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) #9 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 CANCELLED ...... Record When . . Dec . 12 (SAT) @ Wyoming * CBS SN W, 17-9 9 ...... Game Notes / Dec . 19 (SAT) @ #25 San Jose State $ FOX 2:15 p .m ...... Graduates 10...... Game Notes / HOME GAMES IN BOLD // * - Mountain West Game // ...... Drive Summary $ - MW Championship Game (Sam Boyd Stadium; Las Vegas, Nev .) 11...... Game Notes / ...... Explosive Plays BRONCO GAME NOTES GAME 9 | MW CHAMPIONSHIP 12...... Game Notes / ...... Broncos in the NFL 13...... Game Notes / DATE:...... Saturday, Dec . 19 ...... The Hammer TIME: ...... 2:15 p .m . (MT) 14...... Game Notes / LOCATION:...... Las Vegas, Nev ...... Debuts STADIUM: ...... Sam Boyd Stadium 15...... Game Notes / CAPACITY: ...... 35,500 ...... Players of the Week 16...... Game Notes / TV:...... FOX ...... Captains #25 (AP) / ...... Tim Brando (Play-by-Play) 17...... Game Notes / #25 (COACHES) ...... Spencer Tillman (Analyst) ...... Lyle Smith 18...... Game Notes / BOISE STATE SAN JOSE STATE RADIO:. . . . . Bronco Radio Network ...... Individual Notes ...... Bob Behler (Play-by-Play) 19...... Game Notes / 2020: 2020: ...... Pete Cavender (Analyst) . . . . . 5-1, 5-0 MW . . . . 6-0, 6-0 MW ...... Individual Notes THE GAME 20...... Individual Notes / LEADERS LEADERS The Boise State and San Jose State ...... Bronco Radio Network PASSING PASSING football teams will meet this season 21...... All-Decade Team . . . .H . Bachmeier ...... N . Starkel after all, squaring off against each other 22 ...... Sacks For Hunger / . . . . .(232 .2 YPG) . . . . .(242 .2 YPG) in the 2020 Mountain West Football ...... Games Against the A5 RUSHING RUSHING Championship Game, Saturday (Dec . 23...... The Blue / . . . . A . Van Buren ...... T . Nevens 19) . The Broncos (5-1, 5-0 MW) and ...... (59 .3 YPG) ...... (75 7. YPG) ...... 2020 Watch Lists 25th-ranked Spartans (6-0, 6-0 MW) RECEIVING RECEIVING 24...... Uniforms will kick at 2:15 p .m . (MT) at Sam ...... K . Shakir ...... B . Gaither 25-26. . . . . Head Coach Bryan Harsin Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, which has . . . . . (105 7. YPG) . . . . .(104 .5 YPG) 27 ...... Bronco Assistant Coaches been determined to be SJSU’s home TACKLES TACKLES 28...... Statistical Comparison venue, and the game will be nationally . . . . .R . Whimpey ...... K . Harmon 29...... Starters / Participation televised on Fox ...... (9 0. TPG) ...... (11 .2 TPG) 30-31...... Ranking History SACKS SACKS Boise State and San Jose State were 32...... Non-Saturday Games ...... S . Irwin ...... C . Hall supposed to meet earlier this season, 33-34...... National TV Games ...... (6 0)...... (8 0). but the Nov . 28 contest was called 35...... Blocked Kicks / INTERCEPTIONS INTERCEPTIONS off the morning of the game . Medical ...... Ranked Opponents / . . . . .3 Players (1) . . . .T . Jenkins (2) personnel determined it was not in ...... OT Games SERIES HISTORY the best interest of student-athlete 36-38...... The Last Time OVERALL RECORD: ...... 14-0 safety and well-being to play the 39-42. . . . Game-by-Game Summaries HOME RECORD: ...... 7-0 game as a result of positive cases of 43-44...... Rosters / ROAD RECORD: ...... 7-0 COVID-19, quarantining due to contact ...... Pronunciation. STREAK: ...... W14 tracing and injuries within the Broncos’ 45-50...... Cumulative Statistics LONGEST STREAK: ...... W14 program . MOST POINTS SCORED: ...... 77; 77-14 (Oct . 25, 2003) WIDEST MARGIN OF VICTORY: ...... 63; 77-14 (Oct . 25, 2003)

1 THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

1:30-2 p .m . 9:15-11:15 a m. . 9:30-11:30 a .m . 9:35-11:05 a .m . 9:55-10:45 a .m . 2:15 p .m . (MT) Mountain West Practice (Closed) Practice (Closed) Practice (Closed) Walk-thru (Closed) Boise State Press Conference @ San Jose State w/ Bryan Harsin 1:30-2 p .m . 11:40 a .m . 11:15 a .m . (FOX) (Zoom) Mountain West Student-Athlete Student-Athlete Press Conference Interviews Interviews Harsin/Players w/ (Zoom) (Zoom) Following Game Student-Athletes (Zoom) (Hank Bachmeier, 1:30-2 p .m . Riley Whimpey, National Signing Avery Williams) Day (Zoom) Press Conference w/ Bryan Harsin (Zoom)

QUICK FACTS BRONCO GAME NOTES

LOCATION:...... Boise, Idaho THE SERIES FOUNDED:...... 1932 Since the first meeting between Boise State and San Jose State – a nonconference tilt in ENROLLMENT:...... 25,540 Boise, Oct . 14, 1978 – the Broncos have yet to lose to the Spartans . Following the initial NICKNAME: ...... Broncos meeting, Boise State went 10-0 against SJSU when the schools were members of the Western Athletic Conference, and the Broncos are 3-0 against the Spartans as members COLORS:...... Blue and Orange of the Mountain West . STADIUM: . . . . . Albertsons Stadium ...... (36,387) CONFERENCE WIN STREAK SURFACE:...... Blue Field Turf The Broncos have recorded 14-straight conference victories, the second-longest streak CONFERENCE:. . . . . Mountain West in the country . Only Ohio State (20) has a longer winning streak against conference PRESIDENT:...... Dr . Marlene Tromp opponents . INTERIM ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: ...... Bob Carney Boise State will carry into 2021 a 19-game regular-season winning streak in MW play . That HEAD COACH:...... Bryan Harsin figure ranks second in Mountain West history, behind only TCU (24; 2008-11) . RECORD AT BOISE STATE: ROAD WIN STREAK ...... 69-18, 7th Year Since this is technically a road game, the following note is relevant this week: Boise State OVERALL RECORD:. . . 76-23, 8th Year has won each of its last six road games, tied for the second-longest streak in the nation . Only Ohio State (nine) has a longer road win streak, and the Broncos’ streak is tied with SID STAFF Louisiana, Notre Dame and USC . ASSOCIATE AD/ EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS SAM BOYD SUCCESS ...... Joe Nickell Since making its first Las Vegas Bowl appearance in 2010, Boise State has played eight ...... joenickell@boisestate edu. games at Sam Boyd Stadium, and the Broncos are 7-1 in those contests . Boise State has defeated UNLV (three times), Utah (2010), Arizona State (2011), Washington (2012) and ...... (208) 631-5483 Oregon (2017) at the venue .

ASSOCIATE SID CONSECUTIVE WINNING SEASONS ...... Aaron Juarez Boise State, now 5-1 overall, has cemented its 23rd-consecutive winning season (1998-2020), ...... aaronjuarez@boisestate edu. tied with Michigan (1985-2007) for the 14th-longest such streak in Football Bowl Subdivision ...... (208) 982-0040 history . The streak is the longest by a school in the Group of Five all-time .

ASSOCIATE SID FEWEST GAMES ...... Craig Lawson With cancellations against both San Jose State and UNLV, Boise State will have played in 2020 the fewest number of games in a season since becoming a four-year institution . The ...... craiglawson@boisestate edu. Broncos played 10 games in both 1968 (8-2) and 1969 (9-1), and are now only able to play ...... (509) 432-9063 a maximum of eight games this year . ADDRESS ...... 1910 University Dr ...... MS 1020 ...... Boise, ID 83725

2 IN THE POLLS ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL AMWAY COACHES POLL

ONE OF THE VOTERS: Boise State (DEC. 13) (DEC. 13) head coach Bryan Harsin is one Team Record Pts Pvs. Team Record Pts Pvs. of 62 voters in the 2019 Amway 1 Alabama (62) 10-0 1550 1 1 Alabama (60) 10-0 1548 1 Coaches Poll . 2 Notre Dame 10-0 1482 2 2 Notre Dame (2) 10-0 1481 2 3 Ohio State 5-0 1405 3 3 Clemson 9-1 1403 3 CONSECUTIVE YEARS IN THE 4 Clemson 9-1 1388 4 4 Ohio State 5-0 1381 4 RANKINGS: Boise State carries 5 Texas A&M 7-1 1286 5 5 Texas A&M 7-1 1292 5 a streak of 18-straight seasons in 6 Cincinnati 8-0 1248 7 6 Cincinnati 8-0 1213 7 the national rankings into 2020, 7 Indiana 6-1 1140 8 7 Indiana 6-1 1088 9 tied with USC for the seventh- 8 Iowa State 8-2 1059 10 8 Iowa State 8-2 1065 11 longest active streak in the country 9 C . Carolina 11-0 994 11 9 Georgia 7-2 1038 10 entering the season . 10 Georgia 7-2 968 12 10 Oklahoma 7-2 933 12 11 Florida 8-2 940 6 11 Florida 8-2 912 6 Boise State has been ranked for 12 Oklahoma 7-2 902 13 12 C . Carolina 11-0 884 13 at least one week in either the AP 13 USC 5-0 774 16 13 USC 5-0 798 15 or the Coaches Poll every season 14 BYU 10-1 724 14 14 Northwestern 6-1 779 14 since 2002 . 15 Northwestern 6-1 691 15 15 N . Carolina 8-3 626 20 16 N . Carolina 8-3 631 20 16 BYU 10-1 616 16 PRESEASON RANKINGS: In this 17 Louisiana 9-1 566 17 17 Iowa 6-2 526 18 weird, pandemic-altered schedule, 18 Iowa 6-2 502 19 18 Louisiana 9-1 510 19 Boise State enters its 2020 season 19 Miami 8-2 454 9 19 Miami 8-2 488 8 not ranked in either the AP or 20 Tulsa 6-1 408 18 20 Tulsa 6-1 365 19 Coaches Poll . 21 Texas 6-3 227 23 21 Liberty 9-1 194 21 22 Liberty 9-1 184 22 22 Oklahoma St 7-3 189 NR Historically, that seems to bode 23 Buffalo 5-0 183 24 23 NC State 8-3 185 24 well for the Broncos . Over the 24 NC State 8-3 137 NR 24 Texas 6-3 176 23 course of the last 18 seasons, the 25 San José St 6-0 124 NR 25 San José St 6-0 127 NR Broncos did not open a season ranked on nine occasions, finishing Dropped from rankings: Dropped from rankings: the season ranked in eight of those Colorado 21, Wisconsin 25 Colorado 22, Wisconsin 25 years - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2017 and 2019 . In two Others receiving votes: Others receiving votes: Buffalo of those seasons, 2006 and 2014, Oklahoma State 83, Marshall 47, 102, Auburn 45, Army 35, Boise the Broncos capped the year with Boise State 12, UCF 11, Army 9, State 30, Marshall 29, Washington a victory in the Fiesta Bowl . Washington 9, Auburn 8, TCU 3, 22, Missouri 17, Colorado 17, Appalachian State 1 Nevada 10, Wisconsin 8, SMU 7, The only time the Broncos did not Oregon 6, Utah 4, TCU 1 start or finish the year in the top 25 was in 2016, though the Broncos were ranked for nine games that season .

SUCCESS WHEN RANKED: Boise State has an all-time record of 119- 22 ( 844). when ranked in the top 25 of the AP Poll, the Coaches Poll or the College Football Playoff Poll . A complete history of the Broncos in the rankings can be found on pages 30-31 .

3 ALL-TIME WINNING PERCENTAGE CONFERENCE WINNING % (SINCE 2000)

TEAM W L T PCT TEAM RECORD PCT 1 . Ohio State 929 326 53 731. 1 . Boise State 144-17 .894 2 . Boise State 465 171 2 7304. 2 . Ohio State 143-26 .846 3 . Notre Dame 918 326 42 7302. 3 . Oklahoma 151-32 .825 4 . Alabama 926 331 43 729. 4 . Alabama 127-45 738. 5 . Michigan 964 350 36 727. 5 . Clemson 123-46 728. 6 . Oklahoma 915 329 53 726. 6 . USC 130-49 726. 7 . Texas 922 378 33 704. 7 . Georgia 122-50 709. 8 . USC 852 351 54 .699 8 . Oregon 127-53 706. 9 . Penn State 901 398 41 .6877 9 . Florida 120-53 .694 10 . Nebraska 904 400 40 .6875 10 . LSU 118-53 .690 11 . Tennessee 849 401 53 .672 11 . TCU 119-56 .68000 12 . Florida State 553 270 17 .668 12 . Texas 121-57 .67978 13 . Georgia 838 427 54 656. 13 . Florida State 113-55 .673 14 . LSU 816 420 47 .654 14 . Virginia Tech 113-56 .669 15 . App . State 638 339 29 .649 15 . Wisconsin 111-58 .657 *Minimum 100 Games in FBS

HOME WINNING % (SINCE 2000) OVERALL WINNING % (SINCE 2000)

TEAM RECORD PCT TEAM RECORD PCT 1 . Boise State 122-10 .924 1 . Ohio State 224-43 .839 2 . Oklahoma 117-11 .914 2 . Boise State 224-44 .836 3 . Ohio State 130-14 .903 3 . Oklahoma 226-51 .816 4 . LSU 122-21 .853 4 . Alabama 213-63 772. 5 . Georgia 111-21 .841 5 . LSU 205-64 762. 6 . Oregon 111-23 .828 6 . Georgia 205-69 748. 7 . Alabama 122-26 .824 7 . Clemson 205-71 743. 8 . Wisconsin 115-26 .816 8 . USC 193-71 731. 9 . Clemson 123-28 .815 9 . Oregon 191-72 726. 10 . Florida 108-27 .800 10 . TCU 188-75 715. 11 . USC 103-26 798. 11 . Florida 189-78 708. 12 . Auburn 119-32 788. 12 . Texas 187-79 7030. 13 . TCU 99-27 786. 13 . Wisconsin 189-80 7026. 14 . Michigan 110-32 775. 14 . Virginia Tech 188-87 .684 15 . Miami (Fla .) 103-31 769. 15 . Florida State 184-87 .679 *Minimum 100 Games in FBS *Minimum 100 Games in FBS

HIGHEST-SCORING TEAMS (SINCE 2000) WINS BY WEST COAST TEAMS (SINCE 2000)

TEAM GMS PTS AVG TEAM WINS 1 . Oklahoma 277 10,789 38 .94 1 . Boise State 224 2 . Boise State 268 10,246 38 .23 2 . USC 193 3 . Oregon 263 9,895 37 .62 3 . Oregon 191 4 . Texas Tech 263 9,547 36 .30 4 . Utah 171 5 . Okla . State 263 9,132 34 72. 5 . BYU 168 6 . Texas 266 9,192 34 .56 6 . Fresno State 152 7 . Ohio State 267 9,197 34 .45 7 . Stanford 148 8 . Clemson 276 9,302 33 70. 8 . Arizona State 139 9 . USC 264 8,850 33 .52 Hawai’i 139 10 . Houston 259 8,651 33 .40 10 . Washington 137 *Minimum 100 Games in FBS

4 MOUNTAIN WEST STANDINGS SERIES HISTORY

SAN JOSE STATE TEAM MW PCT OVERALL PCT DATE LOC W/L SCORE ATT BSU OPP San Jose State 6-0 1 000. 6-0 1 000. Oct. 14, 1978 H W 30-15 18,112 Boise State 5-0 1 000. 5-1 .857 Nov. 17, 2001 * H W 56-6 24,388 Oct. 26, 2002 * A W 45-8 10,497 Nevada 6-2 750. 6-2 750. Oct. 25, 2003 * H W 77-14 26,062 San Diego State 4-2 .667 4-4 .500 Nov. 13, 2004 * A W 56-49 (2 OT) 5,028 14/13 Oct. 15, 2005 * H W 38-21 30,342 Air Force 2-2 .500 3-2 .600 Nov. 11, 2006 * A W 23-20 21,742 14/13 Hawai’i 4-4 .500 4-4 .500 Nov. 3, 2007 * H W 42-7 30,416 21/22 Fresno State 3-3 .500 3-3 .500 Oct. 24, 2008 * A W 33-16 26,258 13/13 Oct. 31, 2009 * H W 45-7 31,684 6/5 Wyoming 2-4 .333 2-4 .333 Oct. 16, 2010 * A W 48-0 20,239 3/3 New Mexico 2-5 .286 2-5 .286 Nov. 27, 2015 * A W 40-23 15,770 Nov. 4, 2016 * H W 45-31 31,863 24/24 Colorado State 1-3 .250 1-3 .250 Nov. 2, 2019 * A W 52-42 19,184 21/21 Utah State 1-5 .167 1-5 .167 UNLV 0-6 000. 0-6 000.

MOUNTAIN WEST SCHEDULE

THIS WEEK

DATE TV TIME (MT) Dec . 19 (Saturday) Boise State vs . San Jose State FOX 2:15 p .m . (Mountain West Championship - Las Vegas, Nev.)

LAST WEEK

DATE RESULT Dec . 11 (Friday) Nevada at San Jose State* SJSU, 30-20

Dec . 12 (Saturday) Boise State at Wyoming* BSU, 17-9 Fresno State at New Mexico* NM, 49-39 San Diego State at BYU BYU, 28-14 UNLV at Hawai’i* UH, 38-21 Utah State at Colorado State* Canceled

5 FUTURE SCHEDULES 2020 OPPONENT SCHEDULES

A look at Boise State’s future UTAH STATE - Oct 24 @ HAWAI’I - Nov . 21 nonconference schedules by year can be DATE OPP TIME (MT) DATE OPP TIME (MT) 10/24 @ Boise State L, 42-13 10/24 @ Fresno State * W, 34-19 found below: 10/31 SAN DIEGO STATE * L, 38-7 10/30 @ Wyoming * L, 31-7 11/5 @ Nevada * L, 34-9 11/7 NEW MEXICO * W, 39-33 2021 11/14 FRESNO STATE * L, 35-16 11/14 @ San Diego State * L, 34-10 TBD/Week One - @ UCF 11/19 @ Wyoming * Canceled 11/21 BOISE STATE * L, 40-32 11/26 NEW MEXICO * W, 41-27 11/28 NEVADA * W, 24-21 Sept . 11 - UTEP 12/3 AIR FORCE * L, 35-7 12/5 @ San Jose State * L, 35-24 Sept . 18 - Oklahoma State 12/12 @ Colorado State * Canceled 12/12 UNLV * W, 38-21 Oct . 9 - @ BYU @ AIR FORCE - Oct . 31 SAN JOSE STATE - Nov . 28/Dec . 19 DATE OPP TIME (MT) DATE OPP TIME (MT) 2022 10/3 NAVY W, 40-7 10/24 AIR FORCE * W, 17-6 Sept . 3 - @ Oregon State 10/24 @ San Jose State * L, 17-6 10/31 NEW MEXICO * W, 38-21 Sept . 17 - Michigan State 10/31 BOISE STATE * L, 49-30 11/6 @ San Diego State * W, 28-17 Sept . 24 - @ UTEP 11/7 @ Army Postponed 11/14 UNLV * W, 34-17 11/14 @ Wyoming * Canceled 11/21 @ Fresno State * Canceled Nov . 5 - BYU 11/20 NEW MEXICO * W, 28-0 11/28 @ Boise State Canceled 11/26 COLORADO STATE * Canceled 12/5 HAWAI’I * W, 35-24 2023 12/3 @ Utah State W, 35-7 12/11 NEVADA * W, 30-20 Sept . 2 - Oregon State 12/19 vs . Boise State 2:15 p .m . BYU - Nov . 6 Sept . 9 - UCF DATE OPP TIME (MT) @ UNLV - Dec . 4 Sept . 16 - @ Michigan State 9/7 @ Navy W, 55-3 DATE OPP TIME (MT) Oct . 21 - @ BYU 9/26 TROY W, 48-7 10/24 @ San Diego State * L, 34-6 10/2 LOUISIANA TECH W, 45-14 10/31 NEVADA * L, 37-19 10/10 UTSA W, 27-20 11/7 FRESNO STATE * L, 40-27 2024 10/16 @ Houston W, 43-26 11/14 @ San Jose State * L, 34-17 Aug . 31 - @ Georgia Southern 10/24 TEXAS STATE W, 52-14 11/27 WYOMING * L, 45-14 Sept . 7 - Houston 10/31 WESTERN KENTUCKY W, 41-10 12/4 BOISE STATE * Canceled Sept . 14 - @ Oregon 11/6 @ Boise State W, 51-17 12/12 @ Hawai’i L, 38-21 11/21 NORTH ALABAMA W, 66-14 12/5 @ Coastal Carolina L, 22-17 @ WYOMING - Dec . 12 2025 12/12 SAN DIEGO STATE W, 28-14 DATE OPP TIME (MT) Aug . 30 - @ USF 10/24 @ Nevada * L, 37-34 (OT) Sept . 13 - Oregon COLORADO STATE - Nov . 12 10/30 HAWAI’I * W, 31-7 DATE OPP TIME (MT) 11/5 @ Colorado State * L, 34-24 Sept . 20 - @ Houston 10/24 NEW MEXICO * Cancelled 11/14 AIR FORCE * Canceled Oct . 25 - BYU 10/29 @ Fresno State * L, 38-17 11/19 UTAH STATE * Canceled 11/5 WYOMING * W, 34-24 11/27 @ UNLV * W, 45-14 2026 11/12 @ Boise State L, 52-21 12/5 @ New Mexico * L, 17-16 11/26 @ Air Force * Canceled 12/4 BOISE STATE * L, 17-9 Sept . 5 - @ Oregon 12/5 @ San Diego State * L, 29-17 Sept . 12 - East Carolina 12/12 UTAH STATE * Canceled Nov . 7 - @ BYU

2027 Sept . 4 - @ Rice Sept . 11 - USF Sept . 18 - @ Marshall Sept . 25 - BYU

2028 Sept . 2 - Cincinnati Sept . 9 - @ East Carolina Sept . 16 - Georgia Southern Sept . 23 - @ BYU

2029 Sept . 1 - @ Cincinnati Sept . 15 - Rice Sept . 22 - BYU

2030 Sept . 21 - @ BYU

2031 Sept . 27 - BYU

2032 Sept . 11 - Washington State Sept . 25 - @ BYU

2033 Sept . 10 - @ Washington State Sept . 24 - BYU

2034 Sept . 23 - @ BYU

6 2020 DEPTH CHART

OFFENSE DEFENSE X 18 Billy Bowens RS-SO 6-1 193 DE 55 Shane Irwin RS-JR 6-3 263 OR 27 Shea Whiting RS-FR 6-2 193 92 Michael Callahan RS-FR 6-3 268 H 6 CT Thomas SR 5-8 175 NT 95 Divine Obichere JR 6-3 314 15 Maclaine Griffin RS-SO 6-2 196 90 Scale Igiehon JR 6-2 293

Z 2 Khalil Shakir JR 6-0 190 DT 99 Scott Matlock RS-SO 6-4 282 82 Stefan Cobbs RS-SO 6-0 184 94 Jackson Cravens RS-SO 6-2 292

OR 23 Khyheem Waleed RS-FR 6-0 199 STUD 30 Isaiah Bagnah RS-FR 6-4 244 LT 70 John Ojukwu RS-JR 6-6 301 56 Casey Kline RS-FR 6-4 241

66 Ben Dooley RS-FR 6-5 315 MIKE 7 Ezekiel Noa RS-JR 5-11 244 LG 69 Garrett Curran RS-SO 6-5 304 25 Benton Wickersham RS-SR 6-2 226

72 Dallas Holliday RS-SO 6-3 309 WILL 44 Riley Whimpey SR 6-1 233 C 55 Kekaniokoa RS-SO 6-2 304 9 Brock Miller RS-SR 6-4 234 Holomalia-Gonzalez OR 48 Bruno DeRose RS-SR 5-11 231 71 Donte Harrington RS-SR 6-2 304 N 28 Kekaula Kaniho SR 5-10 183 RG 68 Jake Stetz RS-SR 6-2 308 4 Rodney Robinson FR 5-8 176 74 Jacob Golden RS-FR 6-5 288 CB 26 Avery Williams RS-SR 5-9 195 RT 73 Nick Crabtree RS-SR 6-7 315 8 Markel Reed SO 6-0 182 77 Uzo Osuji RS-SR 6-8 297 S 0 JL Skinner SO 6-4 214 TE 85 John Bates RS-SR 6-6 256 5 Evan Tyler 6Y-SR 6-2 200 3 Riley Smith RS-SO 6-4 225 S 21 Tyreque Jones RS-JR 6-2 187 OR 88 Tyneil Hopper RS-SO 6-2 238 20 Roman Kafentzis RS-JR 6-1 202 QB 19 Hank Bachmeier SO 6-1 204 CB 2 Jalen Walker RS-SR 6-0 181 16 Jack Sears RS-JR 6-2 219 22 Tyric LeBeauf RS-SO 6-2 181 RB 24 George Holani SO 5-11 206 21 Andrew Van Buren JR 6-0 228

SPECIALISTS

K 35 Jonah Dalmas FR 5-8 161 KR 2 Khalil Shakir JR 6-0 190 OR 46 Joel Velazquez RS-SR 6-0 224 OR 26 Avery Williams RS-SR 5-9 195 P 46 Joel Velazquez RS-SR 6-0 224 PR 26 Avery Williams RS-SR 5-9 195

SNAP 42 Daniel Cantrell RS-JR 6-0 240 2 Khalil Shakir JR 6-0 190 65 Koby Tryggestad FR 6-1 260

HOLD 89 Connor Riddle RS-SO 6-1 210

KO 46 Joel Velazquez RS-SR 6-0 224

7 BRONCOS WHEN... GAME NOTES

OVERALL ...... 5-1 COLLEGEPRESSBOX COM. MOUNTAIN WEST...... 5-0 CollegePressBox com. is the official media website for Division I football . Access NONCONFERENCE...... 0-1 and download weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, headshots, HOME...... 2-1 logos and more for each conference and its member schools . Register for access AWAY...... 3-0 at collegepressbox com. . NEUTRAL ...... 0-0 CURRENT STREAK...... W3 CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES This will be the eighth MW Championship Game since the conference moved to CURRENT HOME STREAK...... W1 its current format for the 2013 season . Of the eight games, the Broncos will have CURRENT ROAD STREAK...... W6 appeared in five of them, more than any other school . The Broncos’ fourth-straight LAST WIN. . . . Dec . 12, 2020 (at Wyoming) appearance in the game (2017-20) is also a conference record . LAST LOSS...... Nov . 6, 2020 (BYU) DAY GAME ...... 3-0 Boise State has hosted the game four times previously, while no other school has NIGHT GAME...... 2-1 hosted more than once . This will be the first appearance at Sam Boyd Stadium, ON TELEVISION...... 5-1 determined to be San Jose State’s home venue . CBS SN ...... 3-0 FS1 ...... 2-1 CONSECUTIVE CONFERENCE TITLE GAMES OCTOBER...... 2-0 Boise State is making its fourth-straight appearance in the Mountain West NOVEMBER ...... 2-1 Championship Game, tied with Ohio State for the third-longest active streak in DECEMBER...... 1-0 the country . Only Clemson (six; ACC) and Oklahoma (five; Big 12) have a longer current streak of conference championship game appearances . VS TOP 25...... 0-1 VS UNRANKED ...... 5-0 MOST MW CHAMPIONSHIPS ON GRASS ...... 0-0 Boise State will be looking for its fifth MW Championship, which would be the ON TURF...... 5-1 most in the history of the league - despite the Broncos being a member for just SCORING FIRST...... 3-0 10 of the conference’s 22 seasons . The Broncos’ four championships are the most LEADING AFTER 1Q...... 3-0 by a current member of the league, and tied with BYU, Utah and TCU for the most TRAILING AFTER 1Q...... 1-1 in conference history . TIED AFTER 1Q ...... 1-0 LEADING AFTER 2Q...... 5-0 CONSECUTIVE CLASSES WITH A CHAMPIONSHIP TRAILING AFTER 2Q...... 0-1 The Broncos’ 2020 senior class is already the 22nd-straight group that will leave TIED AFTER 2Q...... 0-0 Boise State with at least one conference title . Of the 21 previous senior classes, LEADING AFTER 3Q...... 5-0 18 left with multiple championships, including 11 with three-or-more . This year’s seniors already have titles in 2017 and 2019 . TRAILING AFTER 3Q...... 0-1 TIED AFTER 3Q...... 0-0 The last senior class without a league championship was the 1998 group . OVERTIME...... 0-0 SCORING <20 PTS ...... 1-1 The streak of 22-straight classes is the longest active streak in the country, and SCORING 20+...... 4-0 the third-longest in NCAA history . BYU (30; 975-2004) and Nebraska (28; 1975- SCORING 30+...... 4-0 2002) boast the longest streaks in NCAA history . ALLOWING <20 PTS...... 2-0 ALLOWING 20+...... 3-1 BACK-TO-BACK MW CHAMPIONSHIPS ALLOWING 30+...... 2-1 Should the Broncos win the 2020 Mountain West Championship, it would mark 100-YARD RUSHER...... 2-0 the team’s first back-to-back conference titles since joining the MW for the 2011 ALLOW 100-YARD RUSHER...... 1-1 season, and the first back-to-back league championships since winning three- 300-YARD PASSER...... 0-0 straight titles (2008-10) in the Western Athletic Conference . The last MW school ALLOW 300-YARD PASSER. . . . . 0-1 to win consecutive championships was San Diego State (2015-16) . OUTGAIN OPPONENT...... 3-0 UNDEFEATED IN MW PLAY (AGAIN) TOTAL OFF 400+...... 3-0 Boise State concluded the 2020 regular season with a perfect 5-0 record in ALLOW TOTAL OFF 400+ ...... 1-1 Mountain West games, the second-straight undefeated season in conference play . WIN TURNOVER MARGIN...... 1-0 The Broncos are the first school in the league to post back-to-back undefeated EQUAL TURNOVER MARGIN. . . . 1-0 seasons since TCU did it three-consecutive years from 2009-11 . LOSE TURNOVER MARGIN. . . . . 3-1 NO TURNOVERS...... 2-0 This season also marks Boise State’s 13th unbeaten conference season in program <3 TURNOVERS...... 5-1 history . 3+ TURNOVERS...... 0-0 NO TAKEAWAYS...... 2-1 <3 TAKEAWAYS...... 5-1 3+ TAKEAWAYS...... 0-0 WIN TIME OF POSSESSION . . . . . 2-1 LOSE TIME OF POSSESSION . . . . . 2-0 TIE TIME OF POSSESSION . . . . . 1-0

8 MOUNTAIN WEST GRADUATES GAME NOTES

QUICK HITTERS . Boise. State boasts the Mountain West’s top-scoring unit (36 .2 ppg), a mark that ranks 21st nationally . . . This past week in the win over Wyoming, Boise State gave up 146 yards, its fewest allowed since 33 against Northern Illinois in the 2015 Poinsettia Bowl . . . Boise State gives up 169 .0 passing yards per game, the sixth-best mark nationally and best in the Mountain West . …Boise State is fourth nationally in third down defense, stopping its opponents 73 .6 percent of the time . …Andrew Van Buren leads the Mountain West with eight rushing touchdowns . . Only. 10 players nationally have blocked multiple kicks this season, and two of them play for Boise State - Scott Matlock and Avery Williams . . . Avery Williams is fifth nationally in combined kick return yards with 575, is the only player with three returns for touchdowns and the only one to rank in the top 10 nationally in both punt returns (ninth, 11 .4) and kickoff returns (ninth, 29 .6) . Mountain West student-athletes who …Shane Irwin ranks sixth nationally with 1 00. sacks per game, and he is the only already hold a degree will have a Bronco since at least 2000 - when the NCAA officially began tracking the statistic little something extra on their jerseys - to have back-to-back games with at least 2 0. sacks . He accomplished the feat this season . In a program that started against both Colorado State and Hawai’i . in 2019, student-athletes who have …Boise State has 378 sacks since 2010, the seventh-most in the country during earned a degree, but have remaining that time . Clemson (453), Alabama (396), Virginia Tech (385), Ohio State (383), eligibility will see the MW logo on Stanford (382) and Penn State (380) are the only schools with more sacks during their jersey replaced with one that that time . incorporates both the MW mark and the word “graduate ”. BRYAN HARSIN NOTES

Those from Boise State that have al- THE HARSIN ERA ready graduated are listed below: The 2020 campaign marks Boise State’s seventh under head coach Bryan Harsin, a former Bronco quarterback and assistant coach . Harsin, who is 69-18 over his Nick Crabtree Boise State tenure, has led the Broncos to five 10-win seasons, three Mountain West Bruno DeRose titles, and, including 2020, five trips to the Mountain West Championship Game . Donte Harrington In his first season at the Bronco helm in 2014, Harsin guided the program to a Jonny Messina (Stetson) 12-2 mark, which included the school’s first outright Mountain West Championship Brock Miller (North Carolina State) since joining the league in 2011 and the school’s third victory in the Fiesta Bowl . Uzo Osuji (Rice) Jack Sears (USC) MOUNTAIN WEST’S BEST Mason Sikes (Lamar) Boise State captured it’s fourth Mountain West title (2012, 2014, 2017, 2019), Evan Tyler and third under head coach Bryan Harsin with last December’s championship- Sam Whitney game victory over Hawai’i . The Broncos will now also have made five title-game Avery Williams appearances, the most of any Mountain West program since the inaugural championship game in 2013 .

WIN NUMBER 70 Bryan Harsin picked up the 70th win of his head-coaching career with the Broncos’ win in the 2019 regular-season finale against Colorado State . Harsin has won 76 8. percent of his games (76-23) at Arkansas State (2013) and Boise State (2014-present) .

Harsin hit the 60-win mark at Boise State with a victory against Wyoming Nov . 9, 2019, and his 69 victories with the Broncos rank third on the program’s winningest head coaches list since Boise State became a four-year football playing institution in 1968 . Only Chris Petersen (2006-13; 92) and Tony Knap (1968-75; 71) boast more wins as a Boise State head coach .

HEAD COACHES AT ALMA MATER Entering the 2020 season, Bryan Harsin was one of only 16 head coaches in the country serving at his alma mater . Of the 16, two are in the Mountain West: Troy Calhoun (Air Force) and Harsin .

TEAM NOTES

CONFERENCE RECORD Since 2000, Boise State is a national-best 144-17 ( .894) in conference regular- season play . Since joining the FBS in 1996, the Broncos have played in three leagues: the Big West (1996-2000), WAC (2001-10) and Mountain West (2011-Present) . Over the campaigns in those three conferences, the Broncos have posted an all- time record of 154-26 ( .856) .

9 DRIVE SUMMARY GAME NOTES

BOISE STATE MW SUCCESS DRIVE TOTAL SCORING Since joining the Mountain West for the 2011 season, Boise State has lost just 13 YARDS DRIVES DRIVES games against conference opponents, with only three of those losses being by more than seven points . Outside of a 28-14 loss to Air Force (Sept . 27, 2014), a 52- <0 7 0 26 loss at Utah State (Oct . 16, 2015) and a 28-17 loss at Fresno State (Nov . 25), the 0-9 16 0 Broncos’ other 10 Mountain West losses (regular-season games and conference 10-19 9 0 championship game) have come by a combined 39 points . Boise State’s four 20-29 6 1 Mountain West losses from 2011-13 were by a combined seven points: TCU in 2011 30-39 4 3 (36-35); San Diego State in 2012 (21-19); Fresno State (41-40) and SDSU (34-31, OT) in 2013 . Additionally, no Mountain West team has a winning record against 40-49 6 4 the Broncos, although San Diego State is 3-3 against Boise State . 50-59 4 4 60-69 7 7 THE PRESEASON PICK PROVES ACCURATE (AGAIN) 70-79 7 7 Before the Mountain West announced its switch to a “one conference” standings 80-89 3 3 format for 2020, Boise State was picked to top the Mountain Division in July’s preseason poll . It marked the 10th time in 10 seasons in the conference that the 90-99 0 0 Broncos had topped the predicted order-of-finish .

POSSESSIONS WITH PLAYS The Broncos received 20 of 21 first-place votes among its Mountain Division peers, INSIDE THE: TD FG setting the bar with 125 points . Wyoming, which earned the remaining first-place 30-yd line 27 20 4 vote, was next with 90 points . Air Force, with 86 points, was picked third, with Utah State (60 points), Colorado State (59) and New Mexico (21) rounding out 20-yd line 21 17 2 the division’s predicted order . 15-yd line 17 15 1 10-yd line 15 13 1 San Diego State’s 19 first-place votes led it to the top of the West Division order 5-yd line 14 13 0 with 119 points, followed by Nevada, which had 100 points and two first-place votes . Hawai’i (74 points) edged Fresno State (73) for third, with San Jose State (43) and UNLV (29) in fifth and sixth, respectively . RED ZONE TD FG 17-21 2-21 CONFERENCE TITLES .095 Boise State.810 will be looking for its 15th conference championship since joining what TOTAL: 19-for-21 ( .905) is now known as the Football Bowl Subdivision in 1996 . The Broncos currently have 14 league titles since 1996, more than any other school in the country during that time . Oklahoma (13), Ohio State (12), and Florida State (11) are the only other OPPONENT schools in the country to win double-digit conference titles during that time . DRIVE TOTAL SCORING YARDS DRIVES DRIVES The Broncos have won 20 conference championships all-time, including four in <0 14 0 the Mountain West, eight in the WAC, two in the Big West and six in the Big Sky . 0-9 22 1 BOWL ELIGIBILITY (AGAIN) 10-19 8 1 Boise State’s bowl-eligible streak now stands at 23-consecutive seasons . The 20-29 5 1 Broncos have been selected for bowl games in each of the previous 18 seasons, 30-39 5 2 tied with Wisconsin for the fifth-longest active streak in the country . In 2001, the 40-49 3 1 Broncos were not selected for a bowl game despite going 8-4 in the regular season . 50-59 3 2 SCORING STREAK 60-69 3 3 The Broncos have scored in 298-consecutive games, the sixth-longest active streak 70-79 9 9 in the country and ninth-longest in NCAA history . 80-89 4 4 90-99 2 2 The nation’s longest active streaks also include Florida (408; 1988-present), which is the longest in NCAA history, TCU (354; 1991-present), Virginia Tech (333; 1995-present), Georgia (327; 1995-present), and Nebraska (314; 1996-present) . POSSESSIONS WITH PLAYS INSIDE THE: TD FG ESTABLISHING A LEGACY 30-yd line 28 18 6 The Broncos are the second-winningest football program by percentage in 20-yd line 24 17 5 the country since 2000 (224-44; .836), trailing only Ohio State (224-43; 839). . 15-yd line 18 14 3 Oklahoma (226-51; .816), Alabama (213-63; 772). and LSU (205-64; 762). round out the top five . For the complete top 15, see page four . 10-yd line 15 13 1 5-yd line 11 11 0 The Broncos have 224 wins since 2000, tied for the second-most on the list of winningest teams in college football during that time (Ohio State) . Only Oklahoma RED ZONE TD FG (226) has more victories over that span . 17-24 5-24 708. .208 TOTAL: 22-for-24 ( .917)

10 EXPLOSIVE PLAYS GAME NOTES

A complete game-by-game BOWL GAMES breakdown of explosive plays by Entering 2020, Boise State has been selected for a bowl game in each of the last both Boise State and its opponents 18 seasons, tied for the fifth-longest active streak in the country . The nation’s longest streaks can be found below: during the 2020 season can be found below . 1 . Virginia Tech (27) 2 . Georgia (23) For Boise State, explosive plays are 3 . Oklahoma (21) defined as runs of 12-plus yards and 4 . LSU (20) T5 . Boise State (18) passes of 15-plus . T5 . Wisconsin (18) 7 . Alabama (16) OPPONENT RUN PASS TOT 8 . Clemson (15) UTAH STATE* 4 5 9 9 . Oklahoma State (14) @ Air Force* 5 7 12 10 . Texas A&M (10) BYU 0 4 4 NATIONAL RANKINGS COLO STATE* 4 4 8 Boise State extended its streak of seasons ranked in the Associated Press Top @ Hawai’i* 2 6 8 25 this season, to 19, tied for the seventh-longest nationally with USC . The streak SAN JOSE ST* - - - was extended when Boise State checked in at No . 25 on Oct . 25 . The schools with @ UNLV* - - - streaks of 15 years or longer can be found below: @ WYOMING* 3 3 6 1 . Ohio State (53) vs San Jose St^ T2 . Georgia (24) TOTAL 18 29 47 T2 . Wisconsin (24) 4 . Oregon (23) A complete game-by-game 5 Oklahoma (22) 6 . LSU (21) breakdown of opponent explosive T7 . Boise State (19) plays can be found below: T7 . USC (19) 9 . TCU (15) OPPONENT RUN PASS TOT UTAH STATE* 2 0 2 OFFENSIVE NOTES @ Air Force* 7 2 9 KIESAU A BROYLES AWARD NOMINEE BYU 4 10 14 Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Eric Kiesau was announced as a COLO STATE* 3 6 9 nominee for the Broyles Award, which honors the nation’s top college football @ Hawai’i* 5 5 10 assistant coach . Kiesau was one of 56 nominees in this year’s class, selected from SAN JOSE ST* - - - approximately 1,270 assistant coaches representing 127 programs in the Football Bowl Subdivision . Kiesau is in his fourth season with the Broncos, and his first as @ UNLV* - - - the program’s sole offensive coordinator after serving as co-offensive coordinator @ WYOMING* 2 2 4 in 2019 . He is also in his first season working with Boise State’s quarterbacks, having vs San Jose St^ worked with the wide receivers his first three seasons on The Blue . TOTAL 23 25 48 “SHAK” ATTACK Junior wide receiver Khalil Shakir is on pace to put up a career season despite the shortened slate in 2020 . In just six games, Shakir leads the Broncos with 46 catches, 634 yards and six touchdowns .

He’s already more than halfway to his career-best season total of 63 catches, set last year over 14 games, while he’s already matched last year’s career-high six touchdown grabs . Shakir needs just 238 more receiving yards to equal last year’s total of 872 .

Shakir is also Boise State’s all-purpose yardage leader at 131 0. yards per game .

Among Mountain West leaders, Shakir leads the conference and ranks 10th nationally in receptions per game (7 70),. is second in receiving yards per game (105 7). and third in receiving touchdowns (six) .

Over the last two seasons, Khalil Shakir has caught a pass in each of the 20 games Boise State has played . He has multiple receptions in 19 of those, and at least four catches in 14, including all six this season .

11 BRONCOS IN THE NFL GAME NOTES

There are currently 23 Broncos on ANOTHER CENTURY MARK FOR SHAKIR National Football League rosters Khalil Shakir has posted four 100-yard receiving games in 2020, and narrowly (as of Oct . 18), and 15 teams have missed a fifth . He opened the new campaign with a seven-catch, 123-yard effort with two touchdowns against Utah State, and followed that up with six catches at least one former member of the for 90 yards at Air Force . Against BYU, he posted career highs of 10 catches for Boise State football team on their 139 yards and two touchdowns . He has surpassed 100 yards in each of his last roster . At least one Bronco has two games - at Hawai’i, he outdid his receptions total with 11, for 130 yards and been selected in the NFL Draft in two more touchdowns, and then hauled in eight passes for 105 yards in the snow each of the last 11 seasons, and 26 at Wyoming . players have been drafted during He now has six 100-yard games for his career, and three of his six touchdown that time - including nine in the first grabs this year have also gone for at least 46 yards, including 52-yard scoring two rounds . receptions against both Utah State and BYU .

A complete list of Broncos in the WR TO WR TD Shakir’s second touchdown reception against Hawai’i, a three-yard score, was NFL can be found below: thrown by fellow wide receiver CT Thomas . It was the first passing score of Thomas’ career, joining a list of current and former Bronco receivers to throw for Arizona Cardinals a touchdown - including, among others, Shakir, Cedrick Wilson, Thomas Sperbeck, . . . . . A .J . Richardson (WR; PS) and current passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach, Matt Miller ...... Tanner Vallejo (LB) CAREER NIGHT FOR AVB Carolina Panthers Junior running back Andrew Van Buren enjoyed a career game at Hawai’i, scoring ...... Matt Paradis (OL) twice and posting his first-career 100-yard rushing game, going for 113 yards on Chicago Bears 27 carries . The performance also marked his third two-touchdown game of the ...... Charles Leno, Jr . (OL) season (Oct . 31 at Air Force, Nov . 12 vs . Colorado State) . Van Buren leads the Cleveland Browns Mountain West with eight rushing TDs ...... Curtis Weaver (DE; IR) THOMAS EXTENDS THE STREAK Dallas Cowboys CT Thomas has made himself one of the most reliable, and consistent, targets for ...... Tyrone Crawford (DE) Bronco quarterbacks during his career . His current streak of 36-straight games ...... Marcus Henry (OL; PS) with a reception is tied for the second-longest active streak in FBS (JD Spielman, . . . . DeMarcus Lawrence (DE) Nebraska and TCU), behind only the run of 41-straight games of Justin Hall (Ball State) ...... Darian Thompson (S) . . Laighton Vander Esch (LB; IR) THOMAS HITS THE CENTURY MARK AGAIN ...... Cedric Wilson (WR) Senior wide receiver CT Thomas hit the century mark for the second time this Denver Broncos season against Colorado State (Nov . 12) with 103 yards on six catches . He also ...... Brett Rypien (QB) did it against Air Force (Oct . 31), catching two passes for 101 yards and two TDs . Green Bay Packers On the year, Thomas is second on the team in both catches (17) and receiving ...... Billy Winn (DL) yards (322), and tied for second in receiving touchdowns (two), while posting a Jacksonville Jaguars team-best 18 .9 yards-per-catch average ...... Kamalei Correa (LB) Los Angeles Rams BACK IN THE GROOVE Sophomore quarterback Hank Bachmeier returned to action against Colorado . . . . . Donte Deayon (CB; PS) State (Nov . 12) after a two-game absence . Since his return, Boise State has won Minnesota Vikings each of its three games, and Bachmeier has gone a combined 56-for-87 ( .644) ...... Ezra Cleveland (OL) for 661 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions ...... George Iloka (S) . . . . . Alexander Mattison (RB) TIGHT-END TOUCHDOWN! Boise State fans have a strong love for the Bronco tight ends, and against Colorado New York Giants State (Nov . 12), they had another cause for celebration as Riley Smith hauled in ...... David Moa (DT; PS) the unit’s first scoring grab of the year . The catch was the first-career touchdown Philadelphia Eagles for Smith, a quarterback-turned-tight end who followed that performance with ...... John Hightower (WR) two catches for 27 yards at Hawai’i . Smith ranks fourth on the team in receptions San Francisco 49ers (11) and receiving yards (97), and has rushed for 36 yards on four carries ...... Jamar Taylor (CB) Right above him in those categories in the team rankings is redshirt senior tight Tampa Bay Buccaneers end John Bates, a Mackey Award candidate for the third-straight season . This ...... John Molchon (OL) year, Bates has 12 catches for 117 yards, and has a career-high five receptions in Tennessee Titans two contests ...... Jeremy McNichols (RB)

IR = Injured Reserve PS = Practice Squad

12 THE HAMMER GAME NOTES

TRUE FRESHMAN QB NOT A NEW THING Against BYU (Nov . 6), true freshmen quarterbacks Cade Fennegan and Andy Peters each saw action for the Broncos . Peters’ collegiate debut, following Fennegan’s at Air Force (Oct . 31), makes it four true freshmen quarterbacks to play for the Broncos (Brett Rypien in 2015, Hank Bachmeier in 2019) since Brett Rypien’s collegiate debut Sept . 18, 2015, against Idaho State .

SEARS STEPS IN With the gameday announcement that No . 1 quarterback Hank Bachmeier would not be available at Air Force (Oct . 31), redshirt junior Jack Sears, a graduate transfer from USC, stepped in for his second-career start .

Boise State selects one player to Sears and the Bronco offense set the tone on the first play from scrimmage, as lead the team onto the field with the San Clemente, Calif ., native went deep to CT Thomas for a 75-yard touchdown . The Dan Paul Hammer each game . By the end of the night, Sears had gone 17-for-20 passing for 280 yards and three The Hammer was renamed prior touchdowns, and rushed for 36 yards and another score . His 85 0. completion to the Hawai’i game, Oct . 12 . Dan percentage tied for the eighth-best in Boise State single-game history (minimum Paul, a former fullback from 2009- 15 attempts) . 12, passed away in July of 2019, and symbolized the blue collar culture Sears also started the Nov . 6 contest against BYU, and was 4-for-4 for 41 yards of the Boise State football team . before leaving the game during the second Bronco possession . Traditionally, the honor has gone to the individual that made the best FIRST-TIME STARTER SUCCESS UNDER HARSIN special teams play the week prior . With his start Oct . 31 at Air Force, Jack Sears became the seventh Bronco to start However, the offensive line has been a game at quarterback during head coach Bryan Harsin’s tenure (2014-present) . selected in the past, and the entire Overall, those seven quarterbacks now have a 6-1 record in their first starts as team entered the field with The a Bronco, with the only blemish being last Oct . 19’s 28-25 loss at BYU in Chase Hammer in the 2017, 2018 and 2019 Cord’s first-career start . MW Championship Games . NO RUST APPARENT UTAH STATE. . . . Octavius Evans Sophomore quarterback Hank Bachmeier showed no rust Oct . 24 against Utah @ Air Force. . . . Nick Provenzano State, in his first action since last year’s Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl on Dec . BYU ...... Dylan Herberg 21, 2019 . If anything, the 10-month break between games allowed him to get fully COLORADO STATE healthy after a rookie campaign in which injuries limited him to playing in just ...... Donte Harrington eight of Boise State’s 14 contests . @ Hawai’i ...... DJ Schramm SAN JOSE STATE. . . . CANCELLED After a 3-and-out on the game’s opening drive, Bachmeier settled in on his next @ UNLV...... CANCELLED opportunity, going 4-for-4 for 49 yards as Boise State marched 79 yards in nine @ Wyoming...... Markel Reed plays to take a 7-0 lead . For the night, Bachmeier went 20-for-28 for 263 yards and three touchdowns passing, and ran for a fourth score . PREVIOUS WINNERS ON THE 2020 ROSTER 1,000-YARD RUSHERS George Holani’s 1,014 rushing yards last season extended Boise State’s streak of Daniel Cantrell seasons with a 1,000-yard rusher to 11 ...... Hawai’i, 2019 ...... Utah State, 2019 The current streak is the longest in the nation entering 2020, and is tied for the Bruno DeRose second-longest in the history of college football with Texas (11; 1995-2005) and ...... New Mexico, 2018 behind only North Carolina (12; 1973-84) ...... San Jose State, 2019 Octavius Evans HOLANI HEADLINES RETURNING ALL-MW TRIO ...... Marshall, 2019 Three members of Boise State’s offense return in 2020 after earning All-Mountain ...... Wyoming, 2019 West honors a season ago: running back George Holani, tight end John Bates and ...... Washington, 2019 wide receiver Khalil Shakir . Dylan Herberg ...... Portland State, 2019 Holani was voted the Mountain West Freshman of the Year, becoming the second Roman Kafentzis Bronco in program history to claim the honor (following quarterback Brett Rypien ...... Air Force, 2019 in 2015) . He was also named to the All-Mountain West Second Team . Kekaula Kaniho ...... Colorado State, 2019 He emerged as Boise State’s No . 1 back in 2019, leading the team, and all freshmen Riley Whimpey in the Mountain West, with 1,014 rushing yards . He also nabbed 26 passes for 206 ...... Utah State, 2017 yards and three touchdowns, to add to his seven rushing scores for a total of 10 Avery Williams on the season ...... Washington State, 2017 ...... Wyoming, 2017 Holani put up three 100-yard games in 2019, highlighted by his 178 yards on just 16 ...... Troy, 2018 carries (11 .1 yards per attempt) with a pair of touchdowns last Nov . 23 at Utah State ...... Air Force, 2018 ...... Fresno State, 2018 The Bellflower, Calif ., native was also named to The Athletic’s Freshman All-America ...... Florida State, 2019 Second Team for his breakout 2019 season ...... UNLV, 2019 ...... New Mexico, 2019 13 BRONCO DEBUTS GAME NOTES

The following players have made DEEP AT WR their Bronco debuts during the 2020 Boise State had eight players with double-digit receptions in 2019, with five of those season . True freshmen are denoted by receivers returning in 2020 . Khalil Shakir (63 receptions, six touchdowns in 2019) an asterisk: leads the group of returners, followed among the WRs by seniors CT Thomas (41 receptions, five touchdowns) and Octavius Evans (19), while sophomore running UTAH STATE back George Holani (26) and redshirt senior tight end John Bates (22) round out ...... Jackson Cravens (DT) the quintet ...... Jonah Dalmas (K)* ...... Kaden DeLuna (TE) Those five Broncos combined to haul in 16 touchdowns in 2019, and, added to ...... Brock Miller (LB) ...... Divine Obichere (NT) the touchdown catches of returners Andrew Van Buren and Stefan Cobbs, 2020 ...... Uzo Osuji (OL) Bronco returners overall accounted for 18 of last year’s 31 scoring grabs ...... Jack Sears (QB) @ Air Force PRESEASON ALL-MW RECOGNITION ...... Jaylen Clark (DB)* Boise State picked up a conference-best eight selections (among seven players) ...... Russell Corrigan (TE)* to the 2020 Preseason All-Mountain West Team July 22, highlighted by being ...... Ben Dooley (OL) one of just two schools to have at least one selection on offense, defense, and ...... Tyler Eiguren (TE) special teams ...... Cade Fennegan (QB)* ...... Jacob Golden (OL) ...... Kaonohi Kaniho (CB)* On offense, the Broncos led all teams with three selections: sophomore quarterback ...... Casey Kline (STUD) Hank Bachmeier, junior wide receiver Khalil Shakir, and redshirt junior offensive BYU lineman John Ojukwu ...... Herbert Gums, Jr . (DT)* ...... Andy Peters (QB)* Bachmeier garnered attention right from the start in 2019, becoming the first ...... Gavin Wale (P) Bronco true freshman to start a season opener at quarterback in Boise State’s COLORADO STATE FBS Era (1996-present) when he took the reins last Aug . 31 at Florida State . In ...... Austin Bolt (WR)* front of a hostile crowd in Tallahassee, and before a national television audience, ...... Keola Downing (P)* Bachmeier put together a stunning debut in which he went 30-for-51 for 407 yards ...... Jaydn Ewing (DL) ...... Tyler Visser (S) and a touchdown in Boise State’s 36-31 victory over the Seminoles . @ Hawai’i ...... Riden Leong (OL) SAN JOSE STATE. . . . . CANCELLED The Murrieta, Calif ., native would start all eight games in which he appeared, despite @ UNLV...... CANCELLED missing six to injury . Bachmeier finished the season 7-1 as a starter, throwing for @ Wyoming...... N/A 1,879 yards and nine touchdowns while rushing for another score, and had multiple scoring tosses in three of his eight games .

Shakir was named All-Mountain West Honorable Mention in 2019, finishing as Boise State’s leading receiver with 63 receptions and ranking eighth in the Mountain West with 872 receiving yards . A triple-threat player, Shakir accounted for 10 Bronco touchdowns last season, catching six, rushing for three, and throwing another .

Additionally, he posted a pair of 100-yard receiving games, topped by 111 yards on seven catches at UNLV . Over nine games vs . MW teams, Shakir caught 42 passes for 587 yards and five touchdowns, ran for three touchdowns and threw for one . He caught seven passes for 89 yards and a touchdown in Boise State’s 31-10 victory over Hawai’i in the Mountain West Championship Game .

Ojukwu received his first recognition from the Mountain West with Wednesday’s announcement . Last season, the Boise native started each of his 11 games played at right tackle, providing protection for an offense that ranked 14th in the country in scoring (36 .8 PPG) . Ojukwu, who is expected to make the move to left tackle in 2020, was part of a Bronco offensive line that opened holes for running back George Holani’s 1,014 rushing yards, extending Boise State’s national-leading streak of consecutive seasons with a 1,000-yard rusher to 11 .

PRESEASON NATIONAL AWARD LISTS Boise State’s offense was well-represented on the national award preseason watch lists over the summer, as sox Broncos on the offensive side were named to a total of eight award lists .

Sophomore quarterback Hank Bachmeier and sophomore running back George Holani were named to a pair of lists apiece . Bachmeier landed on the watch lists for the Maxwell Award and the Davey O’Brien Award, while Holani was also on the Maxwell Award watch list along with being a candidate for the Doak Walker Award .

Redshirt senior tight end John Bates was named a Mackey Award candidate for the third-straight year, while junior wide receiver Khalil Shakir landed on the Biletnikoff Award Watch List for the first time . Fellow wide receiver CT Thomas was named to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List, while offensive lineman Donte Harrington was named to the Wuerffel Trophy Watch List .

14 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK GAME NOTES

UTAH STATE DEFENSIVE NOTES Offense ...... Hank Bachmeier / ...... Khalil Shakir BIG START FOR BAGNAH Defense...... Riley Whimpey Boise State redshirt freshman STUD Isaiah Bagnah made the most of his first- Special Teams...... DJ Schramm career start this past week, stepping in for sixth-year senior Sam Whitney, whose O-Line ...... Garrett Curran season once again came to an early end . Bagnah registered four tackles (two D-Line ...... Scott Matlock solo), including a pair of sacks, against Wyoming (Dec . 12) .

@ Air Force WILLIAMS A BURLSWORTH NOMINEE Offense ...... Jack Sears Boise State redshirt senior cornerback and return specialist Avery Williams was Defense...... Markel Reed announced as one of 67 nominees for the Burlsworth Trophy, given to the most Special Teams...... Avery Williams outstanding football player in the country who began his career as a walk-on and O-Line ...... Jake Stetz D-Line ...... N/A has shown outstanding performance on the field .

BYU NOA UP FOR COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR Offense ...... N/A Redshirt junior inebacker Ezekiel Noa was named to the watch list for the Mayo Defense...... N/A Clinic Comeback Player of the Year, compiled by CoSIDA in conjunction with the Special Teams...... N/A Associated Press and the Fiesta Bowl Organization . The award will be presented O-Line ...... N/A in each division of college football, and the recipients will be announced at the D-Line ...... N/A 2021 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, Jan . 2 . Noa is one of three players from the Mountain West included on the watch list . Also included from the league are running back COLORADO STATE Jordan Mims (Fresno State) and quarterback Brandt Hughes (New Mexico) . Offense ...... CT Thomas Defense...... Riley Whimpey As a redshirt sophomore in 2019, Noa suffered a torn ACL and broken wrist on Special Teams...... Avery Williams the same play against Air Force (Sept . 20) . At the time of the injury Noa was the O-Line ...... Jake Stetz Broncos’ leading tackler, having registered 28 tackles (13 solo) - including 3 0. D-Line ...... Shane Irwin / for-loss and a sack . He had already amassed a career-high 10 tackles (one solo) ...... Scott Matlock against the Falcons before suffering the injuries in the middle of the third quarter .

@ Hawai’i KANIHO BROS . SHINE AT HOME Offense . . Khalil Shakir / Andrew Van Buren The Broncos’ game at Hawai’i was a bittersweet homecoming for Pahuku natives Defense...... Jalen Walker Kekaula and Kaonohi Kaniho . The brothers got their return home with the chance Special Teams...... Avery Williams to play in front of family and friends, but due to the COVID pandemic, had to play O-Line ...... Jake Stetz in an empty Aloha Stadium . D-Line ...... Shane Irwin Despite the disappointment, the brothers stood out and made key contributions SAN JOSE STATE Offense ...... N/A in the 40-32 Broncos win . While combining to make six solo tackles, including Defense...... N/A one for loss by Kekaula, they each played a key role in Avery Williams’ 99-yard Special Teams...... N/A kickoff return, as Kekaula perfectly played the decoy role on the fake toss-back, O-Line ...... N/A and Kaonohi provided the escort for Williams over the final 40 yards, clearing the D-Line ...... N/A final defender from Williams’ path .

@ UNLV IRWIN A HIDDEN GEM Offense ...... N/A One Bronco defender who has been making plenty of noise in his debut season Defense...... N/A in Boise is redshirt junior defensive end Shane Irwin . A 2020 transfer after stops Special Teams...... N/A at San Diego State and Long Beach City College, Irwin has been an impactful O-Line ...... N/A player for the Broncos right from the start, picking up a sack in the opener against D-Line ...... N/A Utah State .

@ Wyoming Irwin has brought his team-leading sack total to 6 .0, including back-to-back two- Offense ...... Khalil Shakir sack performances against Colorado State (Nov . 12) and at Hawai’i (Nov . 21) ., the Defense...... Evan Tyler only time a Bronco has accomplished the feat since the NCAA began tracking Special Teams...... Tyric LeBeauf / the statistic in 2000 ...... Joel Velazquez O-Line ...... Jake Stetz Through six games, Irwin s tied for third on the team with 28 tackles (16 solo), D-Line ...... Scott Matlock and is the leader in both sacks (6 0). and tackles-for-loss (7 0). .

TACKLING MACHINE Senior linebacker Riley Whimpey has lived up to his role as Boise State’s tackling machine entering 2020, leading the Broncos with 54 tackles (30 solo) through six games .

Whimpey, who led the Broncos in tackles (83) in 2019, had a career-high 14 earlier this season against Colorado State (Nov . 12) . He’s also made a comfortable home in opponents’ backfields, ranking second on the team in tackles-for-loss with 6 .0 .

15 CAPTAINS GAME NOTES

Boise State players voted junior MATLOCK STEPS UP wide receiver Khalil Shakir, senior Redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Scott Matlock has been one of the bright linebacker Riley Whimpey and spots among the younger Bronco defenders who stepped into larger roles in 2020 . Through six games, Matlock has made himself indispensable, racking up 22 redshirt senior cornerback Avery tackles (nine solo), 2 .0 sacks, 4 .5 tackles-for-loss and even blocking a pair of kicks . Williams as captains for the 2020 season . He’s also enjoyed a strong four-game stretch, beginning with the Broncos’ game against BYU (Nov . 6) . After breaking through for 1 .5 sacks and four tackles with a blocked PAT against the Cougars, Matlock blocked a field-goal attempt the following week against Colorado State (Nov . 12), which was scooped up by Kekaula Kaniho and returned 91 yards for a Bronco touchdown . Matlock finished that game with four tackles and a shared tackle-for-loss . At Hawai’i (Nov . 21), Matlock made five solo tackles, including two for-loss . And last week at Wyoming (Dec . 12), Matlock shared in a sack .

DEFENSIVE LINE SHINES THROUGH ADVERSITY Boise State’s defensive line has risen up and been one of the defense’s top- performing units despite injuries and absences over the past three games . The Bronco defense has 23 0. tackles-for-loss over the last three games, and the defensive line has combined for 10 0. of those - led by 5 0. from Shane Irwin and 3 0. from Scott Matlock . Boise State also had a season-high five sacks against Wyoming (Dec . 12), all of which coming from the defensive line .

WHAT A WEEK FOR KANIHO Senior nickel Kekaula Kaniho enjoyed a decorated week on and off the field from Nov . 9-13 . On the field, he scored a touchdown on a 91-yard return of a blocked field goal in Boise State’s 52-21 win over Colorado State, and added eight tackles and three passes defended .

Off the field, Kaniho was recognized for his all-around performance in the classroom and in football . On Nov . 11, he was named one of 12 members of the National Football Foundations 2020 Scholar-Athlete Class, and a finalist for the William V . Campbell Trophy, which earned him a postgraduate scholarship worth $18,000 . Friday, Nov . 14, he was named one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award for football . He has since been named one of 10 finalists for the award, and is the only one from the Mountain West .

SACKS FROM NEW SOURCES Shane Irwin and Scott Matlock lead this season’s sack charge from a fresh-faced set of Broncos who were either not on the team or did not play a year ago . Overall, Irwin (team-high 6 .0 sacks), Sam Whitney (2 .0), Matlock (2 .0), Isaiah Bagnah (2 .0), A fourth captain will be named on a Jackson Cravens (1 .0) and Divine Obichere (1 .0) account for 12 .0 of the Boise State weekly basis . A list of those individuals defense’s 16 sacks this season . throughout the season is below:

UTAH STATE NO-FLY ZONE Boise State’s 2020 secondary is a decorated, veteran unit which boasts three ...... John Bates returning All-Mountain West selections from a year ago . @ Air Force...... Ezekiel Noa BYU ...... Scott Matlock Senior nickel Kekaula Kaniho was named to the All-Mountain West First Team COLORADO STATE. . . CT Thomas following a season in which he racked up 61 tackles, and created chaos at every @ Hawai’i ...... Kekaula Kaniho level of defense for opponents . Kaniho picked off a pass and broke up six others in SAN JOSE STATE. . . . CANCELLED pass coverage, forced two fumbles and recovered another, and made his presence @ UNLV...... CANCELLED felt in opposing backfields, registering 11 0. tackles-for-loss along with 3 0. sacks . @ Wyoming...... Jake Stetz Redshirt junior cornerback Jalen Walker enjoyed a breakout 2019 season at cornerback, breaking up a team-high nine passes and nabbing a pick, which he took 15 yards to the house at Utah State . Equal to the task of being targeted by opposing passing attacks, Walker made 53 tackles including 3 .0 for loss, and was recognized on the All-Mountain West Second Team .

At the other corner spot, redshirt senior cornerback Williams was named All- Mountain West Honorable Mention on defense for the second-straight season for his play, which included four pass breakups and 39 tackles . Williams also made 1 5. tackles-for-loss and forced a fumble .

16 LYLE SMITH INDIVIDUAL NOTES

BLUE-COLLAR ‘BACKERS Boise State’s linebacker corps is an apt representation of the Blue Collar Mindset of the program .

Two of the returning starters, senior Riley Whimpey and redshirt junior Ezekiel Noa, have each suffered a torn ACL in the past two seasons, with Whimpey having his 2018 season cut short, and Noa having last season abruptly ended by the injury . Whimpey rebounded in 2019 to be named to the All-Mountain West Second Team, leading Boise State with 83 tackles while making 7 .0 tackles-for-loss, a pair of sacks, and breaking up seven passes in coverage . Noa, meanwhile, was off to a great start in 2019, making 28 tackles, with 3 0. for loss, before suffering his season-ending knee injury in the fourth contest .

The pair are joined by senior Benton Wickersham, who has risen up the Bronco depth chart from walk-on to scholarship player to starter . Last year, Wickersham appeared in all 14 games and finished third on the team with 63 tackles, also picking off a pass and making 4 0. TFL .

The trio is joined by a group featuring redshirt senior Bruno DeRose (20 tackles, 14 games last season), redshirt sophomore Brandon Hawkins, (eight tackles, 1 5. TFL, 14 games), and newcomer Brock Miller, a redshirt senior transfer from NC State, who started 13 of the 31 games in which he appeared for the Wolfpack, making 67 tackles .

NEW LOOKS UP FRONT As with its trench counterparts on the offensive side, the Boise State defensive Lyle Smith, the "Father of Boise front replaces many faces in 2020 . Included in the departures are All-American State Football," head football STUD Curtis Weaver (52 tackles, 13 .5 sacks, 18 .5 TFL in 2019), sixth-year defensive coach from 1947-67 and Boise tackle David Moa (37 tackles, 6 .5 TFL), and All-Mountain West selections defensive State Athletics Director from 1967- end Chase Hatada (42 tackles, 6 .0 sacks, 13 .0 TFL) and nose tackle Sonatane Lui (49 tackles, 4 .5 sacks, 6 0. TFL, two fumble recoveries) . 81, passed away the morning of July 26, 2017, at the age of 101 . PRESEASON ALL-MW RECOGNITION Boise State picked up a conference-best eight selections (among seven players) Smith came to Boise Junior College to the 2020 Preseason All-Mountain West Team July 22, highlighted by being in 1946 as basketball coach and one of just two schools to have at least one selection on offense, defense, and special teams . assistant football coach . In 1947, he became head coach of the BJC On defense, Boise State and San Diego State shared the conference lead with football program and didn’t lose a four selections apiece . Redshirt junior cornerback/returner Avery Williams was game until his fourth season . named both on defense and special teams (punt returner), and was joined by senior nickel Kekaula Kaniho, junior defensive lineman Scale Igiehon, and senior linebacker Riley Whimpey . His 1958 team won the National Junior College championship . Williams, the reigning Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Year, and a 2019 All-Mountain West first-team selection at punt returner, was named to both Smith retired from coaching after Phil Steele’s and Athlon Sports’ 2020 Preseason All-Mountain West First Teams the 1967 season . In his 20 years as at punt returner . the head football coach at BJC; The Pasadena, Calif ., native led the Mountain West in punt-return average (13 .2 he compiled a 156-25-6 record, a yards per return) for the second time in three years in 2019, and ranked seventh winning percentage of .842 . in the country . His two punt-return scores tied for the most in the country, and he even chipped in two blocked kicks on special teams . Smith continued to lead Boise State Williams was also named to the College Football America 2020 Yearbook’s “Group as AD until his retirement after of Five Starting Lineup” at punt returner this summer . the 1980-81 academic year . Smith guided Boise State’s transition A two-time Paul Hornung Award candidate, Williams has made his mark with the from a junior college power to a Bronco defense, as well, being named All-Mountain West Honorable Mention at highly-successful NCAA Division I cornerback a season ago . At cornerback, Williams broke up four passes, made 39 tackles, and had 1 .5 tackles-for-loss . athletic program . Last season, Kaniho was named to the All-Mountain West First Team . The Kahuku, In his honor, a statue was erected at Hawaii, native was third among Boise State defenders in tackles-for-loss (11 0). the southwest corner of Albertsons and fourth in tackles (61), in addition to picking off a pass, recovering a fumble, Stadium . He was present for its and making 3 0. sacks . His performance helped the Broncos to a 12-2 record and a perfect 8-0 mark in Mountain West play, and Boise State would go on to unveiling prior to the 2016 season . capture the conference title with a 31-10 victory over Hawai’i in the Mountain West Championship Game . 17 INDIVIDUAL NOTES GAME NOTES

HANK BACHMEIER // QB Already this preseason, Kaniho has been named to three award watch lists: the >> 2020 Preseason All-Mountain West Bronko Nagurski Trophy, the Jim Thorpe Award, and the Lott IMPACT Trophy . selection . >> Named to a pair of preseason award Whimpey was named to the 2019 All-Mountain West Second Team after leading watch lists: Maxwell Award, Davey Boise State in tackles with 83, while starting all 14 games . Whimpey registered O’Brien Award . 7 0. tackles-for-loss and 2 0. sacks, in addition to posting three games with at least 10 tackles, all against Mountain West teams (10 vs . Air Force, 10 vs . Hawai’i, >> First true freshman to start a Boise 12 vs . Wyoming) . State season opener in the team’s FBS Era (1996-present) . Igiehon continued his rise on Boise State’s defensive line in 2019, appearing in all >> Passed for over 13,000 yards, 14 games and making two starts, and registering 3 0. tackles-for-loss among his rushed for over 2,000 over his prep 38 tackles . The Del Valle, Texas, native played particularly well against Mountain career West competition, recording a career-high seven tackles, including a shared TFL, >> Set the CIF Southern Section career against Wyoming, and making six tackles in the win over Air Force . record with 156 touchdown passes, eclipsing the previous mark held by JT PRESEASON NATIONAL AWARD LISTS Daniels . Boise State had three members of its defense honored over the summer by being named to a total of seven national award watch lists . JOHN BATES // TE >> All-Mountain West Honorable Senior nickel Kekaula Kaniho led all Broncos by being selected as a candidate for four national honors: he was named a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Mention in 2019 . Trophy, as well as to the watch lists of the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Jim Thorpe >> 2020 Preseason All-Mountain West Award, and Lott IMPACT Trophy . selection . >> Named to the John Mackey Award Redshirt junior cornerback Jalen Walker, a second-team All-Mountain West pick Watch List for the third-straight in 2019, was named to the watch lists of the Chuck Bednarik Award and the Jim season . Thorpe Award, while redshirt senior cornerback/returner Avery Williams was >> Matched his career high with five named a candidate for the Paul Hornung Award . receptions against both Utah State (Oct . 24) and Air Force (Oct . 31) . >> Caught 22 passes for 273 yards and a touchdown, all career-bests, in 2019 . >> Posted career highs in catches (five) and yards (63) against Marshall on Sept . 6, 2019 .

GEORGE HOLANI // RB >> Voted Mountain West Freshman of the Year and to the All-Mountain West Second Team in 2019 . >> Named a 2020 preseason candidate for the Maxwell Award and Doak Walker Award . >> Posted his fourth-career 100-yard game, going for exactly that total on 14 carries, with a touchdown, against Utah State (Oct . 24) . >> Ran for 1,014 yards and seven touchdowns in 2019 . >> Scored 10 touchdowns in 2019, adding three receiving scores on 26 catches . >> Posted three 100-yard rushing games and three multi-touchdown games in 2019 . >> Ran for a season-high 178 yards on just 16 carries (11 1. ypc) at Utah State on Nov . 23 .

SCALE IGIEHON // NT >> 2020 Preseason All-Mountain West selection . >> Recorded 38 tackles with 3 0. sacks in 2019 .

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KEKAULA KANIHO // N SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES >> William V . Campbell Trophy Finalist, recipient of an $18,000 postgraduate AVERY WILLIAMS JUST KEEPS DOING THE THING scholarship . After Colorado State, we said that CB/PR/KR Avery Williams, the 2019 Mountain >> Finalist for the 2020 Football Senior West Special Teams Player of the Year, was officially out of control . After his CLASS Award . performance at Hawai’i, during which he returned another kickoff for a touchdown, this one for 99 yards, and averaged 24 0. yards over three punt returns, Williams >> Returned a blocked field goal has opposing conference units on DEFCON 1 . 91 yards for a touchdown against Colorado State (Nov . 12) . Williams, who has twice been named Mountain West Special Teams Player of the >> Has 28 tackles (19 solo) and team- Week this season (Nov 2, Nov . 16), probably should have added a third after his high five pass-breakups in 2020 . performance in Honolulu (the MW gave the award to a punter that week) . So far >> Named to All-Mountain West First this season, Williams averages 29 .6 yards per kick return - ranking ninth nationally Team in 2019 . - and is one of three players in the country with two kickoff returns for TDs . He is >> 2020 Preseason All-Mountain West also ninth in the country in punt-return average at 11 .4 yards per return . selection . >> Named to four 2020 preseason Against Colorado State (Nov . 12), Williams also blocked two punts, with both award watch lists: William V . Campbell being recovered for touchdowns . Williams recovered the first blocked punt in Trophy (semifinalist), Bronko Nagurski the end zone to open the game’s scoring, then the second was scooped up by Trophy, Jim Thorpe Award, Lott DJ Schramm and returned 20 yards for a score which gave the Broncos a 42-7 lead just before halftime . IMPACT Trophy . >> Finished fourth on the team with 61 After the kick return score against the Rainbow Warriors, Williams has now scored tackles in 2019, third with 11 0. tackles- eight special-teams touchdowns in his career, with seven coming by kick return for-loss . (four punt, three kickoff) and one off of a blocked punt . >> Also recorded 3 .0 sacks, intercepted a pass, and broke up six more in 2019 . The two blocked punts against the Rams also bring his career total to five blocked >> Believed to be the only Bronco in kicks (three punts, one field goal, one PAT) . program history to score touchdowns via interception return, fumble return, THREE(!) SPECIAL-TEAMS TOUCHDOWNS and punt return . Boise State scored three non-offensive touchdowns in Nov . 12’s 52-21 win over Colorado State, with all three coming on special teams (two on blocked punts, KHALIL SHAKIR // WR one on a blocked field goal) . Avery Williams blocked the two punts, recovering the first in the end zone for a score, and having the second picked up and returned 20 >> All-Mountain West Honorable yards for a touchdown by DJ Schramm . Scott Matlock blocked a Ram field-goal Mention in 2019 . attempt, which was scooped up and returned 91 yards to the house by Kekaula >> 2020 Preseason All-Mountain West Kaniho . selection . >> Preseason watch list for the It was the first time that the Broncos had scored three non-offensive touchdowns Biletnikoff Award . (on defense/special teams) in a game since also scoring three against Arizona >> Leads Boise State with 46 catches, State in the 2011 MAACO Bowl Las Vegas (kickoff, interception, fumble) . 634 yards and six touchdowns in 2020 . >> Second on the team with 152 Additionally, Williams’ two blocked punts marked the first time that Boise State rushing yards . had pulled the feat since Oct . 7, 2007 against New Mexico State . >> Has four 100-yard receiving games, and three two-touchdown games, in BLOCK PARTY 2020 . Tyric LeBeauf blocked a punt against Wyoming (Dec . 12), the third such block of the year for the Broncos - the most since blocking four punts in 2011 . It also brought >> Grabbed a career-best 11 receptions the Broncos’ season total in blocks to five, also the most since 2011 . at Hawai’i, going for 130 yards and two scores . The Broncos’ five blocked kicks are tied for second nationally, including three >> Posted a career night Nov . 6 against blocked punts which are tied for best in the country . BYU, finishing with career highs in receptions (10; later surpassed), KICK LOCAL receiving yards (139), and touchdown With the graduation of Eric Sachse, Boise State’s placekicking job was open catches (two) . entering 2020 . To the surprise of those outside the program, it was freshman >> Led Boise State receivers in catches Jonah Dalmas, a local prep standout from Rocky Mountain High School, who won (63) in 2019, while finishing second in the job . Dalmas has been perfect on field-goal attempts through six games, going receiving yards (872) and touchdown 5-for-5, and is 28-for-29 on PATs, having his perfect streak snapped when one catches (six) . attempt was blocked Nov . 21 at Hawai’i . >> All-around threat also rushed A 2017 graduate of Rocky Mountain, Dalmas was a standout placekicker and 19 times for 66 yards and three member of the soccer team for the Grizzlies . As a senior (2016-17) he was named touchdowns, and went 2-for-2 passing Idaho’s Boys Soccer Gatorade Player of the Year, as well as to the Idaho 5A Team for 10 yards and another score . at kicker in football . >> Overall, had a hand in 10 Bronco touchdowns in 2019 .

19 BRONCO RADIO NETWORK INDIVIDUAL NOTES

The Bronco Radio Network is CT THOMAS // WR comprised of 11 stations in Idaho >> Named a preseason candidate for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award . and eastern Oregon, with KBOI >> Streak of 36-straight games with a catch is tied for the second-longest active 670 AM in Boise serving as the run in the country . flagship . >> Has posted two 100-yard games this season (Oct . 31 at Air Force, Nov . 12 against Colorado State) . The Bronco Sports Network >> Second on the team in catches (17) and receiving yards (322), and tied for includes the following stations: second in receiving touchdowns (two) in 2020 . IDAHO >> Grabbed six passes for 103 yards against Colorado State . Boise St . Maries >> Caught two passes for 101 yards, with both going for touchdowns, at Air Force KBOI 670 AM KOFE 1240 AM (Oct . 31) . His first score at Air Force was a career-long 75-yard reception on the KTIK 93 1. FM game’s first play from scrimmage . >> Finished 2019 with 41 receptions for 522 yards and five touchdowns, all Idaho Falls Pocatello ranking third on the team . KSPZ 98 7. FM KSPZ 94 .5 FM >> Rushed twice for 22 yards and another touchdown in 2019 .

McCall Twin Falls JALEN WALKER // CB KDZY 98 .3 FM KSNQ 98 .3 FM >> All-Mountain West Second Team in 2019 . >> 2020 preseason candidate for the Bednarik Award and Jim Thorpe Award . Salmon >> Started all 14 games in 2019, leading the Broncos with nine pass breakups, KSRA 960 AM and returning an interception 15 yards for a touchdown (Nov . 23, 2019 at USU) . OREGON >> Finished the season with 53 tackles, including 3 0. for loss . LaGrande Baker City KLBM 1450 AM KBKR 1490 AM RILEY WHIMPEY // WLB >> All-Mountain West Second Team in 2019 . The broadcasts are also available >> 2020 Preseason All-Mountain West selection . worldwide on TuneIn . >> Leads Boise State with 54 tackles (30 solo) and is second with 6 0. TFL in 2020 . >> Made a career-high 14 tackles against Colorado State (Nov . 12) . >> Made seven tackles, including a sack, against Utah State (Oct . 24) . >> Started all 14 games in 2019, leading the Broncos in tackles (83) . >> Made 7 0. tackles-for-loss, 2 0. sacks, and broke up seven passes in coverage .

AVERY WILLIAMS // CB/PR/KR >> Twice named Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week in 2020 (Nov . 2, Nov . 16) . >> Returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown at Hawai’i (Nov . 21) . >> Blocked two punts, one of which he recovered in the end zone for a score, against Colorado State (Nov . 12) . >> Returned a kickoff 88 yards for a touchdown at Air Force (Oct . 31) . Bob Behler (left), a five-time Idaho >> Has eight-career special-teams touchdowns (four punt return, three kick Sportscaster of the Year, is in his return, one blocked punt return) . 13th season calling play-by-play for >> Has five blocked kicks for his career . the Broncos . >> One of four players with two kick-return touchdowns in 2020 . >> Voted Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Year in 2019 . Former Boise State offensive lineman Pete Cavender is in his 12th >> Also named to the All-Mountain West First Team (punt returner) and All-MW season providing commentary . Honorable Mention (cornerback) in 2019 . >> 2020 Preseason All-Mountain West selection . >> Named to the preseason watch list for the Paul Hornung Award for the second-straight year . >> Co-led the country with two punt-return touchdowns in 2019 (with TCU’s Jalen Reagor) . >> Led the Mountain West and finished seventh in the country with 13 2. yards per punt return in 2019 . >> Blocked two kicks in 2019 (one punt, one field goal) . >> Named to the All-Mountain West Second Team as a kick/punt returner in 2017 . >> Was twice named Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept . 4, Oct . 16) in 2017 after his performances against Troy (Sept . 2) and San Diego State (Oct . 14) . >> Made collegiate debut Sept . 2 against Troy, and on his first touch, returned a punt 81 yards for a touchdown, Boise State’s first such score since 2014 . It was also the fifth-longest punt return in Boise State history . >> Finished his first game (Sept . 2 vs . Troy) with 124 yards on five punt returns, the sixth-highest yardage total in school history . 20 ALL-DECADE TEAM (2010-19)

Boise State fans and local meda members are selecting an All-Decade Team for 2010-19, voting for a different position group each week . The offensive and defensive All-Decade Teams up to this point are below:

21 SACKS FOR HUNGER GAMES AGAINST THE AUTONOMOUS FIVE

The Broncos are 16-10 against schools from conferences that comprise the Autonomous Five since the start of the 2006 season .

Since notching its first such victory, a 34-16 win over Iowa State in the 2002 Humanitarian Bowl, the Broncos have gone 18-14 . Boise State is 18- 26 all-time in such games .

Boise State has once again teamed SEASON OPPONENT LOC W/L SCORE up with Albertsons and the Idaho 1986 Oregon State A L 3-34 Foodbank to tackle hunger in the 1989 Oregon State H L 30-37 Treasure Valley . 1996 Arizona State A L 7-56 1997 Wisconsin A L 24-28 For every sack by a member of 1997 Washington State A L 0-58 the Boise State football team, 1998 Washington State H L 21-33 Albertsons will donate $500 to the 1999 UCLA A L 7-38 Idaho Foodbank . 2000 Arkansas A L 31-38 2000 Washington State A L 35-42 For every $1 received, the Idaho 2001 South Carolina A L 13-32 Foodbank can provide five meals . 2001 Washington State H L 20-41 Thus, every sack is worth the 2002 Arkansas A L 14-41 equivalent of 2,500 meals . 2002 Iowa State H W 34-16 2003 Oregon State A L 24-26 The Broncos’ game-by-game sack 2004 Oregon State H W 53-34 totals, how much money has been 2005 Georgia A L 13-48 raised and how many meals that 2005 Oregon State A L 27-30 equates to can be found below: 2005 Boston College H L 21-27 2006 Oregon State H W 42-14 UTAH STATE...... 3 2006 (07) Oklahoma N W 43-42 (OT) @ Air Force...... 0 2007 Washington A L 10-24 BYU...... 3 2008 Oregon A W 37-32 COLORADO STATE...... 3 2009 Oregon H W 19-8 @ Hawai’i...... 2 2010 Virginia Tech N W 33-30 SAN JOSE STATE. . CANCELLED 2010 Oregon State H W 37-24 @ UNLV...... CANCELLED 2011 Georgia N W 35-21 @ Wyoming ...... 5 2011 Arizona State N W 56-24 2012 Michigan State A L 13-17 TOTAL SACKS: 16 2012 Washington N W 28-26 TOTAL DONATION: $8,000 2013 Washington A L 6-38 TOTAL MEALS: 40,000 2013 Oregon State N L 23-38 2014 Ole Miss N L 13-35 2014 Arizona N W 38-30 2015 Washington H W 16-13 2015 Virginia A W 56-14 2016 Washington State H W 31-28 2016 Oregon State A W 38-24 2016 Baylor N L 12-31 2017 Washington State A L 44-47 (3OT) 2017 Virginia H L 23-42 2017 Oregon N W 38-28 2018 Oklahoma State A L 21-44 2018 Boston College N NO CONTEST 2019 Florida State A W 36-31 2019 Washington N L 7-38

22 2020 WATCH LISTS ALBERTSONS STADIUM / THE BLUE

QB Hank Bachmeier Maxwell Award Davey O’Brien Award

TE John Bates Mackey Award

OL Donte Harrington Wuerffel Trophy

RB George Holani Maxwell Award Doak Walker Award

N Kekaula Kaniho Bronko Nagurski Trophy Albertsons Stadium - and Lyle Smith Field - is the home of Boise Jim Thorpe Award State football and the annual Famous Idaho Potato Bowl . Lott IMPACT Trophy Smith, who passed away in July of 2017 at the age of 101, is the LB Ezekiel Noa undisputed father of Bronco football, who from 1946-67 built one Mayo Clinic of the top junior college programs in the country . When he retired Comeback Player of the Year from his head coaching position to become the athletic director, Smith had a record of 156-25-6 ( .850) . WR Khalil Shakir Biletnikoff Award Completed during the summer of 1970 at a cost of $2 2. million, WR CT Thomas what was originally known as Bronco Stadium had a seating Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award capacity of 14,500 . Since that time the stadium has expanded four times to its current capacity of 36,387 . CB Jalen Walker Chuck Bednarik Award Boise State established a first in 1986 by installing the first blue Jim Thorpe Award AstroTurf in the country . The second blue AstroTurf field was installed in 1995, with the third going in prior to the 2002 season . CB/PR Avery Williams The first Blue FieldTurf surface was installed in 2008 . A second Paul Hornung Award Blue FieldTurf field was installed prior to the 2010 season, and the most recent edition was installed prior to the 2019 season - making a total of six different blue fields at the stadium .

Boise State’s was the first collegiate stadium to have the entire field produced in a special color .

Since 1986, Boise State is a combined 191-40 on The Blue, a winning percentage of .827 . And since 2000, Boise State has gone 122-10 at home ( .924), the highest winning percentage in the country during that time .

Overall, since the construction of Albertsons Stadium in 1970, Boise State is 274-57 ( .828), the second-highest winning percentage of any stadium in the country currently in use . Only Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium (277-54-3; .834), built in 1929, has a higher winning percentage for its tenant .

23 UNIFORM COMBINATIONS

We’re so blue collar that our blue collars say “BLUE COLLAR ”.

Boise State unveiled a new look for the 2017 season, the first time the Broncos had overhauled their Nike uniforms since 2011 .

Included in the new slate were blue, orange and white, and the jerseys featured new stripes on the sleeves and “Blue Collar” on the inside of the neck . The Broncos added a black set of uniforms that were unveiled against Air Force, Sept . 20, 2019 .

The uniforms are from the Nike Vapor Untouchable line, with stretch woven material, a seamless front and shoulders and laser perforation fabric instead of mesh . The uniforms combine materials and science designed for speed and comfort for the players, based on four core principles – fit, durability, weight and core body temperature .

A look at the Broncos’ 2020 combinations for each game can be found below:

OPP HELMET/JERSEY/PANTS UTAH STATE Blue / Blue / Blue @ Air Force White / White / Orange BYU Black / Black / Black COLORADO STATE Orange / Orange / Orange @ Hawai’i White / White / White SAN JOSE STATE -- @ UNLV -- @ Wyoming Blue / White / Orange vs . San Jose State

24 THE FILE HEAD COACH BRYAN HARSIN

Bryan Harsin, a former Boise State quarterback, assistant coach and offensive coordinator, is in his seventh year as the head coach at his alma mater in 2020 . Harsin boasts a record of 64-17 at Boise State, an average of more than 10 wins per season . Overall, he is 71-22 as a head coach – including one season at Arkansas State – and has led his programs to bowl games in each season .

In his debut season Harsin led his alma mater back to where it rose to national prominence . Boise State went 12-2 in 2014, winning its first outright Mountain West Championship and capping the campaign with a 38-30 victory over Arizona in the 2014 VIZIO Fiesta Bowl .

The victory in the Fiesta Bowl was the third such win for the Broncos in the previous nine seasons . Harsin, serving as offensive coordinator in the first two Fiesta Bowl victories, has been a part of each of the school’s three appearances in the game .

The team’s victory in the 2014 Mountain West Football Championship marked Boise State’s first outright league title since joining the conference in 2011, and the first overall since 2009 . The only alumnus to lead the Broncos as head coach in the history of Boise State, Harsin has won conference championships as a student-athlete, assistant coach and head coach .

BRYAN HARSIN FILE Boise State also captured MW titles in 2017 and 2019, giving Harsin three in six Coaching Experience seasons . In 2017, the Broncos capped the championship campaign with a 38-28 Boise State victory over Oregon in the Las Vegas Bowl . The Broncos concluded the year at 11-3 overall and ranked No . 22 in both the Associated Press and Coaches Polls . Head Coach . . . . . 2014-Present Arkansas State The Broncos went 12-2 in 2019, recording the team’s first perfect 8-0 conference Head Coach ...... 2013 record since joining the MW and earning the school’s fifth all-time appearance in the Las Vegas Bowl . Boise State concluded the season ranked in both the AP Texas (No . 23) and Coaches Polls (No . 22), and were No . 19 in the final rankings of the Co-OC/QBs...... 2011-12 College Football Playoff Poll, the third-straight season finishing in the top 25 of Boise State the CFP . OC/QBs...... 2006-10 In 2015, the Broncos went 9-4, climbing as high as No . 20 in both the AP and Tight Ends...... 2002-05 Coaches Polls . Boise State capped the 2015 campaign with a 55-7 victory over Offensive GA ...... 2001 Northern Illinois in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, the fifth- largest margin of victory in the history of bowl games . In 2016, Harsin guided the Eastern Oregon Broncos to a 10-3 record and an appearance in the Motel 6 Cactus Bowl . RBs/WRs...... 2000 In 2018, the Broncos concluded the season ranked in all three major polls - No . 23 in the AP Poll, No . 24 in the Coaches Poll and No . 25 in the CFP Rankings . The Coaching Record Broncos have been ranked in the top 25 in each of Harsin’s six seasons, climbing SCHOOL YEAR RECORD as high as No . 13 in both the AP and Coaches Polls in 2016, and No . 13 in the Arkansas State 2013 7-5 Coaches Poll in 2019, Boise State’s highest rankings since finishing eighth and Boise State 2014 12-2 sixth in each, respectively, in 2011 . Boise State 2015 9-4 Boise State went 10-3 in 2018, boasting the Mountain West Offensive Player of Boise State 2016 10-3 the Year in quarterback Brett Rypien – one of 11 All-Mountain West honorees . Rypien concluded his career as the Mountain West’s all-time leader in career Boise State 2017 11-3 300-yard passing games (21), completions (1,036) and passing yards (13,581) . Boise State 2018 10-3 He also ranked second in league history in both wins by a starting quarterback Boise State 2019 12-2 (37) and career attempts (1,619), and tied for second in career touchdown passes Boise State 2020 5-1 (90) . OVERALL 76-23 STUD end Curtis Weaver made it three-straight MW Player of the Year honors for the Broncos in 2019, following Rypien’s nod in 2018 and Leighton Vander Esch’s Defensive Player of the Year award in 2017 . Weaver established the MW career sacks record (34 0). in just three seasons before declaring early for the National Football League Draft, where he extended the Broncos’ streak of consecutive years with an early entrant being selected . Boise State now has seven-consecutive such seasons, one of only nine schools in the country to boast such a distinction . The list also includes Alabama, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, LSU, Penn State, Stanford and Washington .

Defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence (2014) started the streak, followed by running back Jay Ajayi (2015), linebacker Kamalei Correa (2016), running back Jeremy McNichols (2017), linebacker Leighton Vander Esch (2018), running back

25 THE FILE HEAD COACH BRYAN HARSIN

Alexander Mattison (2019) and Weaver . Bowl Experience Vander Esch was a first-round selection of the Dallas Cowboys after foregoing his Humanitarian Bowl. . . . . 2002 final season of eligibility . In his rookie season, Vander Esch was named second- Fort Worth Bowl ...... 2003 team All-Pro by the Associated Press . Liberty Bowl...... 2004 The Broncos have won at least 10 games in five of Harsin’s six seasons, giving MPC Computers Bowl. . . 2005 Boise State 17 since joining what is now known as the Football Bowl Subdivision Fiesta Bowl (2007). . . . . 2006 in 1996 . The total ranks second behind only Ohio State during that time . Hawai’i Bowl...... 2007 The Broncos’ six-consecutive bowl appearances under Harsin runs the school’s Poinsettia Bowl ...... 2008 streak to 18, tied for the nation’s fifth-longest . Fiesta Bowl (2010) . . . . . 2009 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas. . . 2010 For his efforts in 2014, Harsin was named a finalist for the Paul “Bear Bryant” National Coach of the Year Award, the Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Holiday Bowl...... 2011 Year Award and the Dodd Trophy, given annually by the Bobby Dodd National Alamo Bowl ...... 2012 Coach of the Year Foundation . He was also named the nation’s top first-year GoDaddy com. Bowl. . . . 2013 head coach by the Football Writers Association of America . Fiesta Bowl...... 2014 Harsin was named head coach, Dec . 11, 2013 . A graduate of Capital High School Poinsettia Bowl ...... 2015 in Boise, he played quarterback for the Broncos from 1995-99 . Following his Cactus Bowl...... 2016 graduation from Boise State with a degree in business management, Harsin Las Vegas Bowl...... 2017 coached running backs and receivers at Eastern Oregon in 2000 . First Responder Bowl. . . . 2018 The former Bronco letterwinner began his coaching career at Boise State as Las Vegas Bowl...... 2019 a graduate assistant in 2001, before taking over the tight ends as a full-time assistant coach from 2002-05 . When Chris Petersen was hired as head coach in 2006, Harsin assumed the role of offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach .

Harsin was Petersen’s offensive coordinator for five of his eight seasons as head coach (2006-10), and was named a finalist for the 2009 Broyles Award, awarded annually to the nation’s top assistant coach . Boise State went 61-5 during his tenure as offensive coordinator .

With Harsin on staff, Boise State has won 11 conference championships .

26 ONCE A BRONCO... ASSISTANT COACHES

Entering the 2020 season, the Boise KENT MATT State coaching staff - including its RIDDLE MILLER head strength and conditioning coach and graduate assistants - ASSOC HC / WRs / boasts more than three quarters TEs PASS GAME of a century of experience with the COORD Broncos, including 27 years in the program as student-athletes and 57 in a coaching role .

The staff also features five alumni (Harsin, Franklin, Miller, ERIC ZAC Venable and Pitman) . A complete KIESAU ALLEY breakdown can be found below: OC / QBs OLBs / COACH YRS/S-A YRS/C B . Harsin 5 16 Co-ST Z . Alley -- 1 COORD B . Bedell -- 3 J . Brown -- 1 S . Danielson -- 3 G . Franklin 5 4 E . Kiesau -- 3 JEFF WINSTON M . Miller 5 -- VENABLE K . Riddle -- 11 SCHMEDDING J . Schmedding -- 1 W . Venable 2 -- DC / ILBs RBs / Co-ST STRENGHTH/CONDITIONING COORD Jeff Pitman 5 14

GRADUATE ASSISTANTS J . Casteel -- -- J . Frazier 5 -- SPENCER JALIL J . McDaniels -- -- DANIELSON J . Pulu -- -- BROWN

TOTAL 27 57 CO-DC/ CBs DL Additionally, two members of the staff are currently coaching the position in which they played during their collegiate careers - Gabe Franklin (safeties) and Matt MIller (wide receivers) . BRAD GABE Of the 11 counting coaches, only BEDELL FRANKLIN Air Force (nine), BYU (seven) and Wisconsin (five) have more alums OL / SAFETIES / on staff than the Broncos . RUN GAME NICKELS COORD .

27 NATIONAL STATISTICAL COMPARISON

STATISTIC BSU MW FBS SJSU MW FBS Rushing Offense 123 0. 10 107 157 7. 5 72 Passing Offense (YPG) 245 .3 4 47 276 .0 3 29 Total Offense 368 .3 8 85 433 7. 3 34 Scoring Offense 36 .2 1 21 30 .3 3 49 Rushing Defense 183 .5 8 86 127 .5 5 26 Pass Efficiency Defense 113 .92 1 14 129 75. 6 46 Total Defense 352 .5 4 33 355 7. 5 34 Scoring Defense 26 0. 6 46 17 .5 2 13 Net Punting 32 .23 11 121 37 72. 6 81 Punt Returns 15 12. 1 8 9 .00 4 47 Kickoff Returns 27 .93 3 9 30 15. 2 5 Turnover Margin -0 .67 10 107 0 .67 1 26 Pass Defense (YPG) 169 0. 1 6 228 .2 8 60 Passing Efficiency 152 .62 3 27 159 .79 1 14 Sacks 2 .67 5 38 3 17. 3 14 Tackles for Loss 6 .8 5 39 6 .7 6 44 Sacks Allowed 1 .83 3 40 0 .83 2 6 3rd Down Conv . Off % .476 2 25 .438 3 42 3rd Down Conv . Def % .264 1 4 .422 6 82 Red Zone Offense % .905 1 18 .864 4 40 Red Zone Defense % .917 11 116 .737 3 16 BOISE STATE INDIVIDUAL SAN JOSE STATE INDIVIDUAL

CATEGORY INDIVIDUAL STAT CONF NATL CATEGORY INDIVIDUAL STAT CONF NATL RUSH YDS A . Van Buren 59 3. 9 99 RUSH YDS T . Nevens 75 7. 8 64 PASS EFF -- PASS EFF N . Starkel 164 .3 1 14 TOTAL OFF -- TOTAL OFF N . Starkel 239 .5 4 48 REC K . Shakir 7 7. 1 10 REC B . Gaither 6 .0 5 32 REC YDS K . Shakir 105 7. 2 11 T . Walker 5 .2 9 58 INTs JL Skinner 0 2. 10 141 REC YDS B . Gaither 104 .5 4 14 PUNTING -- T . Walker 68 .2 9 71 PUNT RET A . Williams 11 .4 1 9 INTs T . Jenkins 0 3. 4 42 KO RET A . Williams 29 .6 3 9 PUNTING E . Fischer 40 .1 6 73 FGs J . Dalmas 0 .83 7 80 PUNT RET -- SCORING A . Van Buren 8 .0 4 40 KO RET S . Garrett 31 0. 2 7 J . Dalmas 7 .2 6 81 FGs M . Mercurio 0 .83 7 80 PTS RESP FOR A . Van Buren 8 .0 8 120 SCORING M . Mercurio 6 .3 9 125 ALL-PURPOSE K . Shakir 131 00. 3 27 PTS RESP FOR N . Starkel 13 0. 4 46 SACKS S . Irwin 1 00. 3 6 ALL-PURPOSE B . Gaither 110 .67 9 65 TACKLES R . Whimpey 9 .0 6 45 SACKS C . Hall 1 .33 2 4 TFLs -- V . Fehoko 0 .83 5 20 TACKLES K . Harmon 11 .2 3 11 TFLs V . Fehoko 1 .6 2 16 28 C . Hall 1 .5 3 19 STARTERS/PARTICIPATION

STARTING LINEUPS: OFFENSE DATE OPPONENT LT LG C RG RT TE WR/TE WR WR/TE QB RB 10/24 UTAH STATE* Ojukwu Curran Holo.-Gonz. Stetz Crabtree Bates Evans Shakir Thomas Bachmeier Holani 10/31 @ Air Force * Ojukwu Curran Holo.-Gonz. Stetz Crabtree Bates Evans Shakir Thomas Sears Holani 11/6 BYU Ojukwu Curran Holo.-Gonz. Stetz Crabtree Bates R. Smith Shakir Thomas Sears Van Buren 11/12 COLORADO ST* Ojukwu Curran Harrington Stetz Crabtree Hopper R. Smith Shakir Griffin Bachmeier Van Buren 11/21 @ Hawai’i* Ojukwu Curran Holo.-Gonz. Stetz Osuji Hopper R. Smith Shakir Bates Bachmeier Van Buren 11/28 SAN JOSE ST* CANCELLED 12/4 @ UNLV* CANCELLED 12/12 @ Wyoming* Ojukwu Curran Holo.-Gonz. Stetz Crabtree Hopper R. Smith Shakir Thomas Bachmeier Van Buren

STARTING LINEUPS: DEFENSE Date Opponent DE NT DT STUD WLB MLB SLB/N CB S S CB 10/24 UTAH STATE* Washington Igiehon Matlock Whitney Whimpey Noa Kaniho Williams Skinner Jones Walker 10/31 @ Air Force * Washington Igiehon Matlock Whitney Whimpey Noa Miller Reed Williams Kaniho Walker 11/6 BYU Irwin Freeborn Matlock Whitney Whimpey Noa Kaniho Williams Skinner Jones Walker 11/12 COLORADO ST* Irwin Obichere Matlock Whitney Whimpey Noa Kaniho Williams Skinner Jones Walker 11/21 @ Hawai’i* Irwin Obichere Matlock Whitney Whimpey Noa Kaniho Williams Skinner Jones Walker 11/28 SAN JOSE ST* CANCELLED 12/4 @ UNLV* CANCELLED 12/12 @ Wyoming* Irwin Igiehon Matlock Bagnah Whimpey Noa Kaniho Williams Skinner Tyler Walker

PARTICIPATION (GAMES PLAYED-STARTS)

Hank Bachmeier Russell Corrigan Octavius Evans Tyneil Hopper Brock Miller Khalil Shakir Tyler Visser 2019 8-8 2020 1-0 2017 14-1 2019 13-0 2020 2-1 2018 10-1 2020 3-0 2020 4-4 TOTAL 1-0 2018 5-1 2020 6-3 TOTAL 2-1 2019 14-5 TOTAL 3-0 TOTAL 12-12 Nick Crabtree 2019 14-2 TOTAL 19-3 Chris Mitchell 2020 6-6 Gavin Wale Isaiah Bagnah 2017 4-0 2020 2-2 Scale Igiehon 2018 2-0 TOTAL 30-12 2020 1-0 2019 1-0 2018 4-0 TOTAL 35-6 2018 11-3 2019 3-0 JL Skinner TOTAL 1-0 2020 5-1 2019 14-0 Cade Fennegan 2019 14-2 2020 0-0 2019 14-0 Khyheem Waleed TOTAL 6-1 2020 5-5 2020 3-0 2020 5-3 TOTAL 5-0 2020 5-5 2019 2-0 John Bates TOTAL 27-5 TOTAL 3-0 TOTAL 30-8 Ezekiel Noa TOTAL 19-5 2020 2-0 2017 14-2 Jackson Cravens Keegan Freeborn Shane Irwin 2018 10-3 Danny Smith TOTAL 4-0 2018 13-9 2020 4-0 2019 3-0 2020 6-4 2019 4-4 2019 3-0 Jalen Walker 2019 14-13 TOTAL 4-0 2020 3-1 TOTAL 6-4 2020 6-6 2020 2-0 2017 12-1 2020 5-4 Tyler Crowe TOTAL 6-1 Tyreque Jones TOTAL 20-13 TOTAL 5-0 2018 10-2 TOTAL 46-28 2019 1-0 Jacob Golden 2018 12-5 Divine Obichere Riley Smith 2019 14-14 Austin Bolt 2020 5-0 2020 3-0 2019 14-4 2020 6-2 2019 10-0 2020 6-6 2020 2-0 TOTAL 6-0 TOTAL 3-0 2020 5-4 TOTAL 6-2 2020 6-4 TOTAL 42-23 TOTAL 2-0 Garrett Curran Maclaine Griffin TOTAL 31-13 John Ojukwu TOTAL 16-4 Demitri Washington Billy Bowens 2019 12-1 2019 10-0 Roman Kafentzis 2018 12-7 Jake Stetz 2018 1-0 2018 3-1 2020 6-6 2020 4-1 2018 8-0 2019 11-11 2018 13-0 2019 14-0 2019 1-0 TOTAL 18-7 TOTAL 14-1 2019 13-0 2020 6-6 2019 14-4 2020 2-2 2020 5-0 Jonah Dalmas Herbert Gums, Jr . 2020 4-0 TOTAL 29-24 2020 6-6 TOTAL 17-2 TOTAL 9-1 2020 6-0 2020 1-0 TOTAL 25-0 Uzo Osuji TOTAL 33-10 Riley Whimpey Michael Callahan TOTAL 6-0 TOTAL 1-0 Kaonohi Kaniho 2020 6-1 Alexander Teubner 2017 12-0 2019 1-0 Kaden DeLuna Donte Harrington 2020 3-0 TOTAL 6-1 2019 1-0 2018 9-9 2020 6-0 2020 6-0 2017 8-0 TOTAL 3-0 Andy Peters 2020 5-0 2019 14-14 TOTAL 7-0 TOTAL 6-0 2018 6-3 Kekaula Kaniho 2020 1-0 TOTAL 6-0 2020 6-6 Daniel Cantrell Bruno DeRose 2019 0-0 2017 14-5 TOTAL 1-0 CT Thomas TOTAL 41-29 2018 13-0 2017 14-0 2020 4-1 2018 13-8 Nick Provenzano 2017 14-0 Shea Whiting 2019 14-0 2018 13-1 TOTAL 18-4 2019 14-14 2018 1-0 2018 13-6 2019 3-0 2020 6-0 2019 14-0 Brandon Hawkins 2020 6-6 2019 14-0 2019 13-2 2020 2-0 TOTAL 33-0 2020 6-0 2019 14-0 TOTAL 47-33 2020 5-0 2020 6-4 TOTAL 5-0 Jaylen Clark TOTAL 47-1 2020 4-0 Aisa Kelemete TOTAL 20-0 TOTAL 46-12 Sam Whitney 2020 4-0 Ben Dooley TOTAL 18-0 2019 3-0 Markel Reed Evan Tyler 2016 5-0 TOTAL 4-0 2020 3-0 Dylan Herberg 2020 0-0 2019 11-0 2016 3-1 2017 7-5 Stefan Cobbs TOTAL 3-0 2019 13-0 TOTAL 3-0 2020 6-1 2017 0-0 2018 11-0 2019 6-0 Keola Downing 2020 6-0 Casey Kline TOTAL 17-1 2018 12-1 2019 0-0 2020 6-0 2020 1-0 TOTAL 19-0 2020 3-0 Connor Riddle 2019 13-0 2020 5-5 TOTAL 12-0 TOTAL 1-0 George Holani TOTAL 3-0 2019 13-0 2020 4-1 TOTAL 28-10 Damon Cole Tyler Eiguren 2019 14-7 Tyric LeBeauf 2020 6-0 TOTAL 32-3 Benton Wickersham 2018 1-0 2020 4-0 2020 3-2 2019 14-0 TOTAL 19-0 Andrew Van Buren 2017 14-1 2019 0-0 TOTAL 4-0 TOTAL 17-9 2020 4-0 D .J . Schramm 2018 12-0 2018 13-1 2020 5-0 Jaydn Ewing Dallas Holliday TOTAL 18-0 2019 9-0 2019 14-0 2019 14-10 TOTAL 6-0 2020 1-0 2019 12-0 Riden Leong 2020 6-0 2020 6-4 2020 6-0 Chase Cord TOTAL 1-0 2020 4-0 2020 1-0 TOTAL 15-0 TOTAL 32-4 TOTAL 47-12 2018 4-0 Marques Evans TOTAL 16-0 TOTAL 1-0 Jack Sears Joel Velazquez Avery Williams 2019 8-2 2018 1-0 Kekaniokoa Scott Matlock 2020 3-2 2017 14-0 2017 14-10 2020 0-0 2019 0-0 Holomalia-Gonzalez 2018 2-0 TOTAL 3-2 2018 11-0 2018 13-13 TOTAL 12-2 2020 0-0 2018 2-0 2019 12-0 2019 14-0 2019 14-14 TOTAL 1-0 2019 5-2 2020 6-6 2020 4-0 2020 6-6 2020 5-5 TOTAL 20-6 TOTAL 43-0 TOTAL 47-43 TOTAL 12-7 29 GAMES PLAYED WHEN RANKED (119-22)

SEASON OPPONENT COACH AP W/L SCORE SEASON OPPONENT USAT AP CFP W/LSCORE 2002 Louisiana Tech 22 -- W 36-10 2010 Virginia Tech 5 3 W 33-30 2002 Nevada 21 23 W 44-7 2010 Wyoming 3 3 W 51-6 2002 Iowa State 15 18 W 34-16 2010 Oregon State 3 3 W 37-24 Final Ranking 12 15 2010 New Mexico St . 3 3 W 59-0 2003 UTEP 23 24 W 51-21 2010 Toledo 4 4 W 57-14 2003 Fresno State 20 20 W 31-17 2010 San Jose State 3 3 W 48-0 2003 Nevada 18 18 W 56-3 2010 Louisiana Tech 2 2 W 49-20 2003 Hawaii 17 18 W 45-28 2010 Hawai’i 3 2 W 42-7 2003 TCU 16 18 W 34-31 2010 Idaho 4 4 W 52-14 Final Ranking 15 16 2010 Fresno State 3 3 W 51-0 2004 UTEP 23 23 W 47-31 2010 Nevada 3 3 L 31-34 OT 2004 BYU 21 21 W 28-27 2010 Utah State 10 9 W 50-14 2004 SMU 21 23 W 38-20 2010 Utah 10 10 W 26-3 2004 Tulsa 18 21 W 45-42 Final Ranking 7 9 2004 Fresno State 16 19 W 33-16 2011 Georgia 7 5 W 35-21 2004 Hawaii 15 18 W 69-3 2011 Toledo 4 4 W 40-15 2004 San Jose State 13 14 W 56-49 2011 Tulsa 4 4 W 41-21 2004 Louisiana Tech 12 13 W 55-14 2011 Nevada 5 4 W 30-10 2004 Nevada 10 10 W 58-21 2011 Fresno State 6 5 W 57-7 2004 Louisville 10 10 L 40-44 2011 Colorado State 6 5 W 63-13 Final Ranking 13 12 2011 Air Force 7 5 W 37-26 2005 Georgia 19 18 L 13-48 2011 UNLV 5 5 W 48-21 Final Ranking - - 2011 TCU 5 5 L 35-36 2006 Hawaii 25 25 W 41-34 2011 San Diego State 11 10 W 52-35 2006 Utah 22 22 W 36-3 2011 Wyoming 8 7 W 36-14 2006 Louisiana Tech 21 20 W 55-14 2011 New Mexico 8 T9 W 45-0 2006 New Mexico St . 19 20 W 40-28 2011 Arizona State 6 8 W 56-24 2006 Idaho 17 18 W 42-26 Final Ranking 6 8 2006 Fresno State 14 14 W 45-21 2012 Michigan State 22 24 L 13-17 2006 San Jose State 13 14 W 23-20 2012 BYU 24 W 7-6 2006 Utah State 13 13 W 49-10 2012 New Mexico 24 W 32-29 2006 Nevada 12 12 W 38-7 2012 Southern Miss 25 W 40-14 2006 Oklahoma 9 9 W 43-42 OT 2012 Fresno State 22 24 W 20-10 Final Ranking 6 5 2012 UNLV 22 24 W 32-7 2007 Weber State 23 24 W 56-7 2012 Wyoming 18 21 W 45-14 2007 Washington 20 22 L 10-24 2012 San Diego State 14 19 L 19-21 2007 San Jose State 22 21 W 42-7 2012 Hawai’i 24 W 49-14 2007 Utah State 19 19 W 52-0 2012 Colorado State 22 W 42-14 2007 Idaho 15 17 W 58-14 2012 Nevada 15 25 W 27-21 2007 Hawai’i 17 17 L 27-39 2012 Washington 15 20 W 28-26 2007 East Carolina 22 24 L 38-41 Final Ranking 14 18 Final Ranking - - 2013 Washington 19 19 L 6-38 2008 Louisiana Tech 18 17 W 38-3 Final Ranking -- -- 2008 Southern Miss 16 15 W 24-7 2014 Utah State 25 25 23 W 50-19 2008 Hawai’i 16 15 W 27-7 2014 Fresno State 22 22 22 W 28-14 2008 San Jose State 13 13 W 33-16 2014 Arizona 21 21 20 W 38-30 2008 New Mexico St . 11 11 W 49-0 Final Ranking 16 16 2008 Utah State 10 9 W 49-14 2015 Washington 24 23 W 16-13 2008 Idaho 9 9 W 49-10 2015 BYU 22 20 L 24-35 2008 Nevada 9 9 W 41-34 2015 Colorado State 24 25 W 41-10 2008 Fresno State 9 9 W 61-10 2015 Utah State 20 21 L 26-52 2008 TCU 9 9 L 16-17 Final Ranking NR NR Final Ranking 13 11 2009 Oregon 16 14 W 19-8 CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE 2009 Miami (OH) 11 12 W 48-0 2009 Fresno State 10 10 W 51-34 2009 Bowling Green 8 8 W 49-14 2009 UC Davis 5 5 W 34-16 2009 Tulsa 6 5 W 28-21 2009 Hawai’i 5 6 W 54-9 2009 San Jose State 5 6 W 45-7 2009 Louisiana Tech 5 5 W 45-35 2009 Idaho 6 6 W 63-25 2009 Utah State 6 6 W 52-21 2009 Nevada 6 6 W 44-33 2009 New Mexico St . 6 6 W 42-7 2009 TCU 6 6 W 17-10 30Final Ranking 4 4 GAMES PLAYED WHEN RANKED (119-22)

SEASON OPPONENT USAT AP CFP W/LSCORE 2016 Utah State 24 W 21-10 2016 New Mexico 19 19 W 49-21 2016 Colorado State 15 15 W 28-23 2016 BYU 14 14 W 28-27 2016 Wyoming 13 13 L 28-30 2016 San Jose State 24 24 W 45-31 2016 Hawaii 24 24 22 W 52-16 2016 UNLV 23 22 20 W 42-25 2016 Air Force 19 20 19 L 20-27 Final Ranking NR NR 2017 Air Force 25 W 44-19 2017 Fresno State 24 25 23 L 17-28 2017 Oregon 25 25 25 W 38-28 Final Ranking 22 22 2018 Troy 22 22 W 56-20 2018 Connecticut 19 20 W 62-7 2018 Oklahoma St 17 17 L 21-44 2018 Wyoming 25 W 34-14 2018 San Diego St 24 L 13-19 2018 New Mexico 24 23 25 W 45-14 2018 Utah State 22 21 23 W 33-24 2018 Fresno State 20 19 22 L 16-19 (OT) 2018 Boston College 24 23 25 NO CONTEST Final Ranking 24 23 25 2019 Marshall 24 24 W 14-7 2019 Portland State 22 22 W 45-10 2019 Air Force 20 20 W 30-19 2019 UNLV 15 16 W 38-13 2019 Hawaii 14 14 W 59-37 2019 BYU 13 14 L 25-28 2019 San Jose State 21 21 W 52-42 2019 Wyoming 21 21 22 W 20-17 (OT) 2019 New Mexico 19 19 21 W 42-9 2019 Utah State 19 20 20 W 56-21 2019 Colorado State 19 20 20 W 31-24 2019 Hawaii 17 19 19 W 31-10 2019 Washington 18 18 19 L 7-38 Final Ranking 22 23 19 2020 Air Force 25 W 49-30 2020 BYU 23 21 L 17-51

31 NON-SATURDAY GAMES

DATE OPPONENT DAY W/L SCORE DATE OPPONENT DAY W/L SCORE 10/19/01 @ (8) Fresno State FRI W 35-30 09/16/11 @ Toledo FRI W 40-15 10/18/02 Fresno State FRI W 67-21 10/07/11 @ Fresno State FRI W 57-7 12/31/02 vs . Iowa State* TUE W 34-16 12/22/11 vs . Arizona State* THUR W 56-24 10/30/03 @ BYU THUR W 50-21 08/31/12 @ Michigan State FRI L 13-17 11/21/03 @ Fresno State FRI W 31-17 09/20/12 BYU THUR W 7-6 12/23/03 vs . (19) TCU* TUE W 34-31 09/13/13 Air Force FRI W 42-20 09/10/04 Oregon State FRI W 53-34 09/20/13 @ Fresno State FRI L 40-41 09/24/04 BYU FRI W 28-27 10/25/13 @ BYU FRI L 20-37 10/29/04 Hawaii FRI W 69-3 12/24/13 vs . Oregon State * TUE L 23-38 12/31/04 vs . Louisville* FRI L 40-44 08/28/14 vs . Ole Miss THUR L 13-35 09/21/05 Bowling Green WED W 48-20 10/17/14 Fresno State FRI W 37-27 11/10/05 @ Fresno State THUR L 7-27 10/24/14 BYU FRI W 55-30 12/28/05 vs . Boston College* WED L 21-27 12/31/14 Arizona * WED W 38-30 08/31/06 Sacramento State THUR W 45-0 09/04/15 Washington FRI W 16-13 09/07/06 Oregon State THUR W 42-14 09/18/15 Idaho State FRI W 52-0 10/15/06 @ New Mexico State SUN W 40-28 09/25/15 @ Virginia FRI W 56-14 11/01/06 Fresno State WED W 45-21 10/16/15 @ Utah State FRI L 26-52 01/01/07 vs . (7) Oklahoma* MON W 43-42 11/20/15 Air Force FRI L 30-37 (OT) 11/27/15 @ San Jose State FRI W 40-23 08/31/07 Weber State FRI W 56-7 12/23/15 vs . Northern Illinois * WED W 55-7 09/27/07 Southern Miss THUR W 38-16 10/07/16 @ New Mexico FRI W 49-21 10/07/07 New Mexico State SUN W 58-0 10/20/16 BYU THUR W 28-27 10/14/07 Nevada SUN W 69-67 11/04/16 San Jose State FRI W 45-31 (4 OT) 11/18/16 UNLV FRI W 42-25 10/26/07 @ Fresno State FRI W 34-21 11/25/16 @ Air Force FRI L 20-27 11/23/07 @ (13) Hawaii FRI L 27-39 12/27/16 vs . Baylor * TUE L 12-31 12/23/07 vs . East Carolina* FRI L 38-41 09/14/17 New Mexico THUR W 28-14 10/01/08 Louisiana Tech WED W 38-3 09/22/17 Virginia FRI L 23-42 10/17/08 Hawaii FRI W 27-7 10/06/17 BYU FRI W 24-7 10/24/08 @ San Jose State FRI W 33-16 10/19/18 Colorado State FRI W 56-28 11/28/08 Fresno State FRI W 61-10 11/09/18 Fresno State FRI W 24-17 12/23/08 vs . (11) TCU* TUE L 16-17 11/16/18 @ New Mexico FRI W 45-14 09/03/09 (16) Oregon THUR W 19-8 12/26/18 Boston College * WED NO CONTEST 09/18/09 @ Fresno State FRI W 51-34 09/06/19 Marshall FRI W 14-7 10/14/09 @ Tulsa WED W 28-21 09/20/19 Air Force FRI W 30-19 11/06/09 @ Louisiana Tech FRI W 45-35 11/29/19 Colorado State FRI W 31-24 11/20/09 @ Utah State FRI W 52-21 11/06/20 BYU FRI L 17-51 11/27/09 Nevada FRI W 44-33 11/12/20 Colorado State THU W 52-21 01/04/10 (4) TCU* MON W 17-10 12/04/20 @ UNLV FRI CANCELLED 09/06/10 vs . (10) Virginia Tech MON W 33-30 09/26/10 Louisiana Tech TUE W 49-20 * Bowl Game 11/12/10 @ Idaho FRI W 52-14 11/19/10 Fresno State FRI W 51-0 Broken Down by Day of the Week: 11/26/10 @ (19) Nevada FRI L 31-34 DAY REGULAR SEASON BOWL (OT) Monday 1-0 2-0 12/22/10 vs . (19) Utah* WED W 26-3 Tuesday 1-0 2-3 Wednesday 4-0 3-1 Thursday 9-2 1-0 Friday 36-10 0-2 Sunday 3-0 -- TOTAL 54-12 8-6

ALL-TIME RECORD: 62-18

32 NATIONALLY TELEVISED GAMES (143-34)

DATE OPPONENT LOC W/L SCORE TV DATE OPPONENT LOC W/L SCORE TV 12/30/99 Louisville H W 34-31 ESPN 09/06/10 Virginia Tech N W 33-30 ESPN 12/28/00 UTEP H W 38-23 ESPN 09/18/10 Wyoming A W 51-6 CBS CTV 10/19/01 Fresno State A W 35-30 ESPN 09/25/10 Oregon State H W 37-24 ABC 10/18/02 Fresno State H W 67-21 ESPN 10/26/10 Louisiana Tech H W 49-20 ESPN2 12/31/02 Iowa State H W 34-16 ESPN 11/06/10 Hawaii H W 42-7 ESPNU/3D 10/30/03 BYU A W 50-12 ESPN 11/12/10 Idaho A W 52-14 ESPN2/3D 11/02/03 Fresno State A W 31-17 ESPN2 11/19/10 Fresno State H W 51-0 ESPN2 12/06/03 Hawaii A W 45-28 ESPN2 11/26/10 Nevada A L 31-34 (OT) ESPN 12/23/03 TCU N W 34-31 ESPN 12/22/10 Utah N W 26-3 ESPN 09/10/04 Oregon State H W 53-34 ESPN 09/03/11 Georgia N W 35-21 ESPN 09/24/04 BYU H W 28-27 ESPN 09/16/11 Toledo A W 40-15 ESPN 10/23/04 Fresno State H W 33-16 ESPN2 09/24/11 Tulsa H W 41-21 CBS SN 10/29/04 Hawaii H W 69-3 ESPN2 10/01/11 Nevada H W 30-10 VERSUS 11/13/04 San Jose State A W 56-49 (2OT) ESPN2 10/07/11 Fresno State A W 57-7 ESPN 11/22/04 Nevada A W 58-21 ESPN 10/15/11 Colorado State A W 63-13 The Mtn . 12/31/04 Louisville N L 41-44 ESPN 10/22/11 Air Force H W 37-26 VERSUS 09/03/05 Georgia A L 13-48 ESPN 11/05/11 UNLV A W 48-21 CBS SN 09/21/05 Bowling Green H W 48-20 ESPN2 11/12/11 TCU H L 35-36 VERSUS 11/10/05 Fresno State A L 7-27 ESPN 11/19/11 San Diego State A W 52-35 CBS SN 12/28/05 Boston College H L 20-27 ESPN 11/26/11 Wyoming H W 36-14 The Mtn . 09/07/06 Oregon State H W 42-14 ESPN 12/03/11 New Mexico H W 45-0 The Mtn . 10/15/06 New Mexico St . A W 40-28 ESPN 12/22/11 Arizona State N W 56-24 ESPN 11/01/06 Fresno State H W 45-21 ESPN2 08/31/12 Michigan State A L 13-17 ESPN 11/25/06 Nevada A W 38-7 ESPN2 09/15/12 Miami (Ohio) H W 39-12 NBC SN 01/01/07 Oklahoma N W 43-42 (OT) FOX 09/20/12 BYU H W 7-6 ESPN 09/27/07 Southern Miss H W 38-16 ESPN 10/13/12 Fresno State H W 20-10 NBC SN 10/07/07 New Mexico St . H W 58-0 ESPN 10/20/12 UNLV H W 32-7 NBC SN 10/14/07 Nevada H W 69-67 (4OT) ESPN 10/27/12 Wyoming A W 45-14 CBS SN 10/26/07 Fresno State A W 34-21 ESPN2 11/03/12 San Diego State H L 19-21 CBS SN 11/23/07 Hawaii A L 27-39 ESPN2 11/10/12 Hawai’i A W 49-14 NBC SN 12/23/07 East Carolina N L 38-41 ESPN 11/17/12 Colorado State H W 42-14 NBC SN 10/01/08 Louisiana Tech H W 38-3 ESPN 12/01/12 Nevada A W 27-21 ABC 10/11/08 Southern Miss A W 24-7 CBS CTV 12/22/12 Washington N W 28-26 ESPN 10/17/08 Hawaii H W 27-7 ESPN 08/31/13 Washington A L 6-38 FS1 10/24/08 San Jose State A W 33-16 ESPN2 09/13/13 Air Force H W 42-20 ESPN 11/21/08 Nevada A W 41-34 ESPN2 09/20/13 Fresno State A L 40-41 ESPN 11/28/08 Fresno State H W 61-10 ESPN2 09/28/13 Southern Miss H W 60-7 ESPNU 12/23/08 TCU N L 16-17 ESPN 10/12/13 Utah State A W 34-23 CBS SN 09/03/09 Oregon H W 19-8 ESPN 10/19/13 Nevada H W 34-17 CBS SN 09/9/09 Fresno State A W 51-34 ESPN 10/25/13 BYU A L 20-37 ESPN 10/14/09 Tulsa A W 28-21 ESPN 11/02/13 Colorado State A W 42-30 CBS SN 11/06/09 Louisiana Tech A W 45-35 ESPN2 11/16/13 Wyoming H W 48-7 ESPN2 11/14/09 Idaho H W 63-25 ESPNU 11/23/13 San Diego State A L 31-34 (OT) CBS SN 11/20/09 Utah State A W 52-21 ESPN2 11/30/13 New Mexico H W 45-17 ESPN2 11/27/09 Nevada A W 44-33 ESPN2 12/24/13 Oregon State N L 23-38 ESPN 01/04/10 TCU N W 17-10 FOX CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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DATE OPPONENT LOC W/L SCORE TV DATE OPPONENT LOC W/L SCORE TV 08/28/14 Ole Miss N L 13-35 ESPN 09/01/18 Troy A W 56-20 ESPNEWS 09/06/14 Colorado State H W 37-24 ESPN2 09/08/18 Connecticut H W 62-7 ESPNU 09/13/14 Connecticut A W 38-21 ABC/ESPN2 09/15/18 Oklahoma St A L 21-44 ESPN 09/20/14 Louisiana H W 34-9 CBS SN 09/29/18 Wyoming A W 34-14 CBS SN 09/27/14 Air Force A L 14-28 CBS SN 10/06/18 San Diego St H L 13-19 ESPNU 10/04/14 Nevada A W 51-46 CBS SN 10/13/18 Nevada A W 31-27 CBS SN 10/17/14 Fresno State H W 37-27 ESPN 10/19/18 Colorado St H W 56-28 ESPN2 10/24/14 BYU H W 55-30 ESPN 10/27/18 Air Force A W 48-38 CBS SN 11/08/14 New Mexico A W 60-49 CBS SN 11/03/18 BYU H W 21-16 ESPN2 11/15/14 San Diego State H W 38-29 ESPNU 11/09/18 Fresno St H W 24-17 ESPN2 11/22/14 Wyoming A W 63-14 ESPN2 11/16/18 New Mexico A W 45-14 CBS SN 11/29/14 Utah State H W 50-19 ESPN2 11/24/18 Utah State H W 33-24 ESPN 12/06/14 Fresno State H W 28-14 CBS 12/01/18 Fresno State H L 16-19 (OT) ESPN 12/31/14 Arizona N W 38-30 ESPN 12/26/18 Boston Coll N NO CONTEST ESPN 09/04/15 Washington H W 16-13 ESPN 08/31/19 Florida St A W 36-31 ESPNEWS 09/12/15 BYU A L 24-35 ESPN2 09/06/19 Marshall H W 14-7 ESPN2 9/18/15 Idaho State H W 52-0 CBS SN 09/14/19 Portland St H W 45-10 ESPN2 9/25/15 Virginia A W 56-12 ESPN 09/20/19 Air Force H W 30-19 ESPN2 10/03/15 Hawai’i H W 55-0 ESPN2 10/05/19 UNLV A W 38-13 CBS SN 10/10/15 Colorado State A W 41-10 CBS SN 10/12/19 Hawai’i H W 59-37 ESPN2 10/16/15 Utah State A L 26-52 CBS SN 10/19/19 BYU A L 25-28 ESPN2 10/24/15 Wyoming H W 34-14 ESPN2 11/02/19 San Jose St A W 52-42 CBS SN 10/31/15 UNLV A W 55-27 ESPNU 11/09/19 Wyoming H W 20-17 (OT) ESPN 11/14/15 New Mexico H L 24-31 ESPNU 11/16/19 New Mexico H W 42-9 ESPN2 11/20/15 Air Force H L 30-37 ESPN2 11/23/19 Utah State A W 56-21 CBS SN 11/27/15 San Jose State A W 40-27 CBS SN 11/29/19 Colorado St A W 31-24 CBS SN 12/23/15 N . Illinois N W 55-7 ESPN 12/07/19 Hawai’i H W 31-10 ESPN 09/03/16 Louisiana A W 45-10 ASN 12/21/19 Washington N L 7-38 ABC 09/10/16 Washington St . H W 31-28 ESPN2 10/24/20 Utah State H W 42-13 FS1 09/24/16 Oregon State A W 38-24 FS1 10/31/20 Air Force A W 49-30 CBS SN 10/01/16 Utah State H W 21-10 ESPN2 11/06/20 BYU H L 17-51 FS1 10/07/16 New Mexico A W 49-21 CBS SN 11/12/20 Colorado St H W 52-21 FS1 10/15/16 Colorado State H W 28-23 ESPN2 11/21/20 Hawai’i A W 40-32 CBS SN 10/20/16 BYU H W 28-27 ESPN 11/28/20 San Jose St H CANCELLED FOX 10/29/16 Wyoming A L 28-30 CBS SN 12/04/20 UNLV A CANCELLED CBS SN 11/04/16 San Jose State H W 45-31 ESPN2 12/12/20 Wyoming A W 17-9 CBS SN 11/12/16 Hawaii A W 52-16 CBS SN 12/19/20 San Jose St A FOX 11/18/16 UNLV H W 42-25 ESPN2 11/25/16 Air Force A L 20-27 CBS SN 12/27/16 Baylor N L 12-31 ESPN 09/02/17 Troy H W 24-13 ESPNU 09/09/17 Washington St . A L 44-47 (3OT) ESPN 09/14/17 New Mexico H W 28-14 ESPN 09/22/17 Virginia H L 23-42 ESPN2 10/06/17 BYU A W 24-7 ESPN 10/14/17 San Diego State A W 31-14 CBS SN 10/21/17 Wyoming H W 24-14 ESPN2 10/28/17 Utah State A W 41-14 CBS SN 11/04/17 Nevada H W 41-14 ESPNU 11/11/17 Colorado St A W 59-52 (OT) CBS SN 11/18/17 Air Force H W 44-19 ESPN2 11/25/17 Fresno St A L 17-28 CBS SN 12/02/17 Fresno St H W 17-14 ESPN 12/16/17 Oregon N W 38-28 ABC

34 BLOCKED KICKS RANKED OPPONENTS

The following is a breakdown of blocked kicks since The following is a list of ranked opponents the Broncos have faced 1990: since joining the Football Bowl Subdivision in 1996:

SEASON OPPONENT BSU LOC W/L RES SEASON PAT FG PUNT TOTAL 1996 (5) Arizona State A L 7-56 1997 (15) Washington State A L 0-58 1990 2 5 5 12 1999 (17) UCLA A L 7-38 1991 0 2 1 3 2001 (21) South Carolina A L 13-32 2001 (8) Fresno State A W 35-30 1992 0 0 2 2 2003 (19) TCU (18) A W 34-31 2004 (8) Louisville N L 40-44 1993 3 3 1 7 2005 (13) Georgia (18) A L 13-48 1994 2 2 0 4 2005 (20) Fresno State A L 7-27 2005 (19) Boston College H L 21-27 1995 1 1 0 2 2006 (‘07) (7) Oklahoma (9) N W 43-42 (OT) 1996 0 1 1 2 2007 (13) Hawaii (17) A L 29-39 2008 (12) Oregon A W 37-32 1997 0 2 1 3 2008 (11) TCU (9) N L 16-17 2009 (16) Oregon (14) H W 19-8 1998 0 0 0 0 2009 (‘10) (4) TCU (6) N W 17-10 1999 0 2 3 5 2010 (10) Virginia Tech (3) N W 33-30 2010 (24) Oregon State (3) H W 37-24 2000 0 0 3 3 2010 (19) Nevada (4) A L 31-34 (OT) 2001 0 0 1 1 2010 (20) Utah (10) N W 26-3 2011 (19) Georgia (5) N W 35-21 2002 0 1 4 5 2011 (24) TCU (5) H L 35-36 2012 (13) Michigan State (24) A L 13-17 2003 0 1 4 5 2013 (25) Fresno State A L 40-41 2004 1 1 2 4 2014 (18) Ole Miss N L 13-35 2014 (10) Arizona (20) N W 38-30 2005 1 1 1 3 2017 (20) Washington State A L 44-47 (3OT) 2006 0 2 0 2 2017 (18) San Diego State A W 31-14 2017 (25) Fresno State H W 17-14 2007 3 4 4 11 2018 (19) Oklahoma St (17) A L 21-44 2018 (16) Fresno State H W 24-17 2008 0 2 2 4 2018 (14) Utah State (21) H W 33-24 2009 0 0 1 1 2018 (23) Fresno State (19) H L 16-19 (OT) 2020 (9) BYU (21) H L 17-51 2010 0 2 2 4 2020 (25) San Jose State A 2011 3 0 4 7 ALL-TIME RECORD: 15-19 2012 0 1 0 1 2013 0 3 0 3 2014 0 2 1 3 2015 0 1 1 2 2016 0 2 1 3 OVERTIME GAMES 2017 0 0 1 1

2018 0 1 1 2 YEAR OPPONENT LOC W/L SCORE # OT 2019 1 0 1 2 1988 N . Arizona A W 24-21 1 1990 Nevada A L 52-59 3 2020 1 1 3 5 1997 Idaho A W 30-23 1 1998 Idaho H L 35-36 1 2004 San Jose State A W 56-49 2 2006 Oklahoma N W 43-42 1 2007 Nevada H W 69-67 4 2010 Nevada A L 31-34 1 2013 San Diego State A L 31-34 1 2017 Washington State A L 44-47 3 2017 Colorado State A W 59-52 1 2018 Fresno State H L 16-19 1 2019 Wyoming H W 20-17 1

ALL-TIME RECORD: 7-6

35 THE LAST TIME (INDIVIDUAL)

TOTAL OFFENSE Passes Had Intercepted Longest Run From Scrimmage Yards 5+...... Mike Virden (6) 80+...... John Hightower (88) 500+...... Kellen Moore (507) ...... Oct . 28, 1989; Montana ...... Oct . 13, 2018; Nevada ...... Nov . 6, 2010; Hawai’i 4+...... Grant Hedrick (4) 70+...... John Hightower (88) 400+ ...... Brett Rypien (427) ...... Sept . 27, 2014; Air Force ...... Oct . 13, 2018; Nevada ...... Oct . 20, 2016; BYU 3+...... Brett Rypien (3) 60+...... John Hightower (88) 300+ ...... Jack Sears (316) ...... Oct . 13, 2018; Nevada ...... Oct . 13, 2018; Nevada ...... Oct . 31, 2020; Air Force 50+...... George Holani (50) RUSHING ...... Nov . 16, 2019; New Mexico PASSING Yards 40+...... George Holani (50) Yards 250+...... Eron Hurley (254) ...... Nov . 16, 2019; New Mexico 500+...... Brett Rypien (503) ...... Nov . 21, 1998; Idaho ...... Nov . 14, 2015; New Mexico 200+. . . . . Alexander Mattison (200) RECEIVING 400+ ...... Hank Bachmeier (407) ...... Dec . 1, 2018; Fresno State Receptions ...... Aug . 31, 2019; Florida State 150+...... George Holani (178) 15+...... Thomas Sperbeck (20) 300+ . . . . . Hank Bachmeier (407) ...... Nov. . 23, 2019; Utah State ...... Nov . 14, 2015; New Mexico ...... Aug . 31, 2019; Florida State 100+...... Andrew Van Buren (113) 10+ ...... Khalil Shakir (11) ...... Nov . 21 ., 2020; Hawai’i ...... Nov . 21, 2020; Hawai’i 300+ Passing at Halftime 8+...... Khalil Shakir (11) ...... Brett Rypien (317; 16-24) 100 Yards by Halftime ...... Nov . 21, 2020; Hawai’i ...... Oct . 20, 2016; BYU ...... George Holani (149) 5+...... Khalil Shakir (8) ...... Nov. . 23, 2019; Utah State ...... Dec . 12, 2020; Wyoming Attempts 60+...... Brett Rypien (75) Multiple Players with 100+ 10 Receptions at Halftime ...... Nov . 14, 2015; New Mexico ...... Jeremy McNichols (158) / ...... Shane Williams-Rhodes (10) 50+...... Hank Bachmeier (51) ...... Alexander Mattison (100) ...... Nov . 16, 2013; Wyoming ...... Aug . 31, 2019; Florida State ...... Nov . 4, 2016; San Jose State 40+...... Hank Bachmeier (51) Yards ...... Aug . 31, 2019; Florida State Attempts 250+...... Thomas Sperbeck (281) 30+...... Jaylon Henderson (36) 35+...... Alexander Mattison (40) ...... Nov . 14, 2015; New Mexico ...... Nov . 29, 2019; Colorado State ...... Dec . 1, 2018; Fresno State 200+...... Cedrick Wilson (221) 30+...... Alexander Mattison (40) ...... Dec . 16, 2017; Oregon Completions ...... Dec . 1, 2018; Fresno State 150+...... John Hightower (182) 40+...... Brett Rypien (40) 25+...... Andrew Van Buren (27) ...... Oct . 27, 2018; Air Force ...... Nov . 14, 2015; New Mexico ...... Nov . 21, 2020; Hawai’i 100+...... Khalil Shakir (105) 30+...... Hank Bachmeier (30) 20+...... Andrew Van Buren (25) ...... Dec . 12, 2020; Wyoming ...... Aug . 31, 2019; Florida State ...... Dec . 12, 2020; Wyoming 21+...... Hank Bachmeier (21) 100+ Receiving at Halftime ...... Nov . 21, 2020; Hawai’i Yards Per Carry (Min . 10 Attempts) . . . John Hightower (124, 4 Rec ., 0 TD) 10 .0+. . . . . George Holani (11 1/16-178)...... Nov . 16, 2019; New Mexico Pass Percentage (Min . 15 Attempts) ...... Nov. . 23, 2019; Utah State .800+...... Jack Sears ( 850/17-20). 8 0+...... George Holani (11 1/16-178). Multiple Receivers w/ 10-plus Rec ...... Oct . 31, 2020; Air Force ...... Nov. . 23, 2019; Utah State ...... Shane Williams-Rhodes (14) / .700+...... Jack Sears ( .850/17-20) 6 0+...... George Holani (7 1/14-100)...... Jay Ajayi (12) ...... Oct . 31, 2020; Air Force ...... Oct . 24, 2020; Utah State ...... Aug . 28, 2014; Ole Miss .600+. . . Hank Bachmeier ( 655/19-29)...... Dec . 12, 2020; Wyoming Touchdowns Multiple 100-yard Receivers 5+...... Jay Ajayi (5) ...... Khalil Shakir (7-111) / ...... Nov . 29, 2014; Utah State ...... John Hightower (4-105) Touchdown Passes 4+...... George Holani (4) ...... Oct . 5, 2019; UNLV 6+...... Jim McMillan (6) ...... Nov . 2, 2019; San Jose State ...... Nov . 16, 1974; Montana 3+...... George Holani (4) Yards Per Catch (Min . Five Rec .) 5+...... Brett Rypien (5) ...... Nov . 2, 2019; San Jose State 40 .0+...... Al Marshall (40 .8/5-204) ...... Oct . 27, 2018; Air Force ...... Nov . 4, 1972; Portland State 4+...... Brett Rypien (5) 30 .0+. . Thomas Sperbeck (35 .6/5-178) ...... Oct . 27, 2018; Air Force ...... Oct . 10, 2015; Colorado State 3+...... Jack Sears (3) 20 .0+. . . John Hightower (25 .8/5-129) ...... Oct . 31, 2020; Air Force ...... Nov . 2, 2019; San Jose State

36 THE LAST TIME (INDIVIDUAL)

Touchdowns Interception Return for a TD Punt Return Yardage 4+...... Austin Pettis (4) ...... Jalen Walker (15 yards) 150+...... Quinton Jones (151) ...... Nov . 14, 2009; Idaho ...... Nov. . 23, 2019; Utah State ...... Dec . 28, 2005; Boston College 3+...... Sean Modster (3) 100+...... Avery Williams (124) ...... Nov . 16, 2018; New Mexico Total Tackles ...... Sept . 2, 2017; Troy 2+...... Khalil Shakir (2) 25+...... Scott Russell (28) ...... Nov . 21, 2020; Hawai’i ...... Sept . 17, 1988; Northern Arizona Longest Punt Return 20+...... Scott Russell (28) 90+...... Kyle Wilson (90) Longest Reception ...... Sept . 17, 1988; Northern Arizona ...... Nov . 28, 2008; Fresno State 90+...... Lawrence Bady (98) 15+...... Sonatane Lui (16) 80+...... Avery Williams (81) ...... Oct . 18, 2003; SMU ...... Sept . 20, 2019; Air Force ...... Sept . 2, 2017; Troy 80+...... A .J . Richardson (87) 12+...... Riley Whimpey (14) 70+...... Avery Williams (74) ...... Nov . 18, 2017; Air Force ...... Nov . 12, 2020; Colorado State ...... Nov. . 23, 2019; Utah State 70+...... CT Thomas (75) 60+...... Avery Williams (74) ...... Oct . 31, 2020; Air Force Solo Tackles ...... Nov. . 23, 2019; Utah State 60+...... CT Thomas (75) 10+ . . . . . Leighton Vander Esch (10) 50+...... Avery Williams (74) ...... Oct . 31, 2020; Air Force ...... Dec . 16, 2017; Oregon ...... Nov. . 23, 2019; Utah State 50+...... CT Thomas (55) ...... Nov . 21, 2020; Hawai’i Sacks Punt Return for a TD 4+...... Curtis Weaver (4 0). .Avery Williams (0) / DJ Schramm (20) MISC ...... Sept . 14, 2019; Portland State ...... Nov . 12, 2020; Colorado State 100+ Yard Rush/Receiving 3+...... Curtis Weaver (3 0)...... Jeremy McNichols ...... Oct . 5, 2019; UNLV Punts ...... 140 rushing/109 receiving 2+...... Isaiah Bagnah (2 0). 10+ ...... Danny Weeks (11) ...... Oct . 20, 2016; BYU ...... Dec . 12, 2020; Wyoming ...... Oct . 26, 1991; Nevada 8+...... Joel Velazquez (8) Threw and Caught a TD Pass Tackles For Loss ...... Oct . 5, 2019; UNLV ...... Khalil Shakir 4+...... Chase Hatada (4 0). 6+...... Joel Velazquez (6) ...... (2-yd pass/18-yd catch) ...... Dec . 21, 2019; Washington ...... Dec . 12, 2020; Wyoming ...... Nov . 16, 2019; New Mexico 3+...... Riley Whimpey (3 0)...... Nov . 12, 2020; Colorado State Punt Average (Min . Five Punts) Fumble Recovered for a TD 50 .0+. . . . Trevor Harman (53 .2/5-266) ...... Sonatane Lui (24 yards) SPECIAL TEAMS ...... Nov . 12, 2010; Idaho ...... Nov . 16, 2019; New Mexico Kickoff Returns 48 0+...... Sean Wale (49 0/6-294). 7+...... Jeremy McNichols (7) ...... Nov . 25, 2016; Air Force Multiple Players Threw for TDs ...... Nov . 15, 2014; San Diego State 46 0+...... Sean Wale (49 0/6-294). 4+...... Kellen Moore (2) / 6+...... Jeremy McNichols (7) ...... Nov . 25, 2016; Air Force ...... Tanyon Bissell (1) / ...... Nov . 15, 2014; San Diego State . Mike Coughlin (1) / Vinny Perretta (1) 5+...... John Hightower (5) Field Goals ...... Nov . 8, 2008; Utah State ...... Dec . 21, 2019; Washington 5+...... Eric Sachse (5) 3+...... Chase Cord (3) / ...... Aug . 31, 2019; Florida State ...... Hank Bachmeier (1) / Longest Kickoff Return 4+...... Eric Sachse (5) ...... Jaylon Henderson (1) 90+...... Avery Williams (99) ...... Aug . 31, 2019; Florida State ...... Oct . 12, 2019; Hawai’i ...... Nov . 21, 2020; Hawai’i 3+...... Eric Sachse (5) 2+...... Hank Bachmeier (1) / 80+...... Avery Williams (99) ...... Aug . 31, 2019; Florida State ...... CT Thomas (1) ...... Nov . 21, 2020; Hawai’i ...... Nov . 21, 2020; Hawai’i 70+...... Avery Williams (99) Long Field Goals ...... Nov . 21, 2020; Hawai’i 55+...... Roberto Moran (56) 2-Point Conversion 60+...... Avery Williams (99) ...... Sept . 14, 1985; UC Davis ...... Chase Cord Pass ...... Nov . 21, 2020; Hawai’i 50+...... Joel Velazquez (52) ...... to Garrett Collingham 50+...... Avery Williams (99) ...... Oct . 5, 2019; UNLV ...... Oct . 19, 2019; BYU ...... Nov . 21, 2020; Hawai’i 45+...... Joel Velazquez (52) ...... Oct . 5, 2019; UNLV DEFENSE Kickoff Return for a TD Interceptions ...... Avery Williams (99) Points After Touchdown 4+...... Steve Forrey (4) ...... Nov . 21, 2020; Hawai’i 10+ ...... Anthony Montgomery (10) ...... 1968; Idaho State ...... Nov . 19, 2005; Idaho 3+...... Brandyn Thompson (3) Punt Returns 9+...... Dan Goodale (9) ...... Oct . 17, 2008; Hawai’i 9+...... Rick Woods (9) ...... Sept . 7, 2013; UT Martin 2+...... Donte Deayon (2) ...... Oct . 20, 1979; Idaho State 8+...... Eric Sachse (8) ...... Sept . 12, 2015; BYU 7+...... Avery Williams (7) ...... Nov. . 23, 2019; Utah State ...... Nov . 12, 2020; Colorado State 7+...... Jonah Dalmas (7) 6+...... Avery Williams (7) ...... Nov . 12, 2020; Colorado State ...... Nov . 12, 2020; Colorado State 37 THE LAST TIME (TEAM)

OFFENSE – TEAM Rushing Touchdowns Most Total Yards Allowed Yards of Total Offense 8+...... San Jose State (8) 600+...... Air Force (607) 700+...... Connecticut (818) ...... Nov . 13, 2004 ...... Nov . 20, 2015 ...... Sept . 8, 2018 7+...... Weber State (7) 500+...... BYU (573) 600+...... Florida State (621) ...... Aug . 30, 2007 ...... Nov . 6, 2020 ...... Aug . 31, 2019 6+...... San Jose State (6) 400+ ...... BYU (573) 500+...... New Mexico (509) ...... Nov . 2, 2019 ...... Nov . 6, 2020 ...... Nov . 16, 2019 5+...... San Jose State (6) ...... Nov . 2, 2019 Fewest Passing Yards Allowed Fewest Yards of Total Offense 0- ...... Northern Arizona (-4) 100- ...... Fresno State (69) Points Scored ...... Oct . 25, 1975 ...... Sept . 17, 1977 70+...... Idaho (70) 50- ...... Air Force (45) 200-...... Montana (191) ...... Nov . 19, 2005 ...... Nov . 25, 2016 ...... Oct . 12, 1991 60+...... Connecticut (62) 100- ...... Wyoming (64) 300-...... Colorado State (291) ...... Sept . 8, 2018 ...... Dec . 12, 2020 ...... Nov . 12, 2020 50+...... Colorado State (52) ...... Nov . 12, 2020 Most Passing Yards Allowed Passing Yards 40+...... Hawai’i (40) 600+...... Louisiana Tech (602) 500+...... New Mexico (503) ...... Nov . 21, 2020 ...... Oct . 3, 1998 ...... Nov . 14, 2015 500+...... New Mexico State (526) 400+ ...... Florida State (407) Fewest Points Scored ...... Oct . 15, 2006 ...... Aug . 31, 2019 0...... Washington State (0) 400+ ...... San Jose State (438) 300+ ...... Hawai’i (315) ...... Sept . 27, 1997 ...... Nov . 2, 2019 ...... Oct . 12, 2019 7-...... Washington (7) ...... Dec . 21, 2019 Fewest Rushing Yards Allowed Fewest Passing Yards 14-...... Washington (7) 0- ...... Northern Illinois (-5) 50- ...... Northern Arizona (49) ...... Dec . 21, 2019 ...... Dec . 23, 2015 ...... Nov . 11, 1978 50- ...... Oregon (47) 100- ...... North Texas (78) Scoring Differential (+) ...... Dec . 16, 2017 ...... Oct . 18, 1997 50+...... Connecticut (62-7; +55) 100- ...... Wyoming (82) 150-...... Fresno State (125) ...... Sept . 8, 2018 ...... Dec . 12, 2020 ...... Dec . 1, 2018 40+...... Connecticut (62-7; +55) ...... Sept . 8, 2018 Most Rushing Yards Allowed Passing Touchdowns 30+...... Colorado State (52-21; +31) 400+ ...... Air Force (415) 6+...... Idaho (6) ...... Nov . 12, 2020 ...... Oct . 31, 2020 ...... Nov . 14, 2009 20+...... Colorado State (52-21; +31) 300+ ...... Air Force (415) 5+...... Hawai’i (5) ...... Nov . 12, 2020 ...... Oct . 31, 2020 ...... Oct . 12, 2019 200+...... BYU (214) 4+...... New Mexico (4) DEFENSE - TEAM ...... Nov . 6, 2020 ...... Nov . 16, 2019 Fumbles Recovered 6+...... Northeastern Louisiana (6) Fewest Points Allowed Rushing Yards ...... Nov . 15, 1986 0- ...... Hawai’i (0) 500+...... Montana (531) 5+...... Eastern Washington (5) ...... Oct . 3, 2015 ...... Oct . 27, 1973 ...... Oct . 14, 2000 3-...... Hawai’i (0) 400+ ...... Connecticut (400) ...... Oct . 3, 2015 ...... Sept . 8, 2018 Interceptions 7-...... Marshall (7) 300+ ...... Connecticut (400) 7+...... Cal Poly (7) ...... Sept . 6, 2019 ...... Sept . 8, 2018 ...... Nov . 17, 1979 6+...... Northern Iowa (6) Most Points Allowed Fewest Rushing Yards ...... Nov . 24, 1990 60+...... Nevada (67) 0- ...... Northern Arizona (-11) 5+...... Idaho (5) ...... Oct . 14, 2007 ...... Oct . 9, 1993 ...... Nov . 14, 2009 50+...... BYU (51) 50- ...... Oklahoma State (34) 4+...... Virginia (4) ...... Nov . 6, 2020 ...... Sept . 15, 2018 ...... Sept. . 25, 2015 40+...... BYU (51) 100- ...... Colorado State (89) 3+...... Nevada (3) ...... Nov . 6, 2020 ...... Nov . 12, 2020 ...... Nov . 4, 2017

Fewest Yards Allowed 50- ...... Northern Illinois (33) ...... Dec . 23, 2015 100- ...... Northern Illinois (33) ...... Dec . 23, 2015 150-...... Wyoming (146) ...... Dec . 12, 2020

38 GAME-BY-GAME SUMMARIES

GAME ONE GAME TWO Utah State @ No. 25 Boise State @ Boise State Air Force Oct. 24, 2020 Oct. 31, 2020 Albertsons Stadium • Boise, Idaho Falcon Stadium • USAFA, Colo. Att.: None • TV: FS1 Att.: 500 • TV: CBS SN

BOISE, Idaho -- Junior Khalil Shakir caught USAFA, Colo . -- Redshirt junior Jack seven passes for a career-high 123 yards Sears completed 17-of-20 passes for 280 and Boise State won its 19th-straight home yards and three scores in his first start opener and 21st-consecutive conference as a Bronco . He added a 1-yard rushing opener . Shakir recorded his first-career touchdown . Sears connected with senior game with two receiving touchdowns CT Thomas for a 75-yard touchdown pass and added 34 yards rushing for a career- on the first play of the game . He also high 157 total yards . Sophomore Hank hooked up with senior Octavius Evans Bachmeier completed 20-of-28 passes from 21 yards out late in the first half and for 268 yards and three touchdowns and found Thomas for 26 yards and paydirt in rushed for a fourth score . Sophomore the third quarter . Junior Andrew Van Buren George Holani rushed for 100 yards on 14 picked up 70 yards and two touchdowns carries and one touchdown and also notched a receiving touchdown . on the ground as the Broncos racked up 459 yards in offense .

SCORE BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4 F SCORE BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4 F Utah State 0 0 7 6 13 Boise State 7 21 7 14 49 Boise State 7 21 0 14 42 Air Force 14 3 0 13 30

SCORING SUMMARY SCORING SUMMARY irst uarter F Q First Quarter 7:28 BSU Holani 1-yd run (Dalmas kick) 9-79-3:56 14:50 BSU Thomas 75-yd pass from Sears (Dalmas kick) 1-75-0:10 Second Quarter 9:27 AFA Lewis 7-yd run (Schuettpelz-Roh kick) 9-75-5:23 13:58 BSU Shakir 52-yd pass from Bachmeier (Dalmas kick) 1-52-0:08 3:23 AFA Murla 1-yd run (Schuettpelz-Roh kick) 6-87-2:50 3:23 BSU Bachmeier 6-yd run (Dalmas kick) 9-65-4:45 Second Quarter 0:25 BSU Holani 17-yd pass from Bachmeier (Dalmas kick) 10-66-1:59 13:14 BSU Van Buren 4-yd run (Dalmas kick) 10-78-5:03 Third Quarter 6:53 AFA Schuettpelz-Roh 31-yd field goal 11-61-6:21 2:05 USU Warren 1-yd run (Haltom kick) 16-80-6:42 2:27 BSU Van Buren 1-yd run (Dalmas kick) 9-64-4:21 Fourth Quarter 0:47 BSU Evans 21-yd pass from Sears (Dalmas kick) 5-63-0:35 11:57 USU Warren 2-yd run (Haltom kick failed) 6-21-2:47 Third Quarter 8:29 BSU Shakir 18-yd pass from Bachmeier (Dalmas kick) 7-83-3:22 0:54 BSU Thomas 26-yd pass from Sears (Dalmas kick) 6-78-3:08 1:37 BSU Van Buren 5-yd run (Dalmas kick) 6-37-3:07 Fourth Quarter 11:24 AFA Murla 7-yd run (Schuettpelz-Roh kick) 12-75-4:30 TEAM STATISTICS 11:13 BSU Williams 88-yd kickoff return (Dalmas kick) - UTAH STATE BOISE STATE 7:24 BSU Sears 1-yd run (Dalmas kick) 6-63-2:35 First Downs 12 25 2:04 AFA Gross 5-yd run (Brittain kick failed) 10-75-5:20 Net Yards Rushing 111 171 Net Yards Passing 92 279 TEAM STATISTICS Completions-Attempts-Int. 14-27-1 22-32-0 BOISE STATE AIR FORCE Total Offense (plays-yards) 70-203 (2.9) 67-450 (6.7) First Downs 23 28 Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-0 0-0 Net Yards Rushing 179 415 Penalties: Number-Yards 3-20 2-14 Net Yards Passing 280 69 Punts-Yards 7-240 (34.3) 5-138 (27.6) Completions-Attempts-Int. 17-20-0 4-7-0 Kickoff returns-Yds-TD 3-60-0 (20.0) 3-49-0 (16.3) Total Offense (plays-yards) 49-459 (9.4) 73-484 (6.6) Punt returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 (0.0) 1-2-0 (2.0) Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 0-0 Interceptions-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-12-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 3-40 6-43 Time of Possession 30:00 30:00 Punts-Yards 2-91 (45.5) 3-129 (43.0) Third-Down Conversions 8-of-20 5-of-11 Kickoff returns-Yds-TD 4-137-1 (34.2) 0-0-0 (0.0) Fourth-Down Conversions 3-of-4 1-of-1 Punt returns-Yards-TD 1-1-0 (1.0) 0-0-0 (0.0) Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-for-2 5-for-5 Interceptions-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-12 3-21 Time of Possession 22:29 37:31 Third-Down Conversions 2-of-4 4-of-12 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Fourth-Down Conversions 0-of-0 3-of-3 Utah State Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-for-3 5-for-6 Rushing (Rushes-Yards-TDs): Warren (23-89-2), Noa (6-15-0), Shelley (9-4-0), Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0 Henry-Cole (3-4-0), Peasley (1-2-0), Thompkins (1-{-3}-0) Passing (Comp .-Att .-TD-Int .-Yards): Shelley (14-27-0-1-92) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs): Thompkins (5-37-0), McGriff (4-29-0), Boise State Wright (2-18-0), Nathan (2-7-0), Mortenson (1-1-0) Rushing (Rushes-Yards-TDs): Van Buren (12-70-2), Sears (5-36-1), R . Smith (3-35- Interceptions: None 0), Shakir (2-18-0), Crowe (2-14-0), Holani (2-5-0), Fennegan (2-3-0), Team Sacks: Vongphachanh (1-7), Shelton (1-3), Gilliam (0 .5-1), Meitzenheimer (0 .5-1) (1-{-2}-0) Passing (Comp .-Att .-TD-Int .-Yards): Sears (17-20-3-0-280) Boise State Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs): Shakir (6-90-0), Bates (5-40-0), Thomas (2- Rushing (Rushes-Yards-TDs): Holani (14-100-1), Shakir (3-34-0), Van Buren (7-21- 101-2), Evans (2-29-1), Crowe (1-15-0), Van Buren (1-5-0) 1), Cobbs (1-9-0), Sears (2-8-0), Thomas (1-3-0), Bachmeier (6-0-1), Curran Interceptions: None (1-{-4}-0) Sacks: None Passing (Comp .-Att .-TD-Int .-Yards): Bachmeier (20-28-3-0-268), Sears (2-3-0-0- 11), Team (0-1-0-0-0) Air Force Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs): Shakir (7-123-2), Bates (5-44-0), Holani (3-33- Rushing (Rushes-Yards-TDs): Lewis (10-112-1), Robinson (10-90-0), Bryan (19-87- 1), Evans (2-24-0), Thomas (2-21-0), R . Smith (1-16-0), Van Buren (1-10-0), 0), McNeal (3-27-0), Murla (9-23-0), Peterson (1-18-0), Stone (2-13-0), Dan- Cobbs (1-8-0) iels (3-13-0), Brittain (2-12-0), Gidrey (3-12-0), Gross (2-7-0), Burk (2-1-0) Interceptions: LeBeauf (1-12) Passing (Comp .-Att .-TD-Int .-Yards): Bryan (3-6-0-0-38), Brittain (1-1-0-0-31) Sacks: Obichere (1-8), Irwin (1-7), Whimpey (1-6) Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs): Patterson (3-38-0), Harms (1-31-0) Interceptions: None Sacks: None

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GAME THREE GAME FOUR No. 9 BYU @ Colorado State @ No. 25 Boise State Boise State Nov. 6, 2020 Nov. 12, 2020 Albertsons Stadium • Boise, Idaho Albertsons Stadium • Boise, Idaho Att.: 1,100 • TV: FS1 Att.: 1,100 • TV: FS1

BOISE, Idaho -- Zach Wilson threw for 360 BOISE, Idaho -- Avery Williams blocked yards and three touchdowns and rushed two punts that resulted in touchdowns and for a fourth score to lead the Cougars to Boise State routed Colorado State . victory . The Broncos also blocked a field goal for a Bronco freshman Cade Fennegan was 15- score marking the first time in Boise State’s for-26 for 182 yards and two touchdowns, FBS era it scored three touchdowns on the first of his career, after entering the special teams in a game . game with 8:11 left in the first quarter . Linebacker Riley Whimpey recorded a Khalil Shakir recorded career highs in career-high 14 tackles for the Broncos . receptions (10) and receiving yards (139) Wide receiver CT Thomas caught six and two fourth-quarter scores . passes on six targets for 103 yards .

SCORE BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4 F SCORE BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4 F BYU 7 9 22 13 51 Colorado State 0 7 14 0 21 Boise State 3 0 0 14 17 Boise State 21 21 10 0 52

SCORING SUMMARY SCORING SUMMARY First Quarter First Quarter 11:24 BYU Allgeier 86-yd run (Oldroyd kick) 2-95-0:43 14:08 BSU Williams 0-yd blocked punt return (Dalmas kick) - 3:27 BSU Dalmas 39-yd field 16-53-7:57 6:06 BSU R. Smith 5-yd pass from Bachmeier (Dalmas kick) 10-48-4:54 Second Quarter 1:06 BSU Kaniho 91-yd blocked field goal return (Dalmas kick) - 14:54 BYU Oldroyd 47-yd field goal 11-52-3:28 Second Quarter 1:00 BYU Wilson 4-yd run (Oldroyd kick blocked) 8-96-1:26 13:40 CSU O’Brien 1-yd run (LIss kick) 8-76-2:26 Third Quarter 9:12 BSU Van Buren 1-yd run (Dalmas kick) 10-85-4:23 12:58 BYU Rex 5-yd pass from Wilson (Oldroyd kick) 5-86-2:11 3:48 BSU Van Buren 1-yd run (Dalmas kick) 10-36-4:02 6:57 BYU Rex 20-yd pass from Wilson (Pau’u pass from Wilson) 6-72-2:21 1:23 BSU Schramm 20-yd blocked punt return (Dalmas kick) - 1:26 BYU Katoa 20-yd run (Oldroyd kick) 7-72-2:36 Third Quarter Fourth Quarter 11:01 CSU Tr. McBride 21-yd pass from Centeio (Liss kick) 7-64-2:14 11:27 BYU Pau’u 1-yd pass from Wilson (Oldroyd kick) 6-30-3:01 10:44 CSU Vivens 17-yd run (Liss kick) 1-17-0:06 9:17 BSU Shakir 52-yd pass from Fennegan (Dalmas kick) 6-80-2:09 8:52 BSU Dalmas 38-yd field goal 6-44-1:52 9:07 BSU Shakir 46-yd pass from Fennegan (Dalmas kick) 1-51-0:07 5:21 BSU Crabtree 0-yd fumble recovery (Dalmas kick) 4-33-1:45 7:59 BYU Allgeier 2-yd run (Oldroyd kick failed) 3-45-1:06 Fourth Quarter None TEAM STATISTICS BYU BOISE STATE TEAM STATISTICS First Downs 25 14 COLORADO STATE BOISE STATE Net Yards Rushing 213 61 First Downs 15 15 Net Yards Passing 360 249 Net Yards Rushing 139 89 Completions-Attempts-Int. 22-28-0 23-38-1 Net Yards Passing 176 202 Total Offense (plays-yards) 65-573 (8.8) 65-310 (4.8) Completions-Attempts-Int. 11-29-1 16-30-0 Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 1-1 Total Offense (plays-yards) 70-315 (4.5) 67-291 (4.3) Penalties: Number-Yards 4-33 4-48 Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-0 3-2 Punts-Yards 2-82 (41.0) 8-276 (34.5) Penalties: Number-Yards 6-48 6-45 Kickoff returns-Yds-TD 1-17-0 (17.0) 3-52-0 (17.3) Punts-Yards 10-346 (34.6) 6-202 (33.7) Punt returns-Yards-TD 5-30-0 (6.0) 0-0-0 (0.0) Kickoff returns-Yds-TD 6-99-0 (16.5) 3-61-0 (20.3) Interceptions-Yds-TD 1-6-0 0-0-0 Punt returns-Yards-TD 1-6-0 (6.0) 8-149-2 (18.6) Time of Possession 26:47 33:13 Interceptions-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-21-0 Third-Down Conversions 2-of-8 7-of-18 Time of Possession 27:27 32:33 Fourth-Down Conversions 2-of-3 1-of-1 Third-Down Conversions 1-of-15 9-of-18 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 6-for-6 0-for-0 Fourth-Down Conversions 1-of-2 1-of-1 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-13 3-22 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-for-3 4-for-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-18 3-12 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS BYU INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing (Rushes-Yards-TDs): Allgeier (14-123-2), Katoa (8-66-1), Jackson (2-16- Colorado State 0), Wilson (9-8-1), Fonua (2-6-0), Finau (2-{-6}-0) Rushing (Rushes-Yards-TDs): Vivens (12-76-1), Hunter (7-31-0), Wright (4-15-0), Passing (Comp .-Att .-TD-Int .-Yards): Wilson (22-28-3-0-360) Centeio (9-12-0), McElroy (3-5-0), O’Brien (6-0-1) Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs): Romney (6-133-0), Pau’u (6-76-1), Rex (5- Passing (Comp .-Att .-TD-Int .-Yards): O’Brien (9-20-0-1-140), Centeio (2-9-1-0- 45-2), Milne (3-99-0), Allgeier (1-4-0), Katoa (1-3-0) 36) Interceptions: Christensen (1-6) Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs): Wright (5-109-0), Tr . McBride (4-48-1), Sacks: Summers (1-9), Leiataua (1-2), El-Bakri (0 .5-1), Tonga (0 .5-1) Craig-Myers (1-15-0), Scott (1-4-0) Interceptions: None Boise State Sacks: Patchan (1-9), Jackson (1-5), Phillips (1-4) Rushing (Rushes-Yards-TDs): Van Buren (6-45-0), Fennegan (7-17-0), Shakir (1-4- 0), Peters (1-1-0), Sears (2-{-6}-0) Boise State Passing (Comp .-Att .-TD-Int .-Yards): Fennegan (15-26-2-1-182), Peters (4-8-0-0- Rushing (Rushes-Yards-TDs): Shakir (4-52-0), D . Smith (10-33-0), Van Buren 26), Sears (4-4-0-0-41) (13-28-2), Thomas (1-6-0), Crowe (1-1-0), R . Smith (1-1-0), Team (2-{-4}-0), Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs): Shakir (10-139-2), R . Smith (5-39-0), Thomas Bachmeier (5-{-28}-0) (3-31-0), Van Buren (3-7-0), Bates (2-33-0) Passing (Comp .-Att .-TD-Int .-Yards): Bachmier (16-28-1-0-202), Fennegan (0-2-0- Interceptions: None 0) Sacks: Matlock (1 .5-14), Whitney (1-3), Igiehon (0 .5-5) Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs): Thomas (6-103-0), Shakir (4-47-0), Cobbs (2- 21-0), Griffin (2-12-0), Van Buren (1-14-0), R . Smith (1-5-0) Interceptions: Skinner (1-21) Sacks: Irwin (2-10), Whitney (1-1)

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GAME FIVE GAME SIX Boise State @ Boise State vs Hawai’i San Jose State Nov. 21, 2020 Nov. 28, 2020 Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii Albertsons Stadium • Boise, Idaho Att.: None • TV: CBS SN Att.: None • TV: FOX

HONOLULU -- Andrew Van Buren rushed BOISE, Idaho -- The Broncos’ regular- for a career-high 113 yards and two season home finale against San Jose State touchdowns and Avery Williams returned was cancelled the morning of the game . a kickoff 99 yards for a score to help the Interim director of athletics Bob Carney Broncos remain undefeated in Mountain issued the following statement: West play . Khalil Shakir registered a career-high 11 “Because of a delay at the lab, our results receptions for 130 yards and a pair of from Thursday’s tests didn’t come back scores . until late yesterday, which meant our staff Boise State led 19-3 at halftime and by as were contact tracing until late last night . many as 24 points in the third quarter . Under the circumstances, and with limited numbers within specific position groups, SCORE BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4 F our coaches, administration and medical personnel met this morning and Boise State 3 16 21 0 40 determined that it was not in the best interest of our student-athletes’ safety Hawai’i 3 0 14 15 32 and well-being to play today’s game . I am disappointed for the student-athletes, coaches and fans, both at Boise State and San Jose State, and am hopeful the SCORING SUMMARY Broncos will be able to return to the field this next week against UNLV ”. First Quarter 4:36 UH Shipley 27-yd field goal 15-76-5:38 1:13 BSU Dalmas 32-yd field goal 9-60-3:23 Second Quarter 10:09 BSU Dalmas 42-yd field goal 12-55-5:06 5:12 BSU Shakir 12-yd pass from Bachmeier (Dalmas kick blocked) 2-44-0:37 0:54 BSU Shakir 3-yd pass from Thomas (Dalmas kick) 10-60-2:58 Third Quarter 11:09 UH Turner 1-yd run (Cordeiro rush failed) 13-87-3:51 10:54 BSU Williams 99-yd kickoff return (Dalmas kick) - 8:18 BSU Van Buren 11-yd run (Dalmas kick) 3-26-1:05 5:36 UH Turner 36-yd pass from Cordeiro (Turner rush) 9-75-2:42 3:38 BSU Van Buren 11-yd run (Dalmas kick) 5-79-1:52 Fourth Quarter 9:56 UH Turner 15-yd pass from Cordeiro (Shipley kick) 8-72-3:31 4:52 UH Smart 4-yd pass from Cordeiro (Turner rush) 12-64-3:37

TEAM STATISTICS BOISE STATE HAWAI’I First Downs 21 25 Net Yards Rushing 127 141 Net Yards Passing 281 253 Completions-Attempts-Int. 22-32-1 25-48-0 Total Offense (plays-yards) 68-408 (6.0) 83-394 (4.7) Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 8-94 6-45 Punts-Yards 4-168 (42.0) 7-310 (44.3) Kickoff returns-Yds-TD 2-120-1 (60.0) 3-61-0 (20.3) Punt returns-Yards-TD 3-72-0 (24.0) 1-7-0 (7.0) Interceptions-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-0-0 Time of Possession 29:20 30:40 Third-Down Conversions 9-of-16 7-of-19 Fourth-Down Conversions 0-of-0 2-of-2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-for-4 4-for-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-8 1-2

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Boise State Rushing (Rushes-Yards-TDs): Van Buren (27-113-2), Bachmeier (3-9-0), Shakir (1- 6-0), D . Smith (2-5-0), Team (3-{-6}-0) Passing (Comp .-Att .-TD-Int .-Yards): Bachmier (21-31-1-1-278), Thomas (1-1-1-0-3) Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs): Shakir (11-130-2), Thomas (3-56-0), Van Buren (3-11-0), R . Smith (2-27-0), Cobbs (1-43-0), Hopper (1-8-0), Bowens (1-6-0) Interceptions: None Sacks: Irwin (2-8)

Hawai’i Rushing (Rushes-Yards-TDs): Cordeiro (18-90-0), Turner (12-32-1), Reed (4-17- 0), Panoke (1-2-0) Passing (Comp .-Att .-TD-Int .-Yards): Cordeiro (25-48-3-0-253) Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs): Reed (6-69-0), Turner (5-65-2), Panoke (5-30-0), Stovall (3-36-0), Smart (2-17-1), Hunter (1-14-0), Bussey (1-12-0), Bowens (1-8-0), Wilson (1-2-0) Interceptions: Lockridge (1-0) Sacks: Tavai (1-2)

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GAME SEVEN GAME SIX Boise State @ Boise State @ UNLV Wyoming Dec. 4, 2020 Dec. 12, 2020 Allegiant Stadium • Las Vegas, Nev. War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyo. Att.: None • TV: CBS SN Att.: 2,978 • TV: CBS SN

LAS VEGAS -- The Broncos’ regular- LARAMIE, Wyo . -- Boise State’s defense season game against UNLV was cancelled recorded five sacks and held Wyoming to Wednesday evening prior to the game . 146 yards of offense to close the Mountain The MW, Boise State and UNLV issued the West regular season undefeated for the following statement: second-straight year . Hank Bachmeier threw a touchdown pass Based on guidance from medical to George Holani in the and Andrew Van personnel and epidemiologists, Friday’s Buren scored on the ground for the eighth football game between UNLV and Boise time in 2020 . State has been canceled and will not Khalil Shakir caught eight passes for 105 be rescheduled . Both medical teams yards . have been in communication in order to understand the full picture of COVID issues in our region . SCORE BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4 F Boise State 7 3 7 0 17 Wyoming 3 0 3 3 9

SCORING SUMMARY First Quarter 11:03 WYO Hoyland 42-yd field goal 5-9-2:38 4:41 BSU Holani 4-yd pass from Bachmeier (Dalmas kick) 12-75-6:22 Second Quarter 7:38 BSU Dalmas 34-yd field goal 8-45-2:58 Third Quarter 6:19 WYO Hoyland 36-yd field goal 5-35-1:53 0:57 BSU Van Buren 2-yd run (Dalmas kick) 11-75-5:22 Fourth Quarter 4:30 WYO Hoyland 36-yd field goal 13-53-5:09

TEAM STATISTICS BOISE STATE WYOMING First Downs 17 9 Net Yards Rushing 111 82 Net Yards Passing 181 64 Completions-Attempts-Int. 19-29-1 4-21-1 Total Offense (plays-yards) 70-292 (4.2) 59-146 (2.5) Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 4-35 7-58 Punts-Yards 6-255 (42.5) 9-281 (31.2) Kickoff returns-Yds-TD 0-0-0 (0.0) 1-19-0 (19.0) Punt returns-Yards-TD 3-18-0 (6.0) 3-28-0 (9.3) Interceptions-Yds-TD 1-0-0 1-1-0 Time of Possession 33:37 26:23 Third-Down Conversions 7-of-15 2-of-17 Fourth-Down Conversions 0-of-1 1-of-2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-for-5 3-for-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 5-29 1-11

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Boise State Rushing (Rushes-Yards-TDs): Van Buren (25-79-1), Shakir (5-38-0), Holani (3-3-0), Cobbs (1-2-0), Bachmier (5-0-0), Thomas (1-{-2}-0, Riddle (1-{-9}-0) Passing (Comp .-Att .-TD-Int .-Yards): Bachmier (19-28-1-1-181), Team (0-1-0-0-0) Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs): Shakir (8-105-0), Holani (4-19-1), Bowens (2- 19-0), R . Smith (2-10-0), Hopper (1-11-0), Thomas (1-10-0), Van Buren (1-7-0) Interceptions: Tyler (1-0) Sacks: Baghnah (2-11), Cravens (1-7), Irwin (1-2), Igiehon (0 .5-5), Matlock (0 .5-4)

Wyoming Rushing (Rushes-Yards-TDs): Valladay (11-59-0), Smith (11-42-0), Eberhardt (1- 1-0), Jennings (1-1-0), Williams (10-{-10}-0), Berrup (4-{-11}-0) Passing (Comp .-Att .-TD-Int .-Yards): Williams (3-13-0-0-45), Berrup (1-8-0-1-19) Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TDs): Valladay (1-29-0), Eberhardt (1-19-0), Crow (1-12-0), Smith (1-4-0) Interceptions: Coldon (1-1) Sacks: Crall (1-11)

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NUMERICAL ALPHABETICAL

NO NAME POS NO . NAME POS HT WT CL EX HOMETOWN (HS/JC) 0 JL Skinner S 19 Hank Bachmeier QB 6-1 204 SO 1L Murrieta, Calif . (Murrieta Valley HS) 1 Octavius Evans WR 30 Isaiah Bagnah STUD 6-4 244 RS-FR RS Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (Lethbridge Collegiate Institute) 2 Khalil Shakir WR 85 John Bates TE 6-6 256 RS-SR 3L Lebanon, Ore . (Lebanon HS) 2 Jalen Walker CB 81 Austin Bolt TE 6-3 200 FR HS Boise, Idaho (Borah HS) 3 Brandon Hawkins WLB 18 Billy Bowens WR 6-1 193 RS-SO SQ Redlands, Calif . (Redlands East Valley HS) 3 Riley Smith TE 92 Michael Callahan DT 6-3 268 RS-FR RS Yorba Linda, Calif . (Yorba Linda HS) 4 Rodney Robinson S 42 Daniel Cantrell LS 6-0 240 RS-JR 2L Boise, Idaho (Bishop Kelly HS) 5 Evan Tyler S 7 Latrell Caples WR 6-1 190 FR HS Lancaster, Texas (Lancaster HS) 6 CT Thomas WR 57 Nathan Cardona OL 6-3 291 FR HS Yorba Linda, Calif . (Yorba Linda HS) 7 Latrell Caples WR 17 Donovan Clark CB 6-2 182 FR HS Tacoma, Wash . (Lincoln HS) 7 Ezekiel Noa MLB 41 Jaylen Clark CB 6-2 194 FR HS Tacoma, Wash . (Lincoln HS) 8 Cade Fennegan QB 82 Stefan Cobbs WR 6-0 184 RS-SO 1L Keller, Texas (Fossil Ridge HS) 8 Markel Reed CB 24 Damon Cole CB 6-0 181 RS-JR SQ Richmond, Calif . (El Cerrito HS) 9 Brock Miller WLB 32 Trevor Cole WR 5-10 185 RS-FR RS Santa Maria, Calif . (St . Joseph HS) 10 Chase Cord QB 58 Robert Cooper DT 6-3 263 FR HS Spanaway, Wash . (Bethel HS) 13 Marques Evans CB 10 Chase Cord QB 6-2 203 RS-JR 1L Peoria, Ariz . (Sunrise Mountain HS) 14 Kaonohi Kaniho CB 40 Russell Corrigan TE 6-3 246 FR HS Hutchinson, Minn . (Hutchinson HS) 14 Andy Peters QB 73 Nick Crabtree OL 6-7 315 RS-SR 1L Huntington Beach, Calif . (Huntington Beach HS) 15 Maclaine Griffin WR 94 Jackson Cravens DT 6-2 292 RS-SO SQ Provo, Utah (Timpview HS/Utah) 16 Jonathan Earl CB 33 Tyler Crowe RB 5-11 222 RS-FR RS Nampa, Idaho (Skyview HS) 16 Jack Sears QB 69 Garrett Curran OL 6-5 304 RS-SO 1L El Cajon, Calif . (Granite Hills HS) 17 Donovan Clark CB 35 Jonah Dalmas K 5-8 161 FR HS Meridian, Idaho (Rocky Mountain HS) 18 Billy Bowens WR 87 Kaden DeLuna TE 6-5 242 RS-SO SQ McCall, Idaho (McCall-Donnelly HS) 19 Hank Bachmeier QB 48 Bruno DeRose MLB 5-11 231 RS-SR 3L Pueblo, Colo . (Pueblo East HS) 19 Aisa Kelemete DE 66 Ben Dooley OL 6-5 315 RS-FR RS Fallon, Nev . (Churchill County HS) 20 Roman Kafentzis S/N 49 Keola Downing P 6-0 183 FR HS Honolulu, Hawaii (Kamehameha Kapalama HS) 21 Tyreque Jones S 16 Jonathan Earl CB 6-2 190 JR TR Concord, N C. . (Cox Mill HS/Golden West College) 21 Andrew Van Buren RB 86 Tyler Eiguren TE 6-3 248 RS-FR RS Fruitland, Idaho (Fruitland HS) 22 Tyric LeBeauf CB 13 Marques Evans CB 5-11 183 RS-JR SQ Pasadena, Calif . (Newbury Park HS) 23 Khyheem Waleed WR 1 Octavius Evans WR 6-1 204 SR 3L Center, Texas (Center HS) 24 Damon Cole CB 59 Jaydn Ewing DT 6-3 241 RS-FR RS Watford City, N .D . (Watford City HS) 24 George Holani RB 8 Cade Fennegan QB 6-2 180 FR HS Dallas, Texas (Woodrow Wilson HS) 25 Taequan Tyler RB 97 Keeghan Freeborn NT 6-1 317 RS-SO SQ Meridian, Idaho (Rocky Mountain HS) 25 Benton Wickersham MLB 31 Obi Gee RB 5-10 190 FR HS Boise, Idaho (Cole Valley Christian) 26 Avery Williams CB 74 Jacob Golden OL 6-5 288 RS-FR RS Peoria, Ariz . (Peoria HS) 27 Shea Whiting WR 84 Matt Greenwald WR 6-0 192 FR HS Boulder, Colo . (Fairview HS) 28 Kekaula Kaniho N 15 Maclaine Griffin WR 6-2 196 RS-SO 1L Westlake Village, Calif . (Chaminade Prep) 29 Chris Mitchell CB 98 Herbert Gums NT 6-1 282 FR HS Diboll, Texas (Diboll HS) 30 Isaiah Bagnah STUD 71 Donte Harrington OL 6-2 304 RS-SR 1L San Clemente, Calif . (San Clemente HS) 31 Obi Gee RB 3 Brandon Hawkins WLB 6-2 220 RS-SO 1L Georgetown, Texas (Georgetown HS) 32 Trevor Cole WR 49 Dylan Herberg STUD 6-2 230 RS-SO 1L Boise, Idaho (Timberline HS) 33 Tyler Crowe RB 75 Brandon Hernandez OL 6-5 312 FR HS Yucaipa, Calif . (Yucaipa HS) 34 Alexander Teubner S 24 George Holani RB 5-11 206 SO 1L Bellflower, Calif . (St . John Bosco HS) 35 Jonah Dalmas K 72 Dallas Holliday OL 6-3 309 RS-SO 1L Sherman Oaks, Calif . (Oaks Christian HS) 36 Semaj Verner S 55 Kekaniokoa Holomalia-Gonzalez OL 6-2 304 RS-SO 1L Santa Ana, Calif . (Mater Dei HS) 37 Danny Smith RB 88 Tyneil Hopper TE 6-2 238 RS-SO 1L Roswell, Ga . (Roswell HS) 38 Demitri Washington STUD 54 Gabe Hunter STUD 6-3 217 FR HS Pflugerville, Texas (Hendrickson HS) 40 Russell Corrigan TE 90 Scale Igiehon NT 6-2 293 JR 2L Del Valle, Texas (Del Valle HS) 41 Jaylen Clark CB 55 Shane Irwin DE 6-3 263 RS-JR TR Palos Verdes Estates, Calif . 42 Daniel Cantrell LS (Palos Verdes HS/San Diego State/Long Beach City College) 43 Tyler Visser S 21 Tyreque Jones S 6-2 187 RS-JR 2L San Bernardino, Calif . (San Gorgonio HS) 43 Gavin Wale K/P 62 Kyle Juergens OL 6-5 257 FR HS San Juan Capistrano, Calif . (St . Margaret’s Episcopal School) 44 Riley Whimpey WLB 20 Roman Kafentzis S/N 6-1 202 RS-JR 2L Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif . (Mater Dei HS) 45 Nick Provenzano WLB 14 Kaonohi Kaniho CB 6-0 179 FR HS Kahuku, Hawaii (Kahuku HS) 46 Joel Velazquez K/P 28 Kekaula Kaniho N 5-10 183 SR 3L Kahuku, Hawaii (Kahuku HS) 48 Bruno DeRose MLB 19 Aisa Kelemete DE 6-4 246 RS-JR SQ Pocatello, Idaho (Highland HS) 49 Keola Downing P 56 Casey Kline STUD 6-4 241 RS-FR RS Brawley, Calif . (Brawley Union HS) 49 Dylan Herberg STUD 22 Tyric LeBeauf CB 6-2 181 RS-SO 1L Long Beach, Calif . (Long Beach Poly HS) 50 Riden Leong OL 50 Riden Leong OL 6-3 311 JR TR Waimanalo, Hawaii (Maryknoll HS/Orange Coast City College) 51 Dalton Lins OL 51 Dalton Lins OL 6-1 297 RS-SO SQ Lahaina, Hawaii (Lahainalune HS) 52 DJ Schramm MLB 99 Scott Matlock DT 6-4 282 RS-SO 1L Homedale, Idaho (Homedale HS) 53 Sam Whitney STUD 96 Ryan Meyer K 6-2 202 RS-SO SQ Auburn, Calif . (Placer HS) 54 Gabe Hunter STUD 9 Brock Miller WLB 6-4 234 RS-SR TR Port St . Lucie, Fla . (Carroll Catholic HS/NC State)

43 2020 ROSTERS

ALPHABETICAL NUMERICAL

NO . NAME POS HT WT CL EX HOMETOWN (HS/JC) NO NAME POS 29 Chris Mitchell CB 6-0 198 RS-SO SQ Mission Viejo, Calif . (Mission Viejo HS) 55 Kekaniokoa Holomalia-Gonzalez OL 7 Ezekiel Noa MLB 5-11 244 RS-JR 1L Spring Valley, Calif . (Helix HS) 55 Shane Irwin DE 93 Andy Nwaoko DE 6-3 225 FR HS Saint George, Va . (Blue Ridge School) 56 Casey Kline STUD 95 Divine Obichere NT 6-3 314 JR TR Los Angeles, Calif . (Westchester HS/Long Beach City College) 57 Nathan Cardona OL 70 John Ojukwu OL 6-6 301 RS-JR 2L Boise, Idaho (Boise HS) 58 Robert Cooper DT 77 Uzo Osuji OL 6-8 297 RS-SR TR Coppell, Texas (Coppell HS/Rice) 59 Jaydn Ewing DT 14 Andy Peters QB 6-2 203 FR HS Boise, Idaho (Timberline HS) 60 Amari Williams DE 45 Nick Provenzano WLB 5-11 228 RS-SR 1L Glendora, Calif . (Damien HS) 62 Kyle Juergens OL 8 Markel Reed CB 6-0 182 SO 1L Temple, Texas (Temple HS) 65 Koby Tryggestad LS 89 Connor Riddle WR 6-1 210 RS-SO 1L Boise, Idaho (Timberline HS) 66 Ben Dooley OL 4 Rodney Robinson S 5-8 176 FR HS San Bernardino, Calif . (Cajon HS) 68 Jake Stetz OL 52 DJ Schramm MLB 6-0 227 RS-SO 1L Fresno, Calif . (Clovis West HS) 69 Garrett Curran OL 16 Jack Sears QB 6-2 219 RS-JR TR San Clemente, Calif . (San Clemente HS/USC) 70 John Ojukwu OL 2 Khalil Shakir WR 6-0 190 JR 2L Murrieta, Calif . (Vista Murrieta HS) 71 Donte Harrington OL 80 Mason Sikes TE 6-3 245 RS-SR TR Lumberton, Texas (Lumberton HS/Lamar) 72 Dallas Holliday OL 78 Julian Simpson OL 6-1 313 RS-FR RS San Jose, Calif . (Gunderson HS) 73 Nick Crabtree OL 0 JL Skinner S 6-4 214 SO 1L San Diego, Calif . (Point Loma HS) 74 Jacob Golden OL 37 Danny Smith RB 6-0 216 RS-SO SQ Oxnard, Calif . (Oxnard HS) 75 Brandon Hernandez OL 3 Riley Smith TE 6-4 225 RS-SO 1L St . Augustine, Fla . (Bartram Trail HS) 77 Uzo Osuji OL 68 Jake Stetz OL 6-2 308 RS-SR 2L San Marcos, Calif . (Mission Hills HS) 78 Julian Simpson OL 34 Alexander Teubner S 5-11 195 RS-FR RS Seaside, Ore . (Seaside HS) 80 Mason Sikes TE 6 CT Thomas WR 5-8 175 SR 3L Lancaster, Texas (Lancaster HS) 81 Austin Bolt TE 65 Koby Tryggestad LS 6-1 260 FR HS East Palo Alto, Calif . (Menlo-Atherton HS) 82 Stefan Cobbs WR 5 Evan Tyler S 6-2 200 6Y-SR 3L Corona, Calif . (Eleanor Roosevelt HS) 83 Cole Wright WR 25 Taequan Tyler RB 5-9 212 SO TR Waco, Texas (La Vega HS/Tyler JC) 84 Matt Greenwald WR 21 Andrew Van Buren RB 6-0 228 JR 2L West Hills, Calif . (Chaminade Prep) 85 John Bates TE 46 Joel Velazquez K/P 6-0 224 RS-SR 3L Mission Viejo, Calif . (Trabuco Hills HS) 86 Tyler Eiguren TE 36 Semaj Verner S 6-0 185 FR HS Lakewood, Calif . (Mayfair HS) 87 Kaden DeLuna TE 43 Tyler Visser S 6-0 206 RS-JR TR Meridian, Idaho (Rocky Mountain HS/Sierra College) 88 Tyneil Hopper TE 43 Gavin Wale K/P 6-2 173 RS-FR RS Henderson, Nev . (Coronado HS) 89 Connor Riddle WR 23 Khyheem Waleed WR 6-0 199 RS-FR RS Queen Creek, Ariz . (Casteel HS) 90 Scale Igiehon NT 2 Jalen Walker CB 6-0 181 RS-SR 3L Lawndale, Calif . (Lawndale HS) 92 Michael Callahan DT 38 Demitri Washington STUD 6-3 272 RS-SO 1L Solana Beach, Calif . (Santa Fe Christian HS) 93 Andy Nwaoko DE 44 Riley Whimpey WLB 6-1 233 SR 3L San Clemente, Calif . (San Clemente HS) 94 Jackson Cravens DT 27 Shea Whiting WR 6-2 193 RS-FR 1L Houston, Texas (Alief Taylor HS) 95 Divine Obichere NT 53 Sam Whitney STUD 6-2 225 6Y-SR 2L Folsom, Calif . (Folsom HS) 96 Ryan Meyer K 25 Benton Wickersham MLB 6-2 226 RS-SR 3L Elko, Nev . (Elko HS) 97 Keeghan Freeborn NT 60 Amari Williams DE 6-1 248 FR HS North Miami Beach, Fla . (North Miami Beach HS) 98 Herbert Gums NT 26 Avery Williams CB 5-9 195 RS-SR 3L Pasadena, Calif . (JSerra Catholic HS) 99 Scott Matlock DT 83 Cole Wright WR 6-0 177 FR HS Carlsbad, Calif . (Carlsbad HS)

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Hank Bachmeier...... BOCK-my-uhr Obi Gee...... OH-bee / G Riden Leong...... LEE-ong Isaiah Bagnah. . . . EYE-zay-uh / BAN-yuh George Holani ...... ho-LAH-nee Ezekiel Noa...... ee-ZEE-keel / NO-uh Latrell Caples. . . . luh-TRELL / CAPE-uhls Kekaniokoa Holomalia-Gonzalez Andy Nwaoko...... nuh-WO-ko Nathan Cardona...... car-DOH-nuh ...... kay-kah-nee-uh-KO-uh / Divine Obichere...... oh-buh-CHAIR-ee Stefan Cobbs...... stef-ON ...... ho-lo-muh-LEE-uh John Ojukwu...... oh-JOO-koo Russell Corrigan...... CORE-ih-gen Tyneil Hopper...... ty-NEEL Uzo Osuji...... OO-zo / OH-soo-jee Jackson Cravens ...... CRAY-vehns Scale Igiehon ...... ee-GAY-hon Khalil Shakir . . . . . kuh-LEEL / shah-KEER Tyler Crowe...... crow Roman Kafentzis...... kuh-FENCE-iss Mason Sikes ...... SIKES Garrett Curran ...... CUHR-en Kaonohi Kaniho...... kah-oh-NO-he / Alexander Teubner ...... TUBE-nuhr Jonah Dalmas...... DAHL-muss ...... kuh-NEE-ho Koby Tryggestad...... TRIG-uh-stad Keola Downing. . .. key-OH-luh / DOWN-ing Kekaula Kaniho...... kay-COW-luh / Taequan Tyler...... TAY-kwon Tyler Eiguren...... EE-guhr-en ...... kuh-NEE-ho Semaj Verner ...... seh-MAH-zhay Marques Evans...... Marcus Aisa Kelemete ...... ICE-uh / Khyheem Waleed. . ky-HEEM / wah-LEED Octavius Evans...... ock-TAY-vee-us ...... kell-uh-MET-ay Shea Whiting ...... WHITE-ing Cade Fennegan...... FEN-uh-gen Tyric LeBeauf...... ty-REEK / luh-BUFF

44 2020 Boise State Football Boise State Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 12, 2020) All games

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral * Oct 24, 202 UTAH STATE W 42-13 0 All games 5-1 2-1 3-0 0-0 * Oct 31, 202 at Air Force W 49-30 500 Conference 5-0 2-0 3-0 0-0 Nov 6, 2020#9 BYU L 17-51 1100 Non-Conference 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 * Nov 12, 202 COLORADO STATE W 52-21 1100 * Nov 21, 202 at Hawai'i W 40-32 0 Team Statistics BSU OPP * Dec 12, 202 at Wyoming Cowboys W 17-9 2978 FIRST DOWNS 115 114 R u s h in g 48 56 Rushing g att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g P a s s in g 63 47 VAN BUREN, A. 6 100 369 13 356 3.6 8 17 59.3 P e n a lt y 4 11 SHAKIR, Khalil 6 16 153 1 152 9.5 0 28 25.3 RUSHING YARDAGE 738 1101 HOLANI, George 4 19 110 2 108 5.7 1 34 27.0 Rushing Attempts 205 260 SMITH, Danny 2 12 40 2 38 3.2 0 13 19.0 Average Per Rush 3.6 4.2 SEARS, Jack 3 9 47 9 38 4.2 1 12 12.7 Average Per Game 123.0 183.5 SMITH, Riley 6 4 37 1 36 9.0 0 20 6.0 TDs Rushing 12 13 FENNEGAN, Cade 3 9 25 5 20 2.2 0 8 6.7 PASSING YARDAGE 1472 1014 CROWE, Tyler 5 3 15 0 15 5.0 0 7 3.0 C o m p - A t t - I n t 119-181-3 80-160-3 COBBS, Stefan 6 2 11 0 11 5.5 0 9 1.8 Average Per Pass 8.1 6.3 THOMAS, CT 6 3 9 2 7 2.3 0 6 1.2 Average Per Catch 12.4 12.7 PETERS, Andy 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 1.0 Average Per Game 245.3 169.0 Total 6 205 852 114 738 3.6 12 34 123.0 TDs Passing 12 7 Opponents 6 260 1245 144 1101 4.2 13 86 183.5 TOTAL OFFENSE 2210 2115 Average Per Play 5.7 5.0 Passing g efficcomp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Average Per Game 368.3 352.5 BACHMEIER, Hank 4 147.68 76-115-2 66.1 929 6 55 232.2 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 15-419 14-256 FENNEGAN, Cade 3 124.60 15-28-1 53.6 182 2 52 60.7 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 16-242 10-71 SEARS, Jack 3 225.14 23-27-0 85.2 332 3 75 110.7 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 3-33 3-7 PETERS, Andy 1 77.30 4-8-0 50.0 26 0 14 26.0 FUMBLES-LOST 7-4 5-0 TEAM 6 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 PENALTIES-Yards 27-276 33-267 THOMAS, CT 6 455.20 1-1-0 100. 3 1 3 0.5 PUNTS-AVG 31-36.5 38-36.5 Total 6 152.62 119-181-3 65.7 1472 12 75 245.3 TIME OF POSSESSION/G 3 0 : 1 2 2 9 : 4 8 Opponents 6 113.92 80-160-3 50.0 1014 7 42 169.0 3RD-DOWN Conversions 39/82 24/91 4TH-DOWN Conversions 3/4 12/16 Receiving g no. yds avg td lg avg/g SHAKIR, Khalil 6 46 634 13.8 6 52 105.7 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg THOMAS, CT 6 17 322 18.9 2 75 53.7 SKINNER, JL 1 21 21.0 0 21 BATES, John 5 12 117 9.8 0 28 23.4 TYLER, Evan 1 0 0.0 0 0 SMITH, Riley 6 11 97 8.8 1 21 16.2 LEBEAUF, Tyric 1 12 12.0 0 12 VAN BUREN, A. 6 10 54 5.4 0 14 9.0 HOLANI, George 4 7 52 7.4 2 17 13.0 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i2050+ blk COBBS, Stefan 6 4 72 18.0 0 43 12.0 VELAZQUEZ, Joel 16 623 38.9 71 2 5 5 2 0 EVANS, Octavius 2 4 53 13.2 1 21 26.5 WALE, Gavin 7 276 39.4 48 0 1 2 0 0 BOWENS, Billy 5 3 25 8.3 0 10 5.0 DALMAS, Jonah 5 179 35.8 43 1 1 1 0 0 HOPPER, Tyneil 6 2 19 9.5 0 11 3.2 DOWNING, Keola 1 23 23.0 23 0 0 0 0 0 GRIFFIN, M. 4 2 12 6.0 0 7 3.0 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CROWE, Tyler 5 1 15 15.0 0 15 3.0 HOLANI, George 1 29 29.0 29 0 0 0 0 0 Total 6 119 1472 12.4 12 75 245.3 Opponents 6 80 1014 12.7 7 42 169.0 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg WILLIAMS, Avery 14 160 11.4 1 36 Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk KANIHO, Kekaula 1 44 44.0 0 44 DALMAS, Jonah 5-5 100. 0-0 0-0 4-4 1-1 0-0 42 0 LEBEAUF, Tyric 1 6 6.0 0 0 SCHRAMM, DJ 0 20 0.0 1 20 PAT CLARK, Jaylen 0 12 0.0 0 12 Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total 16 242 15.1 2 44 VAN BUREN, A. 8 ------48 Opponents 10 71 7.1 0 16 DALMAS, Jonah - 5-5 28-29 - - - - - 43 SHAKIR, Khalil 6 ------36 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg HOLANI, George 3 ------18 WILLIAMS, Avery 14 415 29.6 2 99 WILLIAMS, Avery 3 ------18 THOMAS, CT 1 4 4.0 0 4 THOMAS, CT 2 ------12 Total 15 419 27.9 2 99 KANIHO, Kekaula 1 ------6 Opponents 14 256 18.3 0 32 SCHRAMM, DJ 1 ------6 CRABTREE, Nick 1 ------6 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g EVANS, Octavius 1 ------6 SHAKIR, Khal 6 152 634 0 0 0 786 131.0 SMITH, Riley 1 ------6 WILLIAMS, A 6 0 0 160 415 0 575 95.8 SEARS, Jack 1 ------6 VAN BUREN, 6 356 54 0 0 0 410 68.3 BACHMEIER, Hank 1 ------6 THOMAS, CT 6 7 322 0 4 0 333 55.5 Total 29 5-5 28-29 - - - - - 217 HOLANI, Geo 4 108 52 0 0 0 160 40.0 Opponents 20 6-8 12-15 2-4 1 1-1 - - 156 Total 6 738 1472 242 419 33 2904 484.0 Opponents 6 1101 1014 71 256 7 2449 408.2 Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Boise State 48 82 45 42 0 217 Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Opponents 27 19 60 50 0 156 BACHMEIER, Hank 4 134 -19 929 910 227.5 SEARS, Jack 3 36 38 332 370 123.3 VAN BUREN, A. 6 100 356 0 356 59.3 FENNEGAN, Cade 3 37 20 182 202 67.3 SHAKIR, Khalil 6 16 152 0 152 25.3 Total 6 386 738 1472 2210 368.3 Opponents 6 420 1101 1014 2115 352.5

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 44 WHIMPEY, Riley 6 30 24 54 6.0-15 1.0-6 . 1 . . . . . 0B WALKER, Jalen 6 23 7 30 1.0-5 . . 1 . . . . . 0G NOA, Ezekiel 6 11 17 28 2.5-4 ...... 55 IRWIN, Shane 6 16 12 28 7.0-28 6.0-27 . . . . 1 . . 28 KANIHO, Kekaula 6 19 9 28 2.0-6 . . 5 . . . . . Total 6 235 174 409 41-140 16-91 3-33 15 3 . 2 5 . Opponents 6 225 154 379 34-105 11-56 3-7 16 2 4-0 5 2 . 2020 Boise State Football Boise State Overall Team Statistics (as of Dec 12, 2020) All games

Team Statistics BSU OPP SCORING 217 156 Points Per Game 36.2 26.0 Points Off Turnovers 7 13 FIRST DOWNS 115 114 R u s h in g 48 56 P a s s in g 63 47 P e n a lt y 4 11 RUSHING YARDAGE 738 1101 Yards gained rushing 852 1245 Yards lost rushing 114 144 Rushing Attempts 205 260 Average Per Rush 3.6 4.2 Average Per Game 123.0 183.5 TDs Rushing 12 13 PASSING YARDAGE 1472 1014 C o m p - A t t - I n t 119-181-3 80-160-3 Average Per Pass 8.1 6.3 Average Per Catch 12.4 12.7 Average Per Game 245.3 169.0 TDs Passing 12 7 TOTAL OFFENSE 2210 2115 Total Plays 386 420 Average Per Play 5.7 5.0 Average Per Game 368.3 352.5 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 15-419 14-256 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 16-242 10-71 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 3-33 3-7 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 27.9 18.3 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 15.1 7.1 INT RETURN AVERAGE 11.0 2.3 FUMBLES-LOST 7-4 5-0 PENALTIES-Yards 27-276 33-267 Average Per Game 46.0 44.5 PUNTS-Yards 31-1130 38-1388 Average Per Punt 36.5 36.5 Net punt average 32.2 29.1 KICKOFFS-Yards 38-2430 32-1890 Average Per Kick 63.9 59.1 Net kick average 42.1 36.6 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 0 : 1 2 2 9 : 4 8 3RD-DOWN Conversions 39/82 24/91 3rd-Down Pct 48% 26% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 3/4 12/16 4th-Down Pct 75% 75% SACKS BY-Yards 16-91 11-56 MISC YARDS 91 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 29 20 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 5-5 6-8 ON-SIDE KICKS 1-2 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (19-21) 90% (22-24) 92% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (17-21) 81% (17-24) 71% PAT-ATTEMPTS (28-29) 97% (12-15) 80% ATTENDANCE 2200 3478 Games/Avg Per Game 3/733 3/1159 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Boise State 48 82 45 42 0 217 Opponents 27 19 60 50 0 156 2020 Boise State Football Boise State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Dec 12, 2020) All games

Rushing g att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg VAN BUREN, A. 6 100 369 13 356 3.6 8 17 59.3 WILLIAMS, Avery 14 16011.4 1 36 SHAKIR, Khalil 6 16 153 1 152 9.5 0 28 25.3 LEBEAUF, Tyric 1 6 6.0 0 0 HOLANI, George 4 19 110 2 108 5.7 1 34 27.0 KANIHO, Kekaula 1 4444.0 0 44 SEARS, Jack 3 9 47 9 38 4.2 1 12 12.7 SCHRAMM, DJ 0 20 0.0 1 20 SMITH, Danny 2 12 40 2 38 3.2 0 13 19.0 CLARK, Jaylen 0 12 0.0 0 12 SMITH, Riley 6 4 37 1 36 9.0 0 20 6.0 Total 16 24215.1 2 44 FENNEGAN, Cade 3 9 25 5 20 2.2 0 8 6.7 Opponents 10 71 7.1 0 16 CROWE, Tyler 5 3 15 0 15 5.0 0 7 3.0 COBBS, Stefan 6 2 11 0 11 5.5 0 9 1.8 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg THOMAS, CT 6 3 9 2 7 2.3 0 6 1.2 LEBEAUF, Tyric 1 1212.0 0 12 PETERS, Andy 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 1.0 SKINNER, JL 1 2121.0 0 21 CRABTREE, Nick 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 TYLER, Evan 1 0 0.0 0 0 CURRAN, Garrett 6 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 0 -0.7 Total 3 3311.0 0 21 RIDDLE, Connor 5 1 0 9 -9 -9.0 0 0 -1.8 Opponents 3 7 2.3 0 6 TEAM 6 6 0 12 -12 -2.0 0 0 -2.0 BACHMEIER, Han 4 19 35 54 -19 -1.0 1 7 -4.8 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Total 6 205 852 114 738 3.6 12 34123.0 WILLIAMS, Avery 14 41529.6 2 99 Opponents 6 260 1245 144 1101 4.2 13 86183.5 THOMAS, CT 1 4 4.0 0 4 Total 15 41927.9 2 99 Passing g effic comp-att-in pct yds td lg avg/g Opponents 14 25618.3 0 32 BACHMEIER, Han 4147.68 76-115-2 66.1 929 6 55232.2 FENNEGAN, Cade 3124.60 15-28-1 53.6 182 2 52 60.7 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg SEARS, Jack 3225.14 23-27-0 85.2 332 3 75110.7 KANIHO, Kekaula 0 0 0.0 1 0 PETERS, Andy 1 77.30 4-8-0 50.0 26 0 14 26.0 Total 0 0 0.0 1 0 TEAM 6 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 THOMAS, CT 6455.20 1-1-0 100. 3 1 3 0.5 Total 6152.62 119-181-3 65.7 1472 12 75245.3 Opponents 6113.92 80-160-3 50.0 1014 7 42169.0

Receiving g no. yds avg td lg avg/g SHAKIR, Khalil 6 46 634 13.8 6 52105.7 THOMAS, CT 6 17 322 18.9 2 75 53.7 BATES, John 5 12 117 9.8 0 28 23.4 SMITH, Riley 6 11 97 8.8 1 21 16.2 VAN BUREN, A. 6 10 54 5.4 0 14 9.0 HOLANI, George 4 7 52 7.4 2 17 13.0 COBBS, Stefan 6 4 72 18.0 0 43 12.0 EVANS, Octavius 2 4 53 13.2 1 21 26.5 BOWENS, Billy 5 3 25 8.3 0 10 5.0 HOPPER, Tyneil 6 2 19 9.5 0 11 3.2 GRIFFIN, M. 4 2 12 6.0 0 7 3.0 CROWE, Tyler 5 1 15 15.0 0 15 3.0 Total 6 119 1472 12.4 12 75245.3 Opponents 6 80 1014 12.7 7 42169.0 2020 Boise State Football Boise State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Dec 12, 2020) All games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dx saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g VAN BUREN, A. 8 ------48 BACHMEIER, Han 4 134 -19 929 910227.5 DALMAS, Jonah - 5-5 28-29 - - - - - 43 SEARS, Jack 3 36 38 332 370123.3 SHAKIR, Khalil 6 ------36 VAN BUREN, A. 6 100 356 0 356 59.3 WILLIAMS, Avery 3 ------18 FENNEGAN, Cade 3 37 20 182 202 67.3 HOLANI, George 3 ------18 SHAKIR, Khalil 6 16 152 0 152 25.3 THOMAS, CT 2 ------12 HOLANI, George 4 19 108 0 108 27.0 KANIHO, Kekaula 1 ------6 SMITH, Danny 2 12 38 0 38 19.0 CRABTREE, Nick 1 ------6 SMITH, Riley 6 4 36 0 36 6.0 BACHMEIER, Han 1 ------6 PETERS, Andy 1 9 1 26 27 27.0 SCHRAMM, DJ 1 ------6 CROWE, Tyler 5 3 15 0 15 3.0 SEARS, Jack 1 ------6 COBBS, Stefan 6 2 11 0 11 1.8 EVANS, Octavius 1 ------6 THOMAS, CT 6 4 7 3 10 1.7 SMITH, Riley 1 ------6 CURRAN, Garrett 6 1 -4 0 -4 -0.7 Total 29 5-5 28-29 - - - - - 217 RIDDLE, Connor 5 1 -9 0 -9 -1.8 Opponents 20 6-8 12-15 2-4 1 1-1 - - 156 TEAM 6 8 -12 0 -12 -2.0 Total 6 386 738 1472 2210368.3 Opponents 6 420 1101 1014 2115352.5

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i2050+ blk DALMAS, Jonah 5-5 100. 0-0 0-0 4-4 1-1 0-0 42 0 VELAZQUEZ, Joel 16 62338.9 71 2 5 5 2 0 WALE, Gavin 7 27639.4 48 0 1 2 0 0 FG Sequence Boise State Opponents DALMAS, Jonah 5 17935.8 43 1 1 1 0 0 Utah State - - HOLANI, George 1 2929.0 29 0 0 0 0 0 Air Force - (31),39 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 BYU (39) (47) DOWNING, Keola 1 2323.0 23 0 0 0 0 0 Colorado State (38) 28 Total 31 11336.5 71 3 7 8 2 1 Hawai'i (32),(42) (27) Opponents 38 13836.5 58 2 10 4 3 3 Wyoming Cowboys (34) (42),(36),(36) Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. VELAZQUEZ, Joel 27 17464.7 20 0 DALMAS, Jonah 11 68362.1 3 0 Total 38 24363.9 23 018.342.1 22 Opponents 32 18959.1 12 227.936.6 28 2020 Boise State Football Boise State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Dec 12, 2020) All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g SHAKIR, Kha 6 152 634 0 0 0 786131.0 WILLIAMS, A 6 0 0 160 415 0 575 95.8 VAN BUREN, 6 356 54 0 0 0 410 68.3 THOMAS, CT 6 7 322 0 4 0 333 55.5 HOLANI, Geo 4 108 52 0 0 0 160 40.0 SMITH, Riley 6 36 97 0 0 0 133 22.2 BATES, John 5 0 117 0 0 0 117 23.4 COBBS, Stef 6 11 72 0 0 0 83 13.8 EVANS, Octa 2 0 53 0 0 0 53 26.5 KANIHO, Kek 6 0 0 44 0 0 44 7.3 SMITH, Dann 2 38 0 0 0 0 38 19.0 SEARS, Jack 3 38 0 0 0 0 38 12.7 CROWE, Tyl 5 15 15 0 0 0 30 6.0 BOWENS, Bil 5 0 25 0 0 0 25 5.0 SKINNER, JL 5 0 0 0 0 21 21 4.2 F E N N E G A N , 3 20 0 0 0 0 20 6.7 S C H R A M M , 6 0 0 20 0 0 20 3.3 HOPPER, Ty 6 0 19 0 0 0 19 3.2 LEBEAUF, Ty 4 0 0 6 0 12 18 4.5 GRIFFIN, M. 4 0 12 0 0 0 12 3.0 CLARK, Jayle 4 0 0 12 0 0 12 3.0 PETERS, An 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 CURRAN, Ga 6 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.7 RIDDLE, Con 5 -9 0 0 0 0 -9 -1.8 TEAM 6 -12 0 0 0 0 -12 -2.0 BACHMEIER 4 -19 0 0 0 0 -19 -4.8 Total 6 738 1472 242 419 33 2904484.0 Opponents 6 1101 1014 71 256 7 2449408.2 2020 Boise State Football Boise State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Dec 12, 2020) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd # Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 44 WHIMPEY, Riley 6 30 24 54 6.0-15 1.0-6 . 1 . . . . . 0B WALKER, Jalen 6 23 7 30 1.0-5 . . 1 . . . . . 28 KANIHO, Kekaula 6 19 9 28 2.0-6 . . 5 . . . . . 0G NOA, Ezekiel 6 11 17 28 2.5-4 ...... 55 IRWIN, Shane 6 16 12 28 7.0-28 6.0-27 . . . . 1 . . 0 SKINNER, JL 5 18 8 26 1.0-3 . 1-21 1 . . . . . 99 MATLOCK, Scott 6 9 13 22 4.5-21 2.0-18 . . . . . 2 . 53 WHITNEY, Sam 5 12 9 21 2.0-4 2.0-4 . 1 . . . . . 26 WILLIAMS, Avery 6 13 3 16 1.0-2 . . . . . 1 2 . 25 WICKERSHAM, B. 6 5 9 14 1.0-3 ...... 8 REED, Markel 6 12 2 14 1.0-1 . . 2 1 . . . . 95 OBICHERE, D. 6 7 7 14 2.5-13 1.0-8 ...... 97 FREEBORN, K. 3 7 7 14 0.5-1 . . . 1 . . . . 20 KAFENTZIS, R. 4 9 4 13 1.0-1 ...... 5 TYLER, Evan 4 6 3 9 . . 1-0 1 . . . . . 38 WASHINGTON, D. 2 3 6 9 ...... 30 BAGNAH, Isaiah 5 4 3 7 3.0-13 2.0-11 . . 1 . . . . 94 CRAVENS, J. 4 2 5 7 1.0-7 1.0-7 ...... 48 DEROSE, Bruno 6 5 2 7 1.0-1 . . 1 . . . . . 21 JONES, Tyreque 6 2 5 7 . . . 1 . . . . . 90 IGIEHON, Scale 5 3 3 6 2.0-11 1.0-10 . 1 . . . . . 52 SCHRAMM, DJ 6 5 1 6 ...... 9 MILLER, Brock 2 1 3 4 ...... 14 KANIHO, Kaonohi 3 2 1 3 ...... 45 PROVENZANO, N. 5 . 3 3 ...... 59 EWING, Jaydn 1 1 1 2 1.0-1 ...... 34 TEUBNER, A. 5 2 . 2 ...... 66 DOOLEY, Ben 3 1 1 2 ...... 42 CANTRELL, D. 6 1 1 2 ...... 2D COLE, Damon 4 1 1 2 ...... 15 GRIFFIN, M. 4 . 1 1 ...... 22 LEBEAUF, Tyric 4 1 . 1 . . 1-12 . . . . 1 . 23 WALEED, Khyheem 4 . 1 1 ...... 4C VISSER, Tyler 3 1 . 1 ...... 49 HERBERG, Dylan 6 . 1 1 ...... 56 KLINE, Casey 3 . 1 1 ...... 35 DALMAS, Jonah 6 1 . 1 ...... 2A VAN BUREN, A. 6 1 . 1 ...... 2 SHAKIR, Khalil 6 1 . 1 ...... Total 6 235 174 409 41-140 16-91 3-33 15 3 . 2 5 . Opponents 6 225 154 379 34-105 11-56 3-7 16 2 4-0 5 2 .