2004 Idaho Vandals football team

The 2004 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. Idaho competed as a member of the Sun Belt Conference, and played their home games in the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow, Idaho. Led by first-year head coach Nick Holt, the Vandals finished at 3–9 (2–5 in Sun Belt, last).

2004 Idaho Vandals football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record3–9 (2–5 SBC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorNate Kaczor (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJoel Thomas
(1st season)
Defensive coordinatorNick Holt (5th season)
Home stadiumKibbie Dome
(Capacity: 17,000)
2004 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Texas $  7 –0   7 –5  
Troy State  4 –2   7 –5  
New Mexico State  3 –2   5 –6  
Middle Tennessee  4 –4   5 –6  
Louisiana–Monroe  3 –3   5 –6  
Arkansas State  3 –4   3 –8  
Louisiana–Lafayette  2 –5   4 –7  
Utah State  2 –5   3 –8  
Idaho  2 –5   3 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion

Holt was previously the linebackers coach at USC and an Idaho assistant coach for eight seasons in the 1990s.[1][2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 45:05 pmat Boise State*
L 7–6530,944
September 115:00 pmat Utah State
L 7–1420,117
September 187:30 pmWashington State*
FSNNWL 8–4934,858[3]
September 2512:30 pmat Oregon*
L 10–4857,912
October 211:00 amat Eastern Michigan*
W 45–4118,920
October 92:00 pmLouisiana–Monroe
L 14–1611,798
October 162:00 pmLouisiana–Lafayette
  • Kibbie Dome
  • Moscow, ID
W 38–2510,397
October 2312:00 pmat Middle Tennessee
L 14–3416,918
October 301:30 pmat Troy
L 7–4720,151
November 62:00 pmArkansas Statedagger
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
W 45–31  9,425
November 134:00 pmat North Texas
L 29–5114,583
November 208:00 pmat Hawaii*
L 21–5230,864

Fallen teammate

The season was marred by the September death of starting cornerback Eric McMillan, a redshirt freshman from Murrieta, California, and originally from Tuskegee, Alabama. In a case of mistaken identity, he was shot in his apartment in south Moscow on Sunday afternoon, a day after the third game of season, and died at Gritman Medical Center.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

References
  1. Lawson, Jamie (December 9, 2003). "'We will get things done'". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
  2. Meehan, Jim (December 9, 2003). "It's official: Holt Idaho's head man". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  3. Grummert, Dale (September 19, 2004). "Palouse pummelling". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1B.
  4. Doyle, Megan (September 20, 2004). "UI football player dies from gunshot". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1A.
  5. Sudermnn, Hannelore (September 21, 2004). "Two held in Moscow homicide". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1A.
  6. Bacharach, Alex (September 21, 2004). "'Disbelief, anger, sorrow'". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1.
  7. Sudhalter, Michael (September 21, 2004). "Mentors remember McMillan". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
  8. Whiteside, Kelly (October 30, 2004). "McMillan's death changed lives". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (USA Today). p. C8.
  9. Summers, Leila (November 5, 2004). "Brothers, nephew indicted". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1A.
  10. Dupler, Michelle (September 2, 2005). "Wells brothers plead guilty to second-degree murder". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1A.
  11. Doyle, Megan (November 19, 2005). "Brothers sentenced after emotional testimony". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1A.
  12. Craig, John (November 19, 2005). "Wells brothers sentenced in UI murder". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B3.
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