Boise State – Idaho rivalry
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Boise State–Idaho rivalry
Governor's Trophy

Teams Boise State Broncos
Boise State Broncos football
This page discusses the Boise State football program. For more Boise State athletics, see Boise State Broncos.The Boise State Broncos football program represents Boise State University in college football and compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I as a member of the Mountain West...


Idaho Vandals
Idaho Vandals football
The Idaho Vandals are a college football team that represents the University of Idaho. The Vandals currently compete in the Western Athletic Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I...

First Game 1971
1971 college football season
The 1971 college football season saw Coach Bob Devaney's Nebraska Cornhuskers repeat as national champions. After being ranked 2nd in the preseason poll, Nebraska captured first place the following week and remained there for the rest of 1971 and won the Orange Bowl 38–6 in a #1 vs...

 
Games Played 40
Overall Series BSU leads 22–17–1
Trophy Series BSU leads 10–0
Largest Margins 58 - BSU 65–7 - (2004)
46 - UI 62–16 - (1992)
Most Points 105 - BSU 70–35 - (2005)
Longest Streaks 12 - UI - 1982–1993
12 - BSU - 1999–2010
current
Most Recent Game BSU 52–14 - (2010
2010 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2010 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos were led by fifth-year head coach Chris Petersen and played their home games at Bronco Stadium. They entered the 2010 season with winning streaks of 14 games...

)


The Boise State–Idaho rivalry is a college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 game between the Boise State University
Boise State University
Boise State University is a public university located in Boise, Idaho. Originally founded in 1932 as a junior college by the Episcopal Church, the university became an independent institution in 1934, and has been awarding baccalaureate and master degrees since 1965...

 Broncos
Boise State Broncos football
This page discusses the Boise State football program. For more Boise State athletics, see Boise State Broncos.The Boise State Broncos football program represents Boise State University in college football and compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I as a member of the Mountain West...

 and the University of Idaho
University of Idaho
The University of Idaho is the State of Idaho's flagship and oldest public university, located in the rural city of Moscow in Latah County in the northern portion of the state...

 Vandals
Idaho Vandals football
The Idaho Vandals are a college football team that represents the University of Idaho. The Vandals currently compete in the Western Athletic Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I...

, the only two Division I FBS programs in the state of Idaho
Idaho
Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....

. The game had been played annually from 1971–2010, and with the exception of the 2001–04 games, the rivalry has been a conference game (Big Sky
Big Sky Conference
The Big Sky Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I, with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. The BSC was founded in 1963. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the states of Arizona,...

 1971–95, Big West
Big West Conference
The Big West Conference is an NCAA-affiliated Division I mid-major college athletic conference. When the conference began in 1969, its name was the Pacific Coast Athletic Association . After nineteen years, in 1988, its name was changed to the Big West Conference. The conference stopped...

 1996–2000, and WAC
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...

 2005–10). Boise State moved from the WAC to the Mountain West Conference
Mountain West Conference
The Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999...

 in 2011, putting the rivalry on hiatus with no future games currently scheduled.

The teams have played for the Governor's Trophy since 2001, won by BSU every year. In 2009, the game was televised nationally for the first time on ESPNU
ESPNU
ESPNU is a television channel that specializes in college sports, and is produced by, affiliated with and owned by parent network ESPN. ESPNU originates out of ESPN Regional Television's ESPNU (often referred to as The U) is a television channel that specializes in college sports, and is produced...

 from Bronco Stadium
Bronco Stadium
Bronco Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Boise, Idaho, the home field of the Boise State Broncos of the Mountain West Conference. Since 1997, it has hosted the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Bronco Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Boise, Idaho, the home field of the Boise State Broncos...

 in Boise
Boise, Idaho
Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, it anchors the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and is the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon.As of the 2010 Census Bureau,...

. The 40th game in the rivalry was televised live in prime time on ESPN2
ESPN2
ESPN2 is an American sports cable television network owned by ESPN. The channel debuted on October 1, 1993.Originally nicknamed "the deuce," ESPN2 was initially branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross,...

 on Friday, November 12, 2010, from the Kibbie Dome
Kibbie Dome
The William H. Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center is a multi-purpose indoor athletic stadium in Moscow, Idaho, on the campus of the University of Idaho...

 in Moscow
Moscow, Idaho
Moscow is a city in northern Idaho, situated along the Washington/Idaho border. It is the most populous city and county seat of Latah County and the home of the University of Idaho, the land grant institution and primary research university for the state...

.

First games

The first meeting was in 1971, a season-opening night game at the year-old Bronco Stadium
Bronco Stadium
Bronco Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Boise, Idaho, the home field of the Boise State Broncos of the Mountain West Conference. Since 1997, it has hosted the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Bronco Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Boise, Idaho, the home field of the Boise State Broncos...

 in Boise
Boise, Idaho
Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, it anchors the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and is the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon.As of the 2010 Census Bureau,...

 on September 11. The game was originally scheduled to be played in Moscow
Moscow, Idaho
Moscow is a city in northern Idaho, situated along the Washington/Idaho border. It is the most populous city and county seat of Latah County and the home of the University of Idaho, the land grant institution and primary research university for the state...

, but due to inclement weather in the spring, the Vandals' new stadium
Kibbie Dome
The William H. Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center is a multi-purpose indoor athletic stadium in Moscow, Idaho, on the campus of the University of Idaho...

 was a month behind schedule. Idaho rented BSC's stadium and was the "home" team, but the "visiting" Broncos built a 28-7 lead at halftime and pulled off a convincing 42-14 upset before 16,123 for an instant rivalry. Tony Knap
Tony Knap
Anthony Joseph "Tony" Knap was a college football head coach and former player. He was the head coach at Utah State , Boise State , and UNLV , compiling a career college football record of 143–53–4.-Biography:The oldest son of Polish immigrants, Knap was raised in Milwaukee,...

's Broncos went 10-2 in 1971 and won the Camellia Bowl
Camellia Bowl
- 1948, Lafayette, Louisiana :The Camellia Bowl was a post-season major college football bowl game played at McNaspy Stadium in Lafayette, Louisiana, on December 30, 1948 between Hardin-Simmons University and the University of Wichita ....

, but their two losses were both in conference. Idaho went 8-3 for the best record to date in school history; Don Robbins' 1971 Vandals
1971 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1971 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1971 college football season. The Vandals, led by second-year head coach Don Robbins, were members of the Big Sky Conference and played three of their five home games at the new Idaho Stadium, an outdoor facility on...

 were Big Sky champions, won eight consecutive games, and had three players selected in the 1972 NFL Draft
1972 NFL Draft
The 1972 National Football League Draft was held on February 1–2, 1972.-Player selections:-Round one:-Round two:-Round three:-Round four:-Round five:-Round six:-Round seven:-Round eight:-Round nine:-Round ten:...

.

The second game was played at the end of the 1972 season, again in Boise before 14,516 on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The Vandals took a 7-0 halftime lead but Boise State responded in the third quarter with three touchdowns. Idaho returned an interception 75 yards for a touchdown and the Vandal freshman back-up quarterback ran for a touchdown with three minutes remaining to pull within a point; another run on the two-point conversion gave Idaho the win and evened the series at a game each. It was the first Big Sky home loss for the Broncos, who dropped to 7-4. Idaho finished 1972 at 4-7.

Streaks

The BSU–UI rivalry has been dominated by streaks. Upstart underdog Boise State College of Division II  easily won the initial game over Division I Idaho in the season opener in 1971. BSU became a university in 1974 and the Big Sky Conference moved to the new Division I-AA in 1978. BSU was 8–2–1 in the first 11 meetings, including five in a row from 1977–81
1981 Boise State Broncos football team
The 1981 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Broncos competed in the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at Bronco Stadium, an outdoor facility on campus in Boise, Idaho...

. Idaho immediately followed with 12 straight wins from 1982
1982 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1982 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals, led by first-year head coach Dennis Erickson, were members of the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in...

–93 and won 15 of 17 before Boise State began its current 12-game winning streak in 1999
1999 Boise State Broncos football team
The 1999 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1999 college football season. The Broncos competed in the Big West Conference and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The Broncos were led by second-year head coach Dirk Koetter.The Broncos...

, in which BSU has dominated the Vandals. The composite score for the most recent dozen games is 613–213, an average BSU victory margin of over 33 points per game, ranging from 14 to 58 points. Boise State has won 13 of 15 games over Idaho since both teams moved up to Division I-A (now FBS) in 1996
1996 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Florida Gators crowned National Champions, but not as unanimously as the Bowl Alliance would have hoped....

.

History of the Governor's Trophy

When the Big West
Big West Conference
The Big West Conference is an NCAA-affiliated Division I mid-major college athletic conference. When the conference began in 1969, its name was the Pacific Coast Athletic Association . After nineteen years, in 1988, its name was changed to the Big West Conference. The conference stopped...

 dropped football following the 2000
2000 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Oklahoma Sooners claiming their first national championship and their first conference championship since the departure of head coach Barry Switzer....

 season, Boise State and Idaho joined different conferences. The Broncos moved up to the WAC
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...

, while Idaho joined the distant Sun Belt
Sun Belt Conference
The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of Division I football competition . The Sun Belt has member institutions...

 as a "football only" member (and remained in the Big West for all other sports). In an effort to keep the intrastate rivalry strong, then Governor Dirk Kempthorne
Dirk Kempthorne
Dirk Arthur Kempthorne , was the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, who served under President George W. Bush from 2006 to 2009. A Republican, Kempthorne previously served as the 30th Governor and as a U.S. Senator from Idaho...

, a UI alumnus (1975), commissioned the Governor's Trophy, a traveling trophy awarded to the winning team. Since its inception in 2001
2001 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2001 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2001 college football season. The Broncos competed in the Western Athletic Conference and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The Broncos were led by first-year head coach Dan Hawkins.The...

 for the 31st game, the trophy has yet to travel, as Boise State has won all ten games. During the four seasons (2001–04) as a non-conference game, it was played early in the season. Idaho joined the WAC in 2005 to return the rivalry to a late-season conference game. Idaho has never won the trophy; BSU has handily won all ten games played for it.

Game results

Winning team
██ orange for Boise State
██ gold for Idaho.

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!style="background: #e3e3e3;"|Broncos
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| align=center|1 || align=center|1971 || align=center|Sep-11 ||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State||align=center| 42 ||align=center| 14 || align=center|Bronco Stadium
Bronco Stadium
Bronco Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Boise, Idaho, the home field of the Boise State Broncos of the Mountain West Conference. Since 1997, it has hosted the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Bronco Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Boise, Idaho, the home field of the Boise State Broncos...

, Boise
Boise, Idaho
Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, it anchors the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and is the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon.As of the 2010 Census Bureau,...

 ||align=center|16,123 || align=center|Big Sky
Big Sky Conference
The Big Sky Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I, with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. The BSC was founded in 1963. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the states of Arizona,...

 ||align=right|BSC 1–0–0
|-
| align=center|2 || align=center|1972 || align=center|Nov-25 ||bgcolor="#C5B358" align=center|Idaho ||align=center| 21 ||align=center| 22 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise ||align=center|14,516|| align=center|Big Sky ||align=right|even 1–1–0
|-
| align=center|3 || align=center|1973 || align=center|Sep-15 ||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State||align=center| 47 ||align=center| 24 || align=center|Idaho Stadium
Kibbie Dome
The William H. Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center is a multi-purpose indoor athletic stadium in Moscow, Idaho, on the campus of the University of Idaho...

, Moscow
Moscow, Idaho
Moscow is a city in northern Idaho, situated along the Washington/Idaho border. It is the most populous city and county seat of Latah County and the home of the University of Idaho, the land grant institution and primary research university for the state...

  ||align=center|17,104 || align=center|Big Sky ||align=right|BSC 2–1–0
|-
| align=center|4 || align=center|1974 || align=center|Nov-23 ||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State ||align=center| 53 ||align=center| 29 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise ||align=center|14,486|| align=center|Big Sky ||align=right|BSU 3–1–0
|-
| align=center|5 || align=center|1975 || align=center|Oct-11||bgcolor="#e3e3e3" align=center| - tie - ||align=center| 31 ||align=center| 31 || align=center|Kibbie Dome
Kibbie Dome
The William H. Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center is a multi-purpose indoor athletic stadium in Moscow, Idaho, on the campus of the University of Idaho...

, Moscow ||align=center|16,250|| align=center|Big Sky ||align=right|BSU 3–1–1
|-
| align=center|6 || align=center|1976 || align=center|Sep-11 ||bgcolor="#C5B358" align=center|Idaho ||align=center| 9 || align=center| 16 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise ||align=center|20,549|| align=center|Big Sky || align=right|BSU 3–2–1
|-
|align=center|7 || align=center|1977 || align=center|Nov-26||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State ||align=center| 44 ||align=center| 14 || align=center|Kibbie Dome, Moscow ||align=center|12,000 || align=center|Big Sky || align=right|BSU 4–2–1
|-
|colspan=3| || ||colspan=6 align=center| Both teams move to the new Division I-AA.
|-
|align=center|8 || align=center|1978
1978 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first season of Division I-A football; Division I-A was created in 1978 from the splitting of Division I for football only. The season came down to a rare #1 vs. #2 post-season meeting as #1 Penn State and #2 Alabama met in the New Year's Day Sugar...

  || align=center|Nov-04||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State ||align=center| 48 ||align=center| 10 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise ||align=center|20,235|| align=center|Big Sky || align=right|BSU 5–2–1
|-
|align=center|9 || align=center|1979 || align=center|Oct-13||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State ||align=center| 41 ||align=center| 17 || align=center|Kibbie Dome, Moscow ||align=center|15,500|| align=center|Big Sky ||align=right|BSU 6–2–1
|-
|align=center|10 || align=center|1980  || align=center|Oct-11||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State
1980 Boise State Broncos football team
The 1980 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1980 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 fifth-year head coach Jim Criner...

 ||align=center| 44 ||align=center| 21 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise || align=center|21,812 || align=center|Big Sky || align=right|BSU 7–2–1
|-
|align=center|11 || align=center|1981 || align=center|Nov-21 ||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center| Boise State
1981 Boise State Broncos football team
The 1981 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Broncos competed in the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at Bronco Stadium, an outdoor facility on campus in Boise, Idaho...

 ||align=center| 45 ||align=center| 43 || align=center|Kibbie Dome, Moscow ||align=center|14,000 || align=center|Big Sky ||align=right|BSU 8–2–1
|-
|align=center|12 || align=center|1982 || align=center|Oct-30||bgcolor="#C5B358" align=center|Idaho
1982 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1982 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals, led by first-year head coach Dennis Erickson, were members of the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in...

 ||align=center| 17 ||align=center|24 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise ||align=center|19,115 || align=center|Big Sky || align=right|BSU 8–3–1
|-
|align=center|13 || align=center|1983  || align=center|Nov-19||bgcolor="#C5B358" align=center|Idaho
1983 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1983 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals, led by second-year head coach Dennis Erickson, were members of the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in...

 ||align=center| 24 ||align=center| 45 || align=center|Kibbie Dome, Moscow ||align=center|15,400|| align=center|Big Sky ||align=right|BSU 8–4–1
|-
|align=center|14 || align=center|1984 || align=center|Nov-17||bgcolor="#C5B358" align=center|Idaho
1984 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1984 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals, led by third-year head coach Dennis Erickson, were members of the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in...

 ||align=center| 0 || align=center| 37 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise ||align=center|20,430 || align=center|Big Sky || align=right|BSU 8–5–1
|-
|align=center|15 || align=center|1985|| align=center|Nov-23||bgcolor="#C5B358" align=center|Idaho
1985 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1985 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals, led by fourth-year head coach Dennis Erickson, were members of the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in...

 ||align=center| 27 ||align=center| 44 || align=center|Kibbie Dome, Moscow ||align=center|15,800 || align=center|Big Sky ||align=right|BSU 8–6–1
|-
|align=center|16 || align=center|1986|| align=center|Nov-22||bgcolor="#C5B358" align=center|Idaho
1986 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1986 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals, led by first-year head coach Keith Gilbertson, were members of the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in...

 ||align=center| 14 ||align=center| 21 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise ||align=center|21,275|| align=center|Big Sky || align=right|BSU 8–7–1
|-
|align=center|17 || align=center|1987 || align=center|Nov-21||bgcolor="#C5B358" align=center|Idaho
1987 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1987 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals, led by second-year head coach Keith Gilbertson, were members of the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus...

 ||align=center| 34 ||align=center| 40 || align=center|Kibbie Dome, Moscow ||align=center|16,500 || align=center|Big Sky ||align=right|even 8–8–1
|-
|align=center|18 || align=center|1988 || align=center|Nov-19||bgcolor="#C5B358" align=center|Idaho
1988 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1988 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals, led by third-year head coach Keith Gilbertson, were members of the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in...

 ||align=center| 20 ||align=center| 26 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise ||align=center|23,687|| align=center|Big Sky || align=right|UI 9–8–1
|-
|align=center|19 || align=center|1989 || align=center|Nov-18||bgcolor="#C5B358" align=center|Idaho
1989 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1989 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Vandals, led by first-year head coach John L...

 ||align=center| 26 ||align=center| 31 || align=center|Kibbie Dome, Moscow||align=center|17,600 || align=center|Big Sky ||align=right|UI 10–8–1
|-
|align=center|20 || align=center|1990 || align=center|Nov-17||bgcolor="#C5B358" align=center|Idaho ||align=center| 14 ||align=center| 21 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise ||align=center|23,273|| align=center|Big Sky || align=right|UI 11–8–1
|-
|align=center|21 || align=center|1991 || align=center|Nov-23||bgcolor="#C5B358" align=center|Idaho ||align=center| 24 ||align=center| 28 || align=center|Kibbie Dome, Moscow ||align=center|15,000|| align=center|Big Sky ||align=right|UI 12–8–1
|-
|align=center|22 || align=center|1992 || align=center|Nov-21||bgcolor="#C5B358" align=center|Idaho ||align=center| 16 ||align=center| 62 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise ||align=center|22,472|| align=center|Big Sky || align=right|UI 13–8–1
|-
|align=center|23 || align=center|1993|| align=center|Nov-20 ||bgcolor="#C5B358" align=center|Idaho ||align=center| 16 ||align=center| 49 || align=center|Kibbie Dome, Moscow ||align=center|15,085|| align=center|Big Sky ||align=right|UI 14–8–1
|-
|align=center|24 || align=center|1994 || align=center|Nov-19||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State
1994 Boise State Broncos football team
The 1994 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1994 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 Pokey Allen.Boise...

 ||align=center| 27 ||align=center| 24 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise ||align=center|23,701|| align=center|Big Sky || align=right|UI 14–9–1
|-
|align=center|25 || align=center|1995 || align=center|Nov-18||bgcolor="#C5B358" align=center|Idaho ||align=center| 13 ||align=center| 33 || align=center|Kibbie Dome, Moscow ||align=center|16,295|| align=center|Big Sky ||align=right|UI 15–9–1
|-
|colspan=3| || ||colspan=6 align=center| Both teams move up to Division I-A.
|-
|align=center|26 || align=center| 1996
1996 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Florida Gators crowned National Champions, but not as unanimously as the Bowl Alliance would have hoped....

 || align=center|Nov-23||bgcolor="#C5B358" align=center|Idaho ||align=center| 19 ||align=center| 64 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise ||align=center|22,323|| align=center|Big West
Big West Conference
The Big West Conference is an NCAA-affiliated Division I mid-major college athletic conference. When the conference began in 1969, its name was the Pacific Coast Athletic Association . After nineteen years, in 1988, its name was changed to the Big West Conference. The conference stopped...

 || align=right|UI 16–9–1
|-
|align=center|27 || align=center| 1997
1997 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season, play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-A level, began in late summer 1997 and culminated with the major bowl games in early January 1998. The national championship was...

 || align=center|Nov-22||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State - (OT)||align=center| 30 ||align=center| 27 || align=center|Kibbie Dome, Moscow ||align=center|14,501|| align=center|Big West || align=right|UI 16–10–1
|-
|align=center|28 || align=center|1998
1998 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first of the Bowl Championship Series, which saw Tennessee win the national championship, one year after star quarterback Peyton Manning left for the NFL...

 || align=center|Nov-21||bgcolor="#C5B358" align=center|Idaho
1998 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1998 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1998 college football season. The Vandals, led by fourth-year head coach Chris Tormey, were members of the Big West Conference and played their home games at the Kibbie Dome, an indoor facility on campus in Moscow,...

 - (OT) ||align=center| 35 ||align=center| 36 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise ||align=center|30,208|| align=center|Big West || align=right|UI 17–10–1
|-
|align=center|29 || align=center| 1999
1999 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Florida State named national champions, defeating Virginia Tech in the BCS Sugar Bowl.Florida State became the first team in history to start out preseason #1 and remain there through the entire season. Their 12-0 season gave them 109 victories in the...

 || align=center|Nov-20||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State
1999 Boise State Broncos football team
The 1999 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1999 college football season. The Broncos competed in the Big West Conference and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The Broncos were led by second-year head coach Dirk Koetter.The Broncos...

 ||align=center| 45 ||align=center| 14 || align=center|Martin Stadium
Martin Stadium
Martin Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in Pullman, Washington, United States, on the campus of Washington State University. It is the home field of the Washington State Cougars of the Pacific-12 Conference, and is the smallest football stadium in the conference...

, Pullman
Pullman, Washington
Pullman is the largest city in Whitman County, Washington, United States. The population was 24,675 at the 2000 census and 29,799 according to the 2010 census...

, WA ||align=center|25,867|| align=center|Big West ||align=right|UI 17–11–1
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|align=center|30 || align=center| 2000
2000 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2000 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Oklahoma Sooners claiming their first national championship and their first conference championship since the departure of head coach Barry Switzer....

|| align=center|Nov-18||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State
2000 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2000 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2000 college football season. The Broncos competed in the Big West Conference and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho...

||align=center|66 ||align=center| 24 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise ||align=center|30,856|| align=center|Big West || align=right|UI 17–12–1
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|align=center|31 || align=center| 2001
2001 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the University of Miami winning the national title for the fifth time.The Hurricanes were led by Larry Coker, who was in his first year as head coach after five years as Miami's offensive coordinator under Butch Davis...

 || align=center|Sep-29||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State
2001 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2001 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2001 college football season. The Broncos competed in the Western Athletic Conference and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The Broncos were led by first-year head coach Dan Hawkins.The...

||align=center|45 ||align=center| 13 || align=center|Martin Stadium, Pullman, WA||align=center|20,359|| align=center|WAC
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...

 - Sun Belt
Sun Belt Conference
The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of Division I football competition . The Sun Belt has member institutions...

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|align=center|32 || align=center| 2002
2002 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season ended the season with what most consider an exciting double overtime national championship game. Ohio State and Miami both came into the Fiesta Bowl undefeated. The underdog Buckeyes defeated the Hurricanes 31–24, ending Miami's 34 game winning...

 || align=center|Aug-31||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State
2002 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2002 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2002 college football season. Boise State competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference , and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho...

||align=center| 38 ||align=center| 21 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise ||align=center|30,878|| align=center|WAC - Sun Belt|| align=right|UI 17–14–1
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|align=center|33 ||align=center|2003
2003 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with an abundance of controversy, resulting in a split national championship. This was the first split title since the inception of the BCS, something the BCS intended to eliminate....

|| align=center|Sep-13 ||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State
2003 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2003 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2003 college football season. Boise State competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference , and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho...

 ||align=center| 24 ||align=center| 10 || align=center|Kibbie Dome, Moscow ||align=center|14,320|| align=center|WAC - Sun Belt||align=right|UI 17–15–1
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|align=center|34 ||align=center|2004
2004 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with several undefeated teams vying for a spot in the national title game, triggering controversy. In the 2003 season, no team finished the regular season unbeaten, and five teams finished the season with one loss...

 || align=center|Sep-04||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State
2004 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2004 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2004 college football season. Boise State competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference , and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho...

 ||align=center| 65 || align=center|7 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise ||align=center|30,944|| align=center|WAC - Sun Belt|| align=right|UI 17–16–1
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|align=center|35 ||align=center|2005
2005 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the least amount of controversy surrounding the Bowl Championship Series title game in many years.To an extent it was a return to classic football...

 || align=center|Nov-19||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State
2005 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2005 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football during the 2005 season...

 ||align=center| 70 ||align=center| 35 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise||align=center|30,394|| align=center|WAC
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...

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|align=center|36 ||align=center| 2006 || align=center|Oct-21 ||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State
2006 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2006 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2006 college football season. The Broncos won the Western Athletic Conference championship with an undefeated 12–0 regular-season record , their second unbeaten regular season in the past three years...

 ||align=center| 42 ||align=center| 26 || align=center|Kibbie Dome, Moscow ||align=center|17,000|| align=center|WAC||align=right|BSU 18–17–1
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|align=center|37 ||align=center| 2007
2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on August 30, 2007, progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 7, 2008, where the top...

 || align=center|Nov-17 ||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State
2007 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2007 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2007 college football season. The Broncos, led by second year head coach Chris Petersen, play their home games at Bronco Stadium, most famous for its blue artificial turf surface, often referred to as the...

 ||align=center| 58 ||align=center| 14 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise||align=center|30,681|| align=center|WAC || align=right|BSU 19–17–1
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|align=center|38 ||align=center| 2008
2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on August 28, 2008, progressing through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Miami Gardens, Florida on January 8, 2009, where the #2...

|| align=center|Nov-15 ||bgcolor="#FF8C00" align=center|Boise State
2008 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2008 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2008 college football season. The Broncos played their home games at Bronco Stadium, most famous for its blue artificial turf surface, often referred to as the "smurf-turf". The blue turf was new for the 2008...

 ||align=center| 45 ||align=center| 10 || align=center|Kibbie Dome, Moscow||align=center|17,000|| align=center|WAC ||align=right|BSU 20–17–1
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|align=center|39 ||align=center|2009
2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on September 2, 2009, progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game in Pasadena, California on January 7, 2010, featuring the...

 || align=center|Nov-14 ||bgcolor="FF8C00" align=center|Boise State
2009 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2009 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2009 college football season. The Broncos played their home games at Bronco Stadium, most famous for its blue artificial turf surface, often referred to as the "smurf-turf"...

 ||align=center| 63 ||align=center| 25 || align=center|Bronco Stadium, Boise ||align=center|33,986|| align=center|WAC|| align=right|BSU 21–17–1
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|align=center|40 || align=center|2010
2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on Thursday, September 2, 2010. The season progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game on Monday, January 10, 2011.-Rule changes for...

 || align=center|Nov-12 ||bgcolor="FF8C00" align=center|Boise State
2010 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2010 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos were led by fifth-year head coach Chris Petersen and played their home games at Bronco Stadium. They entered the 2010 season with winning streaks of 14 games...

 ||align=center| 52 ||align=center| 14 || align=center|Kibbie Dome, Moscow ||align=center|16,453|| align=center|WAC|| align=right|BSU 22–17–1
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|colspan=3 align=center|2011–12 || align=center| ||colspan=6 align=center| No games scheduled

External links

  • Idaho Statesman.com - photo gallery of the 2010
    2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season
    The 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season, or the college football season, began on Thursday, September 2, 2010. The season progressed through the regular season and bowl season, and concluded with the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game on Monday, January 10, 2011.-Rule changes for...

     football game in Moscow
    Kibbie Dome
    The William H. Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center is a multi-purpose indoor athletic stadium in Moscow, Idaho, on the campus of the University of Idaho...

  • Idaho Statesman.com - photo gallery - Boise State vs. Idaho - 1971-2009
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