The Broncos, led by second year head coach Chris Petersen, play their home games at Bronco Stadium, most famous for its blue artificial turf surface, often referred to as the "smurf-turf", and were members of the Western Athletic Conference.

The Broncos also debuted new uniforms in the 2007 season, the most notable feature being the removal of last names on backs.

Ian Johnson was held to 81 yards on 20 carries and Taylor Tharp went 29/47 for 281 and 3 interceptions and lost a fumble when he fell down while attempting a hand off in the loss.

Boise State returned a kickoff for a touchdown after Washington's first score, but it was called back.

The Bronco defense held the Cowboys to just 35 yards on 24 rushing attempts and collected three sacks of quarterback Karsten Sween.

After 1,266 combined total yards and an NCAA FBS record 136 points, Boise State was able to come away with the thrilling 69-67 win in four overtimes.

Boise State now has won eight straight games over the Wolfpack and stay undefeated at home all time in WAC play.

(The 136 points total record was matched later in the season when Navy beat North Texas 74-62) 45-31.

Then the game was changed on an Orlando Scandrick forced fumble that led to an 83-yard touchdown pass from Taylor Tharp to Jeremy Childs.

Harper filled the shoes of injured starter Ian Johnson by leading the Bronco rush attack that ran for 282 yards.

Kyle Brotzman went 2 for 2 on field goals (43, 47, a career long) to win his second WAC special teams player of the week award this season and the Broncos blocked their sixth kick of the season by blocking a Bulldog field goal in the 2nd quarter.

The Broncos beat the Bulldogs for the sixth time in the last seven years to win the Milk Can, the traveling trophy between the two schools that started in 2005.

The game resulted in Boise State jumping back into the two major polls being #22 in the USA Today and tied with Wake Forrest at #21 in the AP as well as being #22 in the BCS rankings.

Taylor Tharp hit nine different receivers as he went 28 of 35 for 259, 3 touchdowns and 1 pick to lead the Broncos to their 42nd straight regular season home win.

The Bronco defense held the Spartan offense to 150 total yards marking the 3rd time this season the Bronco defense has held opponents to 150 yards or less (Weber State, New Mexico State).

Freshman receiver Austin Pettis had a breakout game making 7 receptions for 54 yards and 2 Touchdowns.

The Broncos moved up to #20 in the BCS rankings and #19 in both the USA Today and AP polls as a result of the win.

Freshman Austin Pettis had a career game making 8 receptions for 139 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Backup Quarterback Bush Hamden added 2 touchdown passes, giving the Broncos 6 TD's through the air.

Hawaii's Colt Brennan went 40 of 53 for 495, 5 TD's and 2 INT's to lead the Warriors past the Broncos for the first time since Boise State joined the WAC.

Kyle Brotzman won the WAC special teams player of the week for the third time this season going 2-3 on FG's, 3 made extra points, and a punting average of 55.5 on his 4 punts, including a 71 yarder and 3 downed inside the 20-yard line.

Ben Hartman's 34-yard field goal as time expired clinched the upset victory for the Pirates over the #24 ranked Broncos.