1978 Boise State Broncos football team
1978 Boise State Broncos football | |
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Conference | Big Sky Conference |
1978 record | 7–4 (3–3 Big Sky) |
Head coach | Jim Criner (3rd year) |
Offensive coordinator | Gene Dahlquist (2nd year) |
Home stadium | Bronco Stadium |
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#7 Northern Arizona $ | 6 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#7 Montana State | 4 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boise State | 3 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weber State | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 2 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho State | 0 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1978 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 third-year head coach Jim Criner, the Broncos were 7–4 overall and 3–3 in conference.
This was the first season for the newly created Division I-AA,[1] which the Big Sky joined. It was previously a Division II conference for football, except for Division I member Idaho, which moved down to I-AA this season.
Following this season, Boise State was put on probation for a scouting violation in November prior to the NAU game;[2][3][4] the Broncos were ineligible for the league title or I-AA playoffs in 1979.[5][6][7]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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Sep 09 | Fullerton State (Div. I-A)* | Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID | W 42–12 | 19,032 | |||||
Sep 16 | Long Beach State (Div. I-A)* | Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID | W 19–13 | 19,435 | |||||
Sep 23 | Northern Michigan (Div. II)* | Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID | W 31–21 | 20,555 | |||||
Sep 30 | at Montana State | Reno H. Sales Stadium • Bozeman, MT [8] | L 29–31 | 12,850 | |||||
Oct 07 | Montana | Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID | L 7–15 | 19,580 | |||||
Oct 14 | San Jose State (Div. I-A)* | Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID [9] | W 30–15 | 18,112 | |||||
Oct 21 | Weber State | Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID [10] | W 14–13 | 17,858 | |||||
Oct 28 | at Idaho State | ISU Minidome • Pocatello, ID [11] | W 16–14 | 6,983 | |||||
Nov 04 | 1:30 pm | Idaho | Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID [12][13] (rivalry) | W 48–10 | 20,235 | ||||
Nov 11 | at Northern Arizona | NAU Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ [14] | L 30–31 | 14,783 | |||||
Nov 18 | at Cal Poly-SLO (Div. II)* | Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA | L 3–7 | 7,430 | |||||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. All times are in Mountain Time. |
Source:[15]
References
- ↑ "Big schools win battle". St. Petersburg Independent. (Florida). Associated Press. January 13, 1978. p. 5C.
- ↑ "Criner admits he hired football spy". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 16, 1978. p. 1C.
- ↑ "Boise St. coach admits to scouting violation". Daily News. (Bowling Green, Kentucky). Associated Press. November 16, 1978. p. 4-B.
- ↑ "Presidents will discuss spying by Boise's Criner". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 17, 1978. p. 5B.
- ↑ "Big Sky's down hard on Boise". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. December 17, 1978. p. B1.
- ↑ "Probation slapped on Boise State football". Ellensburg Daily Record. (Washington). UPI. December 18, 1978. p. 7.
- ↑ Killen, John (October 13, 1979). "Idaho: possibility looms for a winning season". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
- ↑ "Montana State shocks Boise". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 1, 1978. p. 3B.
- ↑ "Boise State runs past San Jose State". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 15, 1978. p. 4B.
- ↑ "Broncos escape Weber's clutches". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 22, 1978. p. 4B.
- ↑ "Last-second field goal saves BSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 29, 1978. p. 4B.
- ↑ Barrows, Bob (November 4, 1978). "Vandals hope emotion can buck Broncos". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 3B.
- ↑ Barrows, Bob (November 5, 1978). "A punter's nightmare". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
- ↑ "NAU tops Boise for title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 12, 1978. p. 3B.
- ↑ "Record book (football)" (PDF). Boise State University Athletics. 2016. p. 71.
External links
- College Football Data Warehouse – Boise State (1975–79)