Boise State–Idaho football rivalry

Boise State Broncos

Idaho Vandals

Sport

Football

First meeting

September 11, 1971
Boise State, 42–14 ^[1]^[2]

Latest meeting

November 12, 2010
Boise State, 52–14

Next meeting

unscheduled

Trophy

Governor's (since 2001)

Statistics

Meetings total

All-time series

Boise State, 22–17–1 (.563)

Largest victory

Boise State, 65–7 (2004)

Longest win streak

12, Boise State (1999–present)
12, Idaho (1982–1993)

Current win streak

12, Boise State (1999–present)

Idaho

Boise State

Locations in Idaho

The Boise State–Idaho football rivalry is a college football rivalry between the Broncos of Boise State University and Vandals of the University of Idaho in Moscow, the only two Division I FBS programs in the state of Idaho. The game was played annually 1971–2010, and with the exception of the 2001–04 games, the rivalry was a conference game (Big Sky 1971–95, Big West 1996–2000, and WAC 2005–10). Boise State moved from the WAC to the Mountain West Conference in 2011 and the rivalry went on hiatus, with no future games currently scheduled.

The teams have played for the Governor's Trophy since 2001, won by BSU every year. In 2009, the game was televised nationally for the first time on ESPNU from Bronco Stadium in Boise. The 40th game in the rivalry in 2010 was televised live in prime time on ESPN2 on Friday, November 12 from the Kibbie Dome in Moscow.^[3]

First games

The first meeting was 45 years ago in 1971, a season-opening night game at the year-old Bronco Stadium in Boise on September 11. The game was originally scheduled to be played in Moscow, but due to inclement weather in the spring, the Vandals' new stadium was a month behind schedule.^[4]^[5]

Idaho rented BSU's stadium and was the "home" team,^[5] but the "visiting" Broncos built a 28–7 lead at halftime and pulled off a convincing 42–14 upset before 16,123 for an instant rivalry.^[1]^[2] Tony Knap's Broncos went 10–2 in 1971 and won the Camellia Bowl, but their two losses were both in conference. Idaho went 8–3 for the best record to date in school history; Don Robbins' 1971 Vandals were Big Sky champions, won eight consecutive games, and had three players selected in the 1972 NFL Draft.

The second game was played at the end of the 1972 season, again in Boise before 14,516 on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The Vandals took a 7–0 halftime lead but Boise State responded in the third quarter with three touchdowns. Idaho returned an interception 75 yards for a touchdown and the Vandal freshman back-up quarterback ran for a touchdown with three minutes remaining to pull within a point; another run on the two-point conversion gave Idaho the win and evened the series at a game each. It was the first Big Sky home loss for the Broncos, who dropped to 7–4.^[6]^[7] Idaho finished 1972 at 4–7.^[8]

Bronco Stadium was expanded after the 1974 season and had the highest seating capacity in the Big Sky Conference. The rivalry contests with Idaho in Boise from 1976 to 1994 were the conferences' highest-attended games for those seasons.

Streaks

The Boise State–Idaho rivalry has been dominated by streaks. Upstart underdog Boise State College of Division II easily won the initial game over Division I Idaho in the season opener in 1971.^[1]^[2] It was Boise State's first-ever game against a University Division opponent.^[5]^[9] BSU became a university in 1974 and the Big Sky Conference moved to the new Division I-AA in 1978. BSU was 8–2–1 in the first 11 meetings, including five in a row 1977–81. Idaho immediately followed with twelve straight wins 1982–1993,^[10]^[11] and won 15 of 17 before Boise State began its current 12-game winning streak in 1999, in which BSU has dominated the Vandals. The composite score for the most recent dozen games is 613–213, an average BSU victory margin of over 33 points per game, ranging from 14 to 58 points.^[12] Boise State has won 13 of 15 games over Idaho since both teams moved up to Division I-A (now FBS) in 1996.

Governor's Trophy

Boise State raises the Governor's Trophy again in 2010.

When the Big West dropped football following the 2000 season, Boise State and Idaho joined different conferences. The Broncos moved up to the WAC, while Idaho joined the distant Sun Belt as a "football only" member (and remained in the Big West for all other sports). In an effort to keep the intrastate rivalry strong, then Governor Dirk Kempthorne, a UI alumnus (1975) and former student body president,^[13] commissioned the Governor's Trophy, a traveling trophy awarded to the winning team. Since its inception in 2001 for the 31st game, the trophy has yet to travel, as Boise State has won all ten games. During the four seasons (2001–04) as a non-conference game, it was played early in the season. Idaho joined the WAC in 2005 to return the rivalry to a late-season conference game. Idaho has never won the trophy; BSU has handily won all ten games played for it. Since the 2010 game, no games have been scheduled and none are scheduled for the immediate future.^[14]

A few months before the teams' most recent meeting in Moscow in 2010, BSU president Bob Kustra expressed his displeasure with the behavior of Idaho fans. He told the editorial board of the Idaho Statesman that he and his wife no longer attended the series games in Moscow because Idaho fans had "a culture that is nasty, inebriated and civilly doesn't give our fans the respect that any fan should expect when visiting an away team."^[15]^[16] Subsequently, a Moscow bar sold T-shirts reading "Nasty, inebriated" for Idaho fans.^[17]

Game results

Boise State victories	Idaho victories	Tie games

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	September 11, 1971	Boise, ID	Boise State	42–14
2	November 25, 1972	Boise	Idaho	22–21
3	September 15, 1973	Moscow, ID	Boise State	47–24
4	November 23, 1974	Boise	Boise State	53–29
5	October 11, 1975	Moscow	Tie	31–31
6	September 11, 1976	Boise	Idaho	16–9
7	November 26, 1977	Moscow	Boise State	44–14
8	November 4, 1978	Boise	Boise State	48–10
9	October 13, 1979	Moscow	Boise State	41–17
10	October 11, 1980	Boise	Boise State	44–21
11	November 21, 1981	Moscow	Boise State	45–43
12	October 30, 1982	Boise	Idaho	24–17
13	November 19, 1983	Moscow	Idaho	45–24
14	November 17, 1984	Boise	Idaho	37–0
15	November 23, 1985	Moscow	Idaho	44–27
16	November 22, 1986	Boise	Idaho	21–14
17	November 21, 1987	Moscow	Idaho	40–34
18	November 19, 1988	Boise	Idaho	26–20
19	November 18, 1989	Moscow	Idaho	26–21
20	November 17, 1990	Boise	Idaho	21–14
21	November 23, 1991	Moscow	Idaho	28–24

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
22	November 21, 1992	Boise	Idaho	62–16
23	November 20, 1993	Moscow	Idaho	49–16
24	November 19, 1994	Boise	Boise State	27–24
25	November 18, 1995	Moscow	Idaho	33–13
26	November 23, 1996	Boise	Idaho	64–19
27	November 22, 1997	Moscow	Boise State	30–23^OT
28	November 21, 1998	Boise	Idaho	36–35^OT
29	November 20,1999	Pullman, WA	Boise State	45–14
30	November 18, 2000	Boise	Boise State	66–24
31	September 29, 2001	Pullman, WA	Boise State	45–13
32	August 31, 2002	Boise	Boise State	38–21
33	September 13, 2003	Moscow	Boise State	24–10
34	September 4, 2004	Boise	Boise State	65–7
35	November 19, 2005	Boise	Boise State	70–35
36	October 21, 2006	Moscow	Boise State	42–26
37	November 17, 2007	Boise	Boise State	48–15
38	November 15, 2008	Moscow	Boise State	45–10
39	November 14, 2009	Boise	Boise State	63–25
40	November 12, 2010	Moscow	Boise State	52–14
Series: Boise State leads 22–17–1

Non-conference games (4): 2001–2004

Coaching records

Since first game in 1971

Boise State

Head Coach	Team	Games	Seasons	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.
Tony Knap	Boise State	5	1968–1975	3	1	1	.700
Jim Criner	Boise State	7	1976–1982	5	2	0	.714
Lyle Setencich	Boise State	4	1983–1986	0	4		.000
Skip Hall	Boise State	6	1987–1992	0	6		.000
Pokey Allen	Boise State	4	1993–1996	1	3		.250
Houston Nutt	Boise State	1	1997	1	0		1.000
Dirk Koetter	Boise State	3	1998–2000	2	1		.667
Dan Hawkins	Boise State	5	2001–2005	5	0		1.000
Chris Petersen	Boise State	5	2006–2013	5	0		1.000
Bryan Harsin	Boise State	0	2014–

Idaho

Head Coach	Team	Games	Seasons	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.
Don Robbins	Idaho	3	1970–1973	1	2	0	.333
Ed Troxel	Idaho	4	1974–1977	1	2	1	.375
Jerry Davitch	Idaho	4	1978–1981	0	4	0	.000
Dennis Erickson (a)	Idaho	4	1982–1985	4	0		1.000
Keith Gilbertson	Idaho	3	1986–1988	3	0		1.000
John L. Smith	Idaho	6	1989–1994	5	1		.833
Chris Tormey	Idaho	5	1995–1999	3	2		.600
Tom Cable	Idaho	4	2000–2003	0	4		.000
Nick Holt	Idaho	2	2004–2005	0	2		.000
Dennis Erickson (b)	Idaho	1	2006	0	1		.000
Robb Akey	Idaho	4	2007–2012	0	4		.000
Paul Petrino	Idaho	0	2013–

Only tie was in 1975; the Big Sky enacted overtime for conference games in 1980,^[18] and all Division I games went to overtime in 1996.

References

1 2 3 Bacharach, Sam A. (September 12, 1971). "Broncos kick Vandals". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 15.
1 2 3 Payne, Bob (September 12, 1971). "Boise stuns Idaho". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 1-sports.
↑ Go Vandals.com - Vandals announce 2010 football schedule - 2010-03-22
↑ "Idaho officials told stadium will be ready". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. August 27, 1971. p. 17.
1 2 3 "Vandals switch home to Boise for opening game against Broncos tonight". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. September 11, 1971. p. 15.
↑ Emerson, Paul (November 26, 1972). "Comstock's runs lead Idaho past Boise State 22-21". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 21.
↑ "Vandals stun Boise 22-21". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. November 26, 1972. p. 1-sports.
↑ "Big Sky Conference final standings". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. November 27, 1972. p. 18.
↑ "Vandals begin tonight". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. September 11, 1971. p. 8.
↑ Miedema, Laurence (November 22, 1993). "Same old story: Idaho over BSU". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1C.
↑ Sahlberg, Bert (November 21, 1993). "Vandals: 'Nuss said". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
↑ "Idaho opponents - BSU". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
↑ "ASUI Senate". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. 1975. p. 107.
↑ http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/10/03/3407402/boise-state-ready-for-stretch.html
↑ Frank, Jared (28 July 2010). "BSU President: Vandal Culture is 'Nasty', 'Inebriated'". KHQ-TV. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
↑ Smith, Erick (29 July 2010). "Boise State president calls Idaho culture 'nasty' and 'inebriated'". USA Today. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
↑ "Moscow Bar Has Market Cornered on Vandal T-Shirts". The Wiz of Odds. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
↑ Kasper, John (September 25, 2013). "No. 48 Big Sky Innovation". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved June 11, 2016.

Boise State Broncos football

Venues	Bronco Stadium (I) (1950–1969) Albertsons Stadium (1970–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Fresno State Idaho Nevada

Culture & lore	Buster Bronco

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Idaho Vandals football

Venues	MacLean Field (1914–1936) Neale Stadium (1937–1968) Rogers Field (1969–1970) Joe Albi Stadium (1971) Kibbie Dome (1971–present) Martin Stadium (1999–2001)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boise State (Governor's Trophy) Montana (Little Brown Stein) Washington State (Battle of the Palouse)

Culture & lore	Joe Vandal Go, Vandals, Go The Sound of Idaho

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks

Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Mountain West Conference football rivalries

Conference	Air Force–Colorado State Air Force–Hawaii Boise State–Fresno State Boise State–Nevada Border War (Colorado State–Wyoming) Fresno State–San Diego State Fresno State–San Jose State Fremont Cannon (Nevada–UNLV) Hawaii–Wyoming Utah State–Wyoming

Non-conference	Arizona–New Mexico Beehive Boot (BYU–Utah–Utah State) Bill Walsh Legacy Game (San Jose State–Stanford) Boise State–Idaho BYU–Utah State Commander-in-Chief's Trophy (Air Force–Army–Navy) Rocky Mountain Showdown (Colorado–Colorado State) Rio Grande Rivalry (New Mexico–New Mexico State) New Mexico–Utah Battle of the Brothers (Utah–Utah State)

Sun Belt Conference football rivalries

Conference	Battle on the Bayou (ULL–ULM) Clash of the Claws (Georgia State–South Alabama) Georgia Southern–Georgia State Appalachian State–Georgia Southern South Alabama–Troy

Non-conference	Battle for the Ol' School Bell (Jacksonville State–Troy) Battle for the Old Mountain Jug (Appalachian State–Western Carolina) Battle for the Paddle (Nicholls State–Texas State) Battle for the Palladium (Middle Tennessee–Troy) Battle of I-10 (New Mexico State–UTEP) Battle of the Palouse (Idaho–Washington State) Boise State–Idaho Cajun Crown (McNeese State–ULL) Cypress Mug (Southeastern Louisiana–ULL) I-35 Rivalry (Texas State–UTSA) Little Brown Stein (Idaho–Montana) Louisiana Tech–ULM Northwestern State–ULM Paint Bucket Bowl (Arkansas State–Memphis) Rio Grande Rivalry (New Mexico–New Mexico State) Sabine Shoe (Lamar–ULL)

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