Boise State–Nevada rivalry

Boise State–Nevada football rivalry
Teams	Boise State Broncos Nevada Wolf Pack
First Game	1971
Games Played	38
Overall Series	BSU leads 25-13 (.658)
Largest Margins	53 - BSU 56-3 - (2003) 38 - UNR 66-28 - (1996)
Most Points	136 - BSU 69-67 - (2007)
Longest Streaks	3 - UNR 1990-1991, 1993 and 1996-1998 10 - BSU 1999, 2001–2010
Most Recent Game	BSU 27–21, 2012

The Boise State–Nevada football rivalry is a college football rivalry between the Boise State Broncos football team of Boise State University and Nevada Wolf Pack football team of University of Nevada, Reno. The game has been played every year since 1971 with the exception of 1978, 1992, 1995, and 2000. The game was also played twice in 1990 as the second game was a Division I-AA semifinal playoff game, and to date has been the only post-season game played between the two programs. The series has mostly been a conference match-up, with the exception of the first seven games as well as the 1993, 1994, and 2011 games. Boise State and Nevada have faced each other as conference rivals in four separate conferences - the Big Sky Conference, Big West Conference, Western Athletic Conference, and beginning in 2012, the Mountain West Conference. The two teams have played each other from the NCAA Division II level all the way up to the highest level of college football, NCAA Division I FBS.

Beginning in 2013, however, the rivalry will no longer be played annually. Due to the MW expanding to 12 football members in 2013, the conference will split into two divisions for that sport, with Boise State placed in the Mountain Division and Nevada in the West Division. Future MW football schedules include five divisional games and three cross-division games, with no permanent cross-division opponents. This means that in a four-year cycle, teams in opposite divisions will play one another twice (two seasons on and two off, or vice versa). They will play in 2013 and 2014 and not play each other in 2015 and 2016.

Notable games

• 1990 - Division I-AA semifinal playoff game - triple overtime, Nevada advanced to the I-AA national title game
• 2006 - BSU victory to complete a perfect regular season and a BCS bowl bid
• 2007 - 69-67 Highest scoring game in the history of the series
• 2010 - Overtime Nevada victory which ended Boise State's perfect season and BCS hopes

Game results

Winning team
██ orange for Boise State
██ silver for Nevada.

Game	Season	Date	Winning team	Broncos	Wolf Pack	Game site	Conference	Overall
1	1971	Sep-25	Boise State	17	10	Mackay Stadium, Reno	Big Sky-Independent	BSC 1–0
2	1972	Oct-14	Boise State	56	19	Bronco Stadium, Boise	Big Sky-Independent	BSC 2-0
3	1973	Nov-3	Nevada	21	23	Mackay Stadium, Reno	Big Sky-Independent	BSC 2–1
4	1974	Oct-4	Boise State	36	16	Bronco Stadium, Boise	Big Sky-Independent	BSU 3–1
5	1975	Nov-8	Boise State	49	6	Mackay Stadium, Reno	Big Sky-Independent	BSU 4–1
6	1976	Oct-23	Boise State	26	8	Bronco Stadium, Boise	Big Sky-Independent	BSU 5–1
7	1977	Oct-15	Nevada	10	28	Mackay Stadium, Reno	Big Sky-Independent	BSU 5–2
				Both teams move up to the new Div. I-AA in 1978 but do not play. UNR joins the Big Sky in 1979.
8	1979	Nov-10	Boise State	28	27	Mackay Stadium, Reno	Big Sky	BSU 6–2
9	1980	Nov-8	Boise State	14	3	Bronco Stadium, Boise	Big Sky	BSU 7–2
10	1981	Oct-31	Boise State	13	3	Mackay Stadium, Reno	Big Sky	BSU 8–2
11	1982	Sep-18	Boise State	20	13	Bronco Stadium, Boise	Big Sky	BSU 9-2
12	1983	Sep-27	Nevada	20	38	Mackay Stadium, Reno	Big Sky	BSU 9-3
13	1984	Sep-22	Boise State	37	12	Bronco Stadium, Boise	Big Sky	BSU 10-3
14	1985	Sep-21	Nevada	10	37	Mackay Stadium, Reno	Big Sky	BSU 10-4
15	1986	Nov-8	Nevada	21	16	Bronco Stadium, Boise	Big Sky	BSU 10-5
16	1987	Nov-7	Boise State	36	31	Mackay Stadium, Reno	Big Sky	BSU 11-5
17	1988	Oct-29	Boise State	40	28	Bronco Stadium, Boise	Big Sky	BSU 12-5
18	1989	Nov-4	Nevada	14	30	Mackay Stadium, Reno	Big Sky	BSU 12-6
19	1990	Nov-10	Boise State	30	14	Bronco Stadium, Boise	Big Sky	BSU 13-6
20		Dec-8	Nevada	52	59 3 OT	Mackay Stadium, Reno	Big Sky	BSU 13-7
21	1991	Oct-26	Nevada	14	17	Mackay Stadium, Reno	Big Sky	BSU 13-8
				UNR moves to the Div. I-A Big West in 1992. BSU and UNR do not play in 1992.
22	1993	Sep-11	Nevada	10	38	Mackay Stadium, Reno	Big Sky-Big West	BSU 13-9
23	1994	Sep-17	Boise State	37	27	Bronco Stadium, Boise	Big Sky-Big West	BSU 14-9
				BSU and UNR do not play in 1995. BSU moves to the Big West in 1996.
24	1996	Oct-12	Nevada	28	66	Mackay Stadium, Reno	Big West	BSU 14-10
25	1997	Nov-8	Nevada	42	56	Bronco Stadium, Boise	Big West	BSU 14-11
26	1998	Oct-31	Nevada	24	42	Mackay Stadium, Reno	Big West	BSU 14-12
27	1999	Oct-23	Boise State	52	17	Bronco Stadium, Boise	Big West	BSU 15-12
				UNR moves to the WAC in 2000, and BSU in 2001, teams do not play in 2000.
28	2001	Oct-27	Boise State	49	7	Bronco Stadium, Boise	WAC	BSU 16-12
29	2002	Nov-23	Boise State	44	7	Mackay Stadium, Reno	WAC	BSU 17-12
30	2003	Nov-29	Boise State	56	3	Bronco Stadium, Boise	WAC	BSU 18-12
31	2004	Nov-27	Boise State	58	21	Mackay Stadium, Reno	WAC	BSU 19-12
32	2005	Oct-29	Boise State	49	14	Bronco Stadium, Boise	WAC	BSU 20-12
33	2006	Nov-25	Boise State	38	7	Mackay Stadium, Reno	WAC	BSU 21-12
34	2007	Oct-14	Boise State	69 4 OT	67	Bronco Stadium, Boise	WAC	BSU 22-12
35	2008	Nov-22	Boise State	41	34	Mackay Stadium, Reno	WAC	BSU 23-12
36	2009	Nov-27	Boise State	44	33	Bronco Stadium, Boise	WAC	BSU 24-12
37	2010	Nov-26	Nevada	31	34 OT	Mackay Stadium, Reno	WAC	BSU 24-13
				BSU moves to the MWC in 2011. UNR joins a year later in 2012.
38	2011	Oct-1	Boise State	30	10	Bronco Stadium, Boise	MWC-WAC	BSU 25-13
39	2012	Dec-1	Boise State	27	21	Mackay Stadium, Reno	MWC	BSU 26-13
40	2013	Oct-19		-	-	Bronco Stadium, Boise	MWC	BSU