South Florida Dominates Boise State 34-7 in Season Opener
South Florida rolled past Boise State 34-7 in Week 1, with the Bulls controlling the game from start to finish. Boise State's only score came in the first quarter, leaving them scoreless for the final three periods.
South Florida's offense was efficient throughout, with quarterback Locklan Hewlett leading the passing game and completing 45 passes. Receiver Chas Nimrod led all receivers with 96 yards. The Bulls scored touchdowns in three different quarters, including a 45-yard scoring pass from Hewlett to Keshaun Singleton in the third quarter and a 23-yard rushing touchdown from Byrum Brown in the second quarter.
Boise State's offense struggled particularly in the second and fourth quarters, where costly turnovers derailed drives. The Broncos fumbled multiple times, with USF's Ira Singleton recovering fumbles on separate occasions that proved critical to field position.
The game stayed tightly contested early with six lead changes, but South Florida's second-half adjustments proved decisive. The Bulls outscored Boise State 34-7 overall, covering the 4.5-point spread while keeping the total under 62 points.
AI-generated recap · Aug 25, 2026
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boise State | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
 South Florida | 0 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 34 |
Scoring Timeline
Drive Chart
Box Score
| Statistic | Boise State | South Florida |
|---|---|---|
| Passing | 27-48 | 17-25 |
| Pass Yards | 256 | 255 |
| Rush Yards | 122 | 117 |
| Total Yards | 378 | 372 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| 3rd Down | 6-17 | 5-14 |
| Penalties | 8-57 | 7-56 |
| Possession | 36:21 | 23:39 |
Player Leaders
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Play-by-Play
Adam Zouagui kickoff for 62 yds , Malik Sherrod return for 17 yds to the BOIS 20
Malik Sherrod run for 4 yds to the BOIS 24
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Latrell Caples for 12 yds to the BOIS 36 for a 1ST down
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Cameron Bates for 2 yds to the BOIS 38
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Sire Gaines for 7 yds to the BOIS 45
Sire Gaines run for 2 yds to the BOIS 47 for a 1ST down
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Matt Wagner for 5 yds to the USF 48
Malik Sherrod run for 9 yds to the USF 39 for a 1ST down
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Matt Lauter
Dylan Riley run for no gain to the USF 39
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Malik Sherrod for no gain Malik Sherrod fumbled, forced by Mac Harris, recovered by USF Jhalyn Shuler
Byrum Brown pass complete to Keshaun Singleton for a loss of 1 yard to the USF 38
Byrum Brown pass incomplete to Mudia Reuben
Byrum Brown sacked by Braxton Fely and Jayden Virgin-Morgan for a loss of 11 yards to the USF 27
Chase Leon punt for 46 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the BOIS 27
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Quinton Brown for 1 yd to the BOIS 28
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Malik Sherrod
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Cameron Bates
Oscar Doyle punt for 51 yds , Joshua Porter returns for 8 yds to the USF 29
Byrum Brown pass complete to Mudia Reuben for 4 yds to the USF 33
Sam Franklin run for 1 yd to the USF 34
Byrum Brown pass complete to Keshaun Singleton for 4 yds to the USF 38
Byrum Brown run for no gain to the USF 38
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Chris Marshall
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Chris Marshall for 13 yds to the USF 25 for a 1ST down
Maddux Madsen run for no gain to the USF 25
Sire Gaines run for 9 yds to the USF 16
Malik Sherrod run for no gain to the USF 16
Sire Gaines run for 2 yds to the USF 14 for a 1ST down
Madsen, Maddux pass incomplete to Marshall, Chris, PENALTY SOUFLA pass interference 10 yards to the SOUFLA4, NO PLAY, 1ST DOWN BOIS.
Sire Gaines run for 3 yds to the USF 1
Maddux Madsen run for no gain to the USF 1 Maddux Madsen fumbled, recovered by BOIS Maddux Madsen
Boise State Penalty, False Start (-5 Yards) to the USF 6
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Chris Marshall for 6 yds for a TD (Colton Boomer KICK)
Cartevious Norton run for 1 yd to the USF 26
Byrum Brown sacked by Braxton Fely and Jeremiah Earby for a loss of 8 yards to the USF 18
Byrum Brown pass complete to Chas Nimrod for 37 yds to the BOIS 45 for a 1ST down
Byrum Brown pass incomplete to Chas Nimrod
Byrum Brown pass complete to Chas Nimrod for 4 yds to the BOIS 41
Byrum Brown run for 12 yds to the BOIS 29 for a 1ST down
Brown, Byrum pass complete to Nimrod, Chas for 13 yards to the BOIS16, PENALTY SOUFLA holding 10 yards to the BOIS39, NO PLAY.
Byrum Brown pass incomplete to Christian Neptune
Brown, Byrum rush for 39 yards to the BOIS0, PENALTY SOUFLA holding 10 yards to the BOIS49, NO PLAY.
Byrum Brown pass complete to Alvon Isaac for 15 yds to the BOIS 34
Byrum Brown pass incomplete to JeyQuan Smith
Nico Gramatica 52 yd FG GOOD
Nico Gramatica kickoff for 65 yds , Malik Sherrod return for 16 yds to the BOIS 16
Malik Sherrod run for a loss of 2 yards to the BOIS 14
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Chris Marshall
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Latrell Caples for 15 yds to the BOIS 29 for a 1ST down
Sire Gaines run for no gain to the BOIS 29
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Chris Marshall
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Sire Gaines for 4 yds to the BOIS 33
Oscar Doyle punt for 47 yds, fair catch by Joshua Porter at the USF 20
Arkese Parks run for no gain to the USF 20
Byrum Brown run for 2 yds to the USF 22
Byrum Brown sacked by Braxton Fely and Max Stege for a loss of 7 yards to the USF 15 for a 1ST down Boise State Penalty, Unnecessary Roughness (15 Yards) to the USF 30 for a 1ST down
Byrum Brown run for 10 yds to the USF 40 for a 1ST down
Byrum Brown pass complete to Keshaun Singleton for 37 yds to the BOIS 23 for a 1ST down
Byrum Brown pass complete to Joshua Porter for 5 yds to the BOIS 18
South Florida Penalty, False Start (-5 Yards) to the BOIS 23
Byrum Brown pass incomplete to Jeremiah Koger
Byrum Brown run for 23 yds for a TD (Nico Gramatica KICK)
South Florida Penalty, Defensive Offside (5 Yards) to the BOIS 30
Sire Gaines run for 14 yds to the BOIS 44 for a 1ST down
Sire Gaines run for 9 yds to the USF 47
Malik Sherrod run for 5 yds to the USF 42 for a 1ST down
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Matt Lauter for 20 yds to the USF 22 for a 1ST down South Florida Penalty, Roughing Passer (11 Yards) to the USF 11 for a 1ST down
Malik Sherrod run for no gain to the USF 11
Boise State Penalty, False Start (-5 Yards) to the USF 16
Sire Gaines run for 2 yds to the USF 36 Sire Gaines fumbled, forced by Jonas Duclona, recovered by USF Ira Singleton , return for 22 yds to the USF 36
Byrum Brown run for 2 yds to the USF 38
Alvon Isaac run for a loss of 2 yards to the USF 36
Byrum Brown pass incomplete to Wyatt Sullivan
Chase Leon punt for 41 yds, fair catch by Malik Sherrod at the BOIS 23
Malik Sherrod run for 2 yds to the BOIS 25
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Ben Ford for 7 yds to the BOIS 32
Maddux Madsen run for 2 yds to the BOIS 34 for a 1ST down
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Malik Sherrod for 1 yd to the BOIS 35
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Ben Ford for 24 yds to the USF 41 for a 1ST down
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Matt Lauter
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Ben Ford
Boise State Penalty, False Start (-5 Yards) to the USF 46
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Malik Sherrod for 5 yds to the USF 41
Boise State Penalty, Delay of Game (-5 Yards) to the USF 46
Oscar Doyle punt for 46 yds for a touchback
Cartevious Norton run for no gain to the USF 20
End of 2nd Quarter
Byrum Brown pass complete to Weston Wolff for 7 yds to the USF 32
Byrum Brown run for 2 yds to the USF 34
Cartevious Norton run for 2 yds to the USF 36 for a 1ST down
Byrum Brown sacked by Dion Washington for a loss of 1 yard to the USF 35
Cartevious Norton run for 2 yds to the USF 37
South Florida Penalty, False Start (-5 Yards) to the USF 32
Byrum Brown pass complete to Keshaun Singleton for 8 yds to the USF 40
Chase Leon punt for 50 yds, fair catch by Malik Sherrod at the BOIS 10
Malik Sherrod run for a loss of 2 yards to the BOIS 8
Maddux Madsen sacked by Rico Watson III for a loss of 5 yards to the BOIS 3
Boise State Penalty, Delay of Game (-1 Yards) to the BOIS 2
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Chris Marshall
Oscar Doyle punt for 47 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the BOIS 49
Byrum Brown pass incomplete to Chas Nimrod
Sam Franklin run for 1 yd to the BOIS 48
Byrum Brown pass complete to Wyatt Sullivan for 3 yds to the BOIS 45
Locklan Hewlett pass complete to Keshaun Singleton for 45 yds for a TD (Nico Gramatica KICK)
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Ben Ford for 9 yds to the BOIS 34
Dylan Riley run for 1 yd to the BOIS 35 for a 1ST down
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Dylan Riley
Maddux Madsen run for 5 yds to the BOIS 40
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Ben Ford for 4 yds to the BOIS 44
Maddux Madsen run for 8 yds to the USF 48 for a 1ST down
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Sire Gaines for 6 yds to the USF 42
Maddux Madsen run for 11 yds to the USF 31 for a 1ST down
Malik Sherrod run for a loss of 1 yard to the USF 32
Malik Sherrod run for 9 yds to the USF 23
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Matt Wagner
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Sire Gaines
Byrum Brown run for 1 yd to the USF 24
Brown, Byrum pass incomplete to Singleton, Keshaun, PENALTY BOIS pass interference 6 yards to the SOUFLA30, NO PLAY, 1ST DOWN SOUFLA.
Byrum Brown pass complete to Chas Nimrod for 55 yds to the BOIS 15 for a 1ST down
Byrum Brown run for 15 yds for a TD (Nico Gramatica KICK)
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Latrell Caples for 15 yds to the BOIS 40 for a 1ST down
Sire Gaines run for 3 yds to the BOIS 43
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Latrell Caples
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Matt Lauter
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Cameron Bates
Cartevious Norton run for 3 yds to the BOIS 40
Byrum Brown pass complete to Cartevious Norton for 24 yds Cartevious Norton fumbled, forced by Jayden Virgin-Morgan, recovered by USF Cartevious Norton for a 1ST down
Byrum Brown pass complete to Mudia Reuben for 2 yds to the BOIS 14
Byrum Brown pass complete to Mudia Reuben for 6 yds to the BOIS 8
Cartevious Norton run for 8 yds for a TD (Nico Gramatica KICK)
Boise State Penalty, Unsportsmanlike Conduct (15 Yards) to the 50 yard line
Nico Gramatica kickoff for 31 yds , Luke Voorhees return for 6 yds to the BOIS 25
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Latrell Caples
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Latrell Caples for 16 yds to the BOIS 41 for a 1ST down
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Latrell Caples
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Matt Lauter for 5 yds to the BOIS 46
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Matt Lauter for 6 yds to the USF 48 for a 1ST down
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Cameron Bates for 31 yds to the USF 17 for a 1ST down
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Latrell Caples
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Sire Gaines
Maddux Madsen run for 5 yds to the USF 12
Maddux Madsen run for a loss of 13 yards to the USF 25 Maddux Madsen fumbled, recovered by USF Ira Singleton
Sam Franklin run for 5 yds to the USF 30
Byrum Brown pass complete to Joshua Porter for no gain to the USF 30
Byrum Brown pass incomplete to Sam Franklin
Chase Leon punt for 32 yds, downed at the BOIS 38
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Chase Penry for 7 yds to the BOIS 45
Maddux Madsen run for 4 yds to the BOIS 49 for a 1ST down
Maddux Madsen run for 14 yds to the USF 37 for a 1ST down
Maddux Madsen pass complete to Matt Lauter for 4 yds to the USF 33
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Ben Ford
Malik Sherrod run for 3 yds to the USF 30
Maddux Madsen pass incomplete to Sire Gaines
Alvon Isaac run for 49 yds to the BOIS 21 for a 1ST down
Byrum Brown run for 3 yds to the BOIS 18
Alvon Isaac run for 5 yds to the BOIS 13
Cartevious Norton run for a loss of 1 yard to the BOIS 14
Nico Gramatica 33 yd FG GOOD
Dylan Riley run for 4 yds to the BOIS 29
Dylan Riley run for a loss of 1 yard to the BOIS 28
Max Cutforth pass complete to Quinton Brown for 19 yds to the BOIS 47 for a 1ST down
Dylan Riley run for 4 yds to the USF 49
Max Cutforth pass complete to Demetric Whitlock Jr. for 12 yds to the USF 37 for a 1ST down
Dylan Riley run for 5 yds to the USF 32
Dylan Riley run for 7 yds to the USF 25 for a 1ST down