2014 Boise State Broncos football team

2014 Mountain West Conference football standings
	Mountain Division
	West Division
	Championship: Boise State 28, Fresno State 14
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; As of January 1, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

Boise State Broncos football
2014 Boise State Broncos football
Fiesta Bowl Champions; Mountain West Conference Champions; MWC Mountain Division Champions
Mountain West Championship Game vs. Fresno State, W 28–14
Fiesta Bowl vs. #11 Arizona, W 38–30
Conference	Mountain West Conference Mountain Division
Ranking
Coaches	#16
AP	#16
2014 record	12–2 (7–1 MWC)
Head coach	Bryan Harsin (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Sanford Jr. (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Marcel Yates (1st year)
Base defense	Multiple
Home stadium	Albertsons Stadium; (Capacity: 36,387)
« 2013	2015 »

The 2014 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos were led by first-year head coach Bryan Harsin and played their home games at Albertsons Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference in the Mountain Division. They finished the season 12–2, 7–1 in Mountain West play to win the Mountain Division championship. They defeated West Division champion Fresno State in the Mountain West Championship Game to become Mountain West champions. As the highest ranked team from the "Group of five", they received an automatic bid to a New Year's Six bowl. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl where they defeated Arizona. It was the Broncos third appearance and victory in the Fiesta Bowl.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	6:00 PM	vs. #19 Ole Miss*		Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game)	ESPN	L 13–35	32,823
September 6	8:15 PM	Colorado State		Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN2	W 37–24	34,910
September 13	10:00 AM	at Connecticut*		Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	ABC/ESPN2	W 38–21	30,098
September 20	8:30 PM	Louisiana–Lafayette*		Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	CBSSN	W 34–9	33,337
September 27	5:00 PM	at Air Force		Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN	L 14–28	30,012
October 4	8:30 PM	at Nevada		Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV (Rivalry)	CBSSN	W 51–46	32,327
October 17	6:00 PM	Fresno State		Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID (Battle for the Milk Can)	ESPN	W 37–27	35,008
October 24	7:00 PM	BYU*		Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN	W 55–30	36,752
November 8	5:00 PM	at New Mexico		University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	CBSSN	W 60–49	21,089
November 15	8:15 PM	San Diego State		Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPNU	W 38–29	27,478
November 22	8:15 PM	at Wyoming		War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	ESPN2	W 63–14	15,821
November 29	8:15 PM	Utah State	#25	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN2	W 50–19	33,940
December 6	8:00 PM	Fresno State	#22	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID (MWC Championship Game)	CBS	W 28–14	26,101
December 31	2:00 PM	vs. #11 Arizona*	#21	University of Phoenix Stadium • Glendale, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	ESPN	W 38–30	66,896
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Schedule Source:^[1]

Game summaries

vs. Ole Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Rebels	7	0	0	28	35
Broncos	0	3	3	7	13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Uniform combination: orange helmet, white jersey, orange pants.

Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	10	0	0	14	24
Broncos	13	17	7	0	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2013	BSU, 42–30

Uniform combination: blue helmet, blue jersey, blue pants.

Boise State players during pregame.

at Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	7	14	3	14	38
Huskies	3	7	11	0	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Uniform combination: white helmet, white jersey, white pants.

The first meeting between the two schools ended with Boise taking the win. Boise State would take the early lead with a fumble recovery from Tanner Vallejo for a touchdown. Boise State would trail in the second quarter 7–10, but Boise State QB Grant Hedrick would throw a touchdown pass to Matt Miller to take the lead again. UConn would close the gap to 3 points in the third quarter and headed into the fourth quarter trailing by 3, but Jonathan Moxey made a key fourth quarter interception, stepping in front of UConn's Deshon Foxx at the UConn 37-yard line. That led to a 9-yard touchdown pass from Hedrick to Miller in the back of the end zone. Boise State would get their second interception with four minutes left in the fourth quarter, this time by Donte Deayon who ripped the ball from receiver Geremy Davis and ran 50 yards down the right sideline for the score thus sealing a 38–21 Boise State victory.^[2]

Louisiana–Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ragin' Cajuns	3	0	0	6	9
Broncos	14	7	10	3	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Uniform combination: blue helmet with chrome facemask and B on the side, blue jersey, blue pants.

Boise State kicking an extra point.

at Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	0	0	0	14	14
Falcons	7	10	3	8	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2013	BSU, 42–20

Uniform combination: orange helment, white jersey, white pants.

at Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	13	17	14	7	51
Wolf Pack	7	14	8	17	46

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–13	2013	BSU, 34–13

Uniform combination: black helmet, white jersey, black pants.

Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	10	0	17	0	27
Broncos	13	7	7	10	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–5	2013	FRES, 41–40

Uniform combination: blue helmet, orange jersey, orange pants.

Boise State during a play in which they scored a TD in the 4th quarter.

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Boise State players celebrate with the Milk Can.

BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	0	16	7	7	30
Broncos	10	31	7	7	55

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2013	BYU, 37–20

Uniform combination: blue helmet, gray jersey, gray pants.

QB Grant Hedrick scoring a 1st quarter TD.

at New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	14	21	6	19	60
Lobos	28	14	7	0	49

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	2014	BSU, 45–17

Uniform combination: blue helmet, white jersey, blue pants.

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	10	10	3	6	29
Broncos	0	10	7	21	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2013	SDSU, 34–31

Uniform combination: black helmet, black jersey, black pants.

Boise State on offense.

at Wyoming

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	14	14	28	7	63
Cowboys	0	7	0	7	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–0	2013	BSU, 48–7

Uniform combination: white helmet, white jersey, white pants.

Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	9	3	0	7	19
#25 Broncos	20	14	0	16	50

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–4	2013	BSU, 34–23

Uniform combination: blue helmet with chrome facemasks, blue jersey, blue pants.

TE Alec Dhaenens catches a 1st quarter TD.

Fresno State–Mountain West Championship Game

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	7	7	14
#22 Broncos	14	7	7	0	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–5	10/27/2014	BSU, 37–27

Uniform combination: blue helmet with chrome facemasks, blue jersey, blue pants.

Arizona–Fiesta Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Broncos	21	10	0	7	38
#11 Wildcats	7	10	3	10	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Uniform combination: blue helmet with chrome facemasks, white jersey, orange pants

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	25	22	21	16
Coaches'	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	22	21	16
CFP	Not released									NR	NR	NR	NR	23	22	20	Not released

Statistics

Scores by quarter

	1	2	3	4	Total
Boise State	153	172	106	125	556
Opponents	101	91	73	110	375

References

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2014 Boise State Broncos football team

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Schedule

Game summaries

vs. Ole Miss

Colorado State

at Connecticut

Louisiana–Lafayette

at Air Force

at Nevada

Fresno State

BYU

at New Mexico

San Diego State

at Wyoming

Utah State

Fresno State–Mountain West Championship Game

Arizona–Fiesta Bowl

Rankings

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2014 Mountain West Conference football standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Mountain Division
#16 Boise State x$		7	–	1		12	–	2
Colorado State		6	–	2		10	–	3
Utah State		6	–	2		10	–	4
Air Force		5	–	3		10	–	3
New Mexico		2	–	6		4	–	8
Wyoming		2	–	6		4	–	8
West Division
Fresno State x		5	–	3		6	–	8
San Diego State		5	–	3		7	–	6
Nevada		4	–	4		7	–	6
Hawaii		3	–	5		4	–	9
San Jose State		2	–	6		3	–	9
UNLV		1	–	7		2	–	11
Championship: Boise State 28, Fresno State 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions As of January 1, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll