BOISE, Idaho — The Boise State football team has added another home-and-home series with an opponent from the American Athletic Conference to its future schedules.
The Broncos will play the Memphis Tigers in 2030 and 2031, traveling to the Liberty Bowl first, with a return matchup at Albertson Stadium in 2031.
KTVB obtain the game agreement contract that was signed by Boise State Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mark Heil and Memphis Director of Athletics Laird Veatch back in November, approximately three weeks after former Bronco director of athletics Curt Apsey transition into a new role at the university.
Both parties agreed that no money will be exchanged unless one of the universities were to breach the contract. In that event, the non-breaching school would be owed $650,000 in liquidated damaged.
Here is the biggest catch though: Boise State potentially won't be allowed to wear their blue uniforms on The Blue.
The contract specifically states that "the home team shall wear light-colored uniforms and the visiting team shall wear dark-colored uniforms unless otherwise agreed upon between the coaches."
The contract also includes the initials of Memphis head football coach Ryan Silverfield. However, it does not include Bryan Harsin's signature, who was the head coach at Boise State when the agreement was signed.
Boise State has clearly made a point of scheduling games against opponents from the AAC. With the exception of the 2022 season, the Broncos will play at least one AAC opponent every season through 2031, including two in both 2025 and 2028.
The overall strength of their future non-conference schedules is noticeable too. The Broncos have future home-and-home series scheduled with BYU, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Georgia Southern, Houston, Michigan State, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Oregon State, Rice, UCF, USF, UTEP and Washington State, all set before the addition of Memphis.
Outside of individual open home dates in both 2024 and 2026, the Broncos are completely booked through the 2028 season. One other thing to watch, Aspey previously stated that discussions had already begun to bring Florida State to The Blue back in August, making up for the 2020 cancelation due to COVID-19.
Boise State will open up the 2020 season at Central Florida. Both the Broncos and Golden Knights will be debuting new head coaches. Following three seasons as the head coach at UCF, Josh Heupel is joining former Golden Knights athletic director Danny White at the University of Tennessee, a move that was announced on Wednesday morning.
Future Boise State Schedules
2021
- TBD/Week One - at UCF
- Sept. 11 - vs UTEP
- Sept. 18 - vs Oklahoma State
- Oct. 9 - at BYU
2022
- Sept. 3 - at Oregon State
- Sept. 17 - vs Michigan State
- Sept. 24 - at UTEP
- Nov. 5 - vs BYU
2023
- Sept. 2 - vs Oregon State
- Sept. 9 - vs UCF
- Sept. 16 - at Michigan State
- Oct. 21 - at BYU
2024
- Aug. 31 - at Georgia Southern
- Sept. 7 - vs Houston
- Sept. 14 - at Oregon
2025
- Aug. 30 - at USF
- Sept. 13 - vs Oregon
- Sept. 20 - at Houston
- Oct. 25 - vs BYU
2026
- Sept. 5 - at Oregon
- Sept. 12 - vs East Carolina
- Nov. 7 - at BYU
2027
- Sept. 4 - at Rice
- Sept. 11 - vs USF
- Sept. 18 - at Marshall
- Sept. 25 - vs BYU
2028
- Sept. 2 - vs Cincinnati
- Sept. 9 - at East Carolina
- Sept. 16 - vs Georgia Southern
- Sept. 23 - at BYU
2029
- Sept. 1 - at Cincinnati
- Sept. 15 - vs Rice
- Sept. 22 - vs BYU
2030
- Aug. 31 - at Memphis
- Sept. 21 - at BYU
2031
- Sept. 13 - vs Memphis
- Sept. 27 - vs BYU
2032
- Sept. 11 - vs Washington State
- Sept. 25 - at BYU
2033
- Sept. 10 - at Washington State
- Sept. 24 - vs BYU
2034
- Sept. 23 - at BYU
