2001 Boise State Broncos football team

2001 Boise State Broncos football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record8–4 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorChris Petersen (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBob Gregory (1st season)
Home stadiumBronco Stadium
(Capacity: 30,000)
Seasons
← 2000
2002 →
2001 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Louisiana Tech $   7 – 1     7 – 5  
Fresno State   6 – 2     11 – 3  
Boise State   6 – 2     8 – 4  
Hawaii   5 – 3     9 – 3  
Rice   5 – 3     8 – 4  
SMU   4 – 4     4 – 7  
Nevada   3 – 5     3 – 8  
San Jose State   3 – 5     3 – 9  
UTEP   1 – 7     2 – 9  
Tulsa   0 – 8     1 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion

The 2001 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Broncos competed in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The Broncos were led by first-year head coach Dan Hawkins.

The Broncos went 8–4 overall and 6–2 in WAC play, in a tie for second place. This was their first year in the WAC after leaving the Big West Conference, which dropped football. Despite finishing bowl eligible, Boise State was not invited to a bowl game.

The loss to Washington State of the Pac-10 on September 8 was BSU's last regular season loss at Bronco Stadium for over a decade. Two weeks later, they began a 65-game regular season home winning streak that continued through October 2011 (BSU lost a bowl game at Bronco Stadium in 2005).

This was the first season that BSU and rival Idaho were not in the same conference since 1969, when the Broncos were an NAIA independent. This prompted the introduction of the Governor's Trophy by UI alumnus Dirk Kempthorne to continue the series. The first game for the trophy was easily won by BSU and ironically played out of state, in Pullman, Washington. Idaho joined the WAC in 2005 and it returned to a conference game for six seasons. BSU joined the Mountain West Conference after the 2010 season; that was the most recent meeting and the Broncos hold a twelve-game winning streak over the Vandals, who last won in 1998.

Schedule

[edit]
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 15:00 pmat No. 21 South Carolina*
L 13–3283,019
September 86:00 pmWashington State*
L 20–4127,697
September 226:00 pmUTEP
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 42–1723,517
September 298:00 pmat Idaho*
W 45–1320,359
October 66:00 pmat Rice
L 14–4514,630
October 135:00 pmTulsadagger
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 41–1023,123
October 196:00 pmat No. 8 Fresno State
ESPNW 35–3042,881
October 276:00 pmNevada
W 49–724,298
November 311:00 amat Louisiana Tech
L 42–4816,621
November 109:00 pmat Hawaii
W 28–2145,012
November 171:00 pmSan Jose State
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 56–624,388
November 241:00 pmCentral Michigan*
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 26–1019,963[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Boise State roughs up Central Michigan". South Idaho Press. November 25, 2001. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2001_Boise_State_Broncos_football_team&oldid=1171358570"