1983_Idaho_State_Bengals_football_team

1983 Idaho State Bengals football team

1983 Idaho State Bengals football team

American college football season

The 1983 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University as member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bengals were led by first-year head coach Jim Koetter and played home games at the ASISU MiniDome (now Holt Arena), an indoor venue on campus in Pocatello, Idaho.

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After a disappointing season as defending national champions in 1982, the Bengals regrouped and went 8–3 overall in the regular season (5–2 in Big Sky, second). Led by senior quarterback Paul Peterson, Idaho State hosted the first round of the 12-team I-AA playoffs,[1][2] but lost to conference champion Nevada by seven points and finished at 8–4.[3]

Koetter was promoted to head coach in early June after Dave Kragthorpe left to become athletic director at his alma mater, Utah State in Logan.[4][5][6][7] Later that month, quarterback Peterson had knee surgery.[8]

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    "Reno, Idaho State open national playoffs". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 26, 1983. p. 5B.
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    "Nevada-Reno downs Idaho State in playoffs". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 27, 1983. p. 2B.
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    "Transactions: College". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). June 4, 1983. p. 13.
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    Sorensen, Mike (June 4, 1983). "Kragthorpe's back at his alma mater". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 4A.
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    "Bengals' Peterson undergoes surgery". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. June 28, 1983. p. 2C.
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    "Idaho State edges UTEP". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 11, 1983. p. 3B.
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    Stalwick, Howie (September 26, 1983). "McMonigle can't celebrate record". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). p. 17.
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    "Bengals Maul 'Jacks In 42-24 ISU Victory". Arizona Daily Sun. October 16, 1983. p. 10.
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    "ISU tops Montana, for second". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 20, 1983. p. 3C.
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