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American college football season

1973 Boise State Broncos football
Big Sky champion
Division II Semifinal - Pioneer Bowl,
L 34–38 vs. Louisiana Tech
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8 (small college)
APNo. 5 (small college)
Record10–3 (6–0 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home stadiumBronco Stadium
Seasons← 19721974 →
1973 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Boise State $^ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 3 – 0
Montana State 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Idaho 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Northern Arizona 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Montana 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Weber State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Idaho State 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • Idaho was classified as Division I. All the other teams were classified as Division II.
Rankings from AP small college poll

The 1973 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State College during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season, the sixth season of Bronco football (at the four-year level) and the first in the newly reorganized Division II. The Broncos were in their fourth year as members of the Big Sky Conference (and NCAA) and played their home games on campus at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho.

Led by sixth-year head coach Tony Knap, the Broncos were 9–2 in the regular season and undefeated in conference (6–0) to win their first Big Sky title. Invited to the inaugural eight-team Division II playoffs, BSC hosted a 53–10 quarterfinal win over South Dakota. In the semifinals, the Broncos lost 38–34 to Louisiana Tech in the Pioneer Bowl in Texas, giving up a touchdown in the final seconds and finished at 10–3.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 152:30 pmat IdahoW 47–2417,104
September 227:30 pmMontana StateNo. 10W 27–1714,521
September 297:30 pmPortland State*No. 10
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 64–712,408
October 67:30 pmat Weber StateNo. 8W 34–711,586
October 139:15 pmat UNLV*No. 5L 19–2412,458
October 201:00 pmNorthern ArizonaNo. 11
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 21–610,112
October 277:30 pmMontanaNo. 11
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 55–712,852
November 31:00 pmat Nevada*No. 9L 21–23  3,111
November 108:00 pmat Idaho StateNo. 11W 21–1712,000
November 171:30 pmNo. 4 Cal Poly*No. 10
  • Bronco Stadium
  • Boise, ID
W 42–1013,885
November 247:30 pmat UC Davis*No. 8W 32–31  4,300
December 112:30 pmNo. 10 South Dakota*No. 7W 53–1014,358
December 811:30 amvs. No. 3 Louisiana Tech*No. 7L 34–3813,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

Roster

1973 Boise State Broncos football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 12 Jim McMillan Jr
QB 15 Ron Autele Sr
RB 21 Harry Riener Sr
RB 22 Chester Grey Jr
RB 40 John Smith So
RB 42 Ron Emry So
C 54 John Klotz Sr
RT 60 Charlie Russell Sr
LG 61 Glenn Sparks So
RG 63 Dan Dixon Sr
LT 76 Al Davis Sr
WR 81 Don Hutt (C) Jr
WR 89 Dick Donohue Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 14 Greg Frederick (C) So
FS 25 Pat King Sr
CB 29 Rolly Woolsey Jr
SS 43 Jim Meeks Jr
RLB 45 Loren Schmidt Jr
MLB 51 Ron Davis Jr
LLB 82 Claude Tomasini Jr
RDT 71 Vaa Afoa Jr
LDT 73 Blessing Bird Sr
DL 78 Ron Franklin Jr
LDE 83 Mark Goodman Sr
RDE 87 Ken Mills Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 29 Rolly Woolsey Jr
P 39 Gary Gorrell So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Steve Buratto (DB, OLB)
  • Charlie Dine (DL, MLB)
  • Dave Nickel (OL)
  • Adam Rita (WR)
  • Doug Woolsey (OB)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt
Source:

NFL draft

Three Broncos were selected in the 1974 NFL draft, which lasted 17 rounds (442 selections).

Player Position Round Overall Franchise
Don Hutt Wide receiver 9th 213 Los Angeles Rams
Dan Dixon Guard 13th 313 Houston Oilers
Al Davis Guard 17th 433 Atlanta Falcons

References

  1. "NCAA Statistics". Retrieved January 12, 2025.
  2. "Boise State Broncos -- College Football (NCAA)". college-football-results.com. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  3. ^ "Boise St. smears South Dakota". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. December 2, 1973. p. 19.
  4. ^ "Boise in semis". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. December 8, 1973. p. 17.
  5. ^ "Late TD tops Boise". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. December 9, 1973. p. 19.
  6. DeLassus, David (2016). "Boise State Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  7. ^ Payne, Bob (September 15, 1973). "Idaho, Boise resume war". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 14.
  8. "Happiness is Boise State". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. September 17, 1973. p. 15.
  9. "Autele leads Boise victory". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. September 23, 1973. p. 2, sports.
  10. "Boise State, 64-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. September 30, 1973. p. 6C.
  11. Blodgett, Gary R. (October 6, 1973). "WSC gridders set for tough Boise". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D3.
  12. "Boise State whips Weber". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 7, 1973. p. 21.
  13. Blodgett, Gary R. (October 8, 1973). "Awesome Broncos swamp Weber". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D2.
  14. ^ "Game program: UNLV Rebels vs. Boise State Broncos". University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. October 13, 1973. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  15. "Las Vegas upsets Boise 24-19". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 14, 1973. p. 16.
  16. "Mustangs struggle". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 21, 1973. p. 21.
  17. Shelledy, Jay (October 28, 1973). "Boise St. runs over Grizzlies". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 20.
  18. "'Cats romp but UN nips Boise". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 4, 1973. p. 13.
  19. "Boise nabs title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 11, 1973. p. 14.
  20. "Boise riddles Cal Poly, 42-10". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 18, 1973. p. 20.
  21. "Boise earns NCAA berth by edging Davis 32-31". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 25, 1973. p. 19.
  22. "Boise awaits bowl tilt". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 26, 1973. p. 18.
  23. "How they fared". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 26, 1973. p. 18.
  24. "Record book (football)" (PDF). Boise State University Athletics. 2016. p. 70. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  25. "Odom goes in 5th round". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. January 30, 1974. p. D1.
  26. "Several area stars taken in grid draft". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. January 31, 1974. p. 2D.

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