[9][10] To complete the regular season, #6 BSU hosted third-ranked rival Idaho,[20] and won for the first time since 1981, breaking a twelve-game winning streak for the Vandals.

[26] The Broncos hosted and won three close games, against North Texas,[14] Appalachian State,[15] and #2 Marshall to raise their overall record to 13–1.

Allen fulfilled his promise two days after the game and rode westbound on University Drive, from Bronco Stadium at Broadway to the Student Union.

[27] In the I-AA finals five days later at Huntington, West Virginia, they were defeated by the defending champions, Jim Tressel's top-ranked Youngstown State, 28–14.

[28][29] The tumor in his upper right arm was removed in March and Allen underwent extensive chemotherapy and a stem-cell transplant in July at the Fred Hutchinson Center in Seattle.