The Boise State Broncos college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Boise State University as members of the Mountain West Conference. Since the establishment of the team in 1932 (although joined Division I in 1971 and FBS in 1996), Boise State has appeared in 20 bowl games.[1] The Broncos have appeared in nine different bowl games, with multiple appearances in the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas/Las Vegas Bowl (5), the Humanitarian/MPC Computers Bowl (4), the Fiesta Bowl (3) (which was part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and now part of the New Year's Six), the Hawaii Bowl (2), and the Poinsettia Bowl (2). Boise State was the only school from a non automatic qualifying conference to receive an at-large bid into a BCS game during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They went to the 2010 Fiesta Bowl that season (all other appearances by non-AQ schools were actually automatic bids under BCS rules). Their 2018 bowl appearance, the 2018 First Responder Bowl, was canceled due to inclement weather with 5:08 left in the first quarter and ruled a no contest.[2] Boise State's record is 12–7 in 20 bowl games.

Key

Results
W Win
L Loss

Bowl games

# Bowl Score Date Season Opponent Stadium Location Attendance Head coach
1 Humanitarian Bowl W 34–31 December 30, 1999 1999 Louisville Bronco Stadium Boise 29,283 Dirk Koetter
2 Humanitarian Bowl W 38–23 December 28, 2000 2000 UTEP Bronco Stadium Boise 26,203 Dirk Koetter
3 Humanitarian Bowl W 34–16 December 31, 2002 2002 Iowa State Bronco Stadium Boise 30,446 Dan Hawkins
4 Fort Worth Bowl W 34–31 December 23, 2003 2003 TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth 38,028 Dan Hawkins
5 Liberty Bowl L 40–44 December 31, 2004 2004 Louisville Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis 58,355 Dan Hawkins
6 MPC Computers Bowl L 21–27 December 28, 2005 2005 Boston College Bronco Stadium Boise 30,493 Dan Hawkins
7 Fiesta Bowl W 43–42 OT January 1, 2007 2006 Oklahoma University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale 73,719 Chris Petersen
8 Hawaii Bowl L 38–41 December 23, 2007 2007 East Carolina Aloha Stadium Honolulu 30,467 Chris Petersen
9 Poinsettia Bowl L 16–17 December 23, 2008 2008 TCU Qualcomm Stadium San Diego 34,628 Chris Petersen
10 Fiesta Bowl W 17–10 January 4, 2010 2009 TCU University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale 73,227 Chris Petersen
11 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas W 26–3 December 22, 2010 2010 Utah Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney 41,923 Chris Petersen
12 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas W 56–24 December 22, 2011 2011 Arizona State Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney 35,720 Chris Petersen
13 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas W 28–26 December 22, 2012 2012 Washington Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney 33,217 Chris Petersen
14 Hawaii Bowl L 23–38 December 24, 2013 2013 Oregon State Aloha Stadium Honolulu 29,106 Bob Gregory (interim)
15 Fiesta Bowl W 38–30 December 31, 2014 2014 Arizona University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale 66,896 Bryan Harsin
16 Poinsettia Bowl W 55–7 December 23, 2015 2015 Northern Illinois Qualcomm Stadium San Diego 21,501 Bryan Harsin
17 Cactus Bowl L 12–31 December 27, 2016 2016 Baylor Chase Field Phoenix 33,328 Bryan Harsin
18 Las Vegas Bowl W 38–28 December 16, 2017 2017 Oregon Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney 36,432 Bryan Harsin
19 First Responder Bowl No contest December 26, 2018 2018 Boston College Cotton Bowl Dallas Bryan Harsin
20 Las Vegas Bowl L 7–38 December 21, 2019 2019 Washington Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney 34,197 Bryan Harsin
21 Frisco Bowl W 35–32 December 17, 2022 2022 North Texas Toyota Stadium Frisco 12,211 Andy Avalos
22 LA Bowl L 22-35 December 16, 2023 2023 UCLA SoFi Stadium Inglewood Spencer Danielson

References

  1. ^ "Boise State Bowl History". Archived from the original on 2013-01-01. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
  2. ^ "First Responder Bowl: Boise State vs. Boston College canceled, ruled no contest due to inclement weather".
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