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Conference | Big Sky Conference |
Record | 7–4 (3–3 Big Sky) |
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Offensive coordinator | Gene Dahlquist (2nd season) |
Base defense | 3–4 |
Home stadium | Bronco Stadium |
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No. 7 Northern Arizona $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. T–9 Montana State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boise State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weber State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 9 | Fullerton State * | W 42–12 | 19,032 | ||||
September 16 | Long Beach State * |
| W 19–13 | 19,435 | [8] | ||
September 23 | Northern Michigan * | No. 3 |
| W 31–21 | 20,555 | ||
September 30 | at No. 6 Montana State | No. 3 | L 29–31 | 12,850 | [9] | ||
October 7 | Montana | No. 8 |
| L 7–15 | 19,580 | ||
October 14 | San Jose State * |
| W 30–15 | 18,112 | [10] | ||
October 21 | Weber State |
| W 14–13 | 17,858 | [11] | ||
October 28 | at Idaho State | W 16–14 | 6,983 | [12] | |||
November 4 | 1:30 pm | Idaho |
| W 48–10 | 20,235 | [13] [14] | |
November 11 | at No. 7 Northern Arizona | No. 9 | L 30–31 | 14,783 | [15] | ||
November 18 | at No. 8 (D-II) Cal Poly * | L 3–7 | 7,430 | ||||
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Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
AP | 3 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — |
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Two Broncos were selected in the 1979 NFL Draft, which lasted twelve rounds (330 selections).
Player | Position | Round | Overall | Franchise |
Larry Polowski | Linebacker | 7th | 169 | Seattle Seahawks |
Willie Beamon | Linebacker | 8th | 205 | New York Jets |
Jim Criner is a former American football player and coach. He was the head coach at Boise State University from 1976 to 1982 and at Iowa State University from 1983 to 1986, compiling a career record of 76–46–3 (.620) as a college football head coach. Criner was also the head coach of the NFL Europe's Scottish Claymores from 1995 to 2000, and the short-lived XFL's Las Vegas Outlaws in 2001. Criner has also been head coach in the French league Ligue Élite de Football Américain.
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