For the first 31 seasons of Boise State football, the Broncos competed at the two-year junior college level. From 1933 to 1964, the school was known as Boise Junior College, then from 1965 to 1967 it was known as Boise College.

Boise Junior College football started in 1933, one year after the school's establishment. The team initially competed at Public School Field before moving to the on-campus College Field (also known as Chaffee Field) in 1940. Under head coaches Dusty Kline, Max Eiden, and Harry Jacoby, the Broncos only saw modest results. In the early 1940s, the program was disrupted by the outbreak of World War II—in 1941, coach Jacoby was called into Army service, forcing George "Stub" Allison to fill in for the remainder of that season. In 1942, the program was forced to go on hiatus due to depleted male enrollment at the college. In 1946, with the war over, the program returned under Jacoby, and in 1947 first-year assistant Lyle Smith was promoted to head coach.

Boise saw tremendous success under Smith, who won his first 37 games as a head coach (interrupted by a period in 1950 and 1951 in which Smith was called into Naval service in Korea and George Blankley took over as head coach and also saw success). The program moved into a new stadium, Bronco Stadium, in 1950. Success for the Broncos continued throughout the 1950s under Smith, culminating in a NJCAA national championship in 1958. That success continued well into the 1960s, with the Broncos ultimately earning 13 Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference football titles, by far the most for a single school in that conference's history.

By the mid-60's, in response to tremendous growth, the school began the transition into a four-year institution. In 1965, the school began offering baccalaureate degrees and changed its name to Boise College. 1967 was the final year for Boise at the two-year level as they moved to the NAIA as an independent. It was also Smith's final year as a coach, as he moved full-time into the athletic director role at Boise. Smith did not suffer a losing record in any of his 20 seasons as head coach.

In 1968, Boise College changed its name again to Boise State College, and the football program began four-year competition under new head coach Tony Knap.

Schedules

1933

Head Coach: Dusty Kline
Record: 1-2-1

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 12	St. Joseph's Catholic School (HS)	Public School Field Boise, ID	L 0-6
November 9	College of Idaho Freshmen		W 25-6
November 18	Albion Normal	Public School Field Boise, ID	L 6-7
November 23	St. Joseph's Catholic School (HS)	Public School Field Boise, ID	T 0-0

Source:^[1]

1934

Head Coach: Max Eiden
Record: 4-3

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
	at Eastern Oregon Normal	La Grande, OR	L 0-18
	Ricks College		W 6-0
	Gooding College	Public School Field Boise, ID	W 49-0
	Idaho Freshman	Public School Field Boise, ID	W 6-0
	Albion Normal		L 6-13
November 24	Idaho Southern Branch	Public School Field Boise, ID	L 6-25
	at Gooding College	Gooding, ID	W 18-0
Homecoming

Source:^[2]

1935

Head Coach: Max Eiden
Record: 4-4

Opponent	Site	Result	Source
College of Idaho		L 0-30
Gooding College		W 26-0
Lewiston Normal	Public School Field Boise, ID	W 21-0
Gooding College		W 19-0
at Ricks College	Rexburg, ID	L 6-7
Eastern Oregon Normal	Public School Field Boise, ID	W 12-6
at Idaho Southern Branch	Hutchinson Field Pocatello, ID	L 6-19	^[3]
Albion Normal	Public School Field Boise, ID	L 6-7
Homecoming

Source:^[4]

1936

Head Coach: Max Eiden
Record: 3-4

Opponent	Site	Result
Ricks College	Public School Field Boise, ID	W 19-13
Gooding College	Public School Field Boise, ID	W 26-6
at Lewiston Normal	Lewiston, ID	L 13-34
Idaho Freshman		W 2-0
at Eastern Oregon Normal	La Grande, OR	L 3-25
College of Idaho		L 0-25
at Albion Normal	Rupert, ID	L 0-7

Source:^[5]

1937

Head Coach: Max Eiden
Record: 0-6-1

Opponent	Site	Result
Albion Normal	Public School Field Boise, ID	L 7-19
Idaho Southern Branch	Public School Field Boise, ID	L 0-45
at Ricks College	Rexburg, ID	T 0-0
Lewiston Normal		L 6-24
College of Idaho		L 0-18
Southern Oregon Normal	Public School Field Boise, ID	L 7-25
at Mesa College	Grand Junction, CO	L 6-13

Source:^[6]

1938

Head Coach: Harry Jacoby
Record: 2-4

Opponent	Site	Result
at Eastern Oregon Normal	La Grande, OR	L 0-35
at Albion Normal	Albion, ID	L 0-14
at Idaho Southern Branch	Spud Bowl Pocatello, ID	L 0-54
Idaho Freshman	Public School Field Boise, ID	L 7-14
Ricks College	Public School Field Boise, ID	W 19-7
Mesa College	Public School Field Boise, ID	W 19-0
Homecoming

Source:^[7]

1939

Head Coach: Harry Jacoby
Record: 4-2

Opponent	Site	Result
Albion Normal	Public School Field Boise, ID	L 0-16
Eastern Oregon Normal	Public School Field Boise, ID	W 7-0
at Lewiston Normal	Lewiston, ID	W 20-7
at College of Idaho	Simplot Stadium Caldwell, ID	L 13-21
Boise All-Stars^	Public School Field Boise, ID	W 12-9
Ricks College	Public School Field Boise, ID	W 21-14
Homecoming

^The Boise All-Stars were a team of former college players.

Source:^[8]

1940

Head Coach: Harry Jacoby
Record: 4-2

Boise was ranked at No. 598 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[9]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 27	Carroll College	College Field Boise, ID	W 14-7
October 4	Eastern Oregon Normal		W 0-7
October 12	Albion Normal	Albion, ID	L 7-21
October 19	Carbon College	College Field Boise, ID	W 21-0
October 25	College of Idaho	College Field Boise, ID	W 7-0
November 9	Lewiston Normal	College Field Boise, ID	L 6-12
Homecoming

Source:^[10]

1941

Head Coaches: Harry Jacoby (first 4 games), George "Stub" Allison (last 3 games)
Record: 3-4

Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
at Carroll College	Helena, MT	L 0-6
Eastern Oregon Normal	Chaffee Stadium Boise, ID	L 0-7
Albion Normal	Chaffee Stadium Boise, ID	W 15-0	1,800
at Lewiston Normal	Lewiston, ID	L 6-7
Idaho Southern Branch	Chaffee Stadium Boise, ID	L 0-34		^[11]
at Carbon College	Price, UT	W 25-6
Gowen Field (Military)	Chaffee Stadium Boise, ID	W 14-6

Source:^[12]

Boise Junior College fielded no intramural team from 1942 to 1945 due to World War II.

1946

Head Coach: Harry Jacoby
Record: 3-4-2

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 27	Albion Normal	College Field Boise, ID	L 0-7
October 4	at Weber College	Ogden, UT	T 0-0
October 11	Lewiston Normal	College Field Boise, ID	W 7-6
October 19	at Idaho Southern Branch	Spud Bowl Pocatello, ID	L 0-6
October 25	Idaho J.V.	College Field Boise, ID	L 7-12
November 1	at Carbon College	Price, UT	L 7-13
November 9	Eastern Oregon	College Field Boise, ID	W 19-0
November 15	at Albion Normal	Albion, ID	T 7-7
November 23	College of Idaho	College Field Boise, ID	W 20-6
Homecoming

Source:^[13]

1947

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 9-0

In the final Litkenhous Ratings released in mid-December, Boise Junior College was ranked at No. 393 out of 500 college football teams.^[14]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 26	at Ricks College	Rexburg, ID	W 31-0
October 3	Carbon College	College Field Boise, ID	W 28-7
October 10	SICE	College Field Boise, ID	W 12-0
October 18	at NICE	Lewiston, ID	W 27-13
October 25	Idaho Freshmen	College Field Boise, ID	W 19-12
October 31	Weber College	College Field Boise, ID	W 13-7
November 8	at Eastern Oregon	La Grande, OR	W 14-0
November 14	Olympic Junior College	College Field Boise, ID	W 33-6
November 22	vs. SICE	Glenns Ferry, ID	W 7-0
Homecoming

Source:^[15]

1948

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 9-0^

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
	Olympic Junior College*	Bremerton, WA	W 33-12
	Ricks College	College Field Boise, ID	W 25-0
October 8	Utah State Freshmen*	College Field Boise, ID	W 13-7
October 14	at Weber College	Ogden, UT	W 12-0
October 22	Idaho Freshmen*	College Field Boise, ID	W 25-13
October 30	NICE*	College Field Boise, ID	W 33-13
November 5	at SICE	Albion, ID	W 13-12
November 13	Eastern Oregon*	College Field Boise, ID	W 29-14
November 25	at Yakima Community College*	Yakima, WA	W 52-0
*Non-conference game Homecoming

^Boise State was undefeated in ICAC league play, but did not play enough conference opponents to be eligible for the conference championship.

Source:^[16]

1949

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 10-0
ICAC Champions
Potato Bowl Champions (Bakersfield, CA)

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 23	Yakima Community College*	College Field Boise, ID	W 44-7
October 1	at NICE*	Lewiston, ID	W 26-13
October 7	at Ricks College	Rexburg, ID	W 13-0
October 14	Utah Branch Agriculture College	College Field Boise, ID	W 62-12
October 21	Weber College	College Field Boise, ID	W 20-7
October 28	SICE	College Field Boise, ID	W 19-0
November 5	Carbon College		W 19-7
November 12	at Eastern Oregon*	La Grande, OR	W 48-13
November 19	Lassen College*	College Field Boise, ID	W 50-6
December 3	vs. Taft Junior College*	Memorial Stadium Bakersfield, CA (Potato Bowl)	W 25-6
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Source:^[17]

1950

Head Coaches: Lyle Smith (first three games), George Blankley (last seven games)
Record: 9-1
ICAC Champions

Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
Modesto Junior College*		W 33-13
at Weber College	Ogden, UT	W 8-0
at SICE	Albion, ID	W 21-7
NICE*	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 26-18	5,500
Oregon Tech*		W 53-6
Ricks College		W 52-13
Carbon College		W 41-6
Eastern Oregon*	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 48-13
Westminster College		W 33-6
vs. Long Beach City College*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Junior Rose Bowl)	L 13-33
*Non-conference game

Source:^[18]

1951

Head Coach: George Blankley
Record: 9-1
ICAC Champions
Potato Bowl Champions

Opponent	Site	Result
John Muir College*		W 33-13
Oregon Tech*		W 14-6
Weber College	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 13-12
Chaffey Junior College*		W 46-6
Westminster College		W 34-13
Mountain Home AFB*		W 53-13
Olympic Junior College*		L 6-18
Ricks College		W 39-0
Carbon College		W 56-0
vs. Bakersfield College*	Memorial Stadium Bakersfield, CA (Potato Bowl)	W 34-13
*Non-conference game

Source:^[19]

1952

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 8-1
ICAC Champions

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
	Olympic College*		W 35-12
	Weber College		W 33-14
	Utah State Freshmen*	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 39-0
	Westminster College		W 47-7
	at Chaffey Junior College*	Ontario, CA	W 71-13
	Oregon Tech*		W 14-13
	Ricks College		W 57-0
	Idaho Freshmen*	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 34-7
November 22	Pasadena City College*	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (Bronco Bowl)	L 13-28
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Source:^[20]

1953

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 8-1
ICAC Champions
Bronco Bowl Champions

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
	Everett Community College*		W 19-13
	Yakima Community College*		W 33-0
	Olympic College*		W 6-0
	Westminster College		W 26-7
	Weber College		W 22-6
	Oregon Tech*		W 22-0
	Ricks College		W 13-0
November 14	Bacone College*	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (Bronco Bowl)	W 36-14
	Pasadena City College*		L 0-6
*Non-conference game

Source:^[21]

1954

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 9-1-1
ICAC Champions

Opponent	Site	Result
Oregon Tech*		W 35-7
Olympic College*		W 28-6
Yakima Community College*		W 26-0
Weber College		W 47-6
Everett Community College*		W 26-19
Snow College		W 45-0
College of Southern Utah		W 40-7
Ricks College		T 26-26
Pasadena City College*	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 20-7
Centralia Junior College*		W 34-14
vs. Compton College*	Memorial Stadium Bakersfield, CA (Potato Bowl)	L 6-7
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Source:^[22]

1955

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 7-2
ICAC Champions

Opponent	Site	Result
Carbon College		W 46-0
Olympic College*		W 26-12
San Jose Junior College*		W 15-6
Oregon Tech*		W 50-0
Weber College		W 25-18
Centralia Junior College*		W 20-0
Ricks College		W 32-0
Everett Community College*		L 20-21
Pasadena City College*		L 19-45
*Non-conference game

Source:^[23]

1956

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 8-0-1
ICAC Co-Champions

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
	Carbon College		W 36-0
	Yuba College*		W 21-14
	Weber College		W 33-6
	Hartnell College*		T 20-20
	Utah State Freshmen*		W 34-20
	College of Southern Utah		W 47-0
	Ricks College		W 61-0
	Everett Community College*		W 41-27
November 17	Wenatchee Junior College*	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 59-6
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Source:^[24]

1957

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 9-1
ICAC Champions

Opponent	Site	Result
Oregon Tech*		W 32-19
Weber College		W 52-7
Utah State Freshmen*		W 46-0
Ricks College		W 40-12
Carbon College		W 13-6
College of Southern Utah	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 53-0
Everett Community College*		W 34-13
Scottsbluff Junior College*		W 45-0
Dixie Junior College		W 39-13
Bakersfield College*	Memorial Stadium Bakersfield, CA (Potato Bowl)	L 13-28
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Source:^[25]

1958

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 10-0
ICAC Champions
NJCAA National Champions

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
	Carbon College		W 51-0
	Oakland Junior College*		W 40-0
	Weber College		W 49-7
	Olympic College*		W 44-19
	Trinidad Junior College*		W 55-0
	Compton College*		W 21-8
	Everett Community College*		W 29-20
	Ricks College		W 25-7
	Dixie Junior College		W 75-6
November 27	Tyler Junior College*	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (NJCAA Championship Game)	W 22-0
*Non-conference game

Source:^[26]

Source:^[27]

1959

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 7-2-1

Opponent	Site	Result
Santa Monica College*		L 19-46
Snow College		W 26-0
Weber College		W 20-13
Carbon College		L 7-13
at Grand Rapids Junior College*	Grand Rapids, MI	T 20-20
Hartnell College*		W 20-13
Ricks College		W 40-7
Everett Community College*		W 32-14
Olympic College*		W 12-6
Otero Junior College*		W 20-7
*Non-conference game

Source:^[28]

1960

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 8-2
ICAC Champions

Opponent	Site	Result
Dixie Junior College		W 48-6
Olympic College*		W 33-0
Santa Monica College*		L 7-26
Carbon College		W 54-0
Weber College		W 26-24
Eastern Arizona College*		W 68-14
College of Southern Utah		W 47-7
Ricks College		W 59-7
Grand Rapids Junior College*	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 61-20
Everett Community College*		L 13-14
*Non-conference game

Source:^[29]

1961

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 9-1
ICAC Champions

Opponent	Site	Result
Snow College		W 37-0
El Camino College*		W 70-20
Carbon College		W 50-19
Weber College		W 15-0
Everett Community College*		W 14-13
College of Southern Utah		W 57-0
Ricks College		W 56-0
Olympic College*		W 10-0
Dixie Junior College		W 29-7
New Mexico Military Institute*		L 21-24
*Non-conference game

Source:^[30]

1962

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 5-2-2

Opponent	Site	Result
El Camino College*		L 6-38
Olympic College*		T 6-6
Carbon College		W 34-0
Snow College		L 8-12
Everett Community College*		T 7-7
Dixie Junior College		W 20-19
Ricks College		W 23-14
Yakima Community College*		W 35-14
New Mexico Military Institute*		W 26-6
*Non-conference game

Source:^[31]

1963

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 5-3-1

Opponent	Site	Result
Columbia Basin College*		T 13-13
Mesa College		L 6-7
Carbon College		W 27-0
Snow College		W 21-7
Everett Community College*		W 40-12
Dixie Junior College		L 7-12
Ricks College		W 27-14
Yakima Community College*		L 13-33
McCook Junior College*		W 20-0
*Non-conference game

Source:^[32]

1964

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 8-2

Opponent	Site	Result
Columbia Basin College*		L 2-21
Mesa College		W 41-7
Northwestern Community College*		W 41-0
Snow College		W 27-8
Idaho Freshmen*		W 33-10
Dixie Junior College		L 2-7
Ricks College		W 34-0
Shoreline Community College*		W 47-19
Everett Community College*		W 26-7
Compton College*		W 39-26
*Non-conference game

Source:^[33]

1965

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 9-2
ICAC Champions

Opponent	Site	Result
Columbia Basin College*		L 0-26
Treasure Valley Community College*		W 36-13
Snow College		W 28-20
Wenatchee Junior College*		W 21-7
Mesa College		W 55-0
Dixie Junior College		W 21-13
Shoreline Community College*		W 37-0
Ricks College		W 27-13
Everett Community College*		W 13-7
Taft Junior College*		W 21-20
Cerritos College*	Memorial Stadium Bakersfield, CA (Potato Bowl)	L 13-41
*Non-conference game

Source:^[34]

1966

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 9-1
ICAC Champions

Opponent	Site	Result
at Columbia Basin College*	Pasco, WA	W 13-9
Everett Community College*	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 14-0
at Snow College	Ephraim, UT	W 35-7
at Treasure Valley Community College*	Ontario, Oregon	W 54-7
Mesa College	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 35-14
Dixie Junior College	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 21-13
at Ricks College	Rexburg, ID	W 38-20
at Shoreline Community College*	Shoreline, WA	W 14-7
Yakima Community College*	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 25-7
Taft Junior College*	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	L 5-45
*Non-conference game

Source:^[35]

1967

Head Coach: Lyle Smith
Record: 6-4

Opponent	Site	Result
Columbia Basin College*		W 25-12
Everett Community College*		W 29-21
Snow College		W 35-6
Treasure Valley Community College*		L 23-26
Mesa College		L 14-25
Dixie Junior College		W 7-3
Ricks College		L 14-18
San Diego City College*		L 21-44
Yakima College*		W 36-6
Wenatchee College*		W 35-7
*Non-conference game

Source:^[36]

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