Boise State Is Tied for Ninth for Best 75-Game Home Record

Boise State has moved into a tie for ninth place for the best 75-game home record in college football history. 

With Saturday’s 57-14 win over Toledo , the Broncos are 73-2 since the beginning of the 1999 season.  Boise State tied the famous Nebraska teams from 1991-2002 which also sported a 73-2 record.  Boise State passed Notre Dame (72-1-2 from 1902-1921), Florida State (72-2-1 from 1987-1999, Army (72-2-1 from 1922-1935 and Michigan (71-2-2 from 1898-1910). 

Boise State is one of just nine schools since 1930 that have lost 10 or less home games out of 75.  Alabama tops modern schools with a 74-1 record from 1957-1982.  Nebraska ’s best home record was 73-2; the Cornhuskers achieved that from 1991-2002.  Florida State is next of the modern schools with a mark of 72-2-1 (1987-1999).  Texas is sixth among teams from 1930-2009 with each sporting 70-5 records.  Army (68-6-1) from 1936-1950 and Oklahoma (66-7-2) from 1943-1959 are the other modern schools.  

Princeton , which put together an amazing streak of 75 straight wins from 1887-1900 is the all-time leader.  Michigan (1894-1904) and Princeton (1869-1893) are tied for second with sparkling 74-0-1 records.  Michigan was also 73-0-2 from 1893-1904 and from 1897-1907 and Yale is the other unbeaten team for 75 games with the same 73-0-2 record from 1886-1898.  

Obviously, during a tremendous run of winning home games, a school would be listed multiple times from one point in the streak to another with the same record.  This list shows only multiple entries that overlap no more than five years.  Further, in deciding when a school’s streak begins when multiple records are attained, it is when the home record first started; the earliest date in which they compiled their record.   

If the Broncos are fortunate enough to keep winning, they could tie Alabama for the modern record and fifth place all-time with 12 more consecutive home wins from 2011 forward. 

It should be noted that legendary Carlisle did not make this list because they didn’t play 75 home games in their history.  The school which featured all-time athlete Jim Thorpe had a record of 65-3-3 from 1896-1917.  

Bold type indicates teams who compiled their streaks from 1930 to the present.  The list only includes streaks in which no more than five years overlap.

1.    Princeton 75-0-0 (1887-Syracuse game of 1900)

2.    Michigan 74-0-1 (Albion game of 1894-1904)

2.    Princeton 74-0-1 (1869-Lafayette game of 1893) 

4.    Yale 73-0 2 (M.I.T. game of 1886-Chicago A.C. game of 1898) 

5.    Alabama 74-1 (Southern Mississippi game of 1957-Cincinnati game of 1982)

5.    Yale 74-1 (Bates game of 1900-Massachusetts game of 1908)

5.    Pennsylvania 74-1 (Rutgers game of 1889-Virginia game of 1897)

5.    Harvard 74-1 (Wesleyan game of 1887-Michigan game of 1895)  

9.    Boise State 73-2 (1999-Toledo game of 2010)

9.    Nebraska 73-2 (Washington game of 1991-Missouri game of 2002)

11.  Notre Dame 72-1-2 (1902-DePauw game of 1921)   

12.  Florida State 72-2-1 (Louisville game of 1987-1999)

12.  Army 72-2-1 (Bates game of 1922-Harvard game of 1935)

14.  Michigan 71-2-2 (Beloit game of 1898-Case game of 1910)

15.  Alabama 72-3 (1910-Mississippi State game of 1933)

16.  Notre Dame 70-2-3 (1899-1914)

16.  Michigan 70-3-2 (Cornell game of 1892-Ohio Northern game of 1904)

18.  Oklahoma 71-4 (Colorado game of 1998-current)

18.  Florida 71-4 (Louisiana Tech game of 1989-Florida State game of 2001)

18.  Miami of Florida 71-4 (Pittsburgh game of 1984-Pittsburgh game of 1996)

18.  Alabama 71-4 (1903- Rhodes game of 1927)

22.  Colgate 69-3-3 (Rochester game of 1912-Rutgers game of 1933)

23.  Alabama 70-5 (Houston game of 1963-LSU game of 1988)

23.  Texas 70-5 (Oklahoma State game of 1968-Utah game of 1982)  

25.  Florida State 69-5-1 (Georgia Tech game of 1993-Maryland game of 2005)

25. Princeton 69-5-1 1897-1906)  

27.  Tennessee 67-5-3 (Maryville game of 1925-Virginia Tech game of 1937)

27.  Princeton 67-5-3 (Lafayette game of 1898-Syracuse game of 1908)

29.  Army 68-6-1 (Colgate game of 1936-1950)

30.  Colgate 66-5-4 (Brown game of 1919-Akron game of 1940)

31.  Tennessee 67-6-2 (Georgia game of 1925-Sewanee game of 1937)

32.  Florida 68-7 (1991-Tennessee game of 2003)

33.  Oklahoma 66-7-2 (Iowa State game of 1943-1959)

34.  Yale 63-6-6 (Army game of 1905-Washington & Jefferson game of 1914)

35.  Texas 67-8 (Colorado game of 1997-2009)

36.  Army 66-8-1 (1931-Brown game of 1943)

37.  Michigan 65-8-2 (Ohio Northern game of 1905-Michigan State game of 1919)