Here's what else happened in BSU and East Central Indiana sports this week (March 7-10): Muncie Central hires new head football coach
The outing also was his first win of the season.īSU basketball: Experience, inconsistency leads to another early MAC exit for Ball State men's basketball Johnson struck out a career-high nine batters and posted his most innings pitched in a single appearance with six. Johnson had his best stuff against Florida A&M University, throwing a no-hitter through six innings of work before allowing his lone hit in the bottom of the seventh. Sophomore pitcher Ty Johnson also received recognition on Monday, earning Mid-American Conference Pitcher of the Week honors. Quartermaine was the lone Cardinal to not strike out the entire week, and also had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage on 20 chances. He notched four straight games with a home run, tallying four runs scored and five RBI's as he went 7-for-19 with an eye-popping 1.053 slugging percentage. p. D5.MUNCIE, Ind. - Ball State baseball received two honors this week, bright spots in an otherwise tough start to the season.įifth-year first baseman Trenton Quartermaine on Monday was selected as one of the National Players of the Week after a strong offensive stretch. (Albertsons Library digital collections). ^ "Montana heads east for I-AA playoff showdown".^ "Montana minus Dickenson to meet defending I-AA champs".^ "1994 Boise State Broncos Schedule".^ a b "Boise State rallies to defeat Marshall".^ a b Sahlberg, Bert (November 20, 1994).^ "Broncos stick NAU with fourth quarter surge".
He returned to coach the Broncos in 1995 while going through treatment, and the cancer was declared in remission in December 1995, but the doctors warned of likely recurrence. 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. This was Boise State's last Big Sky title in football and final appearance in the I-AA playoffs BSU moved up to Division I-A and the Big West Conference in 1996.īothered by shoulder pain for about a month, Allen had outpatient surgery in Boise for a biopsy three days prior to the 1994 championship game, and was diagnosed two days after the game with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of muscle cancer. The 1994 season is known by BSU fans as The Magic Carpet Ride, as the Broncos won all ten home games on the blue AstroTurf of Bronco Stadium. The 15 games are the most Boise State ever played in one season, and finished at 13–2. 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. Allen fulfilled his promise two days after the game and rode westbound on University Drive, from Bronco Stadium at Broadway to the Student Union. Prior to hosting their third straight playoff game at home (following the home game against Idaho), Allen promised to ride his horse down Boise's Broadway Avenue if the Marshall game had an attendance over 20,000. The Broncos hosted and won three close games, against North Texas, Appalachian State, and #2 Marshall to raise their overall record to 13–1. The Penguins had defeated Idaho on the same field in the semifinals the previous season. Conference MVP quarterback Dave Dickenson did not play due to an ankle injury, and the Griz lost 28–9. Idaho lost a first round road game, and Montana won two home games before falling on the road to defending champion Youngstown State in the semifinals, foiling an all-Big Sky final. Three Big Sky teams made the 16-team field for the I-AA playoffs: Boise State (10–1), Idaho (9–2), and Montana (9–2).
Unranked at the start of the season, Boise State finished third in the final poll, released prior to the playoffs. Both teams entered the game at 9–1 (and 5–1 in conference) they switched rankings for the next poll. To complete the regular season, #6 BSU hosted third-ranked rival Idaho, and won for the first time since 1981, breaking a twelve-game winning streak for the Vandals. A convincing 38–14 win over top-ranked Montana in early November put the Broncos into the top ten. The only blemish was a one-point loss at Idaho State in mid-October. I-AA) Poll released prior to the gameĬoming off a 3–8 year in 1993, Boise State finished the 1994 regular season at 10–1 and 6–1 in conference to win their sixth Big Sky title, their first since the national championship season of 1980. Rankings from The Sports Network (Div.