| 1995 Boise State Broncos football | |
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| Conference | Big Sky Conference |
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| Sports Network | No. 21 |
| Record | 7–4 (4–3 Big Sky) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Tom Mason (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Bronco Stadium |
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| No.8Montana $^ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 13 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.17Idaho ^ | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.21Boise State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.22Northern Arizona | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Washington | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 StadiuminBoise, 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.[1]
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 Conferencein1996.
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.[4][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.[7][8]
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;[11][12] BSU lost by twenty in the Kibbie Dome to end their season in a four-way tied for second place.[13][14][15] Surging Idaho (6–4) was selected for the final at-large berth for the postseason,[16][17][18] but was matched against top-ranked McNeese State in southwest Louisiana and made a quick exit.[19][20][21]
Allen had been diagnosed in December 1994 with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of muscle cancer.[22][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 CenterinSeattle.[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.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 9 | atUtah State* | No. 5 |
| W 38–14 | 20,909 | |
| September 16 | Sam Houston State* | No. 3 |
| W 38–14 | 23,377 | |
| September 23 | 1:05 pm | at No. 6Montana | No. 3 |
| L 28–54 | 18,504 |
| September 30 | Northwestern State (LA)* | No. 11 |
| L 17–22 | 22,364 | |
| October 7 | No. 18Northern Arizona | No. 19 |
| L 13–32 | 21,683 | |
| October 14 | atWeber State |
| W 40–14 | 11,428 | ||
| October 21 | No. 22Idaho State |
| W 27–17 | 23,621 | ||
| October 28 | No. 6Portland State (Div. II)* | No. 25 |
| W 49–14 | 18,128 | |
| November 4 | 1:05 pm | Eastern Washington | No. 24 |
| W 63–44 | 18,051 |
| November 11 | Montana State | No. 23 |
| W 35–7 | 23,327 | |
| November 18 | 4:05 pm | at No. 25Idaho | No. 16 |
| L 13–33 | 16,295 |
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