Boise State–Nevada football rivalry

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Boise State–Nevada football rivalry
Statistics
Boise State Broncos Nevada Wolf Pack
Sport	Football
First meeting	September 25, 1971 Boise State, 17–10
Latest meeting	November 9, 2024 Boise State, 28–14
Stadiums	Albertsons Stadium Boise, Idaho, U.S. Mackay Stadium Reno, Nevada, U.S.
Trophy	None
Meetings total	46
All-time series	Boise State leads, 32–14 (.696)^[1]
Largest victory	Boise State, 56–3 (2003)
Longest win streak	Boise State, 10 (1999–2009)
Current win streak	Boise State, 2 (2022–present)

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Nevada

Boise State

Locations of Boise State and Nevada

The Boise State–Nevada football rivalry is a college football rivalry between the Boise State Broncos football team of Boise State University and Nevada Wolf Pack football team of University of Nevada, Reno. The game has been played annually since 1971, with the exception of 1978, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2015–2016 and 2019–2020. The teams met twice in 1990 as the second game was a Division I-AA semifinal playoff game; it remains the only post-season game played between the two programs.

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

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

Notable games

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

Game results

Boise State victories	Nevada victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	September 25, 1971	Reno, NV	Boise State	17–10
2	October 14, 1972	Boise, ID	#8 Boise State	56–19
3	November 3, 1973	Reno, NV	Nevada	23–21
4	October 5, 1974	Boise, ID	#4 Boise State	36–16
5	November 8, 1975	Reno, NV	#3 Boise State	49–6
6	October 23, 1976	Boise, ID	Boise State	26–8
7	October 15, 1977	Reno, NV	Nevada	28–10
8	November 10, 1979	Reno, NV	Boise State	28–27
9	November 8, 1980	Boise, ID	#7 Boise State	14–3
10	October 31, 1981	Reno, NV	#4 Boise State	13–3
11	September 18, 1982	Boise, ID	Boise State	20–13
12	September 24, 1983	Reno, NV	Nevada	38–20
13	September 22, 1984	Boise, ID	Boise State	37–12
14	September 21, 1985	Reno, NV	Nevada	37–10
15	November 8, 1986	Boise, ID	#1 Nevada	21–16
16	November 7, 1987	Reno, NV	Boise State	36–31
17	October 29, 1988	Boise, ID	Boise State	40–28
18	November 4, 1989	Reno, NV	Nevada	30–14
19	November 10, 1990	Boise, ID	#6 Boise State	30–14
20	December 8, 1990	Reno, NV	#4 Nevada	59–52^3OT
21	October 26, 1991	Reno, NV	#1 Nevada	17–14
22	September 11, 1993	Reno, NV	Nevada	38–10
23	September 17, 1994	Boise, ID	Boise State	37–27
24	October 12, 1996	Reno, NV	Nevada	66–28

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
25	November 8, 1997	Boise, ID	Nevada	56–42
26	October 31, 1998	Reno, NV	Nevada	52–24
27	October 23, 1999	Boise, ID	Boise State	52–17
28	October 27, 2001	Boise, ID	Boise State	49–7
29	November 23, 2002	Reno, NV	#23 Boise State	44–7
30	November 29, 2003	Boise, ID	#18 Boise State	56–3
31	November 27, 2004	Reno, NV	#10 Boise State	58–21
32	October 29, 2005	Boise, ID	Boise State	49–14
33	November 25, 2006	Reno, NV	#12 Boise State	38–7
34	October 14, 2007	Boise, ID	Boise State	69–67^4OT
35	November 22, 2008	Reno, NV	#9 Boise State	41–34
36	November 27, 2009	Boise, ID	#6 Boise State	44–33
37	November 26, 2010	Reno, NV	#19 Nevada	34–31^OT
38	October 1, 2011	Boise, ID	#4 Boise State	30–10
39	December 1, 2012	Reno, NV	#25 Boise State	27–21
40	October 19, 2013	Boise, ID	Boise State	34–17
41	October 4, 2014	Reno, NV	Boise State	51–46
42	November 4, 2017	Boise, ID	Boise State	41–14
43	October 13, 2018	Reno, NV	Boise State	31–27
44	October 2, 2021	Boise, ID	Nevada	41–31
45	November 12, 2022	Reno, NV	Boise State	41–3
46	November 9, 2024	Boise, ID	#12 Boise State	28–21
Series: Boise State leads 32–14^[1]

Non-conference games (11: 1971–1977, 1990 (playoff), 1993–1994 and 2011)
- Second meeting in 1990 was Division I-AA semifinal; Nevada won in triple overtime
Three overtime games: 1990 playoff (3OT), 2007 (4OT) and 2010 (OT)
Not played in 8 seasons (1978, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2015–2016 and 2019–2020)

Coaching records

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Since first game on September 25, 1971

Boise State

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

Nevada

Head Coach	Team	Games	Seasons	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.
Jerry Scattini	Nevada	5	1969–1975	1	4	0	.200
Chris Ault (a)	Nevada	16	1976–1992	7	9	0	.438
Jeff Horton	Nevada	1	1993	1	0	0	1.000
Chris Ault (b)	Nevada	1	1994–1995	0	1	0	.000
Jeff Tisdel	Nevada	4	1996–1999	3	1		.750
Chris Tormey	Nevada	3	2000–2003	0	3		.000
Chris Ault (c)	Nevada	9	2004–2012	1	8		.111
Brian Polian	Nevada	2	2013–2016	0	2		.000
Jay Norvell	Nevada	3	2017–2021	1	2		.333
Ken Wilson	Nevada	3	2022–2023	0	1		.000
Jeff Choate	Nevada	1	2024–present	0	1		.000

Chris Ault's overall record in series is 8–18–0 (.308)
There have been no ties in this series; Big Sky went to overtime for conference games in 1980
& all Division I games went to overtime in 1996.

References

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

v t e Boise State Broncos football
Venues	Public School Field (1933–1939) College Field (1940–1949) Bronco Stadium (I) (1950–1969) Albertsons Stadium (1970–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Fresno State Idaho Nevada
Culture & lore	Buster Bronco
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1933–1967 (junior college) 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Nevada Wolf Pack football
Venues	Evans Field (1896–1905) Mackay Field and Stadium (I) (1915–1965) Mackay Stadium (1966–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boise State UNLV (Fremont Cannon)
Culture & lore	Alphie and Wolfie Jr. KTHX-FM
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906–1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Mountain West Conference football rivalries
Conference	Air Force–Colorado State Air Force–Hawaii Boise State–Fresno State Boise State–Nevada Colorado State–Wyoming (Border War) Fresno State–Hawaii Fresno State–San Diego State Fresno State–San Jose State Hawaii–San Jose State (Dick Tomey Legacy Game) Hawaii–Wyoming Nevada–UNLV (Fremont Cannon) Utah State–Wyoming
Non-conference	Air Force–Army–Navy (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) Arizona–New Mexico Boise State–Idaho BYU–Utah–Utah State (Beehive Boot) BYU–Utah State Colorado–Colorado State (Rocky Mountain Showdown) New Mexico–New Mexico State (Rio Grande Rivalry) Pacific–San Jose State (Victory Bell) San Jose State–Stanford (Bill Walsh Legacy Game) Utah–Utah State (Battle of the Brothers)

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