2001 Mountain West Conference football season

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2001 Mountain West Conference football season
League NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport Football
Number of teams8
2002 NFL Draft
Top draft pick Chester Pitts (San Diego State)
Picked by Houston Texans, 50th overall
Regular Season
Champion Brigham Young
  Runners-up Colorado State
Top scorer Luke Staley (168 points)
Football seasons
  2000
2002  
2001 Mountain West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 25 BYU $  7 0   12 2  
Colorado State  5 2   7 5  
Utah  4 3   8 4  
New Mexico  4 3   6 5  
Air Force  3 4   6 6  
UNLV  3 4   4 7  
San Diego State  2 5   3 8  
Wyoming  0 7   2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Mountain West Conference football season was the third since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the Mountain West Conference. BYU won the conference championship in 2001, the Cougars' second title since the league began in 1999.

Contents

Coaching changes

Bowl games

BowlDateStadiumCityResult
New Orleans Bowl December 18, 2001 Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana Colorado State 45, North Texas 20
Las Vegas Bowl December 25, 2001 Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, Nevada Utah 10, Southern Cal 6
Liberty Bowl December 31, 2001 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee Louisville 28, BYU 10

Awards

All Conference Teams

First-team:

Offense
Quarterback Brandon Doman, Sr, BYU
Running back Luke Staley, Jr, BYU
Larry Ned, Sr, San Diego State
Wide receiver Reno Mahe, Jr, BYU
Ryan McGuffey, So, Wyoming
Tight end Doug Jolley, Sr, BYU
Offensive Line Doug Kaufusi, Sr, Utah
David Moreno, Sr, San Diego State
Adam Goldberg, Jr, Wyoming
David Shohet, Sr, Colorado State
Jason Scukanec, Sr, BYU
Kicker V. Borombozin, Sr, New Mexico
Kick returner Pete Rebstock, Sr, Colorado State
Defense
Defensive line Ryan Denney, Sr, BYU
Jason Kaufusi, Jr, Utah
Brian Johnson, Sr, New Mexico
Garrett Smith, Sr, Utah
Linebacker Gary Davis, Sr, New Mexico
Justin Ena, Sr, BYU
Sheldon Deckart, Jr, Utah
Defensive back Kevin Thomas, Sr, UNLV
Will Demps, Sr, San Diego State
Sam Brandon, Sr, UNLV
Jernaro Gilford, So, BYU
Punter Joey Huber, Jr, Colorado State

Second-team:

Offense
Quarterback Casey Bramlet, So, Wyoming
Running back Dameon Hunter, Sr, Utah
Joe Haro, Jr, UNLV
Wide receiver J. R. Tolver, Jr, San Diego State
Cliff Russell, Sr, Utah
Tight end Jose Ochoa, Sr, Colorado State
Offensive Line Ben Miller, Sr, Air Force
Peter Tramontanas, Sr, UNLV
Jeremy Sorenson, Sr, New Mexico
Ben Archibald, Jr, BYU
Broc Finlayson, Sr, Colorado State
Kicker Jarvis Wallum, So, Wyoming
Kick returner Dexter Wynn, So, Colorado State
Defense
Defensive line Jerome Haywood, Sr, San Diego State
Lauvale Sape, Sr, Utah
Anton Palepoi, Sr, UNLV
Zach Johnson, Sr, Air Force
Linebacker Eric Pauley, So, Colorado State
Leo Caires, Sr, Wyoming
Drew Wood, So, Colorado State
Defensive back Jason Gallimore, Sr, Colorado State
Antwoine Sanders, So, Utah
Stephen Persley, Sr, New Mexico
Justin Gallimore, Sr, Colorado State
Punter Brian Simnjanovski, Jr, San Diego State

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