The 2017 season's largest margin: Boise State 41, Utah State 14. A 27-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Ten-Win Year
Boise State's 2017 season (11-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Brett RypienQB2,877 passing yards
- Montell CozartQB754 passing yards
- Alexander MattisonRB1,086 rushing yards
- Ryan WolpinRB448 rushing yards
- Cedrick WilsonWR1,511 receiving yards
- A.J. RichardsonWR494 receiving yards
- Jake RohTE410 receiving yards
- Leighton Vander Esch?141 tackles
- Kekoa NawahineS107 tackles
- Tyson MaevaLB84 tackles
- Curtis WeaverLB11 sacks
- Jabril Frazier?6 sacks
- Desmond WilliamsS2 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Boise State 23, Virginia 42. A 19-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Boise State beat Oregon 38-28 in the postseason.
"Be the smurf"
2017 is a middle chapter for Boise State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.