The 2022 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the Big Sky Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Jason Eck, the Vandals were 7–4 in the regular season (6–2 in Big Sky, third) and played their home games on campus at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho. It was the program's first winning season in six years.
Idaho defeated rival Montana for the first time since 1999 and made their twelfth appearance in the FCS playoffs, the first since 1995 (the program was in FBS from 1996 through 2017).
Hired in December 2021, Eck was previously the offensive coordinator at South Dakota State; earlier, he was an assistant coach at Idaho for three seasons (2004–06).
Preseason
Polls During the virtual Big Sky Kickoff on July 25, the Vandals were predicted to finish eighth by the coaches, and ninth by the media.
Preseason All–Big Sky team The Vandals had one player selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.
Defense
Fa'Avae Fa'Avae – OLB
Roster
Schedule
Game summaries
at Washington State
at Indiana
vs Drake
at Northern Arizona
vs Northern Colorado
at No. 3 Montana
vs Portland State
at No. 2 Sacramento State
vs Eastern Washington
vs UC Davis
at Idaho State
FCS Playoffs
at No. 17 Southeastern Louisiana – first round
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