2005 Boise State Broncos football team

The 2005 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. Boise State competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), and played their home games at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The Broncos were led by fifth-year head coach Dan Hawkins. He resigned at the end of the regular season to take the head coaching job at Colorado, but remained to coach the Broncos in their bowl game.^[1] The Broncos finished the season 9–4 and 7–1 in conference to win their fourth straight WAC title (shared with Nevada) and played in the MPC Computers Bowl, where they lost to Boston College, 27–21.

2005 Boise State Broncos football
WAC co-champion
MPC Computers Bowl, L 21–27 vs. Boston College
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	9–4 (7–1 WAC)
Head coach	Dan Hawkins (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Chris Petersen (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Ron Collins
Home stadium	Bronco Stadium (Capacity: 30,000)
Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 Western Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Boise State +		7	–	1					9	–	4
Nevada +		7	–	1					9	–	3
Louisiana Tech		6	–	2					7	–	4
Fresno State		6	–	2					8	–	5
Hawaii		4	–	4					5	–	7
San Jose State		2	–	6					3	–	8
Utah State		2	–	6					3	–	8
Idaho		2	–	6					2	–	9
New Mexico State		0	–	8					0	–	12
+ – Conference co-champions

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	3:30 pm	at No. 13 Georgia*	No. 18	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	ESPN	L 13–48	92,746
September 10	4:30 pm	Oregon State*		Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	L 27–30	42,876
September 21	6:00 pm	Bowling Green*		Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	ESPN2	W 48–20	30,561
October 1	10:00 pm	at Hawaii		Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	KTVB	W 44–41	31,695
October 8	6:05 pm	Portland State*		Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	KTVB	W 21–14	30,603	[2]
October 15	6:05 pm	San Jose State		Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	KTVB	W 38–21	30,342
October 22	4:35 pm	at Utah State		Romney Stadium Logan, UT	KTVB	W 45–21	12,922
October 29	1:05 pm	Nevada		Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (rivalry)	SPW	W 49–14	29,843
November 5	1:05 pm	New Mexico State		Bronco Stadium Boise, ID	KTVB	W 56–6	28,545
November 10	6:00 pm	at No. 20 Fresno State		Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 7–27	42,781
November 19	1:05 pm	Idaho		Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (rivalry)	KTVB	W 70–35	30,394
November 26	12:00 pm	at Louisiana Tech		Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	SPW	W 30–13	16,281
December 28	2:30 pm	vs. No. 19 Boston College*		Bronco Stadium Boise, ID (MPC Computers Bowl)	ESPN	L 21–27	30,493
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time