetter QB WR Marvin Lewis LB Legend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible Injured RedshirtSource 6 NFL Draft EditTwo Bengal seniors were selected in the 1982 NFL Draft which lasted twelve rounds 334 selections Player Position Round Overall FranchiseMike Machurek QB 6th 154 Detroit LionsCase deBruijn P PK 8th 214 Kansas City ChiefsReferences Edit Bengals ride like the wind Lewiston Morning Tribune Associated Press December 20 1981 p 2D a b ISU clinches title Boise wants berth Spokesman Review Spokane Washington Associated Press November 23 1981 p C4 Division I Championship PDF NCAA 2013 p 14 Retrieved May 11 2019 via ncaa org Idaho State Bengals 1981 Schedule cfbinfo com Archived from the original on May 11 2019 Retrieved May 11 2019 Kasper John September 25 2013 No 48 Big Sky Innovation Big Sky Conference Retrieved October 13 2019 Probable starters Lewiston Morning Tribune October 31 1981 p 3C Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1981 Idaho State Bengals football team amp oldid 1125547206, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
