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TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 . Weekly Schedule / . Notes / . Quick Facts 3 . National Polls / . Poll Notes 2020 SCHEDULE / RESULTS 4 . National Rankings 5 . MW Standings / DATE OPPONENT TV TIME (MT)/RESULT . MW Schedule / Oct . 24 (SAT) UTAH STATE * FS1 W, 42-13 . Series History / Oct . 31 (SAT) @ Air Force * CBS SN W, 49-30 6 . Opponent Schedules / Nov . 6 (FRI) BYU FS1 L, 17-51 . Future Schedules Nov . 12 (THU) COLORADO STATE * FS1 W, 52-21 7 . Depth Chart Nov . 21 (SAT) @ Hawai’i * CBS SN W, 40-32 Nov . 28 (SAT) SAN JOSE STATE * FOX CANCELLED 8 . Game Notes / Dec . 4 (FRI) @ UNLV * CBS SN 7:30 p .m . Record When . Dec . 12 (SAT) @ Wyoming * CBS SN 4 p .m . 9 . Game Notes / . Graduates HOME GAMES IN BOLD // * - Mountain West Game 10. Game Notes / . Drive Summary BRONCO GAME NOTES GAME 7 | @ UNLV 11 . Game Notes / . Explosive Plays 12 . Game Notes / . Friday, Dec . 4 DATE: . .Broncos in the NFL . 7:30 p .m . TIME: 13 . Game Notes / . Las Vegas, Nev . LOCATION: . The Hammer . Allegiant Stadium STADIUM: 14 . Game Notes / . 65,000 CAPACITY: . .Debuts 15 . Game Notes / TV: . .. CBS SN . Players of the Week . John Sadak (Play-by-Play) BOISE STATE UNLV 16 . Game Notes / . Randy Cross (Analyst) 2020: 2020: . Captains . .4-1, 4-0 MW . 0-5, 0-5 MW 17 . Game Notes / RADIO: . Bronco Radio Network . .Lyle Smith . .Bob Behler (Play-by-Play) 18 . Game Notes / LEADERS LEADERS . Pete Cavender (Analyst) PASSING PASSING . Individual Notes . .H . Bachmeier . M . Gilliam 19 . Game Notes / THE GAME . (249 .3 YPG) . (119 .8 YPG) . Individual Notes The Boise State football team will RUSHING RUSHING close the final two weeks of the regular 20 . Individual Notes / . A . Van Buren . .C . Williams season on the road - for the second- . Bronco Radio Network . .(55 .4 YPG) . (69 .4 YPG) straight season - first traveling to Las 21 . All-Decade Team RECEIVING RECEIVING Vegas to square off against UNLV 22 . Sacks For Hunger / . .K . Shakir . .K . Williams in a Friday-night tilt, Dec . 4 . Kickoff . .Games Against the A5 . (105 .8 YPG) . (56. .4 YPG) between the Broncos (4-1, 4-0 MW) 23 . The Blue / TACKLES TACKLES and Rebels (0-5, 0-5 MW) is set for . .R . Whimpey . B . Jackson . 2020 Watch Lists 7:30 p .m . MT, at Allegiant Stadium, and . .(9 0. TPG) . (7 0. TPG) 24 . Uniforms the game will be nationally televised SACKS SACKS 25-26 . Head Coach Bryan Harsin by CBS Sports Network . S . Irwin . .J . Windmon 27 . Bronco Assistant Coaches . (5 0). (5 0). 28 . Statistical Comparison The Broncos will close the regular INTERCEPTIONS INTERCEPTIONS 29 . Starters / Participation season next week at Wyoming, Dec . .2 Players (1) . .T . Caine (1) 12 (4 p .m .) . Prior to last year, Boise 30-31 .. Ranking History State had not closed with consecutive 32 . Non-Saturday Games regular-season road games since 1991 33-34 . National TV Games (Weber State and Idaho) . 35 . Blocked Kicks / . Ranked Opponents / THE SERIES . .OT Games SERIES HISTORY Boise State leads the all-time series 36-38 . The Last Time OVERALL RECORD: . 8-3 8-3 and has won each of the last six 39-41. Game-by-Game Summaries HOME RECORD: . 5-0 meetings . Boise State and UNLV split a 42-43 . Rosters / ROAD RECORD: . 3-3 six-game series from 1972-77, with each . Pronunciation. STREAK: . W6 team defending home field on each 44-49 . Cumulative Statistics LONGEST STREAK: . W6 occasion . Since joining the Mountain MOST POINTS SCORED: West, the Broncos are 5-0 with an . 55; 55-27 (Oct . 31, 2015) average margin of victory of 24 .4 . The WIDEST MARGIN OF VICTORY: Broncos’ last road loss to UNLV came . .31; 45-14 (Sept . 24, 1977) Nov . 6, 1976 (31-26) . 1 THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 11-11:30 a .m . 9:15-11:15 a .m . 9:30-11:30 a .m . 9:35-11:35 a .m . 7:30 p .m . (MT) Bryan Harsin Practice (Closed) Practice (Closed) Practice (Closed) Boise State Press Conference @ UNLV (Zoom) 11:25 a .m . 11:40 a .m . (CBS SN) Eric Kiesau Jeff Schmedding Harsin/Players Press Conference Press Conference Following Game (Zoom) (Zoom) (Zoom) 11:45 a .m . Noon Student-Athlete Student-Athlete Interviews Interviews (Zoom) (Zoom) QUICK FACTS BRONCO GAME NOTES LOCATION: . Boise, Idaho CONFERENCE WIN STREAK FOUNDED: . 1932 The Broncos have recorded 13-straight conference victories, the second-longest ENROLLMENT: . 25,540 streak in the country . Only Ohio State (19) has a longer winning streak against NICKNAME: . Broncos conference opponents . COLORS: . Blue and Orange STADIUM: . Albertsons Stadium Boise State also enters Friday’s game against UNLV on an 18-game regular-season . (36,387) winning streak in Mountain West play . That figure now ranks tied for second in SURFACE: . Blue Field Turf Mountain West history with BYU’s run of 18 in a row from 2006-08 . TCU owns the CONFERENCE: . Mountain West longest regular-season Mountain West winning streak, at 24 (2008-11) . PRESIDENT: . Dr . Marlene Tromp INTERIM ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: NON-SATURDAY GAMES . Bob Carney Friday’s game against UNLV is the third of three non-Saturday games for the HEAD COACH: . Bryan Harsin Broncos in 2020 . Boise State is 62-18 all-time in non-Saturday games, including RECORD AT BOISE STATE: a record of 36-12 on Fridays . During the regular season, Boise State is 54-12 in . 68-18, 7th Year non-Saturday contests, and 36-10 on Fridays . OVERALL RECORD: . 75-23, 8th Year SCORING RIGHT BEFORE HALFTIME SID STAFF Boise State has scored in the final minute of the first half in 10-straight conference ASSOCIATE AD/ road games and 12-consecutive road games overall . EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS . Joe Nickell B2B ROAD IN CONFERENCE . joenickell@boisestate edu. Boise State played at Sam Boyd Stadium this past year, and will travel back to . (208) 631-5483 Las Vegas to play at Allegiant Stadium this week . This will be the fourth time in school history that the Broncos play conference opponents in back-to-back ASSOCIATE SID years on the road, but the first such occurrence since joining FBS in 1996 . It first . Aaron Juarez happened against Idaho State in 1970-71, and then against Weber State in three- . aaronjuarez@boisestate edu. straight years from 1991-93 . The most recent occurrence came against Northern . (208) 982-0040 Arizona in 1994-95 . ASSOCIATE SID Boise State also played back-to-back seasons at Nevada, but the first game came . .Craig Lawson in the 1990 NCAA I-AA playoffs, and that was not a conference game . craiglawson@boisestate edu. (509) 432-9063 FEWEST GAMES With last week’s cancellation against San Jose State, Boise State is all but assured ADDRESS of playing the fewest number of games in a season since becoming a four-year . 1910 University Dr . institution . The Broncos played 10 games in both 1968 (8-2) and 1969 (9-1), and . MS 1020 would have needed to play in all eight regular-season games, a MW Championship . Boise, ID 83725 game and a bowl game to match that number this season . 2 IN THE POLLS ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL AMWAY COACHES POLL ONE OF THE VOTERS: Boise State (NOV. 29) (NOV. 29) head coach Bryan Harsin is one Team Record Pts Pvs. Team Record Pts Pvs. of 62 voters in the 2019 Amway 1 Alabama (62) 8-0 1550 1 1 Alabama (59) 8-0 1547 1 Coaches Poll . 2 Notre Dame 9-0 1481 2 2 Notre Dame (2) 9-0 1479 2 3 Ohio State 4-0 1403 3 3 Clemson 8-1 1391 4 CONSECUTIVE YEARS IN THE 4 Clemson 8-1 1392 4 4 Ohio State (1) 4-0 1382 3 RANKINGS: Boise State carries 5 Texas A&M 6-1 1262 5 5 Florida 7-1 1255 5 a streak of 18-straight seasons in 6 Florida 7-1 1226 6 6 Texas A&M 6-1 1254 6 the national rankings into 2020, 7 Cincinnati 8-0 1204 7 7 Cincinnati 8-0 1177 7 tied with USC for the seventh- 8 BYU 9-0 1113 8 8 BYU 9-0 1073 8 longest active streak in the country 9 Miami 7-1 991 10 9 Miami 7-1 1026 9 entering the season . 10 Indiana 5-1 984 12 10 Georgia 6-2 972 10 11 Georgia 6-2 919 13 11 Indiana 5-1 934 12 Boise State has been ranked for 12 Iowa State 7-2 873 15 12 Iowa State 7-2 855 15 at least one week in either the AP 13 Oklahoma 6-2 815 14 13 Oklahoma 6-2 816 14 or the Coaches Poll every season 14 C . Carolina 9-0 694 16 14 C . Carolina 9-0 625 17 since 2002 . 15 Marshall 7-0 600 17 15 Marshall 7-0 615 16 16 Northwestern 5-1 577 11 16 USC 3-0 581 18 PRESEASON RANKINGS: In this 17 USC 3-0 540 19 17 Northwestern 5-1 535 13 weird, pandemic-altered schedule, 18 Wisconsin 2-1 531 18 18 Okla . State 6-2 469 22 Boise State enters its 2020 season 19 Okla . State 6-2 426 21 19 Wisconsin 2-1 459 20 not ranked in either the AP or 20 Louisiana 8-1 352 23 20 Oregon 3-1 343 11 Coaches Poll . 21 Oregon 3-1 326 9 21 Louisiana 8-1 293 24 22 Tulsa 5-1 244 24 22 Tulsa 5-1 228 25 Historically, that seems to bode 23 Washington 3-0 218 NR 23 Washington 3-0 186 NR well for the Broncos .