1995 Boise State Broncos football team

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]

1995 Boise State Broncos football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 21
1995 record7–4 (4–3 Big Sky)
Head coachPokey Allen (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorTom Mason (3rd season)
Home stadiumBronco Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
1995 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Montana $^ 6 –1 –0  13 –2 –0
No. 7 Idaho ^ 4 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
No. 21 Boise State 4 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
No. 22 Northern Arizona 4 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
Weber State 4 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Idaho State 3 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Montana State 2 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Eastern Washington 1 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

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 (Div. I-A)*No. 5
W 38–1420,909
September 16Sam Houston State*No. 3
W 38–1423,377
September 231:05 pmat No. 6 MontanaNo. 3
L 28–5418,504
September 30Northwestern State (LA)*No. 11
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID [25]
L 17–2222,364
October 7No. 18 Northern ArizonaNo. 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 pmEastern WashingtonNo. 24
W 63–4418,051
November 11Montana StateNo. 23
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID [31]
W 35–723,327
November 184:05 pmat No. 25 IdahoNo. 16
L 13–3316,295

Source:[32][33]

gollark: Actually, solar, I now mention the vitality.
gollark: It's the principle of the thing.
gollark: I even moved it a bit so you had more room for the house.
gollark: Stretching my boundaries by placing a billboard or was it some other thing?
gollark: My messages might arrive out of order; bad connection.

References
  1. "Sports Network Div. I-AA Poll". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 21, 1995. p. 5B.
  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.
  3. "Preseason Div. I-AA poll". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. August 19, 1995. p. 2B.
  4. "Boise State humbles Aggies 38-14". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. September 10, 1995. p. 4B.
  5. "Sports Network Div. I-AA Poll". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. September 12, 1995. p. 2B.
  6. "Sports Network Div. I-AA Poll". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 10, 1995. p. 2B.
  7. "UM's Dickenson honored by BSC". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). September 25, 1995. p. 1C.
  8. "Lumberjacks thumb BSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 8, 1995. p. 4B.
  9. "Sports Network Div. I-AA Poll". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 14, 1995. p. 2B.
  10. Sahlberg, Bert (November 20, 1994). "End of the line". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  11. Sahlberg, Bert (November 18, 1995). "Playing for pride and..." Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
  12. Sullivan, Tim (November 18, 1995). "UI, BSU on recovery road". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington.
  13. Sahlberg, Bert (November 19, 1995). "Emphatic enough?". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1C.
  14. "Hisaw guides Idaho to win over Broncos". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. November 19, 1995. p. C1.
  15. Sullivan, Tim (November 20, 1995). "Vandals bury Boise State". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1C.
  16. Sahlberg, Bert (November 20, 1995). "UI gets invite to I-AA party". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  17. Sullivan, Tim (November 20, 1995). "Vandals to meet playoff nemesis". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington. p. 1C.
  18. Meehan, Jim (November 20, 1995). "Vandals get shot at No. 1". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
  19. Sahlberg, Bert (November 26, 1995). "Run out of town". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1C.
  20. Sahlberg, Bert (November 27, 1995). "Vandals were bait for those Bayou gators". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1B.
  21. Sullivan, Tim (November 20, 1995). "MSU ropes Vandals – again". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington. p. 1C.
  22. "BSU's Allen has cancer". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Idaho-Washington. Associated Press. December 21, 1994. p. 1B.
  23. "Allen has tumor". Youngstown Vindicator. Ohio. December 21, 1994. p. C1.
  24. "Allen in serious condition". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. July 5, 1995. p. D5.
  25. "Northwestern State 22, BSU 17". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 1, 1995. p. 4B.
  26. "Boise St. 40, Weber St. 14". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 15, 1995. p. 4B.
  27. "Broncos stop ISU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 22, 1995. p. 4B.
  28. "Boise St. 49, Portland St. 14". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 29, 1995. p. 5B.
  29. Sando, Mike (November 4, 1993). "Hold on just a minute, EWU". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C3.
  30. "Boise St. 63, E. Washington 44". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 5, 1995. p. 4B.
  31. "Boise St. 35, Montana St. 7". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 12, 1995. p. 4B.
  32. "1995 Boise State Broncos Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  33. "Football media guide". Boise State University Athletics. 2015. p. 159.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.