1971 Boise State Broncos football team

1971 Boise State Broncos football
Camellia Bowl, W 32–28 vs. Chico State
Conference Big Sky Conference
1971 record 10–2 (4–2 Big Sky)
Head coach Tony Knap (4th year)
Home stadium Bronco Stadium
1971 Big Sky football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Idaho $ 4 – 1 – 0     8 – 3 – 0
Boise State ^ 4 – 2 – 0     10 – 2 – 0
Montana 3 – 2 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Weber State 3 – 2 – 1     7 – 2 – 1
Idaho State 2 – 3 – 0     6 – 4 – 0
Northern Arizona 1 – 2 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Montana State 0 – 5 – 1     2 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division II playoff participant
  • Idaho was in University Division and ineligible for College Division postseason

The 1971 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State College during the 1971 college football season, the fourth season of Bronco football (at the four-year level) and the second as members of the Big Sky Conference and NCAA. In the College Division, they played their home games on campus at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho.

Led by fourth-year head coach Tony Knap, the Broncos were 9–2 in the regular season and 4–2 in conference.[1]

Boise State opened the season with a stunning 42–14 upset of Idaho in the first meeting between the two teams,[2] creating an instant rivalry game.[3] This was actually an Idaho "home game" moved to Boise, because their new stadium in Moscow was not completed.[4] A member of the University Division, Idaho had frequently played one home game per season in Boise in the old wooden Bronco Stadium through 1968; this ended when Boise State joined the Big Sky. Despite the opening loss, Idaho won the conference title in 1971.

Invited to the eight-team postseason in the College Division,[5] BSC defeated Chico State 32–28 in the Camellia Bowl in Sacramento, California.[6][7][8][9] This was the extent of the postseason in the College Division; after the four regional bowls (quarterfinals), a final poll was conducted. A full tournament was initiated in 1973 with the introduction of Division II.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 11 8:00 pm at Idaho - (Univ. Div.) Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID [2][3][4] (rivalry) W 42–14   16,123
September 18 Cal Poly-SLO* Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID [10] W 18–14   12,357
September 25 at Nevada-Reno* Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV [11] (rivalry) W 17–10   5,800
October 2 at Weber State Wildcat Stadium • Ogden, UT L   7–20   11,458
October 9 Montana Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID [12] W 47–24   14,315
October 16 2:30 pm at Eastern Washington* Woodward Field • Cheney, WA [13][14] W 34–28   3,400
October 23 Central Washington* Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID [15] W 35–26   7,211
October 30 Montana State Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID W 52–24   11,217
November 6 Northern Arizona Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID W 22–17   7,982
November 13 at Idaho State ASISU Minidome • Pocatello, ID L 17–21   13,000
November 20 College of Idaho Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID [16] W 28–21   4,278
December 11 vs. Chico State Hughes Stadium • Sacramento, CA [7][8] (Camellia Bowl) W 32–28   16,313
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. All times are in Mountain Time.

Source:[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Boise State Broncos -- College Football (NCAA)". college-football-results.com. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Bacharach, Sam A. (September 12, 1971). "Broncos kick Vandals". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 15.
  3. 1 2 Payne, Bob (September 12, 1971). "Boise stuns Idaho". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 1, sports.
  4. 1 2 "Vandals switch home to Boise for opening game against Broncos tonight". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). September 11, 1971. p. 15.
  5. ↑ "Boise State favored to down Chico State in Camellia Bowl". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). December 11, 1971. p. 13.
  6. ↑ "Boise State uses fourth quarter rally to take Camellia Bowl win". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 12, 1971. p. 15.
  7. 1 2 "Eric Guthrie rallies Boise". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. December 12, 1971. p. 9, sports.
  8. 1 2 "Football scores: Colleges". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). December 13, 1971. p. 19.
  9. ↑ "Bucs 'hurt' Boise State bowl cause". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. November 17, 1972. p. 12.
  10. ↑ "BSU stops". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 19, 1971. p. 16.
  11. ↑ "BSU trims". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 26, 1971. p. 18.
  12. ↑ "Boise State stops Montana". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 10, 1971. p. 2, sports.
  13. ↑ Leeson, Fred (October 16, 1971). "Broncos at Eastern". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 12.
  14. ↑ Leeson, Fred (October 17, 1971). "Late lightning TD drive catches Savages 34-28". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
  15. ↑ Fielder, Dave (October 25, 1971). "Early TDs sink 'Cats". Ellensburg Daily Record. (Washington). p. 6.
  16. ↑ "Records fall as Broncos defeat College of Idaho". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 21, 1971. p. 10, sports.
  17. ↑ "Record book (football)" (PDF). Boise State University Athletics. 2016. p. 70.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/2/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.