1968 Boise State Broncos football team

1968 Boise State Broncos football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumBronco Stadium
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 NAIA independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Doane     10 0 0
New Mexico Highlands     9 0 0
No. 15 Ferris State     7 0 1
No. 9 Cal Lutheran     9 1 0
No. 10 Emory and Henry     9 1 0
Indiana (PA)     9 1 0
No. 16 Austin     8 1 0
No. 11 Appalachian State     8 2 0
Boise State     8 2 0
No. 20 Carson–Newman     8 2 0
La Verne     7 2 0
Hillsdale     6 3 0
St. Mary of the Plains     6 4 0
Wheaton (IL)     5 4 0
Oklahoma Panhandle State     5 5 1
Eastern New Mexico     4 5 1
Simon Fraser     4 5 0
Southern Colorado State     4 6 0
Southwest State (MN)     3 5 0
Wofford     4 7 0
Georgetown (KY)     2 6 0
Azusa Pacific     2 7 0
Kentucky State     2 7 0
Iowa Wesleyan     1 7 1
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1968 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State College during the 1968 NAIA football season, the first season of Bronco football at the four-year level. It was the first of two seasons Boise played as an NAIA independent after departing the NJCAA and the Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference.[1][2] It was also the first season under the school's new name, after being known as Boise College since 1965.

The Broncos played their home games on campus at the original Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. Led by first-year head coach Tony Knap, who succeeded legendary Bronco head coach Lyle Smith, the Broncos finished with an 8–2 record.[3] After starting the season 1–2, the Broncos finished strong with seven straight victories, including wins over Evergreen Conference champions Central Washington and in-state rivals Idaho State and the College of Idaho. BSC was listed among the top thirty small college teams at the end of the season.[4]

  1. ^ "Boise State joins NCAA". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. October 15, 1969. p. 44.
  2. ^ "Boise State, Northern Arizona admitted to Big Sky". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 26, 1969. p. 13.
  3. ^ "Boise State Broncos -- College Football (NCAA)". college-football-results.com. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  4. ^ Les Bois Yearbook. Vol. 34. Boise State University. 1969. Retrieved January 4, 2020.