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The 1995 Boise State Broncos football team represented
Boise State University in the
1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season , their last season in
Division I-AA . The Broncos competed in the
Big Sky Conference and played their home games on campus at
Bronco Stadium in
Boise, Idaho . Led by third-year head coach
Pokey Allen , Boise State finished the season 7–4 overall and 4–3 in conference, ranked 21st in the final regular season poll.
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This was Boise State's final season as a member of the Big Sky and Division I-AA; they began play in
Division I-A in the
Big West Conference in
1996 .
Season
Coming off a successful
previous season of 13–2 and the runner-up in the national championship,
[2] BSU was ranked eighth in the preseason I-AA poll,
[3] and climbed to third after an opening victory at
Division I-A
Utah State .
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[5] A three-game losing streak dropped them out of the poll by mid-season,
[6] after wide-margin losses to
Montana and
Northern Arizona .
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After five consecutive wins, the Broncos climbed back to #16 prior to the regular season finale at
rival
Idaho ,
[9] whom they defeated the previous year in Boise to break a twelve-game losing streak in the series.
[10] With a likely
playoff berth on the line;
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[12] BSU lost by twenty in the
Kibbie Dome to end their season in a four-way tied for second place.
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[15] Surging Idaho (6–4) was selected for the final at-large berth for the postseason,
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[18] but was matched against top-ranked
McNeese State in southwest
Louisiana and made a quick exit.
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Allen's cancer
Allen had been diagnosed in December 1994 with
rhabdomyosarcoma , a rare form of muscle
cancer .
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[23] The tumor in his upper right arm was removed in March and he underwent extensive
chemotherapy and a
stem-cell transplant in July at the
Fred Hutchinson Center in
Seattle .
[24] He returned to coach the Broncos while going through treatment, and the cancer was declared in remission in December 1995, but the doctors warned of likely recurrence.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance September 9 at
Utah State * No. 5 W 38–1420,909
September 16
Sam Houston State * No. 3 W 38–1423,377
September 23 1:05 pm at No. 6
Montana No. 3 L 28–5418,504
September 30
Northwestern State (LA) * No. 11 Bronco Stadium Boise, ID
[25] L 17–2222,364
October 7 No. 18
Northern Arizona No. 19 Bronco Stadium Boise, ID
[8] L 13–3221,683
October 14 at
Weber State W 40–1411,428
October 21 No. 22
Idaho State Bronco Stadium Boise, ID
[27] W 27–1723,621
October 28 No. 6
Portland State (
Div. II ) * No. 25 Bronco Stadium Boise, ID
[28] W 49–1418,128
November 4 1:05 pm
Eastern Washington No. 24 W 63–4418,051
November 11
Montana State No. 23 Bronco Stadium Boise, ID
[31] W 35–723,327
November 18 4:05 pm at No. 25
Idaho No. 16 L 13–3316,295
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References
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"Sports Network Div. I-AA Poll" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. Associated Press. November 21, 1995. p. 5B.
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"Youngstown St. powers past Boise St. in I-AA title game" . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . Idaho-Washington. Associated Press. December 19, 1994. p. 4C.
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"Preseason Div. I-AA poll" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. Associated Press. August 19, 1995. p. 2B.
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"Boise State humbles Aggies 38-14" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. Associated Press. September 10, 1995. p. 4B.
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"Sports Network Div. I-AA Poll" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. Associated Press. September 12, 1995. p. 2B.
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"Sports Network Div. I-AA Poll" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. October 10, 1995. p. 2B.
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"UM's Dickenson honored by BSC" . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . (Idaho-Washington). September 25, 1995. p. 1C.
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"Lumberjacks thumb BSU" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. Associated Press. October 8, 1995. p. 4B.
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"Sports Network Div. I-AA Poll" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. November 14, 1995. p. 2B.
^ Sahlberg, Bert (November 20, 1994).
"End of the line" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). p. 1B.
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a
b Sahlberg, Bert (November 18, 1995).
"Playing for pride and..." Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). p. 1C.
^ Sullivan, Tim (November 18, 1995).
"UI, BSU on recovery road" . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . Idaho-Washington.
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b Sahlberg, Bert (November 19, 1995).
"Emphatic enough?" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). p. 1C.
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"Hisaw guides Idaho to win over Broncos" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. November 19, 1995. p. C1.
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a
b Sullivan, Tim (November 20, 1995).
"Vandals bury Boise State" . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . (Idaho-Washington). p. 1C.
^ Sahlberg, Bert (November 20, 1995).
"UI gets invite to I-AA party" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). p. 1B.
^ Sullivan, Tim (November 20, 1995).
"Vandals to meet playoff nemesis" . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . Idaho-Washington. p. 1C.
^ Meehan, Jim (November 20, 1995).
"Vandals get shot at No. 1" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
^ Sahlberg, Bert (November 26, 1995).
"Run out of town" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. p. 1C.
^ Sahlberg, Bert (November 27, 1995).
"Vandals were bait for those Bayou gators" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. p. 1B.
^ Sullivan, Tim (November 20, 1995).
"MSU ropes Vandals – again" . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . Idaho-Washington. p. 1C.
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"BSU's Allen has cancer" . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . Idaho-Washington. Associated Press. December 21, 1994. p. 1B.
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"Allen has tumor" . Youngstown Vindicator . Ohio. December 21, 1994. p. C1.
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"Allen in serious condition" . Deseret News . Salt Lake City, Utah. July 5, 1995. p. D5.
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"Northwestern State 22, BSU 17" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. October 1, 1995. p. 4B.
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"Boise St. 40, Weber St. 14" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Idaho. Associated Press. October 15, 1995. p. 4B.
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"Broncos stop ISU" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. October 22, 1995. p. 4B.
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"Boise St. 49, Portland St. 14" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. October 29, 1995. p. 5B.
^ Sando, Mike (November 4, 1993).
"Hold on just a minute, EWU" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). p. C3.
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"Boise St. 63, E. Washington 44" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. November 5, 1995. p. 4B.
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"Boise St. 35, Montana St. 7" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). Associated Press. November 12, 1995. p. 4B.
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"1995 Boise State Broncos Schedule" . CFBDataWarehouse.com. Archived from
the original on October 23, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016 .
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"Football media guide" . Boise State University Athletics. 2015. p. 159.
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