Boise State — Pac-12
PPA off / def
0.17 / 0.10
2025
Class rank
#51
class of 2026
Returning PPA
66%
returning production
2026 schedule
2025 results (9–5)
Statistical comps — 2025 Boise State's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (11 in / 19 out)
Origins
The blue turf went down in 1986 and the Statue of Liberty play beat Oklahoma in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. Petersen went 92-12 and made the argument that the sport's hierarchy was a choice rather than a fact.
Founded 1932 · A junior college founded by the Episcopal church during the Depression · first football 1933 · defined by Chris Petersen
All-time record
Win %
73.8%
55 seasons played
Winning seasons
39
71% of seasons
By level: FCS 18–18 (1970–1995) · FBS 292–92 (1996–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2009 | 14 | 0 | Western Athletic |
| 2006 | 13 | 0 | Western Athletic |
| 2003 | 13 | 1 | Western Athletic |
| 2011 | 12 | 1 | Mountain West |
| 2010 | 12 | 1 | Western Athletic |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1970 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 375 | 60% |
39% | 125 of 136 | 6.1 | 12% |
| 2nd down | 290 | 55% |
41% | 79 of 136 | 5.6 | 11% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 54 | 74% |
74% | — | 6.0 | 13% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 58 | 12% |
43% | — | 5.7 | 10% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 76 | 13% |
29% | — | 6.2 | 11% |
| 4th down | 25 | 44% |
52% | — | 2.3 | 0% |
177 drives · 33% ended in points · 7.2 plays and 38.9 yards per drive · 0.99 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 2 | Eastern Washington |
Dylan Riley run for 77 yds for a TD (Canaan Moore KICK) |
77 | 7.21 |
| 4 | Air Force |
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Dylan Riley for 75 yds for a TD (Colton Boomer KICK) |
75 | 6.08 |
| 14 | Utah State |
(03:28) Shotgun #14 M.Cutforth pass complete deep left to #25 Q.Brown caught at USU35, for… |
66 | 4.83 |
| 2 | Eastern Washington |
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Ben Ford for 60 yds for a TD (Colton Boomer KICK) |
60 | 4.76 |
| 15 | UNLV |
(08:15) Shotgun #4 M.Madsen pass complete short middle to #13 C.Penry caught at NLV45, for… |
46 | 4.41 |
| 4 | Air Force |
Dylan Riley run for 43 yds for a TD (Colton Boomer KICK) |
43 | 4.38 |
| 8 | UNLV |
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Chris Marshall for 32 yds for a TD (Colton Boomer KICK) |
32 | 3.86 |
| 15 | UNLV |
(14:20) #4 M.Madsen pass complete short left to #13 C.Penry caught at NLV42, for 46 yards … |
46 | 3.83 |