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Broncos beat Bengals 49-7
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All good things take time. That was true for the Boise State Broncos Saturday night.
It took a little time for the Broncos to get things started, but once they did, they didn’t disappoint.
They beat up on the Bengal’s 49-7 to win their season opener in front of 32,318 fans – the largest crowd in BSU history thanks to the newly unveiled expansion.
“We had to come out and set a tone for the season,” safety Jeron Johnson said.
The Broncos first score of the game didn’t come till 13 minutes and 46 seconds into the first quarter on a drive that featured four straight complete passes by freshman quarterback Kellen Moore. Junior tight end Richie Brockel capped off by pounding the ball over the line for a 2-yard run to put the Broncos up 7-0.
Brockel finished the game with 5 yards and two touchdowns.
“Richie is such an unsung hero,” head coach Chris Petersen said. “He’s one of those guys who’d never think about asking for the football. He’s a big old strong powerful guy.”
Things started to really click and come together for the BSU offense in the second quarter with a myriad of touchdowns.
Senior Ian Johnson opened the flood gates with a 3-yard TD run to the left, that was followed shortly by a one play long bomb from Moore to sophomore wide receiver Titus Young that resulted in an 80-yard touchdown to make it 21-0.
“Making big plays is part of what I like to do for this team,” Young said. He finished the game with 142 yards and one touchdown as well as 34 rushing yards and a rushing TD.
“When you have a one play drive, it gets you going,” Moore said of the 80-yard play. Moore finished the game with 14-of-19 for 274 yards and two touchdowns in a little over two and a half quarters of action.
The last score of the quarter for the Broncos came from Brockel, as he rushed over the right guard for 3 yards to put BSU up 28-0.
ISU was finally able to make a little noise late in the first half as they put together a six minute and 36 second drive that ended in a 2-yard touchdown run by junior Clint Knickrehm.
That touchdown would be the Bengal’s only score of the night.
The second half was almost all blue and orange. The defense didn’t allow a single point and had constant pressure on Bengal quarterback and Boise native Russel Hill. Sophomore Derrell Acrey led the Broncos with 14 tackles followed by freshman Aaron Tevis who had eight tackles and two sacks.
The second half was also highlighted by a third quarter fourth-and-inches goal line stop by the Bronco defense.
“I thought it was awesome,” Petersen said of the stop.
Freshman wide receiver Tyler Shoemaker jumped into the action as well with two touchdowns in the second half.
The first TD came on a 56-yard pass from Moore in the third quarter, while the second came on a 17-yard pass from senior quarterback Bush Hamdan in the fourth.
The Broncos have the next week off as they prepare for Homecoming against Bowling Green Sept. 13 at 6 p.m.
SCORING SUMMARY
Idaho State 0 7 0 0 7
Boise State 7 21 14 7 49
First Quarter
BSU-Brockel 2-yard run (Brotzman kick), 3:32
Second Quarter
BSU-Johnson 3-yard (Brotzman kick), 2:01
BSU-Young 80-yard pass from Moore (Brotzman kick), 0:12
BSU-Brockel 3-yard run (Brotzman kick), 1:06
ISU-Knickrehm 2-yard run (Huk kick), 6:36
Third Quarter
BSU-Young 24-yard run (Brotzman kick), 1:42
BSU-Shoemaker 56-yard pass from Moore (Brotzman kick), 2:51
Fourth Quarter
BSU-Shoemaker 17-yard pass from Hamdan (Brotzman kick), 2:46
Attendance-32,318
MARY ALBL
Sports Editor
