1995 Boise State Broncos football team

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1995 Boise State Broncos football
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Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 21
Record7–4 (4–3 Big Sky)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Tom Mason (3rd season)
Home stadium Bronco Stadium
(capacity: 20,000)
Seasons
←  1994
1996  →
1995 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Montana $^ 6 –1 –013 –2 –0
No. 17 Idaho ^ 4 –3 –06 –5 –0
No. 21 Boise State 4 –3 –07 –4 –0
No. 22 Northern Arizona 4 –3 –07 –4 –0
Weber State 4 –3 –06 –5 –0
Idaho State 3 –4 –06 –5 –0
Montana State 2 –5 –05 –6 –0
Eastern Washington 1 –6 –03 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1995 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season, their last season in Division I-AA. 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 Pokey Allen, Boise State finished the season 7–4 overall and 4–3 in conference, ranked 21st in the final regular season poll. [1]

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This was Boise State's final season as a member of the Big Sky and Division I-AA; they began play in Division I-A in the Big West Conference in 1996.

Season

Coming off a successful previous season of 13–2 and the runner-up in the national championship, [2] BSU was ranked eighth in the preseason I-AA poll, [3] and climbed to third after an opening victory at Division I-A Utah State. [4] [5] A three-game losing streak dropped them out of the poll by mid-season, [6] after wide-margin losses to Montana and Northern Arizona. [7] [8]

After five consecutive wins, the Broncos climbed back to #16 prior to the regular season finale at rival Idaho, [9] whom they defeated the previous year in Boise to break a twelve-game losing streak in the series. [10] With a likely playoff berth on the line; [11] [12] BSU lost by twenty in the Kibbie Dome to end their season in a four-way tied for second place. [13] [14] [15] Surging Idaho (6–4) was selected for the final at-large berth for the postseason, [16] [17] [18] but was matched against top-ranked McNeese State in southwest Louisiana and made a quick exit. [19] [20] [21]

Allen's cancer

Allen had been diagnosed in December 1994 with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of muscle cancer. [22] [23] The tumor in his upper right arm was removed in March and he underwent extensive chemotherapy and a stem-cell transplant in July at the Fred Hutchinson Center in Seattle. [24] He returned to coach the Broncos while going through treatment, and the cancer was declared in remission in December 1995, but the doctors warned of likely recurrence.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 9at Utah State *No. 5
W 38–1420,909
September 16 Sam Houston State *No. 3
W 38–1423,377
September 231:05 pmat No. 6 Montana No. 3
L 28–5418,504
September 30 Northwestern State (LA) *No. 11
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID [25]
L 17–2222,364
October 7No. 18 Northern Arizona No. 19
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID [8]
L 13–3221,683
October 14at Weber State
W 40–1411,428
October 21No. 22 Idaho State
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID [27]
W 27–1723,621
October 28No. 6 Portland State (Div. II)*No. 25
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID [28]
W 49–1418,128
November 41:05 pm Eastern Washington No. 24
W 63–4418,051
November 11 Montana State No. 23
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID [31]
W 35–723,327
November 184:05 pmat No. 25 Idaho No. 16
L 13–3316,295

[32] [33]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Youngstown St. powers past Boise St. in I-AA title game". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington. Associated Press. December 19, 1994. p. 4C.
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