1972 Boise State Broncos football team
American college football season
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The 1972 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State College during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season, the fifth season of Bronco football (at the four-year level) and the third as members of the Big Sky Conference and NCAA. In the College Division, they played their home games on campus at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho.
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record7–4 (3–3 Big Sky)
Headcoach
- Tony Knap (5th season)
HomestadiumBronco Stadium
| 1972 Boise State Broncos football | |
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| Conference | Big Sky Conference |
| Record | 7–4 (3–3 Big Sky) |
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| Home stadium | Bronco Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Arizona | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Led by fifth-year head coach Tony Knap, the Broncos were 7–4 in the regular season and 3–3 in conference. The conference losses were the last until 1976.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 16 | 7:30 pm | UNLV* | W 36–16 | 13,418 | [1] | ||
| September 23 | 2:30 pm | at Humboldt State* | No. 7 | W 21–15 | [2] | ||
| September 30 | 7:30 pm | Weber State | No. 5 |
| W 49–16 | 14,776 | [3] |
| October 7 | 7:30 pm | at Cal Poly* | No. 6 | L 21–26 | 7,200 | [4] | |
| October 14 | 7:30 pm | Nevada* | No. 8 |
| W 56–19 | 10,336 | [5] |
| October 21 | 2:00 pm | at Montana State | No. 7 | L 10–37 | 7,200 | [6] | |
| October 28 | 1:30 pm | at Montana | L 28–42 | 6,000 | [7] | ||
| November 4 | 2:30 pm | at Portland State* | W 33–7 | 1,769 | [8] | ||
| November 11 | 1:30 pm | No. 9 Idaho State |
| W 31–28 | 14,017 | [9] | |
| November 18 | 1:30 pm | at Northern Arizona |
| W 39–12 | 2,200 | [10] | |
| November 25 | 1:30 pm | Idaho |
| L 21–22 | 14,516 | [11][12] | |
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NFL draft
One Bronco was selected in the 1973 NFL draft, which lasted 17 rounds (442 selections).
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | Franchise |
| Al Marshall | Wide receiver | 10th | 244 | Denver Broncos |