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TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 . Weekly Schedule / . Notes. / . Quick Facts 3 . National Polls / . .Poll Notes 2019 SCHEDULE / RESULTS 4 . National Rankings 5 . MW Standings / DATE OPPONENT TV TIME (MT)/RESULT . MW Schedule Aug . 31 (SAT) @ Florida State ESPNews W, 36-31 6 . Opponent Schedules / Sept . 6 (FRI) MARSHALL ESPN2 W, 14-7 . .Future Schedules Sept . 14 (SAT) PORTLAND STATE ESPN2 W, 45-10 7 . Depth Chart Sept . 20 (FRI) AIR FORCE * ESPN2 W, 30-19 8 . Game Notes / Record When . Oct . 5 (SAT) @ UNLV * CBS SN W, 38-13 Oct . 12 (SAT) HAWAI’I * ESPN2 W, 59-37 9 . Game Notes / The Hammer Oct . 19 (SAT) @ BYU ESPN2 L, 25-28 10 . Game Notes / Drive Summary Nov . 2 (SAT) @ San Jose State * CBS SN W, 52-42 11 . Game Notes / Explosive Plays Nov . 9 (SAT) WYOMING * ESPN W, 20-17 (OT) 12 . Game Notes / Broncos in the NFL Nov . 16 (SAT) NEW MEXICO * ESPN2 W, 42-9 13 . Game Notes / Nov . 23 (SAT) @ Utah State * CBS SN W, 56-21 . Bronco Radio Network Nov . 29 (FRI) @ Colorado State * CBS SN W, 31-24 14 . Game Notes / Debuts Dec . 7 (SAT) HAWAI’I $ ESPN W, 31-10 15 . Game Notes / Players of the Week Dec . 21 (SAT) vs . Washington ! ABC 5:30 p .m . 16 . Game Notes / Captains 17 . Game Notes / Lyle Smith HOME GAMES IN BOLD // * - Mountain West Game 18-22 . Individual Notes / Game Notes $ - Mountain West Championship // ! - Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl 23 . Sacks For Hunger / . Games Against the Autonomous Five BRONCO GAME NOTES GAME 14 | LAS VEGAS BOWL 24 . The Blue / . .Postseason Honors DATE: . Saturday, Dec . 21 25 . Uniforms TIME: . 5:30 p .m . (MT) 26-27 . Head Coach Bryan Harsin LOCATION: . Las Vegas, Nev . 28 . Bronco Assistant Coaches STADIUM: . .. Sam Boyd Stadium 29 . Statistical Comparison CAPACITY: . 35,500 30 . Starters / Participation 31-32 . Ranking History TV: . ABC 33 . Non-Saturday Games #19 CFP / #18 AP / . Bob Wischusen (Play-by-Play) 34-35 . National TV Games #18 COACHES . Kirk Herbstreit (Analyst) 36 . Blocked Kicks / . Molly McGrath (Reporter) . Ranked Opponents / BOISE STATE WASHINGTON . OT. Games . 12-1, 8-0 MW . .7-5, 4-5 MW RADIO: . Bronco Radio Network 37-39 . The Last Time . .Bob Behler (Play-by-Play) 40-46 . 2019 Game Summaries LEADERS LEADERS . Pete Cavender (Analyst) 47-48 . Rosters / PASSING PASSING . .Pronunciation . H . Bachmeier . .J . Eason . (251 .4 YPG) . (243 .5 YPG) THE GAME 49-54 . 2019 Statistics RUSHING RUSHING The Boise State football team, ranked No . 18 . G . Holani . S . Ahmed in both the Associated Press and Coaches . (75 .3 YPG) . (90 .9 YPG) Polls and No . 19 in the College Football Playoff RECEIVING RECEIVING Poll, will square off against Washington in TOP OF THE G5 . J . Hightower . H . Bryant the Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl, Dec . (71 .0 YPG) . (68 .8 YPG) 21 (Saturday) . A rematch of the 2012 edition …Boise State athletics has concluded each TACKLES TACKLES of the bowl game, the Broncos and Huskies of the last two seasons as the highest-ranked are slated to kick at 5:30 p .m . MT in what will . R . Whimpey (5 .5 TPG) . E. Molden (5 .8 TPG) school from the Group of Five in the Learfield be the final bowl game held at Sam Boyd SACKS SACKS IMG College Directors’ Cup Standings . .C . Weaver (13 .5) . J . Tryon (8 .0) Stadium, and the game will be nationally televised on ABC . INTERCEPTIONS INTERCEPTIONS …This season Boise State took over as the . K . Nawahine (3) . .2 Players (3) The Broncos will be making their fifth all-time leader in winning percentage ( .7306; SERIES HISTORY appearance at the Las Vegas Bowl, and are 460-169-2) in NCAA history . Second is Ohio OVERALL RECORD: . 2-2 a perfect 4-0 in the game . Boise State has State ( .7300; 924-325-53) and third is Michigan HOME RECORD: . 1-0 defeated Utah (2010), Arizona State (2011), ( .7297; 962-345-36) . ROAD RECORD: . 0-2 Washington (2012) and Oregon (2017) in the STREAK: . W1 Las Vegas Bowl . Boise State is in the midst of its 22nd- LONGEST STREAK: . W1 consecutive season with a winning record, the MOST POINTS SCORED: . 28; 28-26 (Dec . 22, 2012) longest active streak in the nation, the 15th- WIDEST MARGIN OF VICTORY: longest streak in NCAA history and the longest . 3; 16-13 (Sept . 4, 2015) by a Group of Five school all-time . 1 THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 6:15-7 PM 10 AM 10 AM-Noon 11-11:30 AM 4:30 PM Photo Op Player Interviews Practice Kickoff Media Washington Maverick UNLV Practice Field (Closed) Conference ABC Helicopters Hard Rock Hotel 10:15 AM-12:15 PM 12:45 PM Harsin/ Practice @ UNLV Player Interviews Players (Limited) Hard Rock Hotel Following Game 12:45-1:15 PM Signing Day Media Availability Hard Rock Hotel QUICK FACTS BRONCO GAME NOTES LOCATION: . .. Boise, Idaho THE NATION’S WINNINGEST PROGRAM FOUNDED: . 1932 With Boise State’s win over Colorado State and Michigan’s loss to Ohio State during the final week ENROLLMENT: . 25,540 of the regular season, the Broncos took over as the winningest team in college football history NICKNAME: . Broncos in terms of percentage . Since becoming a four-year school in 1968, Boise State is now 460-169-2, COLORS: . Blue and Orange a winning percentage of .7306 . Ohio State is now second ( .7300; 924-325-53), while Michigan is STADIUM: . Albertsons Stadium third ( .7297; 962-345-36) . .(36,387) SURFACE: . Blue Field Turf QUICK HITTERS CONFERENCE: . Mountain West …The Broncos’ current six-game winning streak is tied with FAU for the sixth-longest in the PRESIDENT: . Dr . Marlene Tromp country, trailing only Clemson (28), Ohio State (19), LSU (14), Memphis (seven) and Air Force ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: . Curt Apsey (seven) . HEAD COACH: . Bryan Harsin RECORD AT BOISE STATE: …The Broncos have posted eight come-from-behind wins this season, tied with Memphis for . 64-16, 6th Year the most in FBS . OVERALL RECORD: . 71-21, 7th Year …Boise State has seven wins over bowl-eligible teams this season, tied with Georgia for the SID STAFF fourth-most nationally . Only CFP participants LSU (nine), Ohio State (nine) and Clemson (eight) ASSOCIATE AD/ have more . EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS . .Joe Nickell …From 2014-19, Boise State has 31 wins over teams that finished above .500 . The Broncos rank . .joenickell@boisestate .edu sixth nationally behind Alabama (50), Clemson (49), Ohio State (44), Georgia (34) and Oklahoma . .(208) 631-5483 (34) during that time . ASSOCIATE SID THE SERIES . .Aaron Juarez Boise State and Washington are an even 2-2 in the all-time series, the Broncos’ only losses coming . aaronjuarez@boisestate .edu on the road in 2007 (24-10) and 2013 (38-6) . The victories came in the 2012 MAACO Bowl Las Vegas . .(208) 982-0040 (28-26), and at Albertsons Stadium in 2015 (16-13) . ASSOCIATE SID SENIOR SUCCESS . Craig Lawson The Broncos’ 2019 senior class is the 21st-straight group that will leave Boise State with at least . craiglawson@boisestate .edu one conference title . Of those 21 senior classes, 18 left with multiple championships, including . .(509) 432-9063 11 with three-or-more . The last senior class without a league championship was the 1998 group . ADDRESS The streak of 21-straight classes is the longest active streak in the country, and tied with Michigan . .1910 University Dr . (1975-2002) for the third-longest in NCAA history . BYU (30; 975-2004) and Nebraska (28; 1975- . MS 1020 2002) boast the longest streaks in NCAA history . Boise, ID 83725 2 IN THE POLLS ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL AMWAY COACHES POLL ONE OF THE VOTERS: Boise State head (DEC . 8) (DEC . 8) coach Bryan Harsin is one of 65 voters in Team Record Pts Pvs . Team Record Pts Pvs . the 2019 Amway Coaches Poll . 1 LSU (47) 13-0 1535 1 1 LSU (46) 13-0 1605 1 2 Ohio State (12) 13-0 1488 2 2 Ohio State (14) 13-0 1562 2 18 YEARS IN THE RANKINGS: The Boise 3 Clemson (3) 13-0 1441 3 3 Clemson (5) 13-0 1513 3 State football team is in the midst of 4 Oklahoma 12-1 1364 6 4 Oklahoma 12-1 1430 6 18-consecutive seasons in the national 5 Georgia 11-2 1241 4 5 Georgia 11-2 1294 4 rankings, tied with USC for the eighth- 6 Florida 10-2 1167 7 6 Oregon 11-2 1189 13 longest active streak in the nation . 7 Oregon 11-2 1141 13 7 Florida 10-2 1172 7 8 Baylor 11-2 1039 8 8 Baylor 11-2 1161 8 Boise State has been ranked for at least 9 Auburn 9-3 1011 11 9 Alabama 10-2 1092 9 one week in either the AP or the Coaches Alabama 10-2 1011 9 10 Utah 11-2 1005 5 Poll every season since 2002 . 11 Wisconsin 10-3 944 12 11 Wisconsin 10-3 988 10 12 Utah 11-2 909 5 12 Penn State 10-2 967 11 PRESEASON RANKINGS: The Broncos did 13 Penn State 10-2 888 12 13 Auburn 9-3 962 12 not open the 2019 season ranked in either 14 Notre Dame 10-2 709 14 14 Notre Dame 10-2 771 14 the AP or the Coaches Polls . Historically, 15 Memphis 12-1 675 16 15 Memphis 12-1 667 16 that seems to bode well for the Broncos . 16 Minnesota 10-2 645 15 16 Minnesota 10-2 654 15 Over the course of the last 17 seasons, the 17 Michigan 9-3 597 17 17 Michigan 9-3 592 18 Broncos did not open a season ranked 18 Boise State 12-1 500 19 18 Boise State 12-1 566 17 on eight occasions, and in seven of those 19 Iowa 9-3 494 18 19 Iowa 9-3 485 19 seasons – 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 20 Appalachian St 12-1 355 20 20 Appalachian St 12-1 375 20 2014 and 2017 – the Broncos finished 21 Navy 9-2 246 23 21 Navy 9-2 234 23 the season in the top 25 .