No. 25 Boise State Drops Season Opener

TAMPA, Fla. – No. 25 Boise State opened its 2025 marketing campaign with a 34-7 street loss to USF on Thursday.

The Broncos (0-1) notched the primary rating of the sport late within the first quarter, however the Bulls (1-0) responded with 34 unanswered factors to say the victory.

Boise State bought on the board first. After the Broncos earned a fourth-down cease within the Bulls’ personal territory, the Blue and Orange powered by a nine-play, 38-yard scoring drive. Maddux Madsen discovered Chris Marshall for a six-yard landing reception for the primary Bronco landing of the season.

USF responded, incomes a spot on the scoreboard with a 52-yard area objective on the following drive. The Bulls took the lead with an 8-play, 80-yard landing drive halfway by the quarter to take a 10-7 lead at intermission. 

USF took a double-digit lead with a 45-yard landing go off a pretend punt halfway by the third quarter. The Bulls continued the assault with touchdowns on back-to-back drives to say a 31-7 benefit within the ultimate body. 

Top Broncos

– Maddux Madsen threw for 225 yards and one landing. He discovered 10 completely different receivers within the contest. 

– Latrell Caples, Ben Ford and Matt Lauter every recorded 4 receptions. 

– Jayden Virgin-Morgan led the workforce with eight tackles.

– Braxton Fely added six tackles, together with 1.5 sacks.

 

Notables  

– Chris Marshall recorded the primary landing of his profession. The redshirt junior discovered the tip zone in his eleventh profession sport, fifth sport at Boise State, and his first sport since Oct. 25, 2025 at UNLV.

– Ben Ford recorded profession highs in receptions (4) and yards (44).

– Boise State has recorded at the least 90 yards passing and 90 yards speeding for 39 consecutive video games, the longest energetic streak within the nation.

What’s Next

Boise State welcomes Eastern Washington to Albertsons Stadium at 7 p.m. MT on Friday, Sept. 5 for its house opener. The sport will likely be streamed on FS1.