American college football season
The 1988 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season . The Broncos competed in the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho . The Broncos were led by second-year head coach Skip Hall , Boise State finished the season 8–4 overall and 5–3 in conference.
The Broncos made the Division I-AA playoffs ,[1] the first time since 1981 , but lost at home in the first round to Northwestern State .[2] The Big Sky Conference had three teams in the 16–team playoffs for the first time.[1]
In the rivalry game with second-ranked Idaho at Bronco Stadium on November 19,[3] a conference attendance record of 23,687 was set, but the Vandals won for the seventh consecutive year.[4] [5]
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 3 at Long Beach State * W 29–106,032 [6] September 10 Sam Houston State * W 14–1020,383 [7] September 17 at Northern Arizona W 24–2120,383 September 24 8:00 pm at Eastern Washington No. 11 L 28–344,513 [8] October 1 Weber State No. 19 W 31–2720,890 October 15 at Montana State No. 13 L October 22 No. 12 Montana W 31–2819,059 October 29 No. 17 Nevada W 40–2822,178 November 5 at Idaho State No. 17 W 31–107,125 [9] November 12 Eastern Illinois * No. 15 W 12–712,871 [10] November 19 2:30 pm No. 2 Idaho No. 13 L 20–2623,687 [3] [4] [5] November 26 No. 8 Northwestern State No. 12 L 13–2210,537 [2] [11]
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1988 Boise State Broncos football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Duane Halliday So RB Todd Kinzel So RB Chris Thomas Fr RB Robby Washington WR Winky White So WR Jon Youngblood WR Terry Heffner So OT David Koch Fr G Dave Giacomazzo So C Pat McDade Jr G 51 Eric Croll Sr OT Robert Miller So TE 93 Jeff Lindsley Sr
Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 47 Shawn Ellis Sr DT Shawn Anderson Fr NT Anthony Hernandez So DE Erik Helgeson So LB Tim O'Connor So LB Scott Russell So LB Tim Langhans So CB Keith Moroka So CB 17 Chris Truitt So FS Rod Johnson So SS Kenny Kuehl So
Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Mike Black Fr P 20 Tom Schimmer Sr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
Source: [15]
References [ edit ] ^ a b "Boise State begins playoffs as underdogs" . Idahonian . Moscow. Associated Press. November 26, 1988. p. 2D. ^ a b "Blocked punt helps Northwestern State beat BSU" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. Associated Press. November 27, 1988. p. 6B. ^ a b Tatko, Mike (November 20, 1988). "Vandals, BSU play for Big Sky title" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). p. 1B. ^ a b Tatko, Mike (November 20, 1988). "Idaho victory twice as nice" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). p. 1B. ^ a b Meehan, Jim (November 21, 1988). "No. 1-ranked Vandals Sky-high" . Idahonian . (Moscow). p. 1B. ^ Dick Wagner (September 4, 1988). "Boise St. Has Night at Beach" . The Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California. p. III-9. Retrieved February 10, 2017 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Last second touchdown lifts BSU over SMS" . South Idaho Press . September 11, 1988. Retrieved December 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com . ^ Gerheim, Earl (September 24, 1988). "Young Boise has edge over young EWU" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. p. B1. ^ "Boise St. 31, Idaho St. 10" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. November 6, 1988. p. 5D. ^ "Boise St. 12, E. Illinois 7" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. November 13, 1988. p. 5B. ^ "BSU runs out of miracles" . The Idaho Statesman . November 27, 1987. Retrieved February 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "1988 Boise State Broncos Schedule" . CFBDataWarehouse.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016 . ^ "Football media guide" . Boise State University Athletics. 2015. p. 158. ^ "Division I-AA Championship Results" (PDF) . NCAA.org. Retrieved November 7, 2016 . ^ "Idaho at Boise State: probable starting lineups" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). November 19, 1988. p. 4B. External links [ edit ]
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