1995 Boise State Broncos football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1995
| team = Boise State Broncos
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Sky Conference
| short_conf = Big Sky
| TSNRank = 21
| record = 7–4
| conf_record = 4–3
| head_coach = Pokey Allen
| hc_year = 3rd
| off_coach =
| oc_year =
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Tom Mason
| dc_year = 3rd
| def_scheme =
| captain =
| stadium = Bronco Stadium
}}
{{1995 Big Sky Conference football standings}}
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 {{nowrap|season poll.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3bReAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CzAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3792%2C1610226|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |agency=Associated Press |title=Sports Network Div. I-AA Poll |date=November 21, 1995 |page=5B}}}}
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.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1995
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = The Sports Network
| timezone = Mountain
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 9
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 5
| opponent = Utah State
| site_stadium = Romney Stadium
| site_cityst = Logan, UT
| score = 38–14
| attend = 20,909
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 16
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank = 3
| opponent = Sam Houston State
| site_stadium = Bronco Stadium
| site_cityst = Boise, ID
| score = 38–14
| attend = 23,377
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114809394/hilde-leads-boise-over-sam-houston/|work=Great Falls Tribune|title=Hilde leads Boise over Sam Houston|date=September 17, 1995|accessdate=February 7, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 23
| time = 1:05 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 3
| opponent = Montana
| opprank = 6
| site_stadium = Washington–Grizzly Stadium
| site_cityst = Missoula, MT
| score = 28–54
| attend = 18,504
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-billings-gazette-grizzlies-get-reven/164936766/|work=The Billings Gazette|title=Grizzlies get revenge|date=September 24, 1995|accessdate=February 7, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 30
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| rank = 11
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1995|team=Northwestern State Demons|title=Northwestern State}}
| site_stadium = Bronco Stadium
| site_cityst = Boise, ID
| score = 17–22
| attend = 22,364
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 7
| time =
| w/l = l
| rank = 19
| opponent = Northern Arizona
| opprank = 18
| site_stadium = Bronco Stadium
| site_cityst = Boise, ID
| score = 13–32
| attend = 21,683
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Weber State
| site_stadium = Wildcat Stadium
| site_cityst = Ogden, UT
| score = 40–14
| attend = 11,428
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 21
| time =
| homecoming = y
| w/l = w
| rank =
| opponent = Idaho State
| opprank = 22
| site_stadium = Bronco Stadium
| site_cityst = Boise, ID
| score = 27–17
| attend = 23,621
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank = 25
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1995|team=Portland State Vikings|title=Portland State}}
| opprank = 6
| site_stadium = Bronco Stadium
| site_cityst = Boise, ID
| score = 49–14
| attend = 18,128
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 4
| time = 1:05 pm
| w/l = w
| rank = 24
| opponent = Eastern Washington
| site_stadium = Bronco Stadium
| site_cityst = Boise, ID
| score = 63–44
| attend = 18,051
| source = {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t2NWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CfIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4340%2C2191148 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|title=Hold on just a minute, EWU|last=Sando |first=Mike |date=November 4, 1993 |page=C3}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iMBeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ajEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2717%2C1215050 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho)|agency=Associated Press |title=Boise St. 63, E. Washington 44 |date=November 5, 1995 |page=4B}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| time =
| w/l = w
| rank = 23
| opponent = Montana State
| site_stadium = Bronco Stadium
| site_cityst = Boise, ID
| score = 35–7
| attend = 23,327
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 18
| time = 4:05 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 16
| opponent = Idaho
| opprank = 25
| gamename = rivalry
| site_stadium = Kibbie Dome
| site_cityst = Moscow, ID
| score = 13–33
| attend = 16,295
}}
}}
{{cite web|title=1995 Boise State Broncos Schedule|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/b/boise_state/1995-1999_yearly_results.php|publisher=CFBDataWarehouse.com|access-date=October 26, 2016|archive-date=October 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023051535/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/b/boise_state/1995-1999_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/broncosports/docs/2015_media_guide/158 |publisher=Boise State University Athletics |title=Football media guide |date=2015 |page=159}}
Season
Coming off a successful previous season of 13–2 and the runner-up in the national championship,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IsUjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F9EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1371%2C2352943|newspaper=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=Idaho-Washington|agency=Associated Press |title=Youngstown St. powers past Boise St. in I-AA title game |date=December 19, 1994 |page=4C}} BSU was ranked eighth in the preseason I-AA poll,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QMleAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4430%2C1126095 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |agency=Associated Press |title=Preseason Div. I-AA poll |date=August 19, 1995 |page=2B}} and climbed to third after an opening victory at Division I-A Utah State.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Pn9fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HTAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3747%2C2547453 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |agency=Associated Press |title=Boise State humbles Aggies 38-14 |date=September 10, 1995 |page=4B}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QH9fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HTAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3013%2C3122875 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |agency=Associated Press |title=Sports Network Div. I-AA Poll |date=September 12, 1995 |page=2B}} A three-game losing streak dropped them out of the poll by mid-season,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f8deAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5418%2C2767691|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Sports Network Div. I-AA Poll |date=October 10, 1995 |page=2B}} after wide-margin losses to Montana and Northern Arizona.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-MAjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9dAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6204%2C3062001 |newspaper=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=(Idaho-Washington)|title=UM's Dickenson honored by BSC |date=September 25, 1995 |page=1C}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fcdeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MDIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2708%2C2103228 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |agency=Associated Press |title=Lumberjacks thumb BSU |date=October 8, 1995|page=4B}}
After five consecutive wins, the Broncos climbed back to #16 prior to the regular season finale at rival Idaho,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kcBeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ajEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4794%2C4113362 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Sports Network Div. I-AA Poll |date=November 14, 1995 |page=2B}} whom they defeated the previous year in Boise to break a twelve-game losing streak in the series.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Js9eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8TIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4933%2C1323683 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho)|last=Sahlberg |first=Bert|title=End of the line|date=November 20, 1994 |page=1B}} With a likely playoff berth on the line;{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2rReAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CzAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2287%2C758208 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho)|last=Sahlberg |first=Bert |title=Playing for pride and... |date=November 18, 1995 |page=1C }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VcEjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ANEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2679%2C1675461 |newspaper=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=Idaho-Washington |last=Sullivan |first=Tim |title=UI, BSU on recovery road |date=November 18, 1995 }} BSU lost by twenty in the Kibbie Dome to end their season in a four-way tied for second place.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=27ReAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CzAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3944%2C1039011 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho)|last=Sahlberg |first=Bert |title=Emphatic enough? |date=November 19, 1995 |page=1C }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IaspAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fvEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2051%2C7148726 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Hisaw guides Idaho to win over Broncos |date=November 19, 1995 |page=C1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VsEjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ANEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3069%2C1775652 |newspaper=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=(Idaho-Washington) |last=Sullivan |first=Tim|title=Vandals bury Boise State |date=November 20, 1995 |page=1C }} Surging Idaho (6–4) was selected for the final at-large berth for the postseason,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3LReAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CzAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4656%2C1405295|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho)|last=Sahlberg |first=Bert |title=UI gets invite to I-AA party |date=November 20, 1995 |page=1B}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VsEjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ANEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2265%2C1775947|newspaper=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=Idaho-Washington |last=Sullivan |first=Tim|title=Vandals to meet playoff nemesis |date=November 20, 1995 |page=1C }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IqspAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fvEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5961%2C8919783 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|last=Meehan |first=Jim |title=Vandals get shot at No. 1 |date=November 20, 1995 |page=D1}} but was matched against top-ranked McNeese State in southwest Louisiana and made a quick exit.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4rReAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CzAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5345%2C3052732 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho|last=Sahlberg |first=Bert |title=Run out of town |date=November 26, 1995 |page=1C }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=47ReAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CzAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4072%2C3479136|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho|last=Sahlberg |first=Bert |title=Vandals were bait for those Bayou gators |date=November 27, 1995 |page=1B }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W8EjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ANEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6265%2C2551731|newspaper=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=Idaho-Washington |last=Sullivan |first=Tim|title=MSU ropes Vandals – again |date=November 20, 1995 |page=1C }}
Allen's cancer
Allen had been diagnosed in December 1994 with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of muscle cancer.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JMUjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F9EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4308%2C2559823 |newspaper=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=Idaho-Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=BSU's Allen has cancer |date=December 21, 1994 |page=1B }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JzFKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8IUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6371%2C3157982 |newspaper=Youngstown Vindicator |location=Ohio |title=Allen has tumor |date=December 21, 1994 |page=C1}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lacpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BuwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6522%2C3126755 |newspaper=Deseret News |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |title=Allen in serious condition |date=July 5, 1995 |page=D5}} 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.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/student_newspapers/index.2.html#year_1995 BSU Arbiter] – student newspaper – 1995 editions
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