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Albertsons Stadium is widely known for its unusual blue playing surface, installed in 1986, while Boise State was in the Big Sky Conference. It was the first non-green playing surface (outside of painted end zones) in football history and remained the only one among NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision schools for almost 20 years.
Whether it’s a coincidence or directly related, the Broncos have thrived with the blue turf. Since 2000, Boise State has gone 158-20 at home, though some allege there’s a camouflage effect ...
Boise State Broncos: Boise, Idaho: NCAA Division I FBS: Mountain West Conference: Blue 1986 36,387 Nicknamed "The Blue" and "Smurf Turf". The first college stadium field to be any color other than traditional green, as well as the only college to have a non-green field for 22 years (1986–2008).
On September 12th, 2024, Boise State announced it will be leaving the Mountain West and joining the Pac-12 on July 1, 2026. [2] Boise State's best-known program is football, which attained a perfect 13–0 record in 2006, capped by an overtime win in the Fiesta Bowl over the Oklahoma Sooners. They finished the season as the only major ...
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Boise State got approval from the Idaho State Board of Education last week to begin reviewing design proposals and select a construction firm for the expansion of the north end of Albertsons Stadium.
As a result of the NCAA violations, Gene Bleymaier, the athletic director who brought blue turf to Boise State in 1986 and promoted Petersen 20 years later, was asked to resign, and ultimately fired when he refused. [40] Despite President Bob Kustra's firing of Bleymaier, boosters continued to support him. Just two years later, the new football ...
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