Idaho Vandals

Sep. 14—MOSCOW, Idaho — University of Idaho football coach Thomas Ford Jr. might well have brought a thesaurus or the Oxford English Dictionary to his weekly news conference Monday. He spent most of his time before assembled media offering different ways to describe what his 0-3 Vandals need to do to get their season on track — play better. "I was super disappointed in the outcome of this ...

Sep. 13—MOSCOW — A football game is 60 minutes of game time, and usually to win a game a team needs both sides of the ball to click for the majority of that time. For the Idaho Vandals on Saturday, the defense clicked for about 45 minutes, while the offense clicked for just under 30. The result? The Vandals fell to the No. 14 Lamar Cardinals 23-17 at the P1FCU Kibbie Dome. A slow start on ...

— Aiden McCown threw a touchdown pass following his touchdown run, and Andres Sandoval kicked three field goals to help Lamar hold off Idaho 23-17 on Saturday.

Sep. 11—After nearly three long weeks, the Vandals are finally playing at home for first time this season. For Idaho's coaching staff, getting back inside the P1FCU Kibbie Dome isn't just a change of scenery. It's a chance to play in front of a stadium full of Vandal fans for the first time this season and a chance to introduce the newest members of the program to the historic Dome's ...

Sep. 10—University of Idaho wide receiver Tony Harste tells the story: After the Vandals' 66-14 blowout loss to Utah, which followed a 38-34 season-opening heartbreaker to Cal Poly when the Mustangs scored with nine seconds remaining, Idaho coach Thomas Ford Jr. posted a pair of scores at a team meeting that approximated Idaho's season to date — 59-13 and 30-24. Then Ford told the Vandals ...

Sep. 8—MOSCOW, Idaho — Replay doesn't exist in the real world. The disappointment of losing on a last-second play against Cal Poly, and the chagrin of a blowout defeat to Utah are in the past. Learn lessons. Move on. Those were the themes of Idaho coach Thomas Ford Jr.'s news conference Monday. The Vandals (0-2) have their first home game Saturday against Lamar (1-1), which upset Abilene ...

— Devon Dampier threw for three touchdowns, Wayshawn Parker had the first three-touchdown game of his career and No. 21 Utah routed Idaho 66-14 coach Morgan Scalley's regular-season debut.

Idaho at No. 21 Utah, Thursday, 9 p.m. ET How to watch: ESPNU