Representing the University of Idaho, the Idaho Vandals football team plays college football in the Western Athletic Conference in the NCAA.http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/_/id/70/idaho-vandals The Vandals are coached by Robb Akey and play their home games at the Kibbie Dome, which was built in 1975 and holds 16,000 people, in Moscow, Idaho. Idaho has fielded a football team since 1893 with the exception of four years, 1896, 1918, 1943 and 1944.http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/wac/idaho/index.php

In the 2010 NCAA Football season, the Vandals opened their season by splitting their first eight games with an even four wins and four losses. They went on to finish the year with a 6-7 overall record including going 2-5 in conference games. The Vandals finished in sixth place in the Western Athletic Conference and were not invited to play in a bowl game.http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/_/id/70/idaho-vandals

After their first season of football in 1893, the Idaho Vandals played several seasons as an independent team and without a conference affiliation. They joined the Pacific Coast Conference from 1922 to 1958, then returned to playing as an independent from 1959 to 1962.http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/wac/idaho/index.php The following year, the Vandals joined the Big Sky Conference and went on to win or share the Big Sky Conference Championship eight times between 1965 and 1992.http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/wac/idaho/championships.php http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/wac/idaho/index.php Also while playing in the Big Sky, which lasted through the 1995 season, two Vandals won the Walter Payton Award as the most-outstanding college football player on the FCS level.http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/payton.htm http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/wac/idaho/index.php http://espn.go.com/college-football/awards/_/team/70 John Friesz took home the award in 1989 as did Doug Nussmeier in 1993.http://espn.go.com/college-football/awards/_/team/70

The Vandals briefly joined the Big West Conference from 1996 to 2002 and won the conference championships in 1998.http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/wac/idaho/championships.php http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/wac/idaho/index.php They had another short stop in the Sum Belt Conference before joining the Western Athletic Conference in 2005.http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/wac/idaho/index.php

Throughout the years, several players who spent their college football careers with the Idaho Vandals went on to play in the National Football League.http://espn.go.com/nfl/college/_/letter/i Among others, Idaho alumni include guard Mike Iupati, who was selected in the 2010 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers, wide receiver Max Komar, who plays with the Arizona Cardinals, guard Jake Scott, who plays for the Tennessee Titans and linebacker David Vobora, who is a member of the St. Louis Rams.http://espn.go.com/nfl/college/_/letter/i http://espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=13246