1997 Boise State Broncos football team
| 1997 Boise State Broncos football | |
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| Conference | Big West Conference |
| 1997 record | 4–7 (3–2 Big West) |
| Head coach | Houston Nutt (1st year) |
| Home stadium | Bronco Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State + | 4 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada + | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 3 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 2 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 2 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 0 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Broncos competed in the Big West Conference and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. Led by Houston Nutt, in his only year as head coach, the Broncos were 4–7 overall and 3–2 in conference play. Cal State Northridge later forfeited the opener, played before a record crowd of 26,824 at Bronco Stadium,[1] which improved BSU's record to 5–6.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| August 30 | Cal State Northridge* | Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID [1] | L 23–63 | 26,824 | |||||
| September 6 | 1:00 PM | at Wisconsin* | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | L 24–28 | 73,209 | ||||
| September 13 | at Central Michigan* | Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI | L 26–44 | 19,003 | |||||
| September 20 | Weber State* | Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID | W 24–7 | 25,677 | |||||
| September 27 | 3:00 PM | at No. 15 Washington State* | Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA | L 0–58 | 34,131 | ||||
| October 11 | New Mexico State | Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID | W 52–10 | 22,814 | |||||
| October 18 | at North Texas | Fouts Field • Denton, TX [2] | W 17–14 | 15,047 | |||||
| October 25 | Louisiana Tech* | Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID [3] | L 27–31 | 20,016 | |||||
| November 1 | at Utah State | Romney Stadium • Logan, UT | L 20–24 | 18,205 | |||||
| November 8 | Nevada | Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID (rivalry) | L 42–56 | 22,382 | |||||
| November 22 | at Idaho | Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID (rivalry) | W 30–23 OT | 14,501 | |||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time. | |||||||||
Source:[4]
- Opener was later forfeited by Cal State Northridge
References
- 1 2 "Big West & Pac-10". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. August 31, 1997. p. 6B.
- ↑ "BSU capitalizes on miscues in 17-14 win". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). wire services. October 19, 1997. p. 5B.
- ↑ "Big West football". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 26, 1997. p. 4B.
- ↑ "1997 Boise State Broncos Schedule". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
External links
- College Football Data Warehouse – Boise State Broncos (1995–99)
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