The 2019 season's largest margin: Boise State 45, Portland State 10. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2019 — The Ten-Win Year
Boise State's 2019 season (12-2) 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
- Hank BachmeierQB1,879 passing yards
- Jaylon HendersonQB1,080 passing yards
- George HolaniRB990 rushing yards
- Robert MahoneRB425 rushing yards
- Andrew Van BurenRB265 rushing yards
- John HightowerWR943 receiving yards
- Khalil ShakirWR872 receiving yards
- CT ThomasWR522 receiving yards
- Riley WhimpeyLB83 tackles
- Kekoa NawahineS68 tackles
- Benton WickershamLB63 tackles
- Curtis WeaverLB13.5 sacks
- Chase HatadaDT6 sacks
- Demitri WashingtonDE4.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2019.
The season's deepest loss: Boise State 7, Washington 38. A 31-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Boise State fell to Washington 7-38 in the postseason.
"Be the smurf"
2019 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.