1994 Boise State Broncos football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1994 Boise State Broncos football Big Sky Conference Big Sky 2 3 13–2 6–1 Pokey Allen 2nd Al Borges 2nd Tom Mason 2nd Bronco Stadium Big Sky champion NCAA Division I-AA Championship Game L 14–28 vs. Youngstown State The 1994 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach Pokey Allen, the Broncos played their home games on campus at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. Schedule 1994 NCAA Division I-AA The Sports Network Mountain September 3 7:05 pm w y Northeastern Bronco Stadium Boise, ID 36–26 19,509 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-bsu-wins-behind-adam/164418200/ The Idaho Statesman BSU wins behind Adams September 4, 1994 January 31, 2025 Newspapers.com September 10 7:05 pm w y Cal State Northridge Bronco Stadium Boise, ID 40–19 19,489 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-csun-19940911-nort/11693568/ The Los Angeles Times Northridge loses opener, 40–19 September 11, 1994 January 31, 2025 Newspapers.com September 17 7:05 pm w y Nevada Bronco Stadium Boise, ID rivalry 37–27 21,669 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-boise-state-takes-off/164418378/ The Sacramento Bee Boise State takes off early, hands Nevada 37–27 defeat September 18, 1994 January 31, 2025 Newspapers.com September 24 7:05 pm w y Liberty Bronco Stadium Boise, ID 35–7 21,584 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-idaho-statesman-bsu-rings-libertys/144935031/ The Idaho Statesman BSU rings Liberty's bell September 25, 1994 April 7, 2024 Newspapers.com October 1 7:05 pm w y 25 Northern Arizona 16 Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ 28–16 12,865 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YH9fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JzAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5653%2C372891 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Broncos stick NAU with fourth quarter surge October 2, 1994 4B October 8 7:05 pm y w 16 1994 Weber State Weber State Bronco Stadium Boise, ID 24–17 23,226 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Zn9fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JzAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6079%2C2432239 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Boise St. 24, Weber St. 17 October 9, 1994 5B October 15 6:35 pm l y 11 Idaho State Holt Arena Pocatello, ID 31–32 10,267 October 22 12:05 pm w y 17 Montana State Reno H. Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT 38–10 7,407 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mn5fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-y8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=5812%2C2271884 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Boise St. 38, Montana St. 10 October 23, 1994 4B November 5 1:05 pm w 15 Montana 1 Bronco Stadium Boise, ID 38–14 22,630 November 12 1:05 pm w y 10 Eastern Washington Woodward Field Cheney, WA 16–13 3,872 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UfhPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5wkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1528%2C631763 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Sando Mike Eastern runs into hard-charging Boise November 12, 1994 C1 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jbVeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LjAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5547%2C3784956 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Boise St. 16, E. Washington 13 November 13, 1994 5B November 19 1:05 pm w 6 Idaho 3 Bronco Stadium Boise, ID rivalry 27–24 23,701 November 26 w y 3 North Texas 18 Bronco Stadium Boise, ID NCAA Division I-AA First Round 24–20 14,706 December 3 1:05 pm w y 3 Appalachian State 17 Bronco Stadium Boise, ID NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal 17–14 15,302 December 10 1:30 pm w y 3 Marshall 2 Bronco Stadium Boise, ID NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal 28–24 20,068 December 17 10:30 am l y y 3 Youngstown State 1 Marshall University Stadium Huntington, WV NCAA Division I-AA Championship Game 14–28 27,674 CBS 1994 Boise State Broncos Schedule http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/b/boise_state/1990-1994_yearly_results.php CFBDataWarehouse.com October 26, 2016 October 26, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161026232212/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/b/boise_state/1990-1994_yearly_results.php dead Regular season Coming off a 3–8 year in 1993, Boise State finished the 1994 regular season at 10–1 and 6–1 in conference to win their sixth Big Sky title, their first since the national championship season of 1980. The only blemish was a one-point loss at Idaho State in mid-October.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lX5fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-y8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=5517%2C116830 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Bengals stun Boise State October 16, 1994 4B A convincing 38–14 win over top-ranked Montana in early November put the Broncos into the top ten.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hrVeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LjAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5441%2C1631306 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Broncos throw Griz November 6, 1994 4Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iLVeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LjAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4758%2C2382030 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Sports Network I-AA Poll November 8, 1994 2B To complete the regular season, #6 BSU hosted third-ranked rival Idaho,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j7VeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LjAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6047%2C4489329 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Sports Network I-AA Poll November 15, 1994 2B and won for the first time since 1981, breaking a twelve-game winning streak for the Vandals.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Js9eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8TIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4933%2C1323683 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Sahlberg Bert End of the line November 20, 1994 1B Both teams entered the game at 9–1 (and 5–1 in conference); they switched rankings for the next poll.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KM9eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8TIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5064%2C2077957 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Sports Network Div. I-AA Poll November 22, 1994 2B Unranked at the start of the season,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JsIjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BtEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6428%2C682662 Moscow-Pullman Daily News Idaho-Washington Associated Press Sports Network Div. I-AA Poll September 7, 1994 2B Boise State finished third in the final poll, released prior to the playoffs. I-AA playoffs Three Big Sky teams made the 16-team field for the I-AA playoffs: Boise State (10–1), Idaho (9–2), and Montana (9–2). Idaho lost a first round road game, and Montana won two home games before falling on the road to defending champion Youngstown State in the semifinals, foiling an all-Big Sky final. Conference MVP quarterback Dave Dickenson did not play due to an ankle injury,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G8UjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F9EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2580%2C1033856 Moscow-Pullman Daily News Idaho-Washington Associated Press Montana minus Dickenson to meet defending I-AA champs December 8, 1994 3Ehttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HMUjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F9EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6281%2C1327353 Moscow-Pullman Daily News Idaho-Washington Associated Press Montana heads east for I-AA playoff showdown December 10, 1994 1D and the Griz lost 28–9.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qsVeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-zEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2432%2C3213935 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Youngstown State tops Griz December 11, 1994 5B The Penguins had defeated Idaho on the same field in the semifinals the previous season.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=835fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ETAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4452%2C3494620 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Sahlberg Bert Penguins put UI on ice December 12, 1993 1B The Broncos hosted and won three close games, against North Texas,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Lc9eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8TIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3560%2C3573552 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Broncos fend off North Texas November 27, 1994 5B Appalachian State,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o8VeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-zEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5228%2C1082603 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Griz, BSU advance to semis December 4, 1994 5B and #2 Marshall to raise their overall record to 13–1.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qsVeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-zEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2447%2C3211688 Lewiston Morning Tribune Idaho Associated Press Boise State rallies to defeat Marshall December 11, 1994 5B Prior to hosting their third straight playoff game at home (following the home game against Idaho), Allen promised to ride his horse down Boise's Broadway Avenue if the Marshall game had an attendance over 20,000. Allen fulfilled his promise two days after the game and rode westbound on University Drive, from Bronco Stadium at Broadway to the Student Union.http://digital.boisestate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/archives/id/1219 Boise State University (Albertsons Library digital collections) Pokey Allen on horseback December 12, 1994 December 14, 2016 December 20, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220181159/http://digital.boisestate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/archives/id/1219 dead In the I-AA finals five days later at Huntington, West Virginia, they were defeated by the defending champions, Jim Tressel's top-ranked Youngstown State, 28–14.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IsUjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F9EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1371%2C2352943 Moscow-Pullman Daily News Idaho-Washington Associated Press Youngstown St. powers past Boise St. in I-AA title game December 19, 1994 4Chttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4e8wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jOAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3922%2C4552591 Sunday Gazette Schenectady, New York wire services Youngstown State wins December 18, 1994 D3 The 15 games are the most Boise State ever played in one season, and finished at 13–2. The 1994 season is known by BSU fans as The Magic Carpet Ride, as the Broncos won all ten home games on the blue AstroTurf of Bronco Stadium. This was Boise State's last Big Sky title in football and final appearance in the I-AA playoffs; BSU moved up to Division I-A and the Big West Conference in 1996. Allen's cancer Bothered by shoulder pain for about a month, Allen had outpatient surgery in Boise for a biopsy three days prior to the 1994 championship game, and was diagnosed two days after the game with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of muscle cancer.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JMUjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F9EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4308%2C2559823 Moscow-Pullman Daily News Idaho-Washington Associated Press BSU's Allen has cancer December 21, 1994 1B https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JzFKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8IUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6371%2C3157982 Youngstown Vindicator Ohio Allen has tumor December 21, 1994 C1 The tumor in his upper right arm was removed in March and Allen underwent extensive chemotherapy and a stem-cell transplant in July at the Fred Hutchinson Center in Seattle.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lacpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BuwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6522%2C3126755 Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah Allen in serious condition July 5, 1995 D5 He returned to coach the Broncos in 1995 while going through treatment, and the cancer was declared in remission in December 1995, but the doctors warned of likely recurrence. References External links BSU Arbiter – student newspaper – 1994 editions Boise State Category:Boise State Broncos football seasons Category:Big Sky Conference football champion seasons Boise State Broncos football Boise State