2016 Boise State Broncos football team

The 2016 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It marked the Broncos' 80th season overall, sixth as a member of the Mountain West Conference and fourth within the Mountain Division. They played their home games at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho. They were led by third-year head coach Bryan Harsin. They finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in Mountain West play to finish in a three-way tie for the Mountain Division title. After tiebreakers, they did not represent the Mountain Division in the Mountain West Championship Game. They were invited to the Cactus Bowl where they lost to Baylor.

2016 Boise State Broncos football
MW Mountain Division co-champion
Cactus Bowl, L 12–31 vs. Baylor
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionMountain Division
Record10–3 (6–2 MW)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorZak Hill (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorScott Huff (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorAndy Avalos (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadiumAlbertsons Stadium
(Capacity: 36,387)
2016 Mountain West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Mountain Division
Wyoming xy  6 –2   8 –6  
Boise State x  6 –2   10 –3  
New Mexico x  6 –2   9 –4  
Air Force  5 –3   10 –3  
Colorado State  5 –3   7 –6  
Utah State  1 –7   3 –9  
West Division
No. 25 San Diego State xy$  6 –2   11 –3  
Hawaii  4 –4   7 –7  
Nevada  3 –5   5 –7  
San Jose State  3 –5   4 –8  
UNLV  3 –5   4 –8  
Fresno State  0 –8   1 –11  
Championship: San Diego State 27, Wyoming 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

This season marked the 30th anniversary season that the Broncos have played on the Blue Turf.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released.

Maxwell Award – So. QB Brett Rypien & Jr. RB Jeremy McNichols[1]

Mackey Award – Jr. TE Jake Roh[2]

Lou Groza Award – Sr. K Tyler Rausa[3]

Bronko Nagurski Trophy – Sr. LB Tanner Vallejo[4]

Butkus Award – Sr. LB Tanner Vallejo[5]

Fred Biletnikoff Award – Sr. WR Thomas Sperbeck[6]

Davey O'Brien Award – So. QB Brett Rypien[7]

Doak Walker Award – Jr. RB Jeremy McNichols[8][9]

Walter Camp Award – So. QB Brett Rypien[10]

Mountain West media days

At the Mountain West media days, held at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Broncos were picked as the overwhelming favorites to win the Mountain Division title, receiving 27 of a possible 29 first place votes. So. QB Brett Rypien, Sr. WR Thomas Sperbeck and Sr. K Tyler Rausa were selected to the all-conference first team.[11][12]

Mountain Division
  1. Boise State – 172 (27)
  2. Air Force – 126 (2)
  3. Utah State – 95
  4. Colorado State – 95
  5. New Mexico – 74
  6. Wyoming – 31

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 310:00 a.m.at Louisiana–Lafayette*
ASN/ESPN3W 45–1022,661
September 108:15 p.m.Washington State*
ESPN2W 31–2836,163
September 241:30 p.m.at Oregon State*
FS1W 38–2442,846
October 18:15 p.m.Utah StateNo. 24
  • Albertsons Stadium
  • Boise, ID
ESPN2W 21–1036,602
October 77:00 p.m.at New MexicoNo. 19
CBSSNW 49–2120,090
October 158:15 p.m.Colorado StatedaggerNo. 15
  • Albertsons Stadium
  • Boise, ID
ESPN2W 28–2333,448
October 208:15 p.m.BYU*No. 14
  • Albertsons Stadium
  • Boise, ID
ESPNW 28–2734,575
October 295:00 p.m.at WyomingNo. 13
CBSSNL 28–3026,023
November 48:15 p.m.San Jose StateNo. 24
  • Albertsons Stadium
  • Boise, ID
ESPN2W 45–3131,863
November 125:00 p.m.at HawaiiNo. 22
CBSSNW 52–1622,731
November 187:00 p.m.UNLVNo. 20
  • Albertsons Stadium
  • Boise, ID
ESPN2W 42–2532,989
November 251:30 p.m.at Air ForceNo. 19
CBSSNL 20–2723,556
December 278:15 p.m.vs. Baylor*
ESPNL 12–3133,328
Schedule Source:[13]

Roster
2016 Boise State Broncos football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 1 Cedrick Wilson Jr. Jr
WR 2 Julian Carter Fr
QB 3 Thomas Stuart  Jr
QB 4 Brett Rypien So
WR 5 Garrett Collingham  Fr
WR 6 Chaz Anderson  Sr
QB 7 Anthony Upshaw  So
WR 8 Sean Modster  So
WR 9 Bryan Jefferson  Fr
RB 10 Cory Young  So
RB 13 Jeremy McNichols Jr
QB 14 Camron Humphrey Fr
QB 15 Jake Constantine Fr
WR 16 Taylor Pope  Sr
WR 17 Austin Cottrell Jr
WR 18 Bubba Ogbebor Fr
RB 20 Jake Roper Fr
RB 22 Alexander Mattison Fr
RB 26 Devan Demas  Sr
WR 28 A. J. Richardson  So
RB 30 Ryan Wolpin  Jr
RB 34 Robert Mahone Fr
RB 39 Jake Shaddox  Fr
TE 47 Matt Pistone  Fr
OL 52 Andrew Tercek  Jr
OL 59 Mason Hampton  Jr
OL 60 Kellen Buhr  Sr
OL 64 Ben Vering Fr
OL 66 Mario Yakoo  Sr
OL 67 Garrett Larson  Fr
OL 69 Austin Dixon Fr
OL 70 Steven Baggett  Sr
OL 71 Donte Harrington Fr
OL 72 Will Adams  Sr
OL 73 Travis Averill  Sr
OL 74 Archie Lewis  Jr
OL 75 Kole Bailey Fr
OL 76 Ezra Cleveland Fr
OL 77 John Molchon  Fr
OL 78 Andres Preciado  So
OL 79 Eric Quevedo  Fr
WR 80 Christian Blaser Fr
WR 81 Akilian Butler So
WR 82 Thomas Sperbeck Sr
WR 83 David McKinzie  Jr
TE 84 Jake Knight  So
TE 85 John Bates Fr
TE 86 Chase Blakley  So
TE 87 Alec Dhaenans  Jr
TE 88 Jake Roh  Jr
WR 89 Brock Barr  Jr
TE 93 Nick Crabtree Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 2 Jonathan Moxey Sr
S 3 Chanceller James  Sr
CB 4 DeAndre Pierce Fr
MLB 7 Joe Martarano  Jr
DE 8 Jabril Frazier  So
OLB 9 Desmond Williams Fr
S 10 Kekoa Nawahine Fr
CB 14 Tyler Horton So
S 15 Evan Tyler  Fr
S 17 Jalen Walker Fr
OLB 20 Tanner Vallejo Sr
S 22 Hayden Israelson Fr
S 23 Damion Wright  Fr
LB 24 Kameron Miles  Jr
CB 25 Raymond Ford  Sr
CB 26 Avery Williams Fr
CB 27 Reid Harrison-Ducros Fr
CB 30 Robert Lewis Fr
S 31 Skyler Seibold  So
S 32 Jordan Happle Fr
OLB 33 Gabe Perez  Jr
MLB 34 Solo Taylor Fr
DE 35 Derriyon Shaw Fr
OLB 36 Blake Whitlock Jr
S 37 Cameron Hartsfield  Jr
OLB 38 Leighton Vander Esch  So
DE 40 Jabari Watson Fr
OLB 41 Will Heffner  Fr
MLB 43 Joe Provenzano  So
MLB 44 Darren Lee Sr
DE 45 Kayode Rufai Fr
S 47 Ma'a Tanuvasa Fr
MLB 48 Bruno DeRose Fr
OLB 51 Ben Weaver  Sr
DE 53 Sam Whitney  Fr
DT 54 Matt Locher  Fr
DT 55 David Moa  So
DL 56 Dane Kordopatis Fr
DT 57 Emmanuel Fesili Fr
MLB 58 Tyson Maeva Fr
DT 90 Daniel Auelua Jr
DE 91 Durrant Miles So
DT 92 Paul Semons  So
DT 93 Chase Hatada Fr
DE 94 Sam McCaskill  Sr
OLB 95 Nick Provenzano Fr
DT 96 Elliot Hoyte  Sr
DT 97 Austin Silsby  Jr
DT 98 Sonatane Lui Fr
DE 99 Curtis Weaver Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 19 Sean Wale  Sr
LS 42 Matt Cota  Jr
K 46 Joel Velazquez Fr
K 49 Tyler Rausa  Sr
LS 50 Nicholai Pitman Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Kent Riddle – Associate head coach/Special teams coordinator/Tight ends
  • Steve Caldwell – Associate head coach/Defensive linemen
  • Zak Hill – Offensive coordinator/Quarterbacks
  • Andy Avalos – Defensive coordinator
  • Scott Huff – Co-offensive coordinator/Offensive linemen
  • Junior Adams – Passing game coordinator/Wide receivers
  • Lee Marks – Running backs
  • Ashley Ambrose – Defensive backs
  • Gabe Franklin – Safeties
  • Jeff Pitman – Director, Strength and Conditioning
  • D. J. Harper – Graduate assistant
  • Latu Heimuli – Graduate assistant
  • Nate Potter – Graduate assistant
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 8/14/23

Game summaries

At Louisiana–Lafayette
See also: 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Broncos 14 21 3 7 45
Ragin' Cajuns 0 3 0 7 10
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants

Washington State
See also: 2016 Washington State Cougars football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0 7 7 14 28
Broncos 14 3 7 7 31
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
  • Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 19–35, 299 YDS, 1 TD, 3 INT; Luke Falk (WSU): 55–71, 480 YDS, 4 TD, 1 INT.
  • Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 22 CAR, 116 YDS, 2 TD; Jamal Morrow (WSU): 8 CAR, 22 YDS.
  • Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 7 REC, 133 YDS, 1 TD; Tavares Martin Jr. (WSU): 12 REC, 158 YDS, 1 TD.

At Oregon State
See also: 2016 Oregon State Beavers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Broncos 14 17 0 7 38
Beavers 7 0 10 7 24
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
Boise State on offense in the first half.
  • Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 19–36, 215 YDS, 1 TD; Conor Blount (OSU): 11–18, 138 YDS.
  • Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 28 CAR, 208 YDS, 3 TD; Ryan Nall (OSU): 14 CAR, 66 YDS, 2 TD.
  • Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 6 REC, 104 YDS; Seth Collins (OSU): 9 REC, 106 YDS.

Utah State
See also: 2016 Utah State Aggies football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0 3 0 7 10
Broncos 7 0 7 7 21
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
Boise State on defense in the 4th quarter.
  • Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 15–24, 163 YDS, 2 TD; Kent Myers (USU): 29–50, 287 YDS, 1 TD.
  • Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 30 CAR, 132 YDS; Kent Myers (USU): 12 CAR, 47 YDS.
  • Receiving leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 6 REC, 73 YDS, 1 TD; Andrew Rodriguez (USU): 6 REC, 89 YDS, 1 TD.

At New Mexico
See also: 2016 New Mexico Lobos football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Broncos 14 28 7 0 49
Lobos 7 0 0 14 21
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
  • Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 21–28, 391 YDS, 5 TD; Lamar Jordan (UNM): 4–14, 39 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT.
  • Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 21 CAR, 54 YDS, 2 TD; Lamar Jordan (UNM): 21 CAR, 139 YDS.
  • Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 9 REC, 198 YDS, 2 TD; Matt Quarells (UNM): 1 REC, 13 YDS.

Colorado State
See also: 2016 Colorado State Rams football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 3 0 0 20 23
No. 15 Broncos 0 7 14 7 28
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
  • Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 16–24, 207 YDS, 1 TD; Nick Stevens (CSU): 17–31, 184 YDS, 2 TD.
  • Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 40 CAR, 217 YDS, 2 TD; Dalyn Dawkins (CSU): 14 CAR, 66 YDS.
  • Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 5 REC, 72 YDS, 1 TD; Michael Gallup (CSU): 4 REC, 91 YDS, 1 TD.

BYU
See also: 2016 BYU Cougars football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0 17 7 3 27
No. 14 Broncos 14 7 0 7 28
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
Thomas Sperbeck (bottom right) catching a 2nd QRT. TD
  • Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 25–39, 442 YDS, 3 TD, 2 INT; Taysom Hill (BYU): 21–42, 187 YDS.
  • Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 30 CAR, 140 YDS, 1 TD; Squally Canada (BYU): 21 CAR, 88 YDS.
  • Receiving leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 5 REC, 109 YDS, 1 TD and Tyler Sperbeck 9 REC, 109 YDS, 1 TD; Mitchell Juergens (BYU): 4 REC, 57 YDS.

At Wyoming
See also: 2016 Wyoming Cowboys football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Broncos 7 14 0 7 28
Cowboys 0 17 0 13 30
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
  • Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 22–35, 295 YDS, 1 INT; Josh Allen (WYO): 18–31, 274 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT.
  • Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 18 CAR, 143 YDS, 2 TD; Brian Hill (WYO): 28 CAR, 146 YDS.
  • Receiving leaders: Cedrick Wilson Jr. (BSU): 4 REC, 84 YDS; Jacob Hollister (WYO): 6 REC, 144 YDS, 2 TD.

San Jose State
See also: 2016 San Jose State Spartans football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 6 10 0 15 31
No. 24 Broncos 7 17 7 14 45
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
  • Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 16–21, 219 YDS, 3 TD; Kenny Potter (SJSU): 23–36, 278 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT.
  • Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 28 CAR, 158 YDS, 2 TD; Malik Roberson (SJSU): 12 CAR, 109 YDS, 1 TD.
  • Receiving leaders: Cedrick Wilson (BSU): 6 REC, 102 YDS, 2 TD; Justin Holmes (SJSU): 6 REC, 106 YDS, 1 TD.

At Hawaii
See also: 2016 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Broncos 14 21 10 7 52
Rainbow Warriors 0 3 3 10 16
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
  • Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 18–22, 338 YDS, 4 TD; Dru Brown (UH): 16–31, 125 YDS, 1 TD.
  • Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 16 CAR, 153 YDS, 2 TD; Paul Harris (UH): 14 CAR, 145 YDS.
  • Receiving leaders: Cedrick Wilson (BSU): 7 REC, 141 YDS, 1 TD; Dakota Torres (UH): 3 REC, 35 YDS.

UNLV
See also: 2016 UNLV Rebels football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Rebels 3 7 7 8 25
No. 23 Broncos 14 7 14 7 42
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
Boise State on offense in the 1st half.
  • Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 10–20, 109 YDS; Kurt Palandech (UNLV): 10–20, 113 YDS, 1 TD.
  • Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 31 CAR, 206 YDS, 4 TD; Kurt Palandech (UNLV): 9 CAR, 64 YDS, 2 TD.
  • Receiving leaders: Thomas Sperbeck (BSU): 5 REC, 47 YDS; Andrew Price (UNLV): 3 REC, 65 YDS, 1 TD.

At Air Force
See also: 2016 Air Force Falcons football team
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Broncos 7 3 3 7 20
Falcons 7 10 7 3 27
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
  • Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 9–26, 316 YDS, 1 TD; Arion Worthman (AF): 3–5, 45 YDS.
  • Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 22 CAR, 88 YDS, 1 TD; Arion Worthman (AF): 26 CAR, 80 YDS.
  • Receiving leaders: Cedrick Wilson (BSU): 4 REC, 193 YDS, 1 TD; Jalen Robinette (AF): 3 REC, 45 YDS.

Air Force became the first team to beat Boise State for three consecutive season since Nevada in 1996–98.

Baylor–Cactus Bowl
See also: 2016 Baylor Bears football team and 2016 Cactus Bowl (December)
1 2 3 4 Total
Broncos 0 6 0 6 12
Bears 7 14 3 7 31
Uniform Combination
Helmet Jersey Pants
  • Passing leaders: Brett Rypien (BSU): 32–51, 305 YDS, 1 TD, 2 INT; Zach Smith (BAY): 28–39, 375 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT.
  • Rushing leaders: Jeremy McNichols (BSU): 19 CAR, 46 YDS; Terence Williams (BAY): 25 CAR, 103 YDS.
  • Receiving leaders: Cedrick Wilson (BSU): 6 REC, 88 YDS, 1 TD; K. D. Cannon (BAY): 14 REC, 226 YDS, 2 TD.

Rankings
Further information: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
APRVRVRVRV241915141324242220RVRVRV
CoachesRVRVRVRVRV1915141324242319RVRVRV
CFPNot released24222019——Not released

Scores by quarter

All opponents

1 2 3 4 Total
Boise State 126 151 72 90 439
Opponents 40 91 44 128 303

Mountain West opponents

1 2 3 4 Total
Boise State 70 97 62 56 285
MW Opponents 26 50 17 90 183

Post-season awards

Mountain West first team

Offense

Brett Rypien – So. QB

Thomas Sperbeck – Sr. WR

Travis Averill – Sr. OL

Mario Yakoo – Sr. OL

Defense

Sam McCaskill – Sr. DL

David Moa – So. DL

Mountain West second team

Offense

Jeremy McNichols – Jr. RB

Defense

Ben Weaver – Sr. LB

Chanceller James – Sr. DB

Jonathan Moxey – Sr. DB

Sean Wale – Sr. P

Mountain West honorable mention

Steven Baggett – Sr. OL

Mason Hampton – Jr. OL

Tanner Vallejo – Sr. LB

Cedrick Wilson Jr. – Jr. WR

Award Reference:[14]

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