1978 Boise State Broncos football team
American college football season
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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.
- Jim Criner (3rd season)
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| Conference | Big Sky Conference |
| Record | 7–4 (3–3 Big Sky) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Gene Dahlquist (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Bill Dutton (3rd season) |
| Base defense | 3–4 |
| Home stadium | Bronco Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Northern Arizona $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. T–9 Montana State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 the I-AA playoffs in 1979.[5][6][7]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 9 | 7:30 pm | Cal State Fullerton* | W 42–12 | 19,032 | [8] | |||
| September 16 | 7:30 pm | Long Beach State* |
| W 19–13 | 19,435 | [9] | ||
| September 23 | 7:30 pm | Northern Michigan* | No. 3 |
| W 31–21 | 20,555 | [10] | |
| September 30 | 1:30 pm | at No. 6 Montana State | No. 3 | ABC | L 29–31 | 12,850 | [11] | |
| October 7 | 7:30 pm | Montana | No. 8 |
| L 7–15 | 19,580 | [12] | |
| October 14 | 7:30 pm | San Jose State* |
| W 30–15 | 18,112 | [13] | ||
| October 21 | 7:30 pm | Weber State |
| W 14–13 | 17,858 | [14] | ||
| October 28 | 8:00 pm | at Idaho State | W 16–14 | 6,983 | [15] | |||
| November 4 | 1:30 pm | Idaho |
| W 48–10 | 20,235 | [16][17] | ||
| November 11 | 7:00 pm | at No. 7 Northern Arizona | No. 9 | L 30–31 | 14,783 | [18] | ||
| November 18 | at No. 8 (D-II) Cal Poly* | L 3–7 | 7,430 | [19] | ||||
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Rankings
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| AP | 3 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — |
Roster
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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NFL draft
Two Broncos were selected in the 1979 NFL draft, which lasted 12 rounds (330 selections).
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | Franchise |
| Larry Polowski | Linebacker | 7th | 169 | Seattle Seahawks |
| Willie Beamon | Linebacker | 8th | 205 | New York Jets |
