1987 Boise State Broncos football team

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1987 Boise State Broncos football
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Conference Big Sky Conference
Record6–5 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home stadium Bronco Stadium
Seasons
  1986
1988  
1987 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Idaho $^ 7 1 09 3 0
No. 10 Weber State ^ 7 1 010 3 0
Montana 5 3 06 5 0
Boise State 4 4 06 5 0
Nevada 4 4 05 6 0
Northern Arizona 4 4 07 4 0
Idaho State 3 5 03 7 1
Eastern Washington 2 6 04 7 0
Montana State 0 8 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Poll

The 1987 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1987 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. The Broncos were led by first-year head coach Skip Hall, Boise State finished the season 6–5 overall and 4–4 in conference.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 57:00 pm Delaware State *W 34–1318,101 [1]
September 127:00 pm Cal State Northridge *
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 30–018,534 [2]
September 267:00 pmat Weber State No. 9L 44–5510,647 [3]
October 37:00 pm Montana State
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 35–1319,638 [4]
October 107:00 pm Eastern Washington
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 38–1318,672 [5]
October 17at Montana No. 19L 3–1210,107 [6]
October 247:00 pm Idaho State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
L 32–3521,255 [7]
October 311:30 pm Utah *
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
L 27–3115,241 [8]
November 71:00 pmat Nevada W 36–3118,150 [9]
November 141:30 pmNo. 16 Northern Arizona
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 48–1815,286 [10]
November 215:30 pmat No. 5 Idaho L 20–2616,500 [11]

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