1990 Boise State Broncos football team American college football season
The 1990 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season . The Broncos competed in the Big Sky Conference and played their home games on campus at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho . Led by fourth-year head coach Skip Hall , they finished the regular season at 8–3 (6–2 in Big Sky, second).
The Broncos returned to the Division I-AA playoffs and advanced to the semifinals, but fell to conference rival Nevada in triple overtime to finish at 10–4.[ 1] Three Big Sky teams were selected for the 16-team postseason and all won their openers: Idaho fell in the quarters, BSU in the semis and Nevada in the final.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 1 Stephen F. Austin * No. 12 W 14–1019,312 [ 2]
September 8 Weber State No. 12 W 24–1419,521 [ 3]
September 15 2:00 p.m. at Eastern Washington No. 12 L 10–164,200 [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
September 22 Boston University * No. 17 W 34–2119,875 [ 7]
September 29 at Long Beach State * No. 14 L 20–214,106 [ 8]
October 6 No. 8 Montana No. 19 W 41–322,149 [ 9]
October 13 at Northern Arizona No. 10 W 28–208,614 [ 10]
October 27 at Idaho State No. 9 W 44–168,166 [ 11]
November 3 at Montana State No. 8 W 31–277,477 [ 12]
November 10 No. 2 Nevada No. 6 W 30–1422,611 [ 13]
November 17 1:00 p.m. No. 14 Idaho No. 5 L 14–2123,273 [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19]
November 24 12:30 p.m. No. 11 Northern Iowa * No. 10 W 20–311,691 [ 20]
December 1 No. 1 Middle Tennessee * No. 10 Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal) W 20–1315,849 [ 21]
December 8 at No. 4 Nevada No. 10 L 52–59 3OT 19,776 [ 1]
[ 22] [ 23]
References
^ a b "Scorecard: Football NCAA I-AA" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. December 9, 1990. p. C8.
^ "Boise State rallies past 'Jacks, 14–10" . Longview News-Journal . September 2, 1990. Retrieved January 6, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Boise St. 24, Weber St. 14" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. staff and wire reports. September 9, 1990. p. C4.
^ Boling, Dave (September 15, 1990). "BSU taking care of ball, foes" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. p. B3.
^ "Eastern shuts down Boise State, gives Zornes mark" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. September 16, 1990. p. C6.
^ "Eastern Washington tops BSU 16-10" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. Associated Press. September 16, 1990. p. 4C.
^ "Boise St. 34, Boston U. 21" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. Associated Press. September 23, 1990. p. 4C.
^ "L. Beach St. 21, Boise St. 20" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. Associated Press. September 30, 1990. p. 5C.
^ "Boise St. crushes UM, 41–3" . The Billings Gazette . October 7, 1990. Retrieved January 6, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Broncos tempt fate but triumph" . The Idaho Statesman . October 14, 1990. Retrieved January 6, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Boise St. 44, Idaho St. 16" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. Associated Press. October 28, 1990. p. 5B.
^ "Paced by Virden Boise State wins" . The Des Moines Register . November 4, 1990. Retrieved January 6, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Boise blasts Pack, 30–14" . The Missoulian . November 11, 1990. Retrieved January 6, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Stalwick, Howie (November 17, 1990). "Idaho, Boise State go for state's gold" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. p. B1.
^ Sahlberg, Bert (November 17, 1990). "Idaho goes for nine in a row against Broncos" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. p. 1D.
^ Lewis, Michael C. (November 17, 1990). "UI goes for No. 9; WSU repeat of '82" . Idahonian . Moscow. p. 1E.
^ Stalwick, Howie (November 18, 1990). "Pearce divine in Vandals' win" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. p. C1.
^ Sahlberg, Bert (November 18, 1990). "Nine in a row for Idaho" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. p. 1B.
^ Lewis, Michael C. (November 19, 1990). "Big catch helps UI get it 'Dunn' at BSU" . Idahonian . Moscow. p. 1B.
^ "Boise State, Nevada easily win playoff openers" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. Associated Press. November 25, 1990. p. 5B.
^ "Boise, Reno to meet in semis" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. December 2, 1990. p. C7.
^ "Football media guide" . Boise State University Athletics. 2015. p. 158.
^ "Division I-AA Championship Results" (PDF) . NCAA.org. Retrieved November 3, 2016 .
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