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NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 13–22 vs. Northwestern State | |
Conference | Big Sky Conference |
Record | 8–4 (5–3 Big Sky) |
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Home stadium | Bronco Stadium |
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No. 1 Idaho $^ | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Montana ^ | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 Boise State ^ | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Arizona | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weber State | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana State | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Washington | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho State | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1988 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Broncos competed in the Big Sky Conference and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The Broncos were led by second-year head coach Skip Hall, Boise State finished the season 8–4 overall and 5–3 in conference.
The Broncos made the Division I-AA playoffs,[1] the first time since 1981, but lost at home in the first round to Northwestern State.[2] The Big Sky Conference had three teams in the 16–team playoffs for the first time.[1]
In the rivalry game with second-ranked Idaho at Bronco Stadium on November 19,[3] a conference attendance record of 23,687 was set, but the Vandals won for the seventh consecutive year.[4][5]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 3 | at Long Beach State* | W 29–10 | 6,032 | [6] | |||
September 10 | Sam Houston State* | W 14–10 | 20,383 | [7] | |||
September 17 | at Northern Arizona | W 24–21 | 20,383 | ||||
September 24 | 8:00 pm | at Eastern Washington | No. 11 | L 28–34 | 4,513 | [8] | |
October 1 | Weber State | No. 19 |
| W 31–27 | 20,890 | ||
October 15 | at Montana State | No. 13 | L | ||||
October 22 | No. 12 Montana |
| W 31–28 | 19,059 | |||
October 29 | No. 17 Nevada |
| W 40–28 | 22,178 | |||
November 5 | at Idaho State | No. 17 | W 31–10 | 7,125 | [9] | ||
November 12 | Eastern Illinois* | No. 15 |
| W 12–7 | 12,871 | [10] | |
November 19 | 2:30 pm | No. 2 Idaho | No. 13 |
| L 20–26 | 23,687 | [3][4][5] |
November 26 | No. 8 Northwestern State | No. 12 |
| L 13–22 | 10,537 | [2][11] | |
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