1990 Boise State Broncos football team

American college football season

1990 Boise State Broncos football

NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal, L 52–59 at Nevada
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	10–4 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Skip Hall (4th season)
Home stadium	Bronco Stadium
Seasons← 1989 1991 →

1990 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Nevada $^	7	–	1	–	0	13	–	2	–	0
No. 13 Idaho ^	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
No. 10 Boise State ^	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	4	–	0
Montana	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Northern Arizona	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Weber State	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Eastern Washington	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Montana State	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Idaho State	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Poll

The 1990 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1990 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 fourth-year head coach Skip Hall, they finished the regular season at 8–3 (6–2 in Big Sky, second).

The Broncos returned to the Division I-AA playoffs and advanced to the semifinals, but fell to conference rival Nevada in triple overtime to finish at 10–4. Three Big Sky teams were selected for the 16-team postseason and all won their openers: Idaho fell in the quarters, BSU in the semis and Nevada in the final.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 1		Stephen F. Austin*	No. 12	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 14–10	19,312
September 8		Weber State	No. 12	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 24–14	19,521
September 15	2:00 p.m.	at Eastern Washington	No. 12	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	L 10–16	4,200
September 22		Boston University*	No. 17	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 34–21	19,875
September 29		at Long Beach State*	No. 14	Veterans Memorial Stadium Long Beach, CA	L 20–21	4,106
October 6		No. 8 Montana	No. 19	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 41–3	22,149
October 13		at Northern Arizona	No. 10	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 28–20	8,614
October 27		at Idaho State	No. 9	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	W 44–16	8,166
November 3		at Montana State	No. 8	Reno H. Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 31–27	7,477
November 10		No. 2 Nevada	No. 6	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (rivalry)	W 30–14	22,611
November 17	1:00 p.m.	No. 14 Idaho	No. 5	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (rivalry)	L 14–21	23,273
November 24	12:30 p.m.	No. 11 Northern Iowa*	No. 10	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	W 20–3	11,691
December 1		No. 1 Middle Tennessee*	No. 10	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	W 20–13	15,849
December 8		at No. 4 Nevada	No. 10	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal)	L 52–59	19,776
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

References

^ "Scorecard: Football NCAA I-AA". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. December 9, 1990. p. C8.
"Boise St. 24, Weber St. 14". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. staff and wire reports. September 9, 1990. p. C4.
Boling, Dave (September 15, 1990). "BSU taking care of ball, foes". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. B3.
"Eastern shuts down Boise State, gives Zornes mark". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. September 16, 1990. p. C6.
"Eastern Washington tops BSU 16-10". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. September 16, 1990. p. 4C.
"Boise St. 34, Boston U. 21". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. September 23, 1990. p. 4C.
"L. Beach St. 21, Boise St. 20". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. September 30, 1990. p. 5C.
"Boise St. 44, Idaho St. 16". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 28, 1990. p. 5B.
Stalwick, Howie (November 17, 1990). "Idaho, Boise State go for state's gold". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. B1.
Sahlberg, Bert (November 17, 1990). "Idaho goes for nine in a row against Broncos". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1D.
Lewis, Michael C. (November 17, 1990). "UI goes for No. 9; WSU repeat of '82". Idahonian. Moscow. p. 1E.
Stalwick, Howie (November 18, 1990). "Pearce divine in Vandals' win". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. C1.
Sahlberg, Bert (November 18, 1990). "Nine in a row for Idaho". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1B.
Lewis, Michael C. (November 19, 1990). "Big catch helps UI get it 'Dunn' at BSU". Idahonian. Moscow. p. 1B.
"Boise State, Nevada easily win playoff openers". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 25, 1990. p. 5B.
"Boise, Reno to meet in semis". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. December 2, 1990. p. C7.
"Football media guide". Boise State University Athletics. 2015. p. 158.
"Division I-AA Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved November 3, 2016.

External links

BSU University News – student newspaper – 1990 editions

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