2016 Boise State Broncos football team

American college football season January 2016 February 2026 football 2016 Boise State Broncos Boise State "B" logo.svg 150 Mountain West Conference Mountain Division MW 10–3 6–2 Bryan Harsin 3rd Zak Hill 1st Scott Huff 1st Andy Avalos 1st Multiple Multiple Albertsons Stadium MW Mountain Division co-champion Cactus Bowl L 12–31 vs. Baylor The 2016 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It marked the Broncos' 80th season overall, sixth as a member of the Mountain West Conference and fourth within the Mountain Division. They played their home games at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho. They were led by third-year head coach Bryan Harsin. They finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in Mountain West play to finish in a three-way tie for the Mountain Division title. After tiebreakers, they did not represent the Mountain Division in the Mountain West Championship Game. They were invited to the Cactus Bowl where they lost to Baylor. This season marked the 30th anniversary season that the Broncos have played on the Blue Turf. Preseason Award watch lists Listed in the order that they were released. Maxwell Award – So. QB Brett Rypien & Jr. RB Jeremy McNicholsMaxwell Football Club College football: Maxwell Award unveils 2016 watch list https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2016-07-05/college-football-maxwell-award-unveils-2016-watch-list NCAA.com NCAA July 5, 2016 July 27, 2016 Mackey Award – Jr. TE Jake RohJohn Mackey Award 2016 John Mackey Award preseason watch list announced https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2016-07-06/2016-john-mackey-award-preseason-watch-list-announced NCAA.com NCAA July 6, 2016 July 27, 2016 Lou Groza Award – Sr. K Tyler RausaLou Groza Award College football: Lou Groza Award watch list for nation's top kicker https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2016-07-07/college-football-lou-groza-award-watch-list-nations-top-kicker NCAA.com NCAA July 7, 2016 July 27, 2016 Bronko Nagurski Trophy – Sr. LB Tanner VallejoFWAA College football: 2016 Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list announced https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2016-07-08/college-football-2016-bronko-nagurski-trophy-watch-list-announced NCAA.com NCAA July 8, 2016 July 27, 2016 Butkus Award – Sr. LB Tanner VallejoButkus Award College football: 2016 Butkus Award preseason watch list announced https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2016-07-12/college-football-2016-butkus-award-preseason-watch-list-announced NCAA.com NCAA July 12, 2016 July 27, 2016 Fred Biletnikoff Award – Sr. WR Thomas SperbeckTallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation Release College football: 2016 Biletnikoff Award releases watch list for top receiver https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2016-07-13/college-football-2016-biletnikoff-award-releases-watch-list-top NCAA.com NCAA July 13, 2016 July 27, 2016 Davey O'Brien Award – So. QB Brett RypienDavey O'Brien Foundation College football: Davey O’Brien Award announces 30 players on watch list https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2016-07-14/college-football-davey-obrien-award-announces-30-players-watch-list NCAA.com NCAA July 14, 2016 July 27, 2016 Doak Walker Award – Jr. RB Jeremy McNichols2016 Doak Walker Award Candidates https://www.smu.edu/DoakWalkerAward/Candidates SMU.edu July 14, 2016 July 27, 2016Southorn Dave Boise State QB Rypien on O’Brien watchlist; McNichols added to Walker list http://www.idahostatesman.com/sports/college/mountain-west/boise-state-university/bronco-beat-blog/article89671952.html IdahoStatesman.com Idaho Statesman July 14, 2016 July 27, 2016 Walter Camp Award – So. QB Brett RypienWalter Camp Football Foundation College football: Walter Camp Player of the Year announces watch list https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2016-07-15/college-football-walter-camp-player-year-announces-watch-list NCAA.com NCAA July 15, 2016 July 27, 2016 Mountain West media days At the Mountain West media days, held at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Broncos were picked as the overwhelming favorites to win the Mountain Division title, receiving 27 of a possible 29 first place votes. So. QB Brett Rypien, Sr. WR Thomas Sperbeck and Sr. K Tyler Rausa were selected to the all-conference first team.2016 Mountain West Football Preseason All-Conference Team http://www.themw.com/news/2016-preseason-all-mwfb TheMW.com Mountain West Conference July 26, 2016 July 27, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160729084409/http://www.themw.com/news/2016-preseason-all-mwfb July 29, 2016 dead mdy-allSouthorn Dave Boise State football tabbed preseason favorite in Mountain Division http://www.idahostatesman.com/sports/college/mountain-west/boise-state-university/boise-state-football/article91890787.html IdahoStatesman.com Idaho Statesman July 26, 2016 July 27, 2016 Media poll Mountain Division Boise State – 172 (27) Air Force – 126 (2) Utah State – 95 Colorado State – 95 New Mexico – 74 Wyoming – 31 Schedule 2016 AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 1 released prior to game Mountain September 3 10:00 a.m. w y y Louisiana–Lafayette Cajun Field Lafayette, LA ASN/ESPN3 45–10 22,661 September 10 8:15 p.m. w y Washington State Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID ESPN2 31–28 36,163 September 24 1:30 p.m. w y y Oregon State Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR FS1 38–24 42,846 October 1 8:15 p.m. w 24 Utah State Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID ESPN2 21–10 36,602 October 7 Friday 7:00 p.m. w y 19 New Mexico University Stadium Albuquerque, NM CBSSN 49–21 20,090 October 15 8:15 p.m. w y 15 Colorado State Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID ESPN2 28–23 33,448 October 20 Thursday 8:15 p.m. w y 14 BYU Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID ESPN 28–27 34,575 October 29 5:00 p.m. l y 13 Wyoming War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY CBSSN 28–30 26,023 November 4 Friday 8:15 p.m. w 24 San Jose State Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID ESPN2 45–31 31,863 November 12 5:00 p.m. w y 22 Hawaii Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI CBSSN 52–16 22,731 November 18 Friday 7:00 p.m. w 20 UNLV Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID ESPN2 42–25 32,989 November 25 Friday 1:30 p.m. l y 19 Air Force Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO CBSSN 20–27 23,556 December 27 Tuesday 8:15 p.m. l y y Baylor Cactus Bowl Chase Field Phoenix, AZ ESPN 12–31 33,328 Schedule source: Roster 2016 Boise State Broncos y 1 JR Cedrick Wilson Jr. WR y 2 FR Julian Carter WR 3 JR Thomas Stuart QB y 4 SO Brett Rypien QB y 5 FR Garrett Collingham WR y 6 SR Chaz Anderson WR y 7 SO Anthony Upshaw QB y 8 SO Sean Modster WR y 9 FR Bryan Jefferson WR y 10 SO Cory Young RB y 13 JR Jeremy McNichols RB y 14 FR Camron Humphrey QB 15 FR Jake Constantine QB 16 SR Taylor Pope WR y 17 JR Austin Cottrell WR 18 FR Bubba Ogbebor WR 20 FR Jake Roper RB 22 FR Alexander Mattison RB y 26 SR Devan Demas RB y 28 SO A. 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Richardson WR y y 30 JR Ryan Wolpin RB y 34 FR Robert Mahone RB 39 FR Jake Shaddox RB y 47 FR Matt Pistone TE y 52 JR Andrew Tercek OL y 59 JR Mason Hampton OL y 60 SR Kellen Buhr OL y 64 FR Ben Vering OL 66 SR Mario Yakoo OL y 67 FR Garrett Larson OL y 69 FR Austin Dixon OL 70 SR Steven Baggett OL y 71 FR Donte Harrington OL 72 SR Will Adams OL y 73 SR Travis Averill OL y 74 JR Archie Lewis OL y 75 FR Kole Bailey OL 76 FR Ezra Cleveland OL y 77 FR John Molchon OL y y 78 SO Andres Preciado OL y 79 FR Eric Quevedo OL y 80 FR Christian Blaser WR 81 SO Akilian Butler WR 82 SR Thomas Sperbeck WR y 83 JR David McKinzie WR y 84 SO Jake Knight TE y 85 FR John Bates TE y John Bates (American football) 86 SO Chase Blakley TE y 87 JR Alec Dhaenans TE y 88 JR Jake Roh TE y 89 JR Brock Barr WR y 93 FR Nick Crabtree TE 2 SR Jonathan Moxey CB y 3 SR Chanceller James S y 4 FR DeAndre Pierce CB 7 JR Joe Martarano MLB y 8 SO Jabril Frazier DE y 9 FR Desmond Williams OLB 10 FR Kekoa Nawahine S 14 SO Tyler Horton CB 15 FR Evan Tyler S y 17 FR Jalen Walker S 20 SR Tanner Vallejo OLB y 22 FR Hayden Israelson S 23 FR Damion Wright S y 24 JR Kameron Miles LB y 25 SR Raymond Ford CB y 26 FR Avery Williams CB y Avery Williams (running back) 27 FR Reid Harrison-Ducros CB 30 FR Robert Lewis CB 31 SO Skyler Seibold S y 32 FR Jordan Happle S 33 JR Gabe Perez OLB y 34 FR Solo Taylor MLB 35 FR Derriyon Shaw DE 36 JR Blake Whitlock OLB 37 JR Cameron Hartsfield S y 38 SO Leighton Vander Esch OLB y y 40 FR Jabari Watson DE 41 FR Will Heffner OLB y 43 SO Joe Provenzano MLB y 44 SR Darren Lee MLB 45 FR Kayode Rufai DE 47 FR Ma'a Tanuvasa S 48 FR Bruno DeRose MLB 51 SR Ben Weaver OLB y 53 FR Sam Whitney DE y 54 FR Matt Locher DT y 55 SO David Moa DT y y 56 FR Dane Kordopatis DL 57 FR Emmanuel Fesili DT 58 FR Tyson Maeva MLB 90 JR Daniel Auelua DT 91 SO Durrant Miles DE 92 SO Paul Semons DT y 93 FR Chase Hatada DT 94 SR Sam McCaskill DE y 95 FR Nick Provenzano OLB 96 SR Elliot Hoyte DT y 97 JR J Aguirre DT fr 98 FR Sonatane Lui DT 99 FR Curtis Weaver DE y 19 SR Sean Wale P y 42 JR Matt Cota LS y 46 FR Joel Velazquez K 49 SR Tyler Rausa K y 50 FR Nicholai Pitman LS https://broncosports.com/sports/football/roster/2016 8/14/23 Bryan Harsin Kent Riddle – Associate head coach/Special teams coordinator/Tight ends Steve Caldwell – Associate head coach/Defensive linemen Zak Hill – Offensive coordinator/Quarterbacks Andy Avalos – Defensive coordinator Scott Huff – Co-offensive coordinator/Offensive linemen Junior Adams – Passing game coordinator/Wide receivers Lee Marks – Running backs Ashley Ambrose – Defensive backs Gabe Franklin – Safeties Jeff Pitman – Director, Strength and Conditioning D. J. Harper – Graduate assistant Latu Heimuli – Graduate assistant Nate Potter – Graduate assistant Game summaries At Louisiana–Lafayette 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team Broncos 14 21 3 7 Ragin' Cajuns 0 3 0 7 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 22–33, 347 YDS, 2 TD; Anthony Jennings (ULL): 21–33, 186 YDS, 1 TD. Rushing leaders: Alexander Mattison (BSU): 11 CAR, 61 YDS, 1 TD; Elijah McGuire (ULL): 14 CAR, 46 YDS. Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 6 REC, 130 YDS, 1 TD; Ja'Marcus Bradley (ULL): 3 REC, 50 YDS. Washington State 2016 Washington State Cougars football team Cougars 0 7 7 14 Broncos 14 3 7 7 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 19–35, 299 YDS, 1 TD, 3 INT; Luke Falk (WSU): 55–71, 480 YDS, 4 TD, 1 INT. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 22 CAR, 116 YDS, 2 TD; Jamal Morrow (WSU): 8 CAR, 22 YDS. Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 7 REC, 133 YDS, 1 TD; Tavares Martin Jr. (WSU): 12 REC, 158 YDS, 1 TD. At Oregon State 2016 Oregon State Beavers football team Broncos 14 17 0 7 Beavers 7 0 10 7 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants 300px|left|thumb|Boise State on offense in the first half. Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 19–36, 215 YDS, 1 TD; Conor Blount (OSU): 11–18, 138 YDS. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 28 CAR, 208 YDS, 3 TD; Ryan Nall (OSU): 14 CAR, 66 YDS, 2 TD. Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 6 REC, 104 YDS; Seth Collins (OSU): 9 REC, 106 YDS. Utah State 2016 Utah State Aggies football team Aggies 0 3 0 7 Broncos 7 0 7 7 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants 300px|left|thumb|Boise State on defense in the 4th quarter. Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 15–24, 163 YDS, 2 TD; Kent Myers (USU): 29–50, 287 YDS, 1 TD. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 30 CAR, 132 YDS; Kent Myers (USU): 12 CAR, 47 YDS. Receiving leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 6 REC, 73 YDS, 1 TD; Andrew Rodriguez (USU): 6 REC, 89 YDS, 1 TD. At New Mexico 2016 New Mexico Lobos football team No. 19 Broncos 14 28 7 0 Lobos 7 0 0 14 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 21–28, 391 YDS, 5 TD; Lamar Jordan (UNM): 4–14, 39 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 21 CAR, 54 YDS, 2 TD; Lamar Jordan (UNM): 21 CAR, 139 YDS. Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 9 REC, 198 YDS, 2 TD; Matt Quarells (UNM): 1 REC, 13 YDS. Colorado State 2016 Colorado State Rams football team Rams 3 0 0 20 No. 15 Broncos 0 7 14 7 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 16–24, 207 YDS, 1 TD; Nick Stevens (CSU): 17–31, 184 YDS, 2 TD. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 40 CAR BSU Record, 217 YDS, 2 TD; Dalyn Dawkins (CSU): 14 CAR, 66 YDS. Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 5 REC, 72 YDS, 1 TD; Michael Gallup (CSU): 4 REC, 91 YDS, 1 TD. BYU 2016 BYU Cougars football team Cougars 0 17 7 3 No. 14 Broncos 14 7 0 7 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants 300px|left|thumb|Thomas Sperbeck (bottom right) catching a 2nd QRT. TD Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 25–39, 442 YDS, 3 TD, 2 INT; Taysom Hill (BYU): 21–42, 187 YDS. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 30 CAR, 140 YDS, 1 TD; Squally Canada (BYU): 21 CAR, 88 YDS. Receiving leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 5 REC, 109 YDS, 1 TD and Tyler Sperbeck 9 REC, 109 YDS, 1 TD; Mitchell Juergens (BYU): 4 REC, 57 YDS. At Wyoming 2016 Wyoming Cowboys football team No. 13 Broncos 7 14 0 7 Cowboys 0 17 0 13 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 22–35, 295 YDS, 1 INT; Josh Allen (WYO): 18–31, 274 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 18 CAR, 143 YDS, 2 TD; Brian Hill (WYO): 28 CAR, 146 YDS. Receiving leaders: Cedrick Wilson Jr. (BSU): 4 REC, 84 YDS; Jacob Hollister (WYO): 6 REC, 144 YDS, 2 TD. San Jose State 2016 San Jose State Spartans football team Spartans 6 10 0 15 No. 24 Broncos 7 17 7 14 Uniform CombinationHelmetJersey BlackPants Black Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 16–21, 219 YDS, 3 TD; Kenny Potter (SJSU): 23–36, 278 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 28 CAR, 158 YDS, 2 TD; Malik Roberson (SJSU): 12 CAR, 109 YDS, 1 TD. Receiving leaders: Cedrick Wilson (BSU): 6 REC, 102 YDS, 2 TD; Justin Holmes (SJSU): 6 REC, 106 YDS, 1 TD. At Hawaii 2016 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team No. 24 Broncos 14 21 10 7 Rainbow Warriors 0 3 3 10 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 18–22, 338 YDS, 4 TD; Dru Brown (UH): 16–31, 125 YDS, 1 TD. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 16 CAR, 153 YDS, 2 TD; Paul Harris (UH): 14 CAR, 145 YDS. Receiving leaders: Cedrick Wilson (BSU): 7 REC, 141 YDS, 1 TD; Dakota Torres (UH): 3 REC, 35 YDS. UNLV 2016 UNLV Rebels football team Rebels 3 7 7 8 No. 23 Broncos 14 7 14 7 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants 300px|left|thumb|Boise State on offense in the 1st half. Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 10–20, 109 YDS; Kurt Palandech (UNLV): 10–20, 113 YDS, 1 TD. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 31 CAR, 206 YDS, 4 TD; Kurt Palandech (UNLV): 9 CAR, 64 YDS, 2 TD. Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 5 REC, 47 YDS; Andrew Price (UNLV): 3 REC, 65 YDS, 1 TD. At Air Force 2016 Air Force Falcons football team No. 19 Broncos 7 3 3 7 Falcons 7 10 7 3 Uniform CombinationHelmet BlackJerseyPants Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 9–26, 316 YDS, 1 TD; Arion Worthman (AF): 3–5, 45 YDS. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 22 CAR, 88 YDS, 1 TD; Arion Worthman (AF): 26 CAR, 80 YDS. Receiving leaders: Cedrick Wilson (BSU): 4 REC, 193 YDS, 1 TD; Jalen Robinette (AF): 3 REC, 45 YDS. Air Force became the first team to beat Boise State for three consecutive season since Nevada in 1996–98. Baylor–Cactus Bowl 2016 Baylor Bears football team 2016 Cactus Bowl (December) Broncos 0 6 0 6 Bears 7 14 3 7 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 32–51, 305 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT; Zach Smith (BAY): 28–39, 375 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 19 CAR, 46 YDS; Terence Williams (BAY): 25 CAR, 103 YDS. Receiving leaders: Cedrick Wilson (BSU): 6 REC, 88 YDS, 1 TD; K. D. Cannon (BAY): 14 REC, 226 YDS, 2 TD. Rankings 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings 15 9 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 RV 19 19 15 15 14 14 13 13 24 24 24 24 24 22 22 23 20 20 19 19 RV RV NR RV RV NR RV RV Scores by quarter All opponents Boise State 126 151 72 90 Opponents 40 91 44 128 Mountain West opponents Boise State 70 97 62 56 MW Opponents 26 50 17 90 Post-season awards Mountain West first team Offense Brett Rypien – So. QB Thomas Sperbeck – Sr. WR Travis Averill – Sr. OL Mario Yakoo – Sr. OL Defense Sam McCaskill – Sr. DL David Moa – So. DL Mountain West second team Offense Jeremy McNichols – Jr. RB Defense Ben Weaver – Sr. LB Chanceller James – Sr. DB Jonathan Moxey – Sr. DB Sean Wale – Sr. P Mountain West honorable mention Steven Baggett – Sr. OL Mason Hampton – Jr. OL Tanner Vallejo – Sr. LB Cedrick Wilson Jr. – Jr. WR Award Reference:MW http://www.themwc.com/news/mountain-west-announces-2016-football-all-conference-teams-and-individual-honors-11-28-2016 Mountain West Announces 2016 Football All-Conference Teams and Themwc.com 2017-01-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20161130190432/http://www.themwc.com/news/mountain%2Dwest%2Dannounces%2D2016%2Dfootball%2Dall%2Dconference%2Dteams%2Dand%2Dindividual%2Dhonors%2D11%2D28%2D2016 November 30, 2016 dead mdy-all References 2 http://www.broncosports.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/bosu-m-footbl-sched.html 2016 Schedule Broncosports.com Boise State Athletics 2016 June 7, 2016 June 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160604205637/http://www.broncosports.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/bosu-m-footbl-sched.html dead Boise State Category:Boise State Broncos football seasons Boise State Broncos football Category:2010s in Boise, Idaho