Boise
State
has once again made history.
The team that somehow isn’t good enough to put into a
national championship game is nonetheless rewriting the history books.
With its 45-7 win over
San Jose
State
Saturday,
Boise
State
became just the tenth school in college football history to win eight games in
each year of a decade. It was only
the 13th time ever that the feat has been accomplished.
The nine elite schools to accomplish this remarkable feat
are
Nebraska
in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s,
Michigan
in the 70’s and 90’s,
Pennsylvania
and
Princeton
in the 1890’s, BYU in the 1980’s,
Florida
,
Florida
State and
Tennessee
in the 90’s and
Texas
this decade.
And now
Boise
State
.
Oklahoma
,
Georgia
, LSU and Virginia Tech are also in line to achieve eight wins each year of this
decade if they can put eight wins together this year.
Boise
State
finished the year 2000 with a 10-2 record, defeating UTEP in the Humanitarian
Bowl and ended 2001 with an 8-4 mark. They
were 12-1 in 2002 (again winning the Humanitarian Bowl over
Iowa
State
), 13-1 in 2003, defeating TCU in the Fort Worth Bowl and 11-1 in 2004.
The Broncos finished 9-4 in 2005, 13-0 in 2006 and 10-3 last season.
The Broncos were 10-3 in 2007 and 12-1 last season.
This feat that the Broncos are chasing has not been
accomplished by
USC
,
Oklahoma,
Georgia
,
Ohio
State
,
Penn
State
or Notre Dame. As mentioned above,
Oklahoma
and
Georgia
have a chance this decade.
The following is a list of all the teams in the history of
college football that are in the ballpark of Boise
State's performance of eight-win seasons in a decade. Schools
that have been successful this decade are also shown.
Alabama 70’s (9), 60’s (9), Arizona State 70’s (7),
Arkansas 60’s (8), 80’s (7), Auburn 80’s (8), 00’s (7), Boise State 00’s (10), BYU 80’s (10), 90’s
(7), California 00’s (5), Carlisle 1900’s (8), Clemson 80’s (7), 00’s
(5), Colorado 90’s (8), Florida 90’s (10), 00’s (8),
Florida State 90’s (10), 00’s (7), Fresno State 00’s (6),
Georgia 80’s (7), 00’s (9), Harvard 1890’s (9), 1900’s (8), Hawai’i
00’s (6), Houston 70’s (7), Iowa 80’s (7), Kansas State 90’s (7),
Louisville 00’s (6), LSU 00’s
(9), Miami of Florida 80’s (9), 90’s (9), 00’s (6), Nebraska 60’s (8), 70’s
(10), 80’s (10), 90’s (10), Michigan 70’s (10), 80’s (9), 90’s
(10), 00’s (7), Notre Dame 20’s (7), 40’s (7), 70’s (9), 90’s (7),
Ohio State 70’s (8), 80’s (8), 90’s (8), 00’s (8), Oklahoma 50’s (9),
70’s (9), 80’s (8), 00’s (9), Oregon 00’s (6), Penn State 70’s (8),
80’s (8), 90’s (9), Pennsylvania 1890’s (10), 1900’s (8),
Pittsburgh 30’s (7), Princeton 1890’s (10), 1900’s (7), San Diego State 70’s (8), Tennessee 90’s (10), 00’s (7), Texas 70’s (9), 00’s
(10), Texas A & M 90’s (9), TCU 30’s (8), 00’s (7), Texas Tech
00’s (7), UCLA 80’s (7),
USC
20’s (7), 70’s (8), 00’s (7), Utah 00’s (6), Virginia Tech 00’s (9),
Washington 80’s (7), West Virginia 00’s (7), Wisconsin 00’s (6), Yale
1880’s (7), 1890’s (9), 1900’s (9)
