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.

2020 Boise State Broncos football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionMountain Division
Head coachBryan Harsin (7th season)
Offensive coordinatorEric Kiesau (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorSpencer Danielson (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJeff Schmedding (2nd season)
Home stadiumAlbertsons Stadium
(Capacity: 36,387)
Uniform
2020 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
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
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Mountain West suspended the 2020 football season.
As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

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.

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 5 Georgia Southern* Canceled
September 12 at Air Force Canceled
September 19 Florida State*
  • Albertsons Stadium
  • Boise, ID
Canceled
September 25[lower-alpha 1] at Marshall* Canceled
October 3 San Jose State
  • Albertsons Stadium
  • Boise, ID
Canceled
October 17 Utah State
  • Albertsons Stadium
  • Boise, ID
Canceled
October 24 at Hawaii Canceled
October 31 UNLV
  • Albertsons Stadium
  • Boise, ID
Canceled
November 6 BYU*
  • Albertsons Stadium
  • Boise, ID
Canceled
November 14 at New Mexico Canceled
November 21 at Wyoming Canceled
November 28 Colorado State
  • Albertsons Stadium
  • Boise, ID
Canceled
  • *Non-conference game

Source[5]

  1. Originally scheduled for Saturday, September 26[4]

Personnel

Staff

Name Position Seasons at
Boise State
Alma Mater
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

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
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
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References

  1. "Boise State, local businesses will lose millions with cancellation of fall football". KTVB.com. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  2. "Broncos' 2020 Schedule Announced". Boise State University. February 27, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  3. "Mountain West postpones football, fall sports". ESPN.com. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  4. Kelley, Kevin (April 21, 2020). "2020 Boise State at Marshall football game moved to Friday night". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  5. "2020 Boise State Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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