Since 1997 the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl has been a platform for the city of Boise. The entire city of Boise benefits from the bowl’s existence including everyone involved, from the fans to the players. Each year the bowl game generates more than $1 million, which directly benefits the local economy. Other ways the bowl impacts the community are through charity events, dinners, hospital visits and more. The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl echoes the pride of Boise and represents something BIGGER THAN THE GAME.
HISTORY
| YEAR |
TEAM |
SCORE |
TEAM |
SCORE |
| 2016 |
Idaho |
61 |
Colorado State |
50 |
| 2015 |
Akron |
23 |
Utah State |
21 |
| 2014 |
Air Force |
38 |
Western Michigan |
24 |
| 2013 |
San Diego |
49 |
Buffalo |
24 |
| 2012 |
Utah State |
41 |
Toledo |
15 |
| 2011 |
Ohio |
24 |
Utah State |
23 |
| 2010 |
Northern Illinois |
40 |
Fresno State |
17 |
| 2009 |
Idaho |
43 |
Bowling Green |
42 |
| 2008 |
Maryland |
42 |
Nevada |
35 |
| 2007 |
Fresno State |
40 |
Georgia Tech |
28 |
| 2006 |
Miami |
21 |
Nevada |
20 |
| 2005 |
Boston College |
27 |
Boise State |
21 |
| 2004 |
Fresno State |
37 |
Virginia |
34 |
| 2003 |
Georgia Tech |
52 |
Tulsa |
10 |
| 2002 |
Boise State |
38 |
Iowa State |
16 |
| 2001 |
Clemson |
49 |
La Tech |
24 |
| 2000 |
Boise State |
38 |
UTEP |
23 |
| 1999 |
Boise State |
34 |
Louisville |
31 |
| 1998 |
Idaho |
42 |
Southern Mississippi |
35 |
| 1997 |
Cincinnati |
35 |
Utah State |
19 |
MEMORABLE GAMES
2009:
An already high-scoring game featured five touchdowns in the final quarter, with Bowling Green taking a 42-35 lead with 0:32 left on a 51-yard Tyerl Sheehan to Freddie Barnes pass. But Idaho QB Nate Enderle marched his team 66 yards in three plays for a tying score, and then threw a two-point pass to Preston Davis for the win.
2005:
Hometown Boise State came in with a 31-game home winning streak, but Boston College controlled the first 40 minutes nehind Matt Ryan’s three TD passes and build a 27-0 lead. Boise rallied with three scores and was a t the BC 5 in the final minutes before Ryan Glasper’s interception with 0:37 left lockd up the win in Dan Hawkins’ final game as Boise coach.
2004:
Fresno State’s Paul Pinegar threw a three-yard touchdown pass to Jaron Fairman on fourth down with 0:11 left to force overtime and then threw a winning pass to seldom-used tight end Stephen Spack for a 37-34 OT win over Virginia.
1998:
Idaho, returning to the blue turf after upsetting Boise State five weeks earlier, fell behind 21-7 as a 16-point underdog, but rallied behind quarterback John Welsh’s four touchdown passes to take a 42-35 win over Southern Miss.
STANDOUT PLAYERS
Kerwynn Williams, RB, Utah State, 2012
Scored three touchdowns in a span of less than four minutes in the fourth quarter, helping Utah State break open a close game and roll to a 41-15 win over Toledo, Williams fumbled to set up a Toledo field goal midway through the period and then scored on runs of 63, five and 25 yards in a 182-yard rushing effort.
Freddie Barnes, WR, and Tyler Sheehan, QB, Bowling Green, 2009
Barnes, the nation’s leading receiver, set bowl marks with 17 catches, 219 yards and three TD’s, and Sheehan threw for 387 yards and had 412 offensive yards, both bowl records, against Idaho.
P.J. Daniels, RB, Georgia Tech, 2003
Capped his season by rushing for a bowl-record 307 yards and four touchdowns in the Yellow Jackets’ 52-10 win over Tulsa.
Woody Dantzler, QB, Clemson, 2001
Threw for 218 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 57 more, triggering a 548-yard outburst in the Tigers’ 49-24 win over Louisiana Tech.
Bart Hendricks, QB, Boise State, 2000
Capped his Boise career by throwing a touchdown pass, rushing for two including a bowl-record 77-yard run, and catching a TD pass in the waning moments of Boise’s 38-23 win over UTEP.
Ryan Skinner, LB, Idaho, 1998
Helped the Vandals keep pace with Southern Miss by making a bowl-record 20 tackles.
MORE
- The hometown Boise State team played its first-ever Division I bowl game on its home Bronco Stadium turf in the bowl’s third game in 1999, taking a 34-31 win over Louisville.
- In the 15-year history of the Famous Idaho Bowl, no team has ever scored under double digits. The lowest point total for any team is 10 by Tulsa in 2004. Every other winning and losing team has scored at least 16 points.
- Boise State had a 31-game home winning streak snapped in the 2005 game, falling to Boston College 27-21 and holding on after building a 27-0 lead.
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