Boise State’s home game vs undefeated San Jose State will have a national TV audience
The Boise State football team’s final regular season home game will kick off in the afternoon in front of a national television audience.
The Broncos’ game against undefeated San Jose State will kick off at 2 p.m. on Saturday and will be aired on Fox — not FS1 like their previous home games this season.
The last time a Boise State game was broadcast by one of the primary national television networks — Fox, CBS, NBC or ABC — was the 2014 Mountain West championship game against Fresno State, a game the Broncos won 28-14.
The last time a regular-season home game was aired on one of the primary networks was in 2010 against Oregon State — a game the Broncos won 37-24 on ABC.
San Jose State and Boise State head into the game as two of three teams that are undefeated in conference play. The Spartans are 4-0 after seeing their game canceled this weekend because of COVID-19 contact tracing within the Fresno State program.
Boise State (4-1, 4-0 MW) is coming off a 40-32 win at Hawaii on Saturday.
Wide receiver Khalil Shakir posted a career-high 11 receptions and caught two touchdowns and running back Andrew Van Buren finished with a career-best 113 rushing yards and also found the end zone twice, but the Broncos had to withstand a late rally from the Rainbow Warriors, who scored 29 points in the second half.
Nevada (5-0) leads the Mountain West standings after a 26-21 win over San Diego State on Saturday, The Broncos and Wolf Pack won’t play this season unless they meet in the conference championship game on Dec. 19.
This story was originally published November 22, 2020 at 12:03 PM.
