2015 Boise State Broncos football team

American college football season September 2015 February 2026 football 2015 Boise State Broncos Boise State "B" logo.svg 150 Mountain West Conference Mountain Division MW 9–4 5–3 Bryan Harsin 2nd Eliah Drinkwitz 1st Marcel Yates 2nd Multiple Multiple Albertsons Stadium Poinsettia Bowl champion Poinsettia Bowl W 55–7 vs. Northern Illinois The 2015 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos were led by second-year head coach Bryan Harsin and played their home games at Albertsons Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference in the Mountain Division. They finished the season 9–4, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in a four-way tie for second place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the Poinsettia Bowl where they defeated Northern Illinois. Preseason Award watch lists Listed in the order that they were released. Paul Hornung Award – Sr. WR Shane Williams-RhodesWatch List http://louisvillesports.org/paul-hornung/watch-list-3/?paged=5 Louisville Sports Commission February 25, 2015 August 27, 2015 Chuck Bednarik Award – Jr. DE Kamalei Correa & Sr. S Darian Thompson2015 Pre-Season Watch Lists For The Maxwell and Benarik Awards https://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/news/2015-pre-season-watch-lists-maxwell-and-benarik-awards Maxwell Football Club July 7, 2015 August 27, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150821200129/https://maxwellfootballclub.org/news/2015-pre-season-watch-lists-maxwell-and-benarik-awards August 21, 2015 dead mdy-all Rimington Trophy – Sr. C Marcus Henry2015 Fall Watch List http://www.rimingtontrophy.com/news/?article_id=81 Rimington Trophy July 8, 2015 August 27, 2015 July 25, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150725011259/http://www.rimingtontrophy.com/news/?article_id=81 dead Outland Trophy – Sr. C Marcus Henryhttp://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2015/outland150710.html FWAA > News > Outland Trophy Watch List Sportswriters.net July 10, 2015 August 27, 2015 Bronko Nagurski Trophy – Jr. DE Kamalei Correa & Sr. S Darian ThompsonBronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2015/nagurski150710.html Football Writers Association of America July 10, 2015 August 27, 2015 Jim Thorpe Award – Sr. CB Donte Deayon & Sr. S Darian ThompsonJim Thorpe Award Names 2015 Preseason Watch List http://www.ncfaa.org/15watchlists/150713thorpe.pdf National College Football Awards Association August 27, 2015 Lombardi Award – Jr. DE Kamalei Correa, Sr. C Marcus Henry, Sr. OL Rees Odhiambo & Jr. LB Tanner Vallejo2015 Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List Announced http://www.rotarylombardiaward.com/index.php/15-news-2015/74-2015-rotary-lombardi-award-watch-list-announced Rotary Lombardi Award July 14, 2015 August 27, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150723062535/http://www.rotarylombardiaward.com/index.php/15-news-2015/74-2015-rotary-lombardi-award-watch-list-announced July 23, 2015 dead mdy-all Fred Biletnikoff Award – Jr. WR Thomas Sperbeck2015 Biletnikoff Award Watch List http://biletnikoffaward.com/2015-biletnikoff-award-watch-list Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc July 22, 2015 August 27, 2015 Wuerffel Trophy – Sr. WR Shane Williams-Rhodes2015 Watch List http://wuerffeltrophy.org/?page_id=5897 All Sports Association of Fort Walton Beach December 12, 2014 August 27, 2015 July 25, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150725014728/http://wuerffeltrophy.org/?page_id=5897 dead Walter Camp Award – Sr. S Darian Thompson2015 Walter Camp Player of the Year Preseason Watch List Announced http://waltercamp.org/2015-walter-camp-player-of-the-year-preseason-watch-list-announced/ Walter Camp Football Foundation, Inc. August 10, 2015 August 27, 2015 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 28 of a possible 30 first place votes.Boise State, San Diego State, Picked to Win 2015 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles http://www.themw.com/news/mwfb-15-predicted-order Mountain West Conference July 28, 2015 August 27, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150831151148/http://www.themw.com/news/mwfb-15-predicted-order August 31, 2015 dead mdy-all Sr. C Marcus Henry and Sr. OL Rees Odhiambo were selected to the all-conference first team offense. Jr. DE Kamalei Correa, Jr. LB Tanner Vallejo, Sr. CB Donte Deayon and Sr. S Darian Thompson were selected to the all-conference first team defense.2015 Mountain West Football Preseason All-Conference Team http://www.themw.com/news/mwfb-15-preseason-allconf Mountain West Conference July 28, 2015 August 27, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150831134404/http://www.themw.com/news/mwfb-15-preseason-allconf August 31, 2015 dead mdy-all Media poll Mountain Division Boise State – 177 (28) Utah State – 150 (2) Colorado State – 108 Air Force – 90 Wyoming – 64 New Mexico – 41 Schedule 2015 AP Mountain September 4 Friday 8:15 p.m. w y 23 Washington Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID ESPN 16–13 36,836 September 12 8:15 p.m. l y y 20 BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT ESPN2 24–35 63,470 September 18 Friday 7:00 p.m. w y Idaho State Battle for the Liberty Bell Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID CBSSN 52–0 33,868 September 25 Friday 6:00 p.m. w y y Virginia Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA ESPN 56–14 42,427 October 3 8:15 p.m. w Hawaii Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID ESPN2 55–0 35,907 October 10 5:00 p.m. w y 25 Colorado State Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO CBSSN 41–10 26,117 October 16 Friday 7:00 p.m. l y 21 Utah State Maverik Stadium Logan, UT CBSSN 26–52 22,509 October 24 8:15 p.m. w y Wyoming Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID ESPN2 34–14 31,946 October 31 1:30 p.m. w y UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV ESPNU 55–27 14,315 November 14 8:15 p.m. l New Mexico Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID ESPNU 24–31 32,780 November 20 Friday 7:30 p.m. l Air Force Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID ESPN2 30–37 30,332 November 27 Friday 1:30 p.m. w y San Jose State Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA CBSSN 40–23 15,770 December 23 Wednesday 2:30 p.m. w y y Northern Illinois Poinsettia Bowl Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA ESPN 55–7 21,501 Schedule source:http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-15/mtn-west/2015-boise-state-broncos-football-schedule.php 2015 Boise State Broncos Football Schedule FB Schedules March 8, 2015 Roster 2015 Boise State Broncos y 1 SR Shane Williams-Rhodes WR 3 SO Thomas Stuart QB y 4 FR Brett Rypien QB y 5 FR Garrett Collingham QB 6 JR Chaz Anderson WR y 7 FR Anthony Upshaw QB y 8 FR Sean Modster WR y 9 FR Bryan Jefferson WR 10 FR Cory Young RB y 13 SO Jeremy McNichols RB y 14 SO Ryan Finley QB y y Ryan Finley (American football) 16 JR Taylor Pope WR y 17 SO Austin Cottrell WR 18 FR Alex Ogle QB y 20 SR Terrell Johnson WR y 21 SR Jack Fields RB 26 JR Devan Demas RB y 28 FR A. J. Richardson WR y y 30 SO Ryan Wolpin RB y 39 SR Kelsey Young RB y 47 FR Matt Pistone TE 52 SO Andrew Tercek OL y 57 FR Tennessee Su'ese'e OL y 59 SO Mason Hampton OL y 60 JR Kellen Buhr OL y 63 JR Hunter Nettles OL 66 JR Mario Yakoo OL y 67 FR Garrett Larson OL 68 JR Dan Urquhart OL y 70 JR Steven Baggett OL y 71 SR Rees Odhiambo OL y 72 SR Marcus Henry OL y y Marcus Henry (offensive lineman) 73 JR Travis Averill OL y 74 SO Archie Lewis OL y 76 SR Jerhen Ertel OL y 77 FR John Molchon OL y 78 FR Andres Preciado OL y 79 FR Eric Quevedo OL 80 SO D. J. Dean WR y 81 FR Akilian Butler WR 82 JR Thomas Sperbeck WR y 83 SO David McKinzie WR y 84 SR Jake Hardee TE y 85 SR Holden Huff TE y 86 FR Chase Blakley TE y 87 SO Alec Dhaenans TE y 88 SO Jake Roh TE y 89 JR Brock Barr WR 91 FR David Lucero TE y 93 SO Jake Knight TE 2 JR Jonathan Moxey CB y 3 JR Chanceller James S y 4 SR Darian Thompson S y y 5 SR Donte Deayon CB y 7 SO Joe Martarano MLB y 8 JR Kamalei Correa DL y 9 SR Mercy Maston CB y 14 FR Tyler Horton CB 15 FR Evan Tyler S 17 SO Brandon Brown S y 18 FR Jabril Frazier DE y 20 JR Tanner Vallejo OLB y 21 FR Ladarryl Blair CB 22 FR Drew Berger OLB 23 FR Damion Wright S 24 SO Kameron Miles LB y 25 JR Raymond Ford CB y 26 FR Garrett Estrada CB 27 FR Donzale Roddie CB 29 SO Dylan Sumner-Gardner S 30 FR Isaiah Johnson CB y 31 FR Skyler Seibold S y 32 SR Rondell McNair DE y 33 JR Gabe Perez OLB 34 FR Darreon Jackson S 35 FR Marquis Hendrix MLB 36 SR Tyler Gray OLB 37 SO Cameron Hartsfield S y 38 FR Leighton Vander Esch OLB y y 40 SR Armand Nance DT 41 FR Will Heffner OLB 43 FR Joe Provenzano MLB y 44 JR Darren Lee MLB 47 FR Eric Yates CB y 48 FR David Moa DT y y 50 FR Sawyer Shields DL 51 JR Ben Weaver OLB y 53 FR Sam Whitney DL 54 FR Matt Locher DL 55 SR Tutulupeatau Mataele DT y 58 SR Robert Ash DT y 69 SR Tyler Horn DT y 90 SR Justin Taimatuia DT y 91 FR Durrant Miles DE 92 FR Paul Semons DT y 94 JR Sam McCaskill DE y 95 FR Khaleb Hill DE y 96 JR Elliot Hoyte DT y 97 SO Austin Silsby DT y 98 SR Antoine Turner DT y 99 FR Dereck Boles DT y 19 JR Sean Wale P y 42 SO Matt Cota LS y 46 SR Kevin Keane LS 48 FR Blake Gonzalez K y 49 JR Tyler Rausa K y 93 FR Max O'Rourke K https://broncosports.com/sports/football/roster/2015 8/14/23 Bryan Harsin Kent Riddle – Associate head coach/Special teams coordinator/Tight ends Steve Caldwell – Associate head coach/Defensive linemen Eliah Drinkwitz – Offensive coordinator/Quarterbacks Marcel Yates – Co-defensive coordinator/Safeties Andy Avalos – Co-defensive coordinator Junior Adams – Wide receivers Lee Marks – Running backs Scott Huff – Offensive linemen Julius Brown – Secondary Jeff Pitman – Director, Strength and Conditioning Byron Hout – Graduate assistant Tommy Smith – Graduate assistant Game summaries Washington 2015 Washington Huskies football team Huskies 0 0 10 3 No. 24 Broncos 6 10 0 0 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants Passing leaders: Ryan Finley (BSU): 16–26, 129 YDS, 1 INT; Jake Browning (WASH): 20–34, 150 YDS, 1 INT. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 24 CAR, 89 YDS, 2 TD; Dwayne Washington (WASH): 8 CAR, 14 YDS Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 3 REC, 28 YDS; Dwayne Washington (WASH): 7 REC, 68 YDS. At BYU 2015 BYU Cougars football team No. 22 Broncos 7 3 14 0 Cougars 7 0 7 21 Uniform CombinationHelmet BlackJersey BlackPants Black Passing leaders: Ryan Finley (BSU): 25–38, 297 YDS, 1 TD, 3 INT; Tanner Mangum (BYU): 17–28, 309 YDS, 2 TD, 2 INT. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 15 CAR, 46 YDS, 2 TD; Adam Hine (BYU): 19 CAR, 93 YDS, 1 TD. Receiving leaders: Shane William-Rhodes (BSU): 11 REC, 107 YDS; Mitchell Juergens (BYU): 4 REC, 172 YDS, 2 TD. Idaho State 2015 Idaho State Bengals football team Bengals 0 0 0 0 Broncos 14 7 28 3 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 8–9, 126 YDS; Michael Sanders (ISU): 21–42, 169 YDS, 1 INT. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 15 CAR, 69 YDS, 3 TD; Xavier Finney (ISU): 14 CAR, 38 YDS. Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 7 REC, 99 YDS; Madison Mangum (ISU): 7 REC, 98 YDS. In the first quarter, starting quarterback Ryan Finley left the game after fracturing his right ankle. He was expected to miss eight weeks.http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2015-09-21/boise-state-qb-ryan-finley-injury-to-miss-eight-weeks-with-broken-ankle Boise State QB Ryan Finley likely to miss eight weeks with broken ankle | NCAA Football Sporting News 2015-09-21 2015-12-24 However, he did not return in the 2015 season. The last two Boise State starting quarterbacks to miss time with injuries were also from broken right ankles (Ryan Dinwiddie in 2002 and Joe Southwick in 2013). At Virginia 2015 Virginia Cavaliers football team Broncos 17 12 17 10 Cavaliers 7 7 0 0 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 24–35, 321 YDS, 3 TD; Matt Johns (UVA): 12–25, 199 YDS, 2 TD, 2 INT Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 9 CAR, 69 YDS, 1 TD; Daniel Hamm (UVA): 8 CAR, 22 YDS Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 5 REC, 121 YDS, 2 TD; Taquan Mizzell (UVA): 5 REC, 59 YDS, 1 TD Hawaii 2015 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team Rainbow Warriors 0 0 0 0 Broncos 14 35 3 3 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants 300px|right|thumb|Jeremy McNichols during a 13-yard TD run in the 2nd quarter. Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 19–25, 271 YDS, 3 TD; Max Wittek (UH): 7–24, 66 YDS, 2 INT. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 20 CAR, 108 YDS, 2 TD; Steven Lakalaka (UH): 8 CAR, 34 YDS. Receiving leaders: Chaz Anderson (BSU): 5 REC, 95 YDS, 1 TD; Marcus Kemp (UH): 5 REC, 39 YDS. At Colorado State 2015 Colorado State Rams football team No. 24 Broncos 17 10 7 7 Rams 0 10 0 0 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants 300px|right|thumb|Boise State on offense in the first half. Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 22–35, 339 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT; Coleman Key (CSU): 5–19, 56 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 17 CAR, 104 YDS, 2 TD; Jasen Oden, Jr. (CSU): 19 CAR, 52 YDS. Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 5 REC, 178 YDS, 2 TD; Rashard Higgins (CSU): 3 REC, 42 YDS. At Utah State 2015 Utah State Aggies football team No. 20 Broncos 3 7 7 9 Aggies 17 28 7 0 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 25–50, 299 YDS, 3 INT; Kent Myers (USU): 17–24, 157 YDS, 3 TD. Rushing leaders: Kelsey Young (BSU): 20 CAR, 60 YDS, 2 TD; Devante Mays (USU): 11 CAR, 63 YDS, 1 TD. Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 6 REC, 156 YDS; Hunter Sharp (USU): 7 REC, 42 YDS, 2 TD. Wyoming 2015 Wyoming Cowboys football team Cowboys 0 7 0 7 Broncos 17 7 10 0 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 22–28, 211 YDS, 3 TD; Cameron Coffman (WYO): 8–13, 70 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 33 CAR, 166 YDS, 1 TD; Brian Hill (WYO): 23 CAR, 76 YDS. Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 6 REC, 84 YDS, 2 TD; Jake Maulhardt (WYO): 6 REC, 76 YDS, 1 TD. At UNLV 2015 UNLV Rebels football team Broncos 10 14 3 28 Rebels 3 14 3 7 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 35–52, 469 YDS, 2 TD; Blake Decker (UNLV): 29–50, 357 YDS, 2 INT. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 22 CAR, 122 YDS, 1 TD; Xzaviar Campbell (UNLV): 9 CAR, 29 YDS, 1 TD. Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 10 REC, 163 YDS; Devonte Boyd (UNLV): 10 REC, 116 YDS. New Mexico 2015 New Mexico Lobos football team Lobos 7 7 3 14 Broncos 0 3 7 14 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 41 BSU Record–75 BSU Record, 506 YDS BSU Freshman Record, 2 TD, 3 INT; Austin Apodaca (UNM): 8–12, 172 YDS, 1 INT. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 26 CAR, 128 YDS, 1 TD; Jhurell Pressley (UNM): 9 CAR, 132 YDS, 1 TD. Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 20 REC BSU Record, 281 YDS BSU Record; Delane Hart-Johnson (UNM): 1 REC, 81 YDS. Air Force 2015 Air Force Falcons football team Falcons 3 21 10 3 Broncos 13 0 7 10 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 23–48, 237 YDS, 1 TD; Karson Roberts (AF): 9–16, 279 YDS, 2 TD, 3 INT. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 20 CAR, 151 YDS, 1 TD; Jacobi Owens (AF): 9 CAR, 132 YDS. Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 7 REC, 79 YDS, 1 TD; Garrett Griffin (AF): 3 REC, 107 YDS, 1 TD. At San Jose State 2015 San Jose State Spartans football team Broncos 0 9 7 24 Spartans 3 7 0 13 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 25–33, 197 YDS, 2 TD; Kenny Potter (SJSU): 28–41, 336 YDS, 3 TD, 2 INT. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 20 CAR, 192 YDS, 2 TD; Tyler Ervin (SJSU): 11 CAR, 52 YDS. Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 6 REC, 45 YDS; Billy Freeman (SJSU): 7 REC, 109 YDS, 1 TD. Northern Illinois–Poinsettia Bowl 2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team 2015 Poinsettia Bowl Broncos 21 10 10 14 Huskies 0 7 0 0 Uniform CombinationHelmetJerseyPants Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 29–40, 377 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT; Ryan Graham (NIU): 7–21, 38 YDS. Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 19 CAR, 93 YDS, 2 TD; Joel Bouagnon (NIU): 8 CAR, 16 YDS. Receiving leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 5 REC, 96 YDS, 1 TD; Kenny Golladay (NIU): 3 REC, 12 YDS. Boise State out-gained Northern Illinois 654–33 in total yards. Boise State had 2 more first downs (35) than Northern Illinois had in total yards. Rankings 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings 15 9 23 24 20 22 RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 24 21 20 RV RV NR RV RV RV NR RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV Scores by quarter All opponents Boise State 139 127 120 122 Opponents 47 108 40 68 Mountain West opponents Boise State 57 78 34 95 MW Opponents 33 87 20 44 Post-season awards Mountain West Freshman of the Year Brett Rypien – Fr. QB (first Boise State player to win MW freshman of the year award) Mountain West first team Offense Brett Rypien – Fr. QB Thomas Sperbeck – Jr. WR Marcus Henry – Sr. OL Rees Odhiambo – Sr. OL Tyler Rausa – Jr. K Defense Darian Thompson – Sr. DB Mountain West second team Offense Jeremy McNichols – So. RB Jake Roh – So. TE Defense Kamalei Correa – Jr. DL Donte Deayon – Sr. DB Mountain West honorable mention Tyler Horn – Sr. DL Tanner Vallejo – Jr. LB Mario Yakoo – Jr. OL Award Reference:MW http://www.themwc.com/news/mwfb-15-allmw Mountain West Announces 2015 Football All-Conference Teams and Themwc.com 2015-12-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20151208154339/http://www.themwc.com/news/mwfb-15-allmw December 8, 2015 dead mdy-all References Boise State Category:Boise State Broncos football seasons Category:Poinsettia Bowl champion seasons Boise State Broncos football Category:2010s in Boise, Idaho