The 2024 season's largest margin: Boise State 56, Portland State 14. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2024 — The Top-10 Year
Boise State finished 2024 inside the final AP top-10. The top-10 is the tier the program calibrates annual expectation against.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Maddux MadsenQB3,018 passing yards
- Ashton JeantyRB2,601 rushing yards
- Cam CamperWR903 receiving yards
- Matt LauterTE629 receiving yards
- Latrell CaplesWR473 receiving yards
- Ty BenefieldDB82 tackles
- Seyi OladipoS68 tackles
- Zion WashingtonDB67 tackles
- Jayden VirginEDGE10 sacks
- Ahmed HassaneinDE9.5 sacks
- Braxton FelyDL5.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2024.
The season's deepest loss: Boise State 14, Penn State 31. A 17-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Boise State fell to Penn State 14-31 in the postseason.
"Be the smurf"
2024 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.