1978 Boise State Broncos football team

1978 Boise State Broncos football
Conference Big Sky Conference
1978 record 7–4 (3–3 Big Sky)
Head coach Jim Criner (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Gene Dahlquist
(2nd season)
Base defense 3–4
Home stadium Bronco Stadium
1978 Big Sky football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#7 Northern Arizona $  6 –0     8 –2  
#7 Montana State  4 –2     8 –2  
Montana  4 –2     5 –6  
Boise State  3 –3     7 –4  
Weber State  2 –4     4 –7  
Idaho  2 –4     2 –9  
Idaho State  0 –6     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • No Big Sky teams were selected for I-AA playoffs.
Rankings from NCAA Poll

The 1978 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1978 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. Led by third-year head coach Jim Criner, the Broncos were 7–4 overall and 3–3 in conference.

This was the first season for the newly created Division I-AA,[1] which the Big Sky joined. It was previously a Division II conference for football, except for Division I member Idaho, which moved down to I-AA this season.

Following this season, Boise State was put on probation for a scouting violation in November prior to the NAU game;[2][3][4] the Broncos were ineligible for the league title or I-AA playoffs in 1979.[5][6][7]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
Sep 09 Fullerton State (Div. I-A)* Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID W 42–12   19,032
Sep 16 Long Beach State (Div. I-A)* Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID W 19–13   19,435
Sep 23 Northern Michigan (Div. II)* No. 3 Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID W 31–21   20,555
Sep 30 at No. 6 Montana State No. 3 Reno H. Sales Stadium • Bozeman, MT [8] L  29–31   12,850
Oct 07 Montana No. 8 Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID L    7–15   19,580
Oct 14 San Jose State (Div. I-A)* Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID [9] W 30–15   18,112
Oct 21 Weber State Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID [10] W 14–13   17,858
Oct 28 at Idaho State ISU Minidome • Pocatello, ID [11] W 16–14     6,983
Nov 04 1:30 pm Idaho Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID [12][13] (rivalry) W 48–10   20,235
Nov 11 at No. 7 Northern Arizona No. 9 NAU Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ [14] L  30–31   14,783
Nov 18 at No. 8 Cal Poly-SLO (Div. II)* Mustang Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA L    3–7     7,430
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll (Div. I-AA), top ten only. All times are in Mountain time.
Source:[15]

Roster

1978 Boise State Broncos football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 7 Kevin McDonald So
FL 9 Mike Grant Fr
QB 16 Hoskin Hogan Jr
TB 20 Cedric Minter So
TB 27 Terry Zahner So
FB 33 David Hughes So
TB 40 Fred Goode Sr
C 56 Mark Villano Sr
LG 64 Martin Bernardy So
RG 68 Bill Roberds Jr
RT 74 Jack White Jr
LT 77 Doug MacLeod Sr
TE 84 Webb Spahr Jr
FL 89 Lonnie Hughes Sr
SE 90 Duane Dlouhy Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LCB 10 Larry Morritt Sr
SS 25 Sam Miller Sr
RCB 30 Layne Osborne Sr
FS 49 Nash Balinton Sr
OLB 43 Larry Lewis So
ILB 44 Bob Macauley Sr
OLB 47 Larry Polowski Sr
ILB 55 Willie Beamon Sr
NG 71 Bob Cabrera Jr
RDT 75 Doug Scott Jr
LDT 81 Jeff Taylor Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 18 Tom Sarette Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt
Source:[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "Big schools win battle". St. Petersburg Independent. (Florida). Associated Press. January 13, 1978. p. 5C.
  2. ↑ "Criner admits he hired football spy". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 16, 1978. p. 1C.
  3. ↑ "Boise St. coach admits to scouting violation". Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. Associated Press. November 16, 1978. p. 4-B.
  4. ↑ "Presidents will discuss spying by Boise's Criner". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 17, 1978. p. 5B.
  5. ↑ "Big Sky's down hard on Boise". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. December 17, 1978. p. B1.
  6. ↑ "Probation slapped on Boise State football". Ellensburg Daily Record. Washington. UPI. December 18, 1978. p. 7.
  7. ↑ Killen, John (October 13, 1979). "Idaho: possibility looms for a winning season". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1C.
  8. ↑ "Montana State shocks Boise". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 1, 1978. p. 3B.
  9. ↑ "Boise State runs past San Jose State". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 15, 1978. p. 4B.
  10. ↑ "Broncos escape Weber's clutches". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 22, 1978. p. 4B.
  11. ↑ "Last-second field goal saves BSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 29, 1978. p. 4B.
  12. 1 2 Barrows, Bob (November 4, 1978). "Vandals hope emotion can buck Broncos". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 3B.
  13. 1 2 Barrows, Bob (November 5, 1978). "A punter's nightmare". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  14. ↑ "NAU tops Boise for title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 12, 1978. p. 3B.
  15. ↑ "Record book (football)" (PDF). Boise State University Athletics. 2016. p. 71.
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