1981 Boise State Broncos football team

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1981 Boise State Broncos football
Old Boise State Script logo.png
Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
APNo. 5
Record10–3 (6–1 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Gene Dahlquist (5th season)
Defensive coordinator Lyle Setencich (2nd season)
Base defense 3–4
Home stadium Bronco Stadium
Seasons
←  1980
1982  →
1981 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Idaho State $^ 6 –1 –012 –1 –0
No. 5 Boise State ^ 6 –1 –010 –3 –0
Montana 5 –2 –07 –3 –0
Nevada 4 –3 –07 –4 –0
Weber State 4 –3 –07 –4 –0
Northern Arizona 2 –5 –04 –7 –0
Montana State 1 –6 –03 –7 –0
Idaho 0 –7 –03 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Committee poll

The 1981 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Broncos competed in the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at Bronco Stadium, an outdoor facility on campus in Boise, Idaho. The Broncos were led by sixth-year head coach Jim Criner and were the defending champions of Division I-AA.

Contents

Regular season

The Broncos finished the regular season at 9–2 and 6–1 in conference to tie for first in the Big Sky, but lost the tiebreaker due to the head-to-head loss to champion Idaho State in the conference opener. [1] The Broncos avenged their 1980 loss Cal Poly-SLO, beating the 1980 Division II national champions 17–6 in Boise, [2] but lost at Cal State Fullerton, whom they defeated in Boise in the previous season. [3] The Broncos narrowly defeated rival Idaho for the fifth consecutive year, in the regular season finale in Moscow. [4] The Vandals were winless in the Big Sky in 1981, which caused a change in head coaches. (BSU did not defeat the Vandals again until 1994, losing twelve straight).

Division I-AA playoffs

The Broncos were again invited to the Division I-AA playoffs, expanded to eight teams for 1981. As Big Sky runner-up, BSU played on the road in the quarterfinals at Jackson State, and won 19–7. [5] The semifinal game was played at home against top-ranked Eastern Kentucky, whom the Broncos had narrowly defeated in the title game the year before. This time the Colonels prevailed 23–17, [6] but lost the title game to Idaho State the following week in Texas. [7]

The Broncos returned to the I-AA playoffs in 1988, the semifinals in 1990, and the title game in 1994, then moved up to Division I-A in 1996.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 57:00 pm Northwestern State *
W 32–2019,347 [8]
September 127:00 pm Rhode Island *
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 33–819,437 [9]
September 197:00 pm Idaho State
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
L 10–2120,486 [10]
September 267:00 pm Northern Arizona No. 10
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 34–2017,622 [11]
October 3at Montana No. 9
W 27–138,732 [12]
October 107:00 pm Montana State Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 7
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 20–1018,842 [13]
October 241:30 pmat Weber State No. 6
W 33–1912,306 [14]
October 311:00 pmat Nevada No. 4
W 13–314,325 [15]
November 71:30 pmat Cal State Fullerton *No. 3
L 17–20  2,100 [16]
November 141:30 pm Cal Poly *No. 6
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 17–617,260 [17]
November 218:30 pmat Idaho No. 4
W 45–4314,000 [18]
December 512:30 pmat No. 4 Jackson State *No. 5
W 17–611,500 [19]
December 1211:30 amNo. 1 Eastern Kentucky *No. 5
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID (Div. I-AA Semifinal)
L 17–2320,176 [20]

Personnel

Coaches

Head coach Jim Criner stayed seven seasons at Boise State before departing for Iowa State following the 1982 season. Defensive coordinator Lyle Setencich was promoted to head coach and led Boise State for four seasons, from 1983 to 1986. The defensive secondary coach in 1981 was future National Football League (NFL) head coach John Fox. [21]

Notable players

Future NFL players included linebacker John Rade and safety Rick Woods. Defensive lineman Randy Trautman played four seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.

Roster

1981 Boise State Broncos football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FL 1Ron HarveyJr
QB 13Gerald DesPresFr
QB 18Tim KlenaSo
TB 34Rodney WebsterSo
FB 36Robert FarmerJr
C 53Scott BakerSo
LT 60Dennis BradySr
RT 67Bill MadingerSr
LG 68Greg SuttonSo
RG 71 Jon Zogg Jr
SE 80Kipp BedardSr
TE 90Duane DlouhySr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
FS 26David BlackburnJr
CB 28Chris BellSr
SS 29 Rick Woods Sr
LOLB 32Dan LeBeauSr
CB 37Bobby FryerJr
FS 42Larry AlderJr
NG 43Bob SkinnerJr
RILB 44Curt HeckerJr
ROLB 58 John Rade Jr
LILB 61Ray SantucciSr
LDT 70 Randy Trautman Sr
RDT 75Eric McCreeJr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
KR 5John BroadousJr
K 10Kenrick CamerudJr
PR 29 Rick Woods Sr
P 33Eric BrownFr
LS 66Jeff CavesSo
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

[21] [22]

NFL draft

Two Bronco seniors were selected in the 1982 NFL draft, which lasted twelve rounds (334 selections).

PlayerPositionRoundOverallFranchise
Rick Woods DB 4th 97 Pittsburgh Steelers
Randy Trautman DT 9th 238 Washington Redskins

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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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References

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  2. ↑ "Boise State romps". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 15, 1981. p. 6C.
  3. ↑ "Fullerton 20, Boise St. 17". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 8, 1981. p. 6C.
  4. ↑ Emerson, Paul (November 22, 1981). "Idaho bids goodbye to Davitch with loss". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 2D.
  5. ↑ "Boise State had upper hand". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. December 6, 1981. p. 13C.
  6. ↑ "No.1 E. Kentucky tips Boise St., 23-17". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. December 13, 1981. p. 12E.
  7. ↑ "Bengals ride like the wind". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. December 20, 1981. p. 2D.
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  20. ↑ "Broncos' last-ditch attempt falls short". The Idaho Statesman. December 13, 1981. Retrieved March 23, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  21. 1 2 Game Day program – EKU vs BSU – December 12, 1981, p. 6
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