1987 Boise State Broncos football team

American college football season

1987 Boise State Broncos football

Conference| Big Sky Conference
Record| 6–5 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach|

* Skip Hall (1st season)

Home stadium| Bronco Stadium

Seasons

<- 1986

1988 ->

1987 Big Sky Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 5 Idaho $^  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 3  | - | 0
No. 10 Weber State ^  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 3  | - | 0
Montana | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Boise State | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Nevada | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 0
Northern Arizona | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
Idaho State | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 1
Eastern Washington | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 0
Montana State | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 10  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant

Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Poll

The 1987 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Broncos competed in the Big Sky Conference and played their home games on campus at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The Broncos were led by first-year head coach Skip Hall, Boise State finished the season 6–5 overall and 4–4 in conference.

## Schedule

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September 5| 7:00 pm| Delaware State*| |

* Bronco Stadium
* Boise, ID

| W 34–13| 18,101|
September 12| 7:00 pm| Cal State Northridge*| |

* Bronco Stadium
* Boise, ID

| W 30–0| 18,534|
September 26| 7:00 pm| at Weber State| No. 9|

* Wildcat Stadium
* Ogden, UT

| L 44–55| 10,647|
October 3| 7:00 pm| Montana State| |

* Bronco Stadium
* Boise, ID

| W 35–13| 19,638| [1]
October 10| 7:00 pm| Eastern Washington| |

* Bronco Stadium
* Boise, ID

| W 38–13| 18,672|
October 17| | at Montana| No. 19|

* Washington–Grizzly Stadium
* Missoula, MT

| L 3–12| 10,107|
October 24| 7:00 pm| Idaho State| |

* Bronco Stadium
* Boise, ID

| L 32–35| 21,255|
October 31| 1:30 pm| Utah*| |

* Bronco Stadium
* Boise, ID

| L 27–31| 15,241|
November 7| 1:00 pm| at Nevada| |

* Mackay Stadium
* Reno, NV (rivalry)

| W 36–31| 18,150|
November 14| 1:30 pm| No. 16 Northern Arizona| |

* Bronco Stadium
* Boise, ID

| W 48–18| 15,286|
November 21| 5:30 pm| at No. 5 Idaho| |

* Kibbie Dome
* Moscow, ID (rivalry)

| L 20–26| 16,500|

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Mountain time

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## References

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1. ^ "Boise St. 35, Montana St. 13". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 4, 1987. p. 5B.
2. ^ "1987 Boise State Broncos Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
3. ^ "Football media guide". Boise State University Athletics. 2015. p. 158.

## External links

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* Bronco Football Stats – 1987
* BSU University News – student newspaper – 1987 editions

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