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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.
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).
Boise State holds a trademark on any non-green field, not just blue. Therefore, anyone (high school, college, or otherwise) must apply for a license from Boise State before installing a football field any color other than green. Boise State is one of 7 college football programs in the United States to have a non-green playing surface.
Since 2000, Boise State has gone 158-20 at home, though some allege there’s a camouflage effect that has helped it, with the Broncos typically playing on that blue field while wearing blue ...
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Sep. 13—GRAND FORKS — The UND football program will play Boise State for the first time at 11 a.m. Saturday in Idaho. Here are eight things you need to know about Boise State. Boise State ...
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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