1979 Boise State Broncos football team


The 1979 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Broncos competed in the Big Sky Conference and played their home games on campus at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jim Criner and an offensive backfield of juniors: quarterback Joe Aliotti, fullback David Hughes, halfback Cedric Minter, with halfback Terry Zahner
were and undefeated in the Big Sky, but were on probation for a scouting violation in November 1978; they were ineligible for the league title or I-AA playoffs
Senior quarterback Hoskin Hogan dropped out of school and junior college transfer Aliotti won the
After an opening two-point loss at home, BSU won ten straight; the league opener in late September set a Big Sky attendance record shutout win for BSU, it was the only blemish for Montana State in conference play, but three non-conference losses kept them out of the four-team I-AA playoffs; the western postseason bid went again to Nevada-Reno who finished their first season in the Big Sky at

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