Year: | 1973 |
Team: | Boise State Broncos |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Big Sky Conference |
Short Conf: | Big Sky |
Coachrank: | 8 (D-II) |
Aprank: | 5 (D-II) |
Record: | 10–3 |
Conf Record: | 6–0 |
Head Coach: | Tony Knap |
Hc Year: | 6th |
Stadium: | Bronco Stadium |
Champion: | Big Sky champion |
Bowl: | Division II Semifinal - Pioneer Bowl |
Bowl Result: | L 34–38 vs. Louisiana Tech |
The 1973 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State College during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season, the sixth season of Bronco football (at the four-year level) and the first in the newly reorganized Division II. The Broncos were in their fourth year as members of the Big Sky Conference (and NCAA) and played their home games on campus at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho.
Led by sixth-year head coach Tony Knap, the Broncos were in the regular season and undefeated in conference to win their first Big Sky title.[1] Invited to the inaugural eight-team Division II playoffs, BSC hosted a 53–10 quarterfinal win over In the semifinals, the Broncos lost 38–34 to Louisiana Tech in the Pioneer Bowl in Texas,[2] giving up a touchdown in the
Three Broncos were selected in the 1974 NFL draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (442 selections).
Player | Position | Round | Overall | Franchise | |
Don Hutt | 213 | Los Angeles Rams | |||
Dan Dixon | 313 | Houston Oilers | |||
Al Davis | Guard | 433 | Atlanta Falcons |