The Boise State Broncos improved their record to 4-1, after blowing the Utah State Aggies 62-30.
Not only did the Broncos put on a show for their yearly homecoming game, they also picked up their first conference win of the season. This win marks the teams 72nd Boise State homecoming win in program history, but also improving the team to a 3-0 home record.
This win brings Head Coach Spencer Danielson to a 7-2 coaching record as the Broncos are in great hands with him at the helm.
“I’m proud of how our team went out there and battled,” Danielson said in a postgame press conference. “We got a takeaway on defense, we had a couple fourth down stops, but still a lot of things that we need to improve on, and we will.”
The Broncos offense throughout the season has been lights out, scoring a season high 62 points on 599 total yards against the Aggies. The offense was hitting on every aspect of the field, rushing for 296 yards and four touchdowns as a team, while having 313 passing yards and three touchdowns in the air.
Starting quarterback Maddux Madsen gave a stellar performance, completing 84% of his passes with 256 passing yards and three touchdowns. Madsen had this performance while spreading the field, completing passes to 10 receivers on the night.
“I can say I probably have faith in all those guys that are going to make plays for me,” Madsen said in a postgame press conference. “We have a lot of playmakers in this building, I don’t think anyone really understands that. We’ve probably got 12 guys that can go make a play tomorrow, so it’s cool to see those guys get rewarded for all of their hard work.”
The Broncos have put up 450+ yards in all but one of their outings (at University of Oregon, Sep. 7, 369 yards) as the team has been unbelievably consistent on the offensive side of the field. Going into the game, the Broncos were ranked #6 in the country in total points (47.8) as the team will likely climb up in those rankings after today’s performance.
“The most challenging part about us right now is obviously we’ve been extremely efficient,” Madsen continued. “So how can we not let ourselves get complacent? How can we continuously get better week after week?”
Though the Broncos recent successes have been a testament as to how their season is going, will the team be able to keep it up?
Boise State will have to spend this next week preparing and traveling across the Pacific Ocean to face the University of Hawaii on Saturday Oct. 12.
BSU stat leaders:
Maddux Madsen- 21/25, 256 yards, three touchdowns
Ashton Jeanty- 13 runs, 186 yards, three touchdowns (Only played in the first half)
Austin Bolt- four catches, 24 yards, two touchdowns
USU stat leaders:
Spencer Petras- 27/41, 372 yards, three touchdowns
Rahsul Faison- 26 runs, 109 yards, one touchdown
Jalen Royals- nine catches, 211 yards, two touchdowns
