The ground game travels to the Kibbie Dome
SUU is 3-4 after hanging 212 rushing yards on UC Davis — the Thunderbirds take that rushing attack indoors at 2-5 Idaho.
Southern Utah's Oct. 24 game is indoors: a 3:00 p.m. MT kickoff at Idaho's Kibbie Dome in Moscow, streaming on ESPN+. The Thunderbirds are 3-4 overall and 2-2 in the Big Sky, and Idaho is 2-5 overall with the same 2-2 conference record, so the winner in Moscow leaves Saturday ahead of the other in the Big Sky table. Both teams also arrive off notable Oct. 17 results — SUU beat UC Davis 38-17 at home, and Idaho won 42-35 at Montana, per the schedules on ESPN's game pages.
SUU's identity right now is the run. Against UC Davis, Floyd Chalk carried 26 times for a career-high 212 yards and a 37-yard touchdown, and the Thunderbirds scored 29 second-half points after trailing 17-9 at halftime. Quarterback Will Burns accounted for four touchdowns in the same game. Chalk is the player to watch at Idaho: the UC Davis output was the biggest rushing day of his career, and it came in the game that pulled SUU level in the conference standings.
The road context is part of the story. ESPN's records list SUU at 1-3 away from home this season, and this game is played indoors in Moscow rather than at altitude in Cedar City. Idaho's passing game is the counterweight to watch — but from SUU's side, the question Saturday is whether the ground production that produced 38 points against UC Davis travels. If Chalk is again the center of the offense, the Thunderbirds' recent form suggests the rushing attack, not the setting, will set their terms.
Sources
SUU Athletics schedule — verifies the 3-4 record, the Oct. 17 UC Davis game, and the Oct. 24 game at Idaho (3:00 p.m. MT, Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center).
SUU Athletics official box score, UC Davis game — primary source for the Oct. 17 game details.
ESPN scoreboard, SUU at Idaho (gameId 401868097) — verifies SUU 3-4 / 2-2, Idaho 2-5 / 2-2, the Kibbie Dome, ESPN+, and SUU's 1-3 road record.
ESPN box score, UC Davis at SUU (gameId 401868161) — cross-checks Chalk's 26 carries for 212 yards and the 37-yard touchdown in the 38-17 win.
AP recap via AP News — independently verifies the career-high 212 yards, Burns's four total touchdowns, and the 29-point second half. (Career-high characterization is AP's, attributed in the piece by the sourcing here.)
Matchup
SUU at Idaho
When
Saturday, Oct 24, 2026 — 3:00 PM MT
Watch
ESPN+
Where
P1FCU Kibbie Dome, Moscow, Idaho