1973 Boise State Broncos football team

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1973 Boise State Broncos football
Big Sky champion
Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8 (small college)
APNo. 5 (small college)
Record10–3 (6–0 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home stadium Bronco Stadium
Seasons
←  1972
1974  →
1973 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Boise State $^ 6 –0 –010 –3 –0
Montana State 5 –1 –07 –4 –0
Idaho 3 –2 –04 –7 –0
Northern Arizona 2 –3 –04 –6 –0
Montana 2 –4 –04 –6 –0
Weber State 2 –4 –03 –8 –0
Idaho State 0 –6 –02 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • Idaho was classified as Division I. [1] All the other teams were classified as Division II.
Rankings from AP small college poll

The 1973 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State College during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season, the sixth season of Bronco football (at the four-year level) and the first in the newly reorganized Division II. The Broncos were in their fourth year as members of the Big Sky Conference (and NCAA) and played their home games on campus at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho.

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Led by sixth-year head coach Tony Knap, the Broncos were 9–2 in the regular season and undefeated in conference (6–0) to win their first Big Sky title. [2] Invited to the inaugural eight-team Division II playoffs, BSC hosted a 53–10 quarterfinal win over South Dakota. [3] In the semifinals, the Broncos lost 38–34 to Louisiana Tech in the Pioneer Bowl in Texas, [4] giving up a touchdown in the final seconds and finished at 10–3. [5] [6]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 152:30 pmat Idaho
W 47–2417,104 [7] [8]
September 227:30 pm Montana State No. 10
W 27–1714,521 [9]
September 297:30 pm Portland State *No. 10
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 64–712,408 [10]
October 67:30 pmat Weber State No. 8
W 34–711,586 [11] [12] [13]
October 139:15 pmat UNLV *No. 5
L 19–2412,458 [14] [15]
October 201:00 pm Northern Arizona Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 11
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 21–610,112 [16]
October 277:30 pm Montana No. 11
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 55–712,852 [17]
November 31:00 pmat Nevada *No. 9
L 21–23  3,111 [18]
November 108:00 pmat Idaho State No. 11
W 21–1712,000 [19]
November 171:30 pmNo. 4 Cal Poly *No. 10
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 42–1013,885 [20]
November 247:30 pmat UC Davis *No. 8
W 32–31  4,300 [21] [22] [23]
December 112:30 pmNo. 10 South Dakota *No. 7
W 53–1014,358 [3]
December 811:30 amvs. No. 3 Louisiana Tech *No. 7
L 34–3813,000 [4] [5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

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Roster

1973 Boise State Broncos football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 12 Jim McMillan Jr
QB 15Ron AuteleSr
RB 21Harry RienerSr
RB 22Chester GreyJr
RB 40John SmithSo
RB 42Ron EmrySo
C 54John KlotzSr
RT 60Charlie RussellSr
LG 61Glenn SparksSo
RG 63Dan DixonSr
LT 76Al DavisSr
WR 81Don Hutt (C)Jr
WR 89Dick DonohueSr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 14Greg Frederick (C)So
FS 25Pat KingSr
CB 29Rolly WoolseyJr
SS 43Jim MeeksJr
RLB 45Loren SchmidtJr
MLB 51Ron DavisJr
LLB 82Claude TomasiniJr
RDT 71Vaa AfoaJr
LDT 73Blessing BirdSr
DL 78Ron FranklinJr
LDE 83Mark GoodmanSr
RDE 87Ken MillsJr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 29Rolly WoolseyJr
P 39Gary GorrellSo
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Steve Buratto (DB, OLB)
  • Charlie Dine (DL, MLB)
  • Dave Nickel (OL)
  • Adam Rita (WR)
  • Doug Woolsey (OB)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt
Source: [7] [14]

NFL draft

Three Broncos were selected in the 1974 NFL draft, which lasted 17 rounds (442 selections).

PlayerPositionRoundOverallFranchise
Don Hutt Wide receiver 9th 213 Los Angeles Rams
Dan Dixon Guard 13th 313 Houston Oilers
Al DavisGuard 17th 433 Atlanta Falcons

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References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Statistics" . Retrieved January 12, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Boise State Broncos -- College Football (NCAA)". college-football-results.com. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Boise St. smears South Dakota". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. December 2, 1973. p. 19.
  4. 1 2 "Boise in semis". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. December 8, 1973. p. 17.
  5. 1 2 "Late TD tops Boise". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. December 9, 1973. p. 19.
  6. ↑ DeLassus, David (2016). "Boise State Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  7. 1 2 Payne, Bob (September 15, 1973). "Idaho, Boise resume war". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 14.
  8. ↑ "Happiness is Boise State". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. September 17, 1973. p. 15.
  9. ↑ "Autele leads Boise victory". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. September 23, 1973. p. 2, sports.
  10. ↑ "Boise State, 64-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 30, 1973. p. 6C.
  11. ↑ Blodgett, Gary R. (October 6, 1973). "WSC gridders set for tough Boise". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D3.
  12. ↑ "Boise State whips Weber". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 7, 1973. p. 21.
  13. ↑ Blodgett, Gary R. (October 8, 1973). "Awesome Broncos swamp Weber". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D2.
  14. 1 2 "Game program: UNLV Rebels vs. Boise State Broncos". University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. October 13, 1973. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Las Vegas upsets Boise 24-19". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 14, 1973. p. 16.
  16. ↑ "Mustangs struggle". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 21, 1973. p. 21.
  17. ↑ Shelledy, Jay (October 28, 1973). "Boise St. runs over Grizzlies". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 20.
  18. ↑ "'Cats romp but UN nips Boise". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 4, 1973. p. 13.
  19. ↑ "Boise nabs title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 11, 1973. p. 14.
  20. ↑ "Boise riddles Cal Poly, 42-10". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 18, 1973. p. 20.
  21. ↑ "Boise earns NCAA berth by edging Davis 32-31". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 25, 1973. p. 19.
  22. ↑ "Boise awaits bowl tilt". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 26, 1973. p. 18.
  23. ↑ "How they fared". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 26, 1973. p. 18.
  24. ↑ "Record book (football)" (PDF). Boise State University Athletics. 2016. p. 70. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  25. ↑ "Odom goes in 5th round". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. January 30, 1974. p. D1.
  26. ↑ "Several area stars taken in grid draft". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. January 31, 1974. p. 2D.
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