The Boise State Broncos football program represents Boise State University in college football and competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. As of the end of the 2019 season, the Broncos’ all-time winning percentage of. 731 is the highest in all of collegiate football. The Broncos play their home games on campus at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho, and their head coach is Bryan Harsin.
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The Boise State Broncos football program represents Boise State University in college football and competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. As of the end of the 2019 season, the Broncos’ all-time winning percentage of. 731 is the highest in all of collegiate football. The Broncos play their home games on campus at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho, and their head coach is Bryan Harsin. The program is 12–7 in bowl games since 1999, including a 3–0 record in the Fiesta Bowl. Originally a junior college, Boise State first fielded a football team in 1933 under head coach Dusty Kline. In 1950, the team moved into a new 10,000-seat stadium. Boise State’s football program moved up to four-year status in 1968 under new head coach Tony Knap and competed as an NAIA independent for two seasons. The Broncos were accepted into the NCAA in October 1969, and a month later into the Big Sky Conference, effective the following July. In 1980, BSU won its first national title, taking the I-AA national championship over defending champion Eastern Kentucky in Sacramento. A scouting violation late that season at NAU resulted in probation and compromised an excellent 10–1 season in 1979, undefeated in conference at 7–0. In 1988, Boise returned to the Division I playoffs, their first appearance since 1981. In 1990, Boise advanced to the national semifinals, falling to high scoring rival Nevada, falling in a high scoring game against high scoring Nevada. In 1991, Boise won the national championship against defending champion Idaho State.
In 1994, Boise defeated Idaho State in the Idaho State-Idaho State rivalry game. In 1996, Boise and Idaho State played for the Idaho Bowl, the first time Boise State had ever won a national championship. In 1998, Boise beat Idaho State to win the Idaho Valley Conference championship, the school’s first conference title in more than 50 years. In 2000, Boise became a member of the Mountain West Conference, a division of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) The Broncos have won 13 conference titles in football under coach Lyle Smith and the NJCAA National Football Championship in 1958. The team has never had a losing season as the head coach. In 2002, Boise posted a record of 24–20–1. In 2004, Boise finished second in the FCS to Idaho State, a season that saw the first losing campaign for the Broncos in four decades. In 2006, the program won the BigSky Conference title, its first in four seasons. In 2008, Boise was a runner-up in the Bigsky Conference championship game against Idaho State and won the conference title again the following season. In 2009, Boise reached the national semifinal, falling high scoring against Nevada, a game that Idaho State won in high scoring scoring. In 2010, Boise made its first playoff appearance since the 1990s, beating Nevada in the final game of the season. In 2011, Boise went to the NCAA playoffs for the first and only time since the 1980s. In 2012, the Bronco football program won its third Big Sky title.
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