The 2005 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho

Idaho Vandals football

The Idaho Vandals are a college football team that represents the University of Idaho. The Vandals currently compete in the Western Athletic Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I...

 in NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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 Division I-A college football

College football

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 during the 2005 season

2005 NCAA Division I-A football season

The 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the least amount of controversy surrounding the Bowl Championship Series title game in many years.To an extent it was a return to classic football...

. Idaho competed as a first-year member of the Western Athletic Conference

Western Athletic Conference

The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...

 (WAC), and played their home games in the Kibbie Dome

Kibbie Dome

The William H. Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center is a multi-purpose indoor athletic stadium in Moscow, Idaho, on the campus of the University of Idaho...

, an indoor facility on campus. The Vandals were led by second-year head coach Nick Holt

Nick Holt

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, and finished their first season in the WAC with a 2-9 overall record and 2-6 in conference play, the sixth consecutive season with a losing record.

The Vandals

Idaho Vandals football

The Idaho Vandals are a college football team that represents the University of Idaho. The Vandals currently compete in the Western Athletic Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I...

 played the previous four seasons (2001-04) as a "football only" member of the Sun Belt Conference

Sun Belt Conference

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, following the discontinuation of football by the Big West

Big West Conference

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. Other new teams in the WAC in 2005 were New Mexico State

New Mexico State Aggies football

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 and Utah State

Utah State Aggies football

The Utah State Aggies are a college football team that competes in the Western Athletic Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I, representing Utah State University. The Utah State college football program began in 1892 and has played home games at Romney Stadium since 1968...

.

After the 2005 season, Holt departed for an assistant's position in the NFL

National Football League

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 in February 2006, joining the staff of the St. Louis Rams

St. Louis Rams

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 as defensive line coach under first-year head coach Scott Linehan

Scott Linehan

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, a former Vandal

1986 Idaho Vandals football team

The 1986 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals, led by first-year head coach Keith Gilbertson, were members of the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in...

 player and assistant coach. Holt and Linehan had coached together as assistants at both Idaho and Louisville under John L. Smith

John L. Smith

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. Days later Holt changed his mind and accepted a higher-paying offer as defensive coordinator

Defensive coordinator

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 at USC

2006 USC Trojans football team

The 2006 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in college football season of 2006-2007, winning the Pacific-10 Conference and playing in the Rose Bowl...

 under head coach Pete Carroll

Pete Carroll

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. Dennis Erickson

Dennis Erickson

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 was hired to replace Holt as head coach for the 2006 season

2006 Idaho Vandals football team

The 2006 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in NCAA Division I FBS college football during the 2006 season. Idaho competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference , and played their home games in the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facilty on campus in Moscow, Idaho...

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Schedule

Idaho's reported home attendance for 2005 was 60,700 for four games.
The maximum was 15,635 for the Hawaii game on September 24th,
the minimum was 15,006 for the Utah State game on October 1st.