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2008 Boise State Broncos football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	2008
team	Boise State Broncos
image	Boise State text logo.svg
conference	Western Athletic Conference
short_conf	WAC
APRank	11
CoachRank	13
BCSRank
record	12–1
conf_record	8–0
head_coach	Chris Petersen
hc_year	3rd
off_coach	Bryan Harsin
oc_year	3rd
def_coach	Justin Wilcox
dc_year	3rd
off_scheme	Multiple
def_scheme	[4–3](4-3-defense)
stadium	Bronco Stadium
champion	WAC champion
bowl	[Poinsettia Bowl](2008-poinsettia-bowl)
bowl_result	L 16–17 vs. [TCU](2008-tcu-horned-frogs-football-team)

The 2008 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos played their home games at Bronco Stadium, most famous for its blue artificial turf surface, often referred to as the "smurf-turf". The blue turf was new for the 2008 season, as the old Astroplay surface was replaced by Field Turf. The Broncos won the Western Athletic Conference championship and were one of only two teams (the other being the Utah Utes) to finish the 2008 regular season with an undefeated record. However, the Broncos were unable to finish the season undefeated after losing 17–16 to #11 TCU in the Poinsettia Bowl.

The Broncos take the field through the fog during the 2008 season.

Schedule

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Rankings

Preseason

On July 25, the Broncos were selected as the favorite to win the WAC by the media by a total of 383 points to 379 for Fresno State and first place votes of 25 to 20. The WAC coaches (not allowed to vote for their own team) voted Fresno #1 with a total of 63 to 57 points. Fresno had a total of 7 first place votes among WAC coaches to Boise States 2.

The USA Today Coaches preseason top 25 poll was released on August 1, with Boise State receiving 25 votes to rank 34th. The Associated Press preseason top 25 poll was released on August 16, with Boise State receiving 17 votes to rank 36th.

Game summaries

Idaho State

Bowling Green

Oregon

Boise State sideline and fans in Autzen Stadium.

Louisiana Tech

Boise State on defense in the first half.

Southern Miss

Hawaii

San Jose State

New Mexico State

Utah State

Idaho

Nevada

Freshman QB Kellen Moore threw for a then career high 414 yards

Fresno State

TCU—Poinsettia Bowl

Main article: 2008 TCU Horned Frogs football team, 2008 Poinsettia Bowl

Roster

† Returning Starter......(S) 2008 Starter......(I) Injured	* Experienced Player

Awards and honors

WAC Coach of the Year

Chris Petersen

WAC Freshman of the Year

Kellen Moore-QB

First Team All WAC

Jeremy Childs- Jr. WR- Second straight year on 1st team

Andrew Woodruff- Sr. OL

Ryan Winterswyk- So. DL

Ellis Powers-Sr. LB

Kyle Wilson- Jr. DB- 2007 2nd team

Second Team All WAC

Austin Pettis- So. WR

Kellen Moore- Fr. QB

Ian Johnson-Sr. RB- 2006 & 2007 1st team

Mike T. Williams- Sr. DL

Jeron Johnson- So. DB

Kyle Wilson- Jr. ST/KR

Statistics

Team

BSU	Opp
Scoring	473
Points per game	39.4
First downs	270
Rushing	1952
Passing	3529
Penalties-Yards	89-814
Total offense	5481
Avg per game	456.8
Fumbles-Lost	25-14

BSU	Opp
Punts-Yards	43-1903
Avg per punt	44.3
Time of possession/Game	29:13
3rd down conversions	67-151
4th down conversions	9-13
Touchdowns scored	62
Field goals-Attempts	14-22
PAT-Attempts	59-60
Attendance	193,649
Games/Avg per Game	6-32,275

Scores by quarter

{{Linescore Amfootball		Road=Boise State	R1=78	R2=179	R3=138	R4=78	Home=Opponents	H1=26	H2=43	H3=42	H4=36

Offense

Rushing

Name	GP	Att	Yards	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
I. Johnson	12	143	738	5.2	12	69	61.5
J. Avery	12	109	613	5.6	4	57	51.1
D. Harper	12	51	259	5.0	4	29	21.6
V. Perretta	12	17	129	7.6	2	27	10.8
D. Martin	10	24	107	4.5	0	23	10.7
T. Young	3	5	52	10.4	2	24	17.3
T. Bissell	12	6	48	8.0	0	41	4.0
J. Hodge	7	12	46	3.8	0	8	6.6
B. Hamdan	7	3	7	2.3	0	6	1.0
R. Brockel	12	3	6	2.0	2	3	0.5
M. Coughlin	6	7	5	0.7	0	9	0.8
K. Moore	12	36	-20	-0.6	1	15	-1.7
TEAM	8	12	-38	-3.2	0	0	-4.8
Broncos Total	12	429	1952	4.6	27	69	162.7
Opponents	12	425	1259	3.0	7	60	104.9

Passing

Name	GP-GS	Cmp-Att	Pct	Yds	TD	INT	Lng	Avg/G	RAT
K. Moore	12-11	259-370	70.0	3264	25	9	80	272.0	161.53
B. Hamdan	7-1	10-20	50.0	115	1	1	22	16.4	104.80
M. Coughlin	6-0	3-5	60.0	25	1	0	13	4.2	168.00
T. Bissell	12-0	3-4	75.0	108	2	0	57	9.0	466.80
V. Perretta	12-0	1-1	100.0	17	1	0	17	1.5	572.80
A. Pettis	12-0	0-1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
TEAM	8-0	0-2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Broncos Total	12	276-403	68.5	3529	30	10	80	294.1	161.65
Opponents	12	212-413	51.3	2275	8	20	81	189.6	94.31

Receiving

Name	GP	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
J. Childs	11	65	741	11.4	7	57	67.4
A. Pettis	12	45	502	11.2	9	24	41.8
V. Perretta	12	34	500	14.7	2	73	41.7
J. Hawkins	12	24	312	13.0	3	46	26.0
I. Johnson	12	19	234	12.3	0	51	19.5
K. Efaw	12	17	262	15.4	0	34	21.8
J. Avery	12	15	220	14.7	0	37	18.3
T. Young	3	10	168	16.8	1	80	56.0
C. O'Neill	4	10	131	13.1	2	44	32.8
R. Brockel	12	9	91	10.1	2	21	7.6
T. Shoemaker	12	7	110	15.7	2	56	9.2
T. Gallarda	12	6	65	10.8	2	16	5.4
T. Bissell	12	5	60	12.0	0	15	5.0
D.J. Harper	12	4	37	9.2	0	20	3.1
D. Martin	10	2	53	26.5	0	35	5.3
M. Choate	11	2	29	14.5	0	22	2.6
T. Franklin	10	2	14	7.0	0	8	1.4
Broncos Total	12	276	3529	12.8	30	80	294.1
Opponents	12	212	2275	10.7	8	81	189.6

Defense

Team	GP	Tackles	Sacks	Pass Defense	Interceptions	Fumbles	Blkd
Kick	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL-Yds	No-Yds	BrUp	QBH	No.-Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Rcv-Yds-TD	FF
Total	12	505	336	841	83-349	34-248	56	6	20-110	5.5	0	30	11-49-2	13	4

Special teams

Team	Punting	Kickoffs	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TB	FC	I20	Blkd	No.	Yds	Avg	TB	OB
Total	43	1903	44.3	75	6	2	15	0	88	5618	63.8	13	2

Team	Punt returns	Kick returns	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Total	43	539	12.5	3	90	23	506	22.0	0	42

References

(August 31, 2008). "Off and gunning". The Idaho Statesman.

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