Broncos and Cowboys Tangle on The Blue

Boise State (1-1)
vs
Oklahoma State (2-0)
Saturday, Sept. 18 • 7 p.m. MT
Boise, Idaho • Albertsons Stadium
Series: Oklahoma State 1-0
Last Meeting: Oklahoma State 44-21, Sept. 15, 2018 in Stillwater
TV: FS1 (PxP: Aaron Goldsmith, Analyst: Mark Helfrich)
Radio: Bronco Radio Network (PxP: Bob Behler, Analyst: Pete Cavender)
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BOISE, Idaho - Boise State hosts a Big 12 opponent Oklahoma State, ranked 22nd in the Coaches Poll, in prime time, Saturday.

THE SERIES
Oklahoma State leads 1-0.

THE GAME
The Boise State football team will host No. 22 Oklahoma State in the first regular season meeting between the Broncos and a school from the Big 12 Conference in Albertsons Stadium history, Saturday (Sept. 18). The Broncos and Cowboys are slated to kick off at 7 p.m., and the game will be nationally televised on FS1. Boise State and Iowa State squared off in the 2002 Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, in what was then known as Bronco Stadium. The Broncos defeated the Cyclones, 34- 16, Dec. 31, 2002.

TOUGH SLEDDING
The remaining opponents on Boise State's 2021 football schedule are a combined 18-3 (.857) thus far in 2021. Based on winning percentage of remaining opponents, only LSU (17-2; .895) has a tougher remaining schedule nationally. The combined record of the Broncos' 12 regular-season opponents is 22-4 (.846), the highest winning percentage of any FBS school's full 2021 schedule.

BRING THE CHAOS
Prior to the 2020 season, which, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, forced capacity at Albertsons Stadium to 1,100 or less, Bronco Nation contributed to an environment that produced 44 false starts by opposing teams from 2018-19. That mark was the highest total of any stadium in the country, as were Bronco opponents' 3.14 false starts per game. UTEP had three false starts this past week, the first capacity crowd since the 2019 Mountain West Championship against Hawai'i, Dec. 7, 2019. Boise State's 47 opponent false starts and 3.13 such penalties per game both lead the country during the 2018-19 and 2021 seasons.

THE SERIES
Boise State and Oklahoma State have previously met just once, on Sept. 15, 2018, in Stillwater, Okla. The Cowboys, ranked No. 24 at the time, upset the 17th-ranked Broncos, 44-21.

VS THE BIG 12
This will be just the fifth meeting all-time for the Broncos against a school in the Big 12. Boise State knocked off Iowa State in the 2002 Humanitarian Bowl (34-16; Dec. 31, 2002), and Oklahoma in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl (43-42, OT; Jan. 1, 2007), but fell to Baylor in the 2016 Cactus Bowl (31-12; Dec. 27, 2016) and to Oklahoma State during the 2018 regular season (44-21; Sept. 15, 2018).

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