1968 Boise State Broncos football team

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1968 Boise State Broncos football
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Record8–2
Head coach
Home stadium Bronco Stadium
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ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Doane  – 10 –0 –0
New Mexico Highlands  – 9 –0 –0
No. 15 Ferris State  – 7 –0 –1
No. 9 Cal Lutheran  – 9 –1 –0
No. 10 Emory and Henry  – 9 –1 –0
Indiana (PA)  – 9 –1 –0
No. 16 Austin  – 8 –1 –0
No. 11 Appalachian State  – 8 –2 –0
Boise State  – 8 –2 –0
No. 20 Carson–Newman  – 8 –2 –0
La Verne  – 7 –2 –0
Hillsdale  – 6 –3 –0
St. Mary of the Plains  – 6 –4 –0
Wheaton (IL)  – 5 –4 –0
Oklahoma Panhandle State  – 5 –5 –1
Eastern New Mexico  – 4 –5 –1
Simon Fraser  – 4 –5 –0
Southern Colorado State  – 4 –6 –0
Southwest State (MN)  – 3 –5 –0
Wofford  – 4 –7 –0
Georgetown (KY)  – 2 –6 –0
Azusa Pacific  – 2 –7 –0
Kentucky State  – 2 –7 –0
Missouri Southern  – 2 –8 –0
Iowa Wesleyan  – 1 –7 –1
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1968 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State College during the 1968 NAIA football season, the first season of Bronco football at the four-year level. It was the first of two seasons Boise played as an NAIA independent after departing the NJCAA and the Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference. [1] [2] It was also the first season under the school's new name, after being known as Boise College since 1965.

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The Broncos played their home games on campus at the original Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. Led by first-year head coach Tony Knap, who succeeded legendary Bronco head coach Lyle Smith, the Broncos finished with an 8–2 record. [3] After starting the season 1–2, the Broncos finished strong with seven straight victories, including wins over Evergreen Conference champions Central Washington and in-state rivals Idaho State and the College of Idaho. BSC was listed among the top thirty small college teams at the end of the season. [4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 218:00 pm Linfield
L 7–176,300 [5] [6]
September 288:00 pm Westminster (UT)
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 50–2 [7] [8]
October 58:00 pmat Weber State
L 3–44 [9]
October 128:00 pm Eastern Washington
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 20–04,300 [10]
October 192:30 pmat Whitworth
W 49–02,000 [11]
October 262:30 pmat Eastern Oregon
W 50–27
November 21:30 pm Idaho State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 27–207,500 [12]
November 91:30 pm Western State (CO)
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 41–03,500 [13]
November 162:30 pmat Central Washington
W 61–7 [14] [15]
November 232:00 pmat College of Idaho
W 16–7

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References

  1. ↑ "Boise State joins NCAA". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. October 15, 1969. p. 44.
  2. ↑ "Boise State, Northern Arizona admitted to Big Sky". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 26, 1969. p. 13.
  3. ↑ "Boise State Broncos – College Football (NCAA)". college-football-results.com. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  4. ↑ Les Bois Yearbook. Vol. 34. Boise State University. 1969. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Linfield tops Boise College". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 22, 1968. p. 10.
  6. ↑ "Northwest roundup". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 22, 1968. p. 2B.
  7. ↑ "Westminster to Boise". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). September 27, 1968. p. C1.
  8. ↑ Yengich, Nick (September 30, 1968). "'New' Weber to face Boise". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. C1.
  9. ↑ Yengich, Nick (October 7, 1968). "Weber Waltz to PSC". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. C2.
  10. ↑ "Pirates delighted; Savages in gloom". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. October 14, 1968. p. 15.
  11. ↑ Stewart, Chuck (October 21, 1968). "Savages, Whits defeated". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 14.
  12. ↑ "Boise tops ISU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 3, 1968. p. 15.
  13. ↑ "Boise State scores fifth straight win". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 10, 1968. p. 12.
  14. ↑ "Wildcats lose last game". Ellensburg Daily Record. (Washington). November 18, 1968. p. 5.
  15. ↑ "Boise State Wins 61–7". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 17, 1968. p. 10.
  16. ↑ "Record book (football)" (PDF). Boise State University Athletics. 2019. p. 70.


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