BOISE, Idaho — This Day In Sports…September 29, 1990, 35 years ago today:

Boise State faces a coaching legend in a game at Long Beach State. At the age of 72, George Allen had come out of retirement to coach Long Beach—and would pass away at the end of the year. It had been six years since Allen had last coached in the USFL with the Arizona Wranglers. But he gained fame as an NFL mastermind, winning 119 games over 12 seasons with the L.A. Rams and Washington Redskins, reaching Super Bowl VII with the latter (and falling to the 17-0 Miami Dolphins). Allen never had a losing season in the NFL.

Allen was a master motivator, and the young and the eager Long Beach State roster responded to him. Boise State dominated much of the game but lost to LBSU on the scoreboard 21-20. The Broncos took

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