1990 Boise State Broncos football team

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. The Broncos were led by fourth-year head coach Skip Hall, Boise State finished the season 10–4 overall and 6–2 in conference.

1990 Boise State Broncos football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
1990 record10–4 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home stadiumBronco Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
1990 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Montana State 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Northern Arizona 2 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Weber State 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Eastern Washington 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –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 Broncos returned to the Division I-AA playoffs and advanced to the semifinals, but fell to conference rival Nevada in triple overtime.[1] 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
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 1Stephen F. Austin*No. 12
W 14–1019,312
September 8Weber StateNo. 12
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID[2]
W 24–1419,521
September 152:00 p.m.at Eastern WashingtonNo. 12
L 10–164,200
September 22Boston University*No. 17
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID[6]
W 34–2119,875
September 29at Long Beach State (Div. I-A)*No. 14
L 20–214,106
October 6No. 8 MontanaNo. 19
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 41–322,149
October 13at Northern ArizonaNo. 10
W 28–208,614
October 27at Idaho StateNo. 9
W 44–168,166
November 3at Montana StateNo. 8
W 31–277,477
November 10No. 2 NevadaNo. 6
W 30–1422,611
November 171:00 p.m.No. 14 IdahoNo. 5
L 14–2123,273
November 2412:30 p.m.No. 11 Northern Iowa*No. 10
W 20–311,691
December 1No. 1 Middle Tennessee*No. 10
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID[16] (Div. I-AA quarterfinals)
W 20–1315,849
December 8at No. 4 Nevada*No. 10
L 52–59 3OT19,776

Source:[17][18][19]

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