2017 Football Game Notes - Week 1 (at Montana Western)

COMING UP: at No. 19 Montana Western, Saturday, 1 p.m.

COMPLETE FOOTBALL MEDIA GAME NOTES

ON THE AIR: All College of Idaho football games will be carried live in the Treasure Valley on ESPN Boise platforms (99.1-FM, online at ESPNBoise.com and available via the ESPNBoise Mobile App).  Longtime Voice of the Coyotes, Mike Safford Jr., handles the play-by-play, with Kelly Barbour handing color commentator duties for the fourth-straight season.  Broadcast time on Saturday is set for 12:30 p.m. from Dillon, Mont.

LIVE STATS/LIVE VIDEO: Live Video for Saturday's game will be available online through Montana Western's Stretch Internet Portal, with Live Stats available on UMW's Dakstats Portal. For the five C of I home games Live Stats and Live Video will be available online through the Yotes streaming portal (http://portal.stretchinternet.com/yoteathletics), with the Live Video a pay-per-view fundraiser for Coyote football ($8.95 per game, $29.95 for the season - for standard definition; $10.95 per game, $34.95 for the season for high-definition video). The Live Video will be simulcast with the ESPN Boise radio broadcast.
 
TICKET/TAILGATE/PARKING INFORMATION: Season tickets and Tailgate Zone spots are still available online for the 2016 football season (http://yoteathletics.com/sports/2015/7/9/FootballTickets.aspx?id=109), with general admission season tickets costing $50 and reserved season tickets $115.  Car spots in the Tailgate Zone are $115, with RV spots $220.  The C of I ticket office inside the J.A. Albertson Activities Center will be open daily from 9 a.m. to  5 p.m., with the ticket window at Simplot Stadium opening at 11:30 a.m. on game day (individual reserved seats are $29, individual general admission tickets are $13, youth general admission tickets are $11). Parking will be available at the west end of the Simplot Stadium parking lot.
 
GET YOUR SEATS WHILE YOU CAN: For the third-straight season, the Coyotes finished second in the NAIA attendance ranking, as over 22,000 fans came through the turnstiles at Simplot Stadium – an average of 4,455 fans a game. Carroll College earned the crown again this season with over 25,000 fans attending games in Helena (5,045 per game) – though the Saints attendance is just an estimate from their game-day staff. In comparison, both C of I and Carroll topped all regional teams in the attendance average – ahead of Central Washington (4,126), Humboldt State (4,001), Montana Tech (3,080), Western Oregon (2,889), Southern Oregon (2,690), George Fox (2,394), Linfield (2,238), Whitworth (2,116), Pacific (1,853), Willamette (1,709), Pacific Lutheran (1,568), Lewis & Clark (1,222) and Puget Sound (970) (no other Frontier Conference teams compiles attendance marks) – and just behind both Portland State and Idaho State.