American college football season
1978 Boise State Broncos football |
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Conference | Big Sky Conference |
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Record | 7–4 (3–3 Big Sky) |
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Head coach | |
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Offensive coordinator | Gene Dahlquist (2nd season) |
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Base defense | 3–4 |
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Home stadium | Bronco Stadium |
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The 1978 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. 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 Jim Criner, the Broncos were 7–4 overall and 3–3 in conference.
This was the first season for the newly created Division I-AA,[1] which the Big Sky joined. It was previously a Division II conference for football, except for Division I member Idaho, which moved down to I-AA this season.
Following this season, Boise State was put on probation for a scouting violation in November prior to the NAU game;[2][3][4] the Broncos were ineligible for the league title or the I-AA playoffs in 1979.[5][6][7]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 9 | 7:30 pm | Fullerton State* | | | | W 42–12 | 19,032 | |
September 16 | 7:30 pm | Long Beach State* | | | | W 19–13 | 19,435 | [8] |
September 23 | 7:30 pm | Northern Michigan* | No. 3 | | | W 31–21 | 20,555 | |
September 30 | 1:30 pm | at No. 6 Montana State | No. 3 | | ABC | L 29–31 | 12,850 | [9] |
October 7 | 7:30 pm | Montana | No. 8 | | | L 7–15 | 19,580 | |
October 14 | 7:30 pm | San Jose State* | | | | W 30–15 | 18,112 | [10] |
October 21 | 7:30 pm | Weber State | | | | W 14–13 | 17,858 | [11] |
October 28 | 8:00 pm | at Idaho State | | | | W 16–14 | 6,983 | [12] |
November 4 | 1:30 pm | Idaho | | | | W 48–10 | 20,235 | [13][14] |
November 11 | 7:00 pm | at No. 7 Northern Arizona | No. 9 | | | L 30–31 | 14,783 | [15] |
November 18 | | at No. 8 (D-II) Cal Poly* | | | | L 3–7 | 7,430 | |
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Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked | Week |
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Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
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AP | 3 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — |
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Roster
1978 Boise State Broncos football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | QB | 7 | Kevin McDonald | So | FL | 9 | Mike Grant | Fr | QB | 16 | Hoskin Hogan | Jr | TB | 20 | Cedric Minter | So | TB | 27 | Terry Zahner | So | FB | 33 | David Hughes | So | TB | 40 | Fred Goode | Sr | C | 56 | Mark Villano | Sr | LG | 64 | Martin Bernardy | So | RG | 68 | Bill Roberds | Jr | RT | 74 | Jack White | Jr | LT | 77 | Doug MacLeod | Sr | TE | 84 | Webb Spahr | Jr | FL | 89 | Lonnie Hughes | Sr | SE | 90 | Duane Dlouhy | Fr | OT | 73 | Kevin Streett | Fr | | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | LCB | 10 | Larry Morritt | Sr | SS | 25 | Sam Miller | Sr | RCB | 30 | Layne Osborne | Sr | FS | 49 | Nash Balinton | Sr | OLB | 43 | Larry Lewis | So | ILB | 44 | Bob Macauley | Sr | OLB | 47 | Larry Polowski | Sr | ILB | 55 | Willie Beamon | Sr | NG | 71 | Bob Cabrera | Jr | RDT | 75 | Doug Scott | Jr | LDT | 81 | Jeff Taylor | Jr | | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | K | 18 | Tom Sarette | Sr | P | 19 | Ed Thomas | Sr | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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- Source:[13][14]
NFL Draft
Two Broncos were selected in the 1979 NFL draft, which lasted twelve rounds (330 selections).
References
- ^ "Big schools win battle". St. Petersburg Independent. (Florida). Associated Press. January 13, 1978. p. 5C.
- ^ "Criner admits he hired football spy". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 16, 1978. p. 1C.
- ^ "Boise St. coach admits to scouting violation". Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. Associated Press. November 16, 1978. p. 4-B.
- ^ "Presidents will discuss spying by Boise's Criner". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 17, 1978. p. 5B.
- ^ "Big Sky's down hard on Boise". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. December 17, 1978. p. B1.
- ^ "Probation slapped on Boise State football". Ellensburg Daily Record. Washington. UPI. December 18, 1978. p. 7.
- ^ Killen, John (October 13, 1979). "Idaho: possibility looms for a winning season". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1C.
- ^ "Long Beach Fumbles Game, 19-13". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 17, 1978. p. III-18. Retrieved March 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Montana State shocks Boise". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 1, 1978. p. 3B.
- ^ "Boise State runs past San Jose State". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 15, 1978. p. 4B.
- ^ "Broncos escape Weber's clutches". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 22, 1978. p. 4B.
- ^ "Last-second field goal saves BSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 29, 1978. p. 4B.
- ^ a b Barrows, Bob (November 4, 1978). "Vandals hope emotion can buck Broncos". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 3B.
- ^ a b Barrows, Bob (November 5, 1978). "A punter's nightmare". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
- ^ "NAU tops Boise for title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 12, 1978. p. 3B.
- ^ "Record book (football)" (PDF). Boise State University Athletics. 2016. p. 71. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2017. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
External links
- Bronco Football Stats – 1978
- BSU Arbiter – student newspaper – 1978 editions
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