2011 Mountain West Conference football season | |
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League | Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) |
Sport | Football |
Duration | September 1, 2011–January 2012 |
Number of teams | 8 |
TV partner(s) | The Mtn., CBS Sports Network, Versus |
2012 NFL Draft | |
Top draft pick | LB Shea McClellin, Boise State |
Picked by | Chicago Bears, 19th overall |
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No. 8 Boise State | 6 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 4 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 3 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2011 Mountain West Conference football season was the 13th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). Eight teams participated in that season: Air Force, Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU, UNLV, Wyoming and new member Boise State.
This was the first year the MW was without founding members Utah and BYU, which respectively left for the Pac-12 Conference and FBS independent status, with BYU's other sports joining the West Coast Conference. In response to their departure, the conference added Boise State for this season, and would eventually add Fresno State, Hawaiʻi (football only; other sports joined the Big West Conference), and Nevada for the 2012 season.
This was also the last year for TCU as an MW member. The Horned Frogs were originally set to become a member of the Big East Conference in the 2012 season. However, on October 10, they accepted a bid to join the Big 12 Conference. [1]
TCU repeated as conference champions going undefeated (12–0) during the regular season for the second consecutive year. They finished the year as the highest ranked non-automatic qualifying school in the BCS rankings to receive an automatic bid to a BCS game. Since Oregon was ranked in the top two and selected to play in the BCS National Championship Game, the Rose Bowl was contractually obligated to take the highest ranked non-AQ to fill the Pac-10's spot. The Horned Frogs defeated Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl 21–19 to finish the season 13–0 and finished ranked #2 in both the AP and Coaches Polls.
Air Force, BYU, San Diego State, and Utah also went to bowl games. Everyone but Utah won their bowl game to give the conference a 4–1 bowl record to win the Bowl Challenge Cup for the second consecutive year.
At one point during the season, both TCU and Utah were both ranked in the top 5 of the BCS rankings.
The following Mountain West players were named to preseason award watch lists.
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During the Mountain West media days on July 26–27 in Las Vegas, Boise State was picked as the overwhelming favorite to win the conference, garnering 28 of a possible 31 first place votes. Defending champion TCU received the other 3 first place votes and were picked second.
The media also selected their preseason all–conference team. Boise State's Sr. QB Kellen Moore was selected as the offensive player of the year. TCU's Sr. LB Tank Carder was selected as the defensive player of the year. Air Force's Sr. KR Jonathan Warzeka was selected as the special teams player of the year. [16]
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New conference member Boise State was banned by the Mountain West Conference from wearing their traditional all blue uniforms during conference home games. Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson's reason for the rule was that coaches had stated that the Broncos received a "competitive advantage" when wearing all blue on the blue turf of Bronco Stadium. Boise State head coach Chris Petersen was quoted that he thought the ban was, "ridiculous". [17]
NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season
Team | Head coach | Years at school | Overall record | Record at school | MW record |
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Air Force | Troy Calhoun | 5 | 34–18 | 34–18 | 21–11 |
Boise State | Chris Petersen | 6 | 61–5 | 61–5 | 0–0* |
Colorado State | Steve Fairchild | 4 | 13–24 | 13–24 | 6–18 |
New Mexico | Mike Locksley (fired on 9/25/11) George Barlow (interim) | 3 1 | 2–22 0–0 | 2–22 0–0 | 2–14 0–0 |
San Diego State | Rocky Long | 1 | 65–69 | 0–0 | 40–34^ |
TCU | Gary Patterson | 11 | 98–28 | 98–28 | 41–7 |
UNLV | Bobby Hauck | 2 | 82–28 | 2–11 | 2–6 |
Wyoming | Dave Christensen | 3 | 10–15 | 10–15 | 5–11 |
*first year as conference member, ^achieved as head coach of New Mexico from 99–08
The following Mountain West teams have been either ranked or received votes in the major polls during the 2011 season:
Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Final | ||
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Air Force | AP | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||||
Harris | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
Boise State | AP | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||||
C | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |||||
Harris | Not released | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||||
BCS | Not released | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||
San Diego State | AP | RV | |||||||||||||||
C | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||
Harris | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
TCU | AP | 14 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 20 | RV | RV | RV | 19 | |||||||
C | 15 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 20 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 19 | ||||||
Harris | Not released | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 21 | ||||||||||
BCS | Not released | 19 |
Date | Visitor | Home | Notes |
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September 1 | UNLV 17 | #10 Wisconsin 51 | |
September 2 | #15 TCU 48 | Baylor 50 | TCU loss snapped a 25-game regular season winning streak |
September 3^ | #7 Boise State 35 | #22 Georgia 21 | Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta Boise State's first ever win against an SEC team |
September 10 | New Mexico 3 | #13 Arkansas 52 | Played at Arkansas' secondary home in Little Rock |
September 10 | UNLV 7 | Washington State 59 | |
September 17^ | Colorado State 14 | Colorado 28 | Rocky Mountain Showdown at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver |
September 17 | Texas Tech 59 | New Mexico 13 | Second straight year the Lobos have hosted Texas Tech |
September 17 | Washington State 24 | San Diego State 42 | |
September 24 | San Diego State 7 | #21 Michigan 28 | Michigan head coach Brady Hoke coached San Diego State the last two seasons |
September 24 | #9 Nebraska 38 | Wyoming 14 | |
October 8 | Air Force 33 | Notre Dame 59 | |
^Denotes neutral site game |
Index to colors and formatting |
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Mountain West member won |
Mountain West member lost |
Mountain West teams in bold |
All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change.
The Mountain West has teams in 3 different time zones. Times reflect start time in respective time zone of each team (Central–TCU, Mountain–Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, Wyoming, Pacific–San Diego State, UNLV). Conference games start times are that of the home team.
Rankings reflect that of the USA Today Coaches poll for that week until week eight when the BCS poll will be used.
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 1 | 5:00 PM | UNLV | #10 Wisconsin | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin | ESPN | L 17–51 | 77,085 |
September 2 | 7:00 PM | #15 TCU | Baylor | Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, Texas | ESPN | L 48–50 | 43,753 |
September 3 | 12:00 PM | South Dakota | Air Force | Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, Colorado | The Mtn. | W 37–20 | 39,105 |
September 3 | 4:00 PM | Colorado State | New Mexico | University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico | The Mtn. | CSU 14–10 | 21,454 |
September 3 ^ | 6:00 PM | #7 Boise State | #22 Georgia | Georgia Dome • Atlanta (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game) | ESPN | W 35–21 | 73,614 |
September 3 | 7:00 PM | Cal Poly | San Diego State | Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego | The Mtn. | W 49–21 | 34,384 |
September 3 | 7:00 PM | Weber State | Wyoming | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyoming | W 35–32 | 21,492 |
^ Neutral site
Players of the week: [18]
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | |||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team |
Kellen Moore | Boise State | Nordly Capi | Colorado State | Greg McCoy | TCU |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 10 | 9:00 AM | San Diego State | Army | Michie Stadium • West Point, New York | CBS Sports Network | W 23–20 | 26,778 |
September 10 | 12:00 PM | Northern Colorado | Colorado State | Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, Colorado | The Mtn. | W 33–14 | 25,367 |
September 10 | 1:30 PM | #25 TCU | Air Force | Flacon Stadium • Colorado Springs, Colorado | Versus | TCU 35–19 | 42,107 |
September 10 | 2:00 PM | UNLV | Washington State | Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington | L 7–59 | 27,018 | |
September 10 | 4:00 PM | Texas State | Wyoming | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyoming | The Mtn. | W 45–10 | 23,248 |
September 10 | 5:00 PM | New Mexico | #13 Arkansas | War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, Arkansas | ESPNU | L 3–52 | 52,606 |
Players of the week: [19]
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | |||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team |
Casey Pachall | TCU | Jerome Long | San Diego State | Brian Stahovich | San Diego State |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 16 | 6:00 PM | #4 Boise State | Toledo | Glass Bowl • Toledo, Ohio | ESPN | W 40–15 | 28,905 |
September 17 | 10:00 AM | Wyoming | Bowling Green | Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio | W 28–27 | 14,813 | |
September 17 ^ | 11:30 AM | Colorado State | Colorado | Sports Authority Field at Mile High • Fort Collins, Colorado (Rocky Mountain Showdown) | FSN | L 14–28 | 57,186 |
September 17 | 1:00 PM | Louisiana-Monroe | #23 TCU | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas | The Mtn. | W 38–17 | 32,719 |
September 17 | 1:30 PM | Texas Tech | New Mexico | University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico | Versus | L 13–59 | 20,674 |
September 17 | 3:00 PM | Washington State | San Diego State | Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego | The Mtn. | W 42–24 | 57,286 |
September 17 | 7:00 PM | Hawaiʻi | UNLV | Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, Nevada | The Mtn. | W 40–20 | 21,248 |
^ Neutral site Players of the week: [20]
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | |||
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Co-Players | Teams | Co-Players | Teams | Player | Team |
Kellen Moore (2)/Ronnie Hillman | Boise State/San Diego State | Larry Parker/Josh Biezuns | San Diego State/Wyoming | Greg McCoy (2) | TCU |
Kellen Moore was also named the Davy O'Brien Quarterback of the Week. Greg McCoy was also named the National Kickoff Returner of the Week by College Football Performance Awards.
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 24 | 9:00 AM | San Diego State | #21 Michigan | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan | BTN | L 7–28 | 110,707 |
September 24 | 1:00 PM | Tennessee State | Air Force | Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, Colorado | The Mtn. | W 63–24 | 33,487 |
September 24 | 4:00 PM | #20 (FCS) Sam Houston State | New Mexico | University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico | L 45–48 OT | 16,313 | |
September 24 | 5:30 PM | #9 Nebraska | Wyoming | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyoming | Versus | L 14–38 | 32,617 |
September 24 | 6:00 PM | Tulsa | #4 Boise State | Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho | CBS Sports Network | W 41–21 | 34,019 |
September 24 | 6:00 PM | Colorado State | Utah State | Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah | ESPN3 | W 35–34 2OT | 22,599 |
September 24 | 6:00 PM | Portland State | #20 TCU | Amon G. Cater Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas | W 55–13 | 33,825 | |
September 24 | 6:00 PM | #23 (FCS) Southern Utah | UNLV | Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, Nevada | The Mtn. | L 16–41 | 18,102 |
Players of the week: [21]
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | |||
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Co-Players | Teams | Player | Team | Player | Team |
Chris Nwoke/Deon Long | Colorado State/New Mexico | Shaquil Barrett | Colorado State | Tanner Hedstrom | Colorado State |
Coaching change
On September 25, 2011 following a 0–4 start which included a loss to Sam Houston State of the FCS, New Mexico relieved Mike Locksley of his duties as head coach. Associate head coach and defensive coordinator George Barlow assumed the job on an interim basis for the remainder of the season.
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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October 1 | 10:00 AM | Air Force | Navy | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland | CBS | W 35–34 OT | 37,506 |
October 1 | 12:30 PM | Nevada | #5 Boise State | Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho (Rivalry) | Versus | W 30–10 | 34,098 |
October 1 | 2:00 PM | San Jose State | Colorado State | Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, Colorado | The Mtn. | L 31–38 | 27,683 |
October 1 | 2:30 PM | SMU | #20 TCU | Amon G. Cater Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas (Battle for the Iron Skillet) | CBS Sports Network | L 33–40 OT | 35,632 |
October 1 | 6:00 PM | New Mexico State | New Mexico | University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico (Rio Grande Rivalry) | The Mtn. | L 28–42 | 30,091 |
Players of the week: [22]
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | |||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team |
Tim Jefferson | Air Force | Brady Amack | Air Force | Alex Means | Air Force |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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October 7 | 7:00 PM | #6 Boise State | Fresno State | Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California (Battle for the Milk Can) | ESPN | W 57–7 | 33,871 |
October 8 | 1:30 PM | Air Force | Notre Dame | Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana | NBC | L 33–59 | 80,795 |
October 8 | 4:00 PM | UNLV | Nevada | Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada (37th Battle for Nevada) | ESPN3 | L 0–37 | 25,978 |
October 8 | 6:00 PM | Wyoming | Utah State | Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah | ESPN3 | L 19–63 | 17,561 |
October 8 | 7:30 PM | TCU | San Diego State | Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, California | CBS Sports Network | TCU 27–14 | 44,248 |
Players of the week: [23]
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | |||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team |
Kellen Moore (3) | Boise State | Tekkerein Cuba | TCU | Ross Evans | TCU |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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October 13 | 6:00 PM | San Diego State | Air Force | Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, Colorado | CBS Sports Network | SDSU 41–27 | 27,490 |
October 15 | 12:00 PM | New Mexico | Nevada | Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada | L 7–49 | 15,369 | |
October 15 | 12:00 PM | UNLV | Wyoming | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyoming | The Mtn. | WYO 41–14 | 22,985 |
October 15 | 4:00 PM | #6 Boise State | Colorado State | Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, Colorado | The Mtn. | BSU 63–13 | 30,027 |
Players of the week: [24]
Co–Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | |||
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Players | Teams | Player | Team | Player | Team |
Doug Martin/Ronnie Hillman (2) | Boise State/San Diego State | Tyrone Crawford | Boise State | Chris McNeill | Wyoming |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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October 22 | 1:00 PM | New Mexico | TCU | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas | The Mtn. | TCU 69–0 | 33,833 |
October 22 | 1:30 PM | Air Force | #5 Boise State | Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho | Versus | BSU 37–26 | 34,196 |
October 22 | 6:00 PM | Colorado State | UTEP | Sun Bowl Stadium • El Paso, Texas | TWC El Paso | L 17–31 | 31,797 |
Players of the week: [25]
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | |||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team |
Kellen Moore (4) | Boise State | Byron Hout | Boise State | Antonio Graves | TCU |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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October 28 ^ | 7:00 PM | TCU | BYU | Cowboys Stadium • Arlington, Texas | ESPN | W 38–28 | 50,094 |
October 29 | 12:00 PM | Air Force | New Mexico | University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico | The Mtn. | AFA 42–0 | 16,691 |
October 29 | 3:00 PM | Colorado State | UNLV | Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, Nevada | The Mtn. | UNLV 38–35 | 21,289 |
October 29 | 7:00 PM | Wyoming | San Diego State | Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, California | The Mtn. | WYO 30–27 | 29,730 |
^ Neutral site
Players of the week: [26]
Co-Offensive | Co-Defensive | Special teams | |||
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Players | Teams | Players | Teams | Player | Team |
Brett Smith/Ronnie Hillman (3) | Wyoming/San Diego State | James Dunlap/Jonathan Anderson | Colorado State/TCU | Deante' Purvis | UNLV |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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November 5 | 12:00 PM | TCU | Wyoming | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyoming | The Mtn. | TCU 30–21 | 17,673 |
November 5 | 1:30 PM | Army | Air Force | Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, Colorado | CBS | W 24–14 | 46,709 |
November 5 | 5:00 PM | New Mexico | San Diego State | Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego | The Mtn. | SDSU 35–7 | 28,362 |
November 5 | 7:30 PM | #5 Boise State | UNLV | Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, Nevada | CBS Sports Network | BSU 48–21 | 26,281 |
Players of the week: [27]
Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | |||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team |
Waymon James | TCU | Jon Davis | Air Force | Parker Herrington | Air Force |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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November 12 | 12:00 PM | Wyoming | Air Force | Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, Colorado | The Mtn. | WYO 25–17 | 33,823 |
November 12 | 1:30 PM | TCU | #5 Boise State | Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho | Versus | TCU 36–35 | 34,146 |
November 12 | 4:00 PM | San Diego State | Colorado State | Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, Colorado | The Mtn. | SDSU 18–15 | 16,811 |
November 12 | 8:00 PM | UNLV | New Mexico | University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico | CBS Sports Network | UNM 21–14 | 14,937 |
Players of the week: [28]
Offensive | Co–Defensive | Special teams | |||
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Player | Team | Players | Teams | Player | Team |
Casey Pachall (2) | TCU | Carmen Messina/Nat Berhe | New Mexico/San Diego State | Anson Kelton | TCU |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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November 19 | 12:00 PM | New Mexico | Wyoming | War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyoming | The Mtn. | ||
November 19 | 2:30 PM | Colorado State | #19 TCU | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas | CBS Sports Network | ||
November 19 | 4:00 PM | UNLV | Air Force | Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, Colorado | The Mtn. | ||
November 19 | 5:00 PM | #10 Boise State | San Diego State | Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, California | CBS Sports Network |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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November 26 | 12:00 PM | Wyoming | Boise State | Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho | The Mtn. | ||
November 26 | 4:00 PM | Air Force | Colorado State | Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, Colorado (Ram–Falcon Trophy) | The Mtn. | ||
November 26 | 7:00 PM | San Diego State | UNLV | Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, Nevada | The Mtn. |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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December 3 | 12:00 PM | Wyoming | Colorado State | Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, Colorado (Border War) | The Mtn. | ||
December 3 | 1:30 PM | UNLV | TCU | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas | Versus | ||
December 3 | 4:00 PM | New Mexico | Boise State | Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho | The Mtn. | ||
December 3 | 5:00 PM | Fresno State | San Diego State | Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego | CBS Sports Network |
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 | Total | Average | % of Capacity |
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Air Force | Falcon Stadium | 52,480 | 39,105 | 42,107 | 33,487 | 27,490 | 46,709 | 33,823 | 222,721 | 37,121 | 70.7% | |
Boise State | Bronco Stadium | 33,500 | 34,019 | 34,098 | 34,196 | 34,146 | — | 136,519 | 34,130 | 101.9% | ||
Colorado State | Hughes Stadium | 34,400 | 25,367 | 27,683 | 30,027 | 16,811 | — | 99,888 | 24,972 | 72.6.5% | ||
New Mexico | University Stadium | 38,634 | 21,454 | 20,674 | 16,313 | 30,091 | 16,691 | 14,937 | — | 120,160 | 20,027 | 51.8% |
San Diego State | Qualcomm Stadium | 71,294 | 34,384 | 57,286 | 44,248 | 29,730 | 28,362 | 52,256 | 246,266 | 41,044 | 57.6% | |
TCU | Amon G. Carter Stadium | 34,000 | 32,719 | 33,825 | 35,632 | 33,833 | — | 136,009 | 34,003 | 100.0% | ||
UNLV | Sam Boyd Stadium | 36,800 | 21,248 | 18,102 | 21,289 | 26,281 | — | — | 86,920 | 21,730 | 59.0% | |
Wyoming | War Memorial Stadium | 34,000 | 21,492 | 23,248 | 32,617 | 22,985 | 17,673 | — | 118,015 | 23,603 | 69.4% | |
Offense:
Pos. | Name | Yr. | School | Name | Yr. | School | |
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First Team | Second Team | ||||||
QB | Kellen Moore | SR. | Boise State | Casey Pachall | SO. | TCU | |
WR | Tyler Shoemaker | SR. | Boise State | Deon Long | FR. | New Mexico | |
WR | Josh Boyce | SO. | TCU | Chris McNeil | JR. | Wyoming | |
RB | Doug Martin | SR. | Boise State | Asher Clark | SR. | Air Force | |
RB | Ronnie Hillman | SO. | San Diego State | Chris Nwoke | SO. | Colorado State | |
TE | Gavin Escobar | SO. | San Diego State | Crockett Gillmore | SO. | Colorado State | |
OL | A. J. Wallerstein | SR. | Air Force | Paul Madsen | SR. | Colorado State | |
OL | Nate Potter | SR. | Boise State | Weston Richburg | SO. | Colorado State | |
OL | Tommie Draheim | SR. | San Diego State | Alec Johnson | JR. | San Diego State | |
OL | Kyle Dooley | SR. | TCU | Nick Carlson | JR. | Wyoming | |
OL | Blaize Foltz | JR. | TCU | Clayton Kirven | SR. | Wyoming | |
PK | Parker Herrington | JR. | Air Force | Ross Evans | SR. | TCU | |
PR/KR | Greg McCoy | SR. | TCU | Deante' Purvis | SR. | UNLV |
Defense:
Pos. | Name | Yr. | School | Name | Yr. | School | |
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DL | Tyrone Crawford | SR. | Boise State | Billy Winn | SR. | Boise State | |
DL | Shea McClellin | SR. | Boise State | Jerome Long | SR. | San Diego State | |
DL | Cap Capi | SO. | Colorado State | Josh Biezuns | SR. | Wyoming | |
DL | Stansly Maponga | SO. | TCU | Gabriel Knapton | SR. | Wyoming | |
LB | Carmen Messina | SR. | New Mexico | Brady Amack | SR. | Air Force | |
LB | Miles Burris | SR. | San Diego State | Kenny Cain | JR. | TCU | |
LB | Tank Carder | SR. | TCU | Brian Hendricks | SR. | Wyoming | |
DB | Jon Davis | SR. | Air Force | Anthony Wright | SR. | Air Force | |
DB | George Iloka | SR. | Boise State | Tekerrein Cuba | SR. | TCU | |
DB | Leon McFadden | JR. | San Diego State | Tashaun Gipson | SR. | Wyoming | |
DB | Larry Parker | SR. | San Diego State | Luke Ruff | JR. | Wyoming | |
P | Brian Stahovich | SR. | San Diego State | Pete Kontodiakos | JR. | Colorado State |
The Big East Conference was a collegiate athletics conference that consisted of as many as 16 universities in the eastern half of the United States from 1979 to 2013. The conference's members participated in 24 NCAA sports. The conference had a history of success at the national level in basketball throughout its history, while its shorter football program, created by inviting one college and four other "associate members" into the conference, resulted in two national championships.
The Mountain West Conference (MW) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the United States, participating in NCAA Division I. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The MW officially began operations on January 4, 1999. Geographically, the MW covers a broad expanse of the Western United States, with member schools located in California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, as well as an associate member in Hawaii. Gloria Nevarez took over as commissioner of the MW on January 1, 2023, following the retirement of founding commissioner Craig Thompson.
The Fiesta Bowl is an American college football bowl game played annually in the Phoenix metropolitan area. From its beginning in 1971 until 2006, the game was hosted at the Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. Since 2007, the game has been played at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Since 2022, it has been sponsored by Vrbo and officially known as the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. Previous sponsors include PlayStation, BattleFrog, Vizio, Tostitos, IBM (1993–1995) and Sunkist (1986–1990).
The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was a selection system that created four or five bowl game match-ups involving eight or ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of American college football, including an opportunity for the top two teams to compete in the BCS National Championship Game. The system was in place for the 1998 through 2013 seasons and in 2014 was replaced by the College Football Playoff under its original four-team format.
The BCS National Championship Game, or BCS National Championship, was a postseason college football bowl game, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), first played in the 1998 college football season as one of four designated bowl games, and beginning in the 2006 season as a standalone event rotated among the host sites of the aforementioned bowls.
Gary Allen Patterson is an American football coach and former player. He was most recently the special assistant to the head coach at the University of Texas. He is the former head football coach at Texas Christian University and the coach with the most wins in Horned Frogs' history. Patterson led the TCU Horned Frogs to six conference championships and eleven bowl game victories, including victories in the 2011 Rose Bowl and 2014 Peach Bowl. His 2010 squad finished the season undefeated at 13–0 after a 21–19 Rose Bowl victory over the Wisconsin Badgers on New Year's Day 2011, and ranked second in the final tallying of both major polls.
The 2008 Mountain West Conference football season was the 10th since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the MW. The University of Utah won their fourth conference championship, ending the year 13–0 with a victory over Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl.
The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was a selection system used between 1998 and 2013 that was designed, through polls and computer statistics, to determine a No. 1 and No. 2 ranked team in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). After the final polls, the two top teams were chosen to play in the BCS National Championship Game which determined the BCS national champion team, but not the champion team for independent voting systems. This format was intended to be "bowl-centered" rather than a traditional playoff system, since numerous FBS Conferences had expressed their unwillingness to participate in a play-off system. However, due to the unique and often esoteric nature of the BCS format, there had been controversy as to which two teams should play for the national championship and which teams should play in the four other BCS bowl games. In this selection process, the BCS was often criticized for conference favoritism, its inequality of access for teams in non-Automatic Qualifying (non-AQ) Conferences, and perceived monopolistic, "profit-centered" motives. In terms of this last concern, Congress explored the possibility on more than one occasion of holding hearings to determine the legality of the BCS under the terms of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, and the United States Justice Department also periodically announced interest in investigating the BCS for similar reasons.
The NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, is the highest level of college football in the United States. The FBS consists of the largest schools in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). As of the 2024 season, there are 10 conferences and 134 schools in FBS.
The 2010 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the #4 TCU Horned Frogs, champions of the Mountain West Conference, and the #6 Boise State Broncos, champions of the Western Athletic Conference. The game was played Monday, January 4, 2010, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The game was part of the 2009–10 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the concluding game of the season for both teams involved.
The 2009 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) football season was an NCAA football season played from September 3, 2009, to January 4, 2010. The Western Athletic Conference consists of 9 members: Boise State, Fresno State, Hawai'i, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, New Mexico State, San Jose State, and Utah State. Boise State won the 2009 WAC title going 13–0, 8–0 in conference and were invited to play in the Fiesta Bowl, in which they defeated previously unbeaten TCU. Nevada, Fresno State, and Idaho also played in bowl games, the Hawaiʻi Bowl, New Mexico Bowl, and Humanitarian Bowl, respectively. Nevada lost to SMU and Fresno State lost to Wyoming, while Idaho beat Bowling Green.
The 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
The 2010 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos were led by fifth-year head coach Chris Petersen and played their home games at Bronco Stadium. They entered the 2010 season with winning streaks of 14 games overall and 25 games in regular-season play. This was the Broncos' final season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference, as the school announced on June 11, 2010, that it would leave the WAC for the Mountain West Conference effective July 1, 2011.
The 2010 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) football season was an NCAA football season played from September 2, 2010 – January 9, 2011. The Western Athletic Conference in 2010 consisted of 9 members: Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaiʻi, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, New Mexico State, San Jose State, and Utah State.
The 2011 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos were led by head coach Chris Petersen, winner of the 2010 Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award, and played their home games at Bronco Stadium. This season was Boise State's first in the Mountain West Conference after spending the previous ten years in the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 12–1, 6–1 Mountain West play to finish in second place. They were invited the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas for the second consecutive year where they defeated Arizona State 56–24.
The 2011 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Horned Frogs were led by 11th-year head coach Gary Patterson and played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 11–2, 7–0 in Mountain West play to win their third straight conference championship. They were invited to the Poinsettia Bowl, where they defeated Western Athletic Conference champion Louisiana Tech, 31–24.
The 2011 Western Athletic Conference football season is a college football season for the Western Athletic Conference. The 2011 season consisted of eight members: Fresno State, Hawaiʻi, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, New Mexico State, San Jose State, and Utah State.
The 2012 Mountain West Conference football season was the 14th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). In the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the MW had 10 football members: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaiʻi, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV, and Wyoming.
The 2012 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos were led by head coach Chris Petersen and played their home games at Bronco Stadium. This season was Boise State's second in the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 11–2, 7–1 in Mountain West play to share the conference championship with Fresno State and San Diego State. They were invited to and were champions of the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas for the third consecutive year, this year defeating Washington 28–26.
The 2013 Mountain West Conference football season was the 15th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). In the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the MW had 12 football members: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaiʻi, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, and Wyoming.