Idaho–Idaho State football rivalry

The Idaho–Idaho State rivalry, recently branded as the Battle of the Domes, is the intrastate college football game in Idaho between the University of Idaho in Moscow and Idaho State University in Pocatello.

Battle of the Domes
SportFootball
First meetingNovember 27, 1916
Idaho, 32–0
Latest meetingNovember 18, 2023
Idaho, 63–21
Next meetingNovember 23, 2024, in Pocatello
StadiumsKibbie Dome (Idaho)
ICCU Dome (Idaho State)
TrophyBattle of the Domes trophy
Statistics
Meetings total45
All-time seriesIdaho leads, 32–13 (.711)
Trophy seriesIdaho, 4–2 (.667)
Largest victoryIdaho, 70–21 (1994)
Idaho, 52–3 (1998)
Smallest victoryIdaho, 1–0 (1978, forfeit)
Longest win streakIdaho, 8 (1916–1968)
Current win streakIdaho, 3 (2021–present)
200km
125miles
Idaho State
Idaho
Campus locations in Idaho

The series was played annually for 31 seasons from 1965 through 1995, until Idaho's move to the Football Bowl Subdivision (with Boise State), leaving Idaho State without an intrastate rival. Annual play has resumed since Idaho's move back to the Football Championship Subdivision in 2018. The rivalry was at its most competitive in the 1970s and 1980s, with neither team three-peating; Idaho has won fourteen of the last seventeen and leads the overall series at 32–13 (.711). Since Idaho's return to the FCS, the Vandals lead the trophy series at 4–2.

A notable game of the series was not even played; in the conference finale for both teams in 1978, a night game was scheduled for Moscow on November 11, and ISU planned to fly up to the Palouse that Saturday afternoon in two vintage airplanes. One developed engine trouble shortly after takeoff from Pocatello and returned. Both teams were at the bottom of the Big Sky standings and the game was not rescheduled; Idaho was granted a 1–0 forfeit win.

College Comparison
Idaho Idaho State
Location MoscowPocatello
Conference Big Sky
Students 11,30312,157
School colors Silver & GoldOrange & Black
Nickname VandalsBengals
Mascot(s) Joe VandalBenny
Football stadium   Kibbie Dome  ICCU Dome
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