Boise State–Nevada football rivalry

Boise State–Nevada football rivalry
Boise State Broncos
Nevada Wolf Pack
SportFootball
First meetingSeptember 25, 1971
Boise State, 17–10
Latest meetingNovember 9, 2024
Boise State, 28–14
Next meeting2025
StadiumsAlbertsons Stadium
Boise, Idaho, U.S.
Mackay Stadium
Reno, Nevada, U.S.
TrophyNone
Statistics
Meetings total46
All-time seriesBoise State leads, 32–14 (.696)[1]
Largest victoryBoise State, 56–3 (2003)
Longest win streakBoise State, 10 (1999–2009)
Current win streakBoise State, 2 (2022–present)
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The Boise State–Nevada football rivalry is a college football rivalry between the Boise State Broncos football team of Boise State University and Nevada Wolf Pack football team of University of Nevada, Reno. The game has been played annually since 1971, with the exception of 1978, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2015–2016 and 2019–2020. The teams met twice in 1990 as the second game was a Division I-AA semifinal playoff game; it remains the only post-season game played between the two programs.

The series has often been a conference match-up, with the exception of ten games: 1971–1977, 1993–1994 and 2011. Boise State and Nevada have met as conference rivals in four conferences—Big Sky, Big West, Western Athletic and Mountain West. These have included three NCAA classifications: Division II (originally "college division"), Division I-AA (now FCS) and Division I FBS.

Since the Mountain West's expansion to twelve football members in 2013, the rivalry is no longer played annually. The conference split into two six-team divisions for football, with Boise State placed in the Mountain Division and Nevada in the West Division. Future MW football schedules include five divisional games and three cross-division games, with no permanent cross-division opponents. In a four-year cycle, teams in opposite divisions play only twice (two seasons on and two off, or vice versa). They played in 2013–2014 and 2017–2018, but not in 2015–2016 and 2019–2020. They can still meet in the Mountain West Championship game.

Notable games

  • December 8, 1990: Division I-AA semifinal, triple overtime, Nevada advanced to the national title game.
  • November 25, 2006: Boise State victory to complete a perfect regular season and earn a BCS bowl bid.
  • October 14, 2007: Highest scoring game in the history of the series, 69–67 in four overtime periods. The 136 points is the second most combined points in an FBS game (tied with the Navy vs North Texas on November 10, 2007).
  • November 26, 2010: Nevada's overtime victory ended previously undefeated Boise State's BCS hopes.

Game results

Boise State victoriesNevada victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1September 25, 1971Reno, NVBoise State17–10
2October 14, 1972Boise, ID#8 Boise State56–19
3November 3, 1973Reno, NVNevada23–21
4October 5, 1974Boise, ID#4 Boise State36–16
5November 8, 1975Reno, NV#3 Boise State49–6
6October 23, 1976Boise, IDBoise State26–8
7October 15, 1977Reno, NVNevada28–10
8November 10, 1979Reno, NVBoise State28–27
9November 8, 1980Boise, ID#7 Boise State14–3
10October 31, 1981Reno, NV#4 Boise State13–3
11September 18, 1982Boise, IDBoise State20–13
12September 24, 1983Reno, NVNevada38–20
13September 22, 1984Boise, IDBoise State37–12
14September 21, 1985Reno, NVNevada37–10
15November 8, 1986Boise, ID#1 Nevada21–16
16November 7, 1987Reno, NVBoise State36–31
17October 29, 1988Boise, IDBoise State40–28
18November 4, 1989Reno, NVNevada30–14
19November 10, 1990Boise, ID#6 Boise State30–14
20December 8, 1990Reno, NV#4 Nevada59–523OT
21October 26, 1991Reno, NV#1 Nevada17–14
22September 11, 1993Reno, NVNevada38–10
23September 17, 1994Boise, IDBoise State37–27
24October 12, 1996Reno, NVNevada66–28
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
25November 8, 1997Boise, IDNevada56–42
26October 31, 1998Reno, NVNevada52–24
27October 23, 1999Boise, IDBoise State52–17
28October 27, 2001Boise, IDBoise State49–7
29November 23, 2002Reno, NV#23 Boise State44–7
30November 29, 2003Boise, ID#18 Boise State56–3
31November 27, 2004Reno, NV#10 Boise State58–21
32October 29, 2005Boise, IDBoise State49–14
33November 25, 2006Reno, NV#12 Boise State38–7
34October 14, 2007Boise, IDBoise State69–674OT
35November 22, 2008Reno, NV#9 Boise State41–34
36November 27, 2009Boise, ID#6 Boise State44–33
37November 26, 2010Reno, NV#19 Nevada34–31OT
38October 1, 2011Boise, ID#4 Boise State30–10
39December 1, 2012Reno, NV#25 Boise State27–21
40October 19, 2013Boise, IDBoise State34–17
41October 4, 2014Reno, NVBoise State51–46
42November 4, 2017Boise, IDBoise State41–14
43October 13, 2018Reno, NVBoise State31–27
44October 2, 2021Boise, IDNevada41–31
45November 12, 2022Reno, NVBoise State41–3
46November 9, 2024Boise, ID#12 Boise State28–21
Series: Boise State leads 32–14[1]
  • Non-conference games (11: 1971–1977, 1990 (playoff), 1993–1994 and 2011)
  • Three overtime games: 1990 playoff (3OT), 2007 (4OT) and 2010 (OT)
  • Not played in 8 seasons (1978, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2015–2016 and 2019–2020)

Coaching records

Since first game on September 25, 1971

Boise State

Head Coach Team Games Seasons Wins Losses Ties Pct.
Tony Knap Boise State 5 1968–1975 4 1 0 .800
Jim Criner Boise State 6 1976–1982 5 1 0 .833
Lyle Setencich Boise State 4 1983–1986 1 3 0 .250
Skip Hall Boise State 6 1987–1992 3 3 0 .500
Pokey Allen Boise State 3 1993–1996 1 2 0 .333
Houston Nutt Boise State 1 1997 0 1   .000
Dirk Koetter Boise State 2 1998–2000 1 1   .500
Dan Hawkins Boise State 5 2001–2005 5 0   1.000 
Chris Petersen Boise State 8 2006–2013 7 1   .875
Bryan Harsin Boise State 3 2014–2020 3 0   1.000 
Andy Avalos Boise State 2 2021–2023 1 1   .500 
Spencer Danielson Boise State 1 2023–present 1 0   1.000 

Nevada

Head Coach Team Games Seasons Wins Losses Ties Pct.
Jerry Scattini Nevada 5 1969–1975 1 4 0 .200
Chris Ault (a) Nevada 16 1976–1992 7 9 0 .438
Jeff Horton Nevada 1 1993 1 0 0 1.000 
Chris Ault (b) Nevada 1 1994–1995 0 1 0 .000
Jeff Tisdel Nevada 4 1996–1999 3 1   .750
Chris Tormey Nevada 3 2000–2003 0 3   .000
Chris Ault (c) Nevada 9 2004–2012 1 8   .111
Brian Polian Nevada 2 2013–2016 0 2   .000
Jay Norvell Nevada 3 2017–2021 1 2   .333
Ken Wilson Nevada 3 2022–2023 0 1   .000
Jeff Choate Nevada 1 2024–present 0 1   .000
  • Chris Ault's overall record in series is 8–18–0 (.308)
  • There have been no ties in this series; Big Sky went to overtime for conference games in 1980
    & all Division I games went to overtime in 1996.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Winsipedia - Boise State Broncos vs. Nevada Wolf Pack football series history". Winsipedia.