2020 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2020 Boise State Broncos football team was to represent Boise State University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season until the cancellation of the 2020 season on August 10, 2020.[1] The Broncos were to play their home games at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho as members of the Mountain West Conference in the Mountain Division. They were to be led by seventh-year head coach Bryan Harsin.
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Conference | Mountain West Conference |
Mountain Division | |
Head coach | Bryan Harsin (7th season) |
Offensive coordinator | Eric Kiesau (2nd season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Spencer Danielson (2nd season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Jeff Schmedding (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Albertsons Stadium (Capacity: 36,387) |
Uniform | |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mountain Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boise State | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaii | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: TBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous season
The Broncos finished the 2019 season 12–2, 8–0 in Mountain West play to be champions of the Mountain Division. They represented the Mountain Division in the Mountain West Championship Game where they defeated Hawaii. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl where they lost to Washington.
Schedule
Boise State announced its 2020 football schedule on February 27, 2020.[2] The 2020 schedule consisted of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference announced the cancellation of the football season due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.[1][3] The following schedule below was the set schedule for the 2020 season.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||
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September 5 | Georgia Southern* | Canceled | |||
September 12 | at Air Force | Canceled | |||
September 19 | Florida State* |
| Canceled | ||
September 25[lower-alpha 1] | at Marshall* | Canceled | |||
October 3 | San Jose State |
| Canceled | ||
October 17 | Utah State |
| Canceled | ||
October 24 | at Hawaii | Canceled | |||
October 31 | UNLV |
| Canceled | ||
November 6 | BYU* |
| Canceled | ||
November 14 | at New Mexico | Canceled | |||
November 21 | at Wyoming | Canceled | |||
November 28 | Colorado State |
| Canceled | ||
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Source[5]
- Originally scheduled for Saturday, September 26[4]
Personnel
Staff
Name | Position | Seasons at Boise State |
Alma Mater |
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Bryan Harsin | Head Coach | 7 | Boise State (1999) |
Kent Riddle | Associate Head Coach / Tight Ends | 7 | Oregon State (1992) |
Eric Kiesau | Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks | 4 | Portland State (1995) |
Jeff Schmedding | Defensive Coordinator/ Inside Linebackers | 2 | Eastern Washington (2002) |
Spencer Danielson | Co-Defensive Coordinator/ Defensive Line | 4 | Azusa Pacific (2012) |
Zac Alley | Co-Special Teams Coordinator / Outside Linebackers | 2 | Clemson (2014) |
Winston Venable | Co-Special Teams Coordinator / Running Backs | 3 | Boise State (2010) |
Brad Bedell | Run Game Coordinator / Offensive Line | 4 | Colorado (1999) |
Matt Miller | Pass Game Coordinator / Wide Receivers | 1 | Boise State (2014) |
Jalil Brown | Cornerbacks | 2 | Colorado (2010) |
Gabe Franklin | Safeties / Nickels | 4 | Boise State (2004) |
Brandon Crosby | Offensive Assistant | 1 | Vanguard (2011) |
Danny McDonald | Defensive Assistant | 1 | Washington State (2012) |
Tanner Tallan | Special Teams Assistant | 3 | Boise State (2017) |
Jeff Pittman | Director of Football performance | 7 | Boise State (1993) |
Jake Casteel | Defensive Graduate Assistant | 1 | Northern Arizona (2018) |
Jared Pulu | Defensive Graduate Assistant | 1 | Washington (2018) |
Tre Parmalee | Offensive Graduate Assistant | 2 | Kansas (2015) |
Anthony Lazard | Assistant Director of Sports Performance | 1 | Iowa State (2016) |
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
AP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaches | RV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CFP | Not released | Not released |
References
- "Boise State, local businesses will lose millions with cancellation of fall football". KTVB.com. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- "Broncos' 2020 Schedule Announced". Boise State University. February 27, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- "Mountain West postpones football, fall sports". ESPN.com. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- Kelley, Kevin (April 21, 2020). "2020 Boise State at Marshall football game moved to Friday night". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- "2020 Boise State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 1, 2020.