1989 Boise State Broncos football team

1989 Boise State Broncos football
1989 Boise State Broncos football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	6–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Skip Hall (3rd season);
Home stadium	Bronco Stadium
	Seasons ← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1989 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 third–year head coach Skip Hall, Boise State finished the season 6–5 overall and 5–3 in conference.

1989 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. T–4 Idaho $^	8	–	0	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 6 Montana ^	7	–	1	–	0	11	–	3	–	0
No. 19 Nevada	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Boise State	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Eastern Washington	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Northern Arizona	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Montana State	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Idaho State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Weber State	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9		Stephen F. Austin*	No. 12	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 23–12	19,918	^[1]^[2]
September 16		Long Beach State*	No. 12	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	L 14–17	20,307
September 23	6:00 pm	Oregon State*	No. 14	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	L 30–37	22,315	^[3]
September 30		at Weber State	No. 13	Wildcat Stadium Ogden, UT	W 41–24	4,609
October 7		Idaho State	No. 11	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 20–7	20,834
October 14		Northern Arizona	No. 11	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 21–14	18,255
October 21		Montana State	No. 7	Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 37–10	19,241
October 28		at No. 14 Montana	No. 6	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	L 13–48	10,388
November 4		at Nevada	No. 13	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (rivalry)	L 14–30	18,275
November 11		Eastern Washington		Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	W 27–20	19,451
November 18	8:00 pm	at No. 5 Idaho	No. 20	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID (rivalry)	L 21–26	17,600	^[4]^[5]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

^ "Backup QB rallies Boise State". The Idaho Statesman. September 10, 1989. Retrieved March 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "BSU rallies past Stephen F. Austin". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 10, 1989. p. 4B.
^ Cawood, Neil (September 24, 1989). "Beavers win...barely". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1E.
^ Schulte, Chris (November 18, 1989). "UI goes for no. 8; Cougs after Freedom". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 1E.
^ Schulte, Chris (November 20, 1989). "Friesz shows he's human in UI win". Idahonian. (Moscow). p. 1B.
^ "1989 Boise State Broncos Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
^ "Football media guide". Boise State University Athletics. 2015. p. 158.

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