Sunday, October 5, 2014

Bronco Football Team Gets 600th School Win

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that with Boise State's 400 wins as a four-year school, they were one win away from their 600th school win.  It took a week longer than we were all hoping, but they got it.

This is not the summary I promised that is forthcoming, but it rather shows the year-by-year Bronco record:

1933:  1-2-1  Coach Dusty Kline (1-2-1 career record)
1934:  4-3     Coach Max Eiden
1935:  4-4
1936:  3-4
1937:  0-6-1
1938:  2-4
1939:  4-2      Coach Max Eiden (17-23-1)
1940:  4-2      Coach Harry Jacoby
1941:  3-4
1942-45:  No games played = World War II
1946:  2-4-2   Coach Harry Jacoby (9-10-2)
1947:  9-0      Coach Lyle Smith
1948:  9-0
1949:  10-0
1950:  9-1      Little Rose Bowl, Coach Lyle Smith (3-0) and George Blankley (6-1)
1951:  10-0    Coach George Blankley (16-1)
1952:  8-1      Coach Lyle Smith
1953:  8-1
1954:  9-1    
1955:  7-2
1956:  8-0-1
1957:  9-1
1958:  10-0  NJCAA National Champions
1959:  7-2-1
1960:  8-2
1962:  9-1
1962:  5-2-1
1963:  5-3-1
1964:  8-2
1965:  9-2
1966:  9-1
1967:  6-4     Coach Lyle Smith(156-25-4)
      JUNIOR COLLEGE RECORD:  199-61-8  75.75%


1968:  8-2     Coach Tony Knap
1969:  9-1
1970:  8-3
1971:  10-2
1972:  7-4
1973:  10-3  Big Sky Conference Champions, Division II Semifinalist
1974:  10-2  Big Sky Conference Champions, Division II Quarterfinalist
1975:  9-2-1 Big Sky Conference Champions, Division II Quarterfinalist  Coach Tony Knap (71-19-1)
1976:  5-5-1  Coach Jim Criner
1977:  9-2    Big Sky Conference Champions

       DIVISION II RECORD:  85-26-2  76.11%



1978:  7-4
1979:  10-1
1980:  10-3  Big Sky Conference Champions, Division I-AA National Champions
1981:  10-3  Division I-AA Semifinalist
1982:  8-3     Coach Jim Criner (59-21-1)
1983:  6-5     Coach Lyle Setencich
1984:  6-5
1985:  7-4
1986:  5-6     Coach Lyle Setencich (24-20)
1987:  6-5     Coach Skip Hall
1988:  8-4
1989:  6-5
1990:  10-4  Division I-AA Semifinalist
1991:  7-4
1992:  5-6     Coach Skip Hall (42-28)
1993:  3-8     Coach Pokey Allen
1994:  13-2  Big Sky Conference Champions, Division I-AA National Runner-up
1995:  7-4

      DIVISION I-AA RECORD:  134-76  63.81%


1996:  2-10    Coach Tom Mason (1-9) and Pokey Allen (1-1, 24-15)
1997:  5-6      Coach Houston Nutt (5-6)
1998:  6-5      Coach Dirk Koetter
1999:  10-3  Big West Conference Champions, Humanitarian Bowl Champions
2000:  10-2  Big West Conference Champions, Humanitarian Bowl Champions  Coach Dirk Koetter (26-10)
2001:  8-4      Coach Dan Hawkins
2002:  12-1  Western Athletic Conference Champions, Humanitarian Bowl Champions, Final Rank:  #12 Coaches, #15 AP
2003:  13-1  Western Athletic Conference Champions, Fort Worth Bowl Champions, Final Rank:  #15 Coaches, #16 AP, #17 BCS
2004:  11-1  Western Athletic Conference Champions, Liberty Bowl, Final Rank:  #13 Coaches, #12 AP, #9 BCS
2005:  9-4    Western Athletic Conference Co-Champions, MPC Computers Bowl  Coach Dan Hawkins (53-11)
2006:  13-0  Coach Chris Petersen  Western Athletic Conference Champions, Fiesta Bowl Champions, Final Rank:  #6 Coaches, #5 AP (1 first-place vote, #9 Harris Poll, #8 BCS)
2007:  10-3  Hawai'i Bowl, #22 Harris Poll, #24 BCS
2008:  12-1  Western Athletic Conference Champions, Poinsettia Bowl, Final Rank:  #9 Coaches, #13 AP, #11 Harris, #9 BCS
2009:  14-0  Western Athletic Conference Champions, Fiesta Bowl Champions, Final Rank:  #4 Coaches, #4 AP, #6 Harris, #6 BCS
2010:  12-1  Western Athletic Conference Co-Champions, Maaco Bowl Champions, Final Rank:  #7 Coaches, #9 AP, #10 Harris, #10 BCS
2011:  12-1  Maaco Bowl Champions, Final Rank:  #6 Coaches, #8 AP, #6 Harris, #7 BCS
2012:  11-2  Las Vegas Bowl Champions, Final Rank:  #14 Coaches, #18 AP, #15 Harris, #19 BCS
2013:  8-5     Hawai'i Bowl,  Coach Chris Petersen (92-12)
2014:  4-2       Coach Bryan Harsin

      DIVISION I-A RECORD:  182-52  77.78%

      FOUR-YEAR RECORD:  401-154-2  72.17%

      ALL-TIME RECORD:  600-215-10  73.33%