2019 Mountain West Conference football season

2019 Mountain West Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	football
Duration	August 2019–January 2020
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	CBSSN, ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, CBS, Stadium, ATTSN
2020 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	QB Jordan Love, Utah State
Picked by	Green Bay Packers, 26th overall
Regular season
Mountain Division champions	Boise State Broncos
Mountain Division runners-up	Air Force Falcons
West Division champions	Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
West Division runners-up	San Diego State Aztecs
Championship Game
Champions	Boise State
Runners-up	Hawaii
Football seasons
←  2018 2020  →

2019 Mountain West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
No. 23 Boise State xy$		8	–	0					12	–	2
No. 22 Air Force		7	–	1					11	–	2
Utah State		6	–	2					7	–	6
Wyoming		4	–	4					8	–	5
Colorado State		3	–	5					4	–	8
New Mexico		0	–	8					2	–	10
West Division
Hawaii xy		5	–	3					10	–	5
San Diego State x		5	–	3					10	–	3
Nevada		4	–	4					7	–	6
San Jose State		2	–	6					5	–	7
UNLV		2	–	6					4	–	8
Fresno State		2	–	6					4	–	8
Championship: Boise State 31, Hawaii 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2019 Mountain West Conference football season, part of that year's NCAA Division I FBS football season, is the 21st season of College Football for the Mountain West Conference (MW) since 2012. 12 teams have competed in the MW-football conference. The season began on August 24, 2019, and will end on November 30. The entire schedule was released on February 4, 2019. ^[1]

Previous season

Main article: 2018 Mountain West Conference football season

In 2018 Boise State won the Mountain Division with a 7–1 Conference record, while Fresno State won the West Division with a 7–1 Conference Record. Fresno State beat Boise State 19–16 in Overtime in the 2018 Mountain West Conference Championship football game, held at Albertsons Stadium in Boise. ^[2]

Preseason

Mountain West Media

The Mountain West Media Days took place on July 23 and 24 at the Cosmopolitan.

Preseason Polls

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Place	Mountain Division	West Division
1	Boise State (15) 120	Fresno State (17) 122
2	Utah State (6) 108	San Diego State (3) 106
3	Air Force 73	Nevada 74
4	Wyoming 66	Hawai'i (1) 67
5	Colorado State 52	UNLV 51
6	New Mexico 22	San Jose State 22

• First place votes in parentheses

Preseason All–Mountain West team

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Offense

Position	Player	Class	Team
QB	Jordan Love**	Jr.	Utah State
WR	John Hightower	Sr.	Boise State
WR	Cedric Byrd II	Sr.	Hawai'i
RB	Juwan Washington	Sr.	San Diego State
RB	Toa Taua	So.	Nevada
OL	Ezra Cleveland*	Jr.	Boise State
OL	John Molchon*	Sr.	Boise State
OL	Jake Nelson	Sr.	Nevada
OL	Keith Ismael	Jr.	San Diego State
OL	Justin Polu	Sr.	UNLV
TE	Jared Rice**	Sr.	Fresno State

Defense

Position	Player	Class	Team
DL	Jordan Jackson**	Jr.	Air Force
DL	David Moa*	Sr.	Boise State
DL	Curtis Weaver	Jr.	Boise State
DL	Tipa Galeai	Sr.	Utah State
LB	Mykal Walker	Sr.	Fresno State
LB	Kyahva Tezino*	Sr.	San Diego State
LB	David Woodward**	Jr.	Utah State
DB	Jeremy Fejedelem	Sr.	Air Force
DB	JuJu Hughes**	Sr.	Fresno State
DB	Tariq Thompson**	Jr.	San Diego State
DB	DJ Williams	So.	Utah State

Specialists

Position	Player	Class	Team
P	Ryan Stonehouse*	Jr.	Colorado State
PK	Cooper Rothe*	Sr.	Wyoming
KR/PR	Savon Scarver*	Jr.	Utah State

• Preseason Offensive Player of the Year:

Jordan Love, Jr., QB, Utah State

• Preseason Defensive Player of the Year:

Curtis Weaver, Jr., DL, Boise State

• Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year:

Cooper Rothe, Sr., PK, Wyoming

(* – member of the 2018 All–Mountain West first team)

(** – member of the 2018 All–Mountain West second team)

Rankings

See also: 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Listed are the Mountain West teams who were ranked or received votes at some point during the season. Colorado State, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, and UNLV were never ranked nor received any votes.

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		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	Wk 15	Final
Air Force Falcons	AP												RV	RV	RV	25	24	22
	C						RV				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	24	23
	CFP	Not released
Boise State Broncos	AP	RV	24	22	20	16	16	14	14	22	21	21	19	20	20	19	18	23
	C	RV	24	22	20	15	15	14	13	21	21	21	19	19	19	17	18	22
	CFP	Not released										22	21	20	20	19	19
Fresno State Bulldogs	AP	RV
	C	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors	AP
	C		RV	RV		RV	RV	RV							RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
San Diego State Aztecs	AP								RV	RV	25	24	RV	RV				RV
	C							RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Utah State Aggies	AP	RV
	C	RV				RV	RV			RV
	CFP	Not released
Wyoming Cowboys	AP
	C		RV	RV	RV		RV				RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released

Coaches

Coaching changes

There was only one coaching change in the Mountain West Conference for the 2019 season.

Gary Andersen, who previously coached at Utah State, returned to Logan to replace Matt Wells, who left to coach at Texas Tech.

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	MW record
Air Force	Troy Calhoun	13	87–67	87–67	52–44
Boise State	Bryan Harsin	6	57–20	49–13	32–8
Colorado State	Mike Bobo	5	24–27	24–27	17–15
Fresno State	Jeff Tedford	3	104–63	17–5	14–2
Hawaii	Nick Rolovich	4	18–22	18–22	10–15
Nevada	Jay Norvell	3	8–14	8–14	8–8
New Mexico	Bob Davie	8	68–79	33–54	17–39
San Diego State	Rocky Long	9	136–105	71–37	46–17
San Jose State	Brent Brennan	3	3–22	3–22	2–15
UNLV	Tony Sanchez	5	16–32	16–32	11–21
Utah State	Gary Andersen	5	57–61	31–25	35–23
Wyoming	Craig Bohl	6	132–67	28–34	19–21

Schedule

The Regular season will begin on August 24 and will end on November 30.

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Mountain West member won
Mountain West member lost
Mountain West teams in bold

Week One

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 24	4:30 p.m.	Arizona	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	CBSSN	W 45–38	22,396
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Northern Colorado	San Jose	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA		W 35–18	13,480
August 30	6:00 p.m.	Utah State	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	ACCN	L 35–38	29,027
August 30	6:30 p.m.	Purdue	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	CBSSN	W 34–31	20,144
August 30	8:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Colorado	Broncos Stadium at Mile High • Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	ESPN	L 31–52	76,125
August 31	10:00 a.m.	Boise State	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL [lower-alpha 1]	ESPNews	W 36–31	50,917
August 31	1:30 p.m.	Colgate	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO		W 48–7	33,101
August 31	4:00 p.m.	Sam Houston State	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM		W 39–31	13,749
August 31	5:30 p.m.	Missouri	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY		W 37–31	26,037
August 31	7:00 p.m.	Weber State	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA		W 6–0	40,222
August 31	7:00 p.m.	Southern Utah	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV		W 56–23	17,421
August 31	7:30 p.m.	Fresno State	USC	United Airlines Field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ESPN	L 23–31	57,329
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 6	7:00 p.m.	Marshall	No. 24 Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN2	W 14–7	31,951
September 7	2:00 p.m.	Western Illinois	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO		W 38–13	24,453
September 7	2:15 p.m.	San Diego State	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	P12N	W 24–14	36,951
September 7	5:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Texas State	Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX	ESPN+	W 23–14	20,003
September 7	5:30 p.m.	Nevada	No. 16  Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	P12N	L 6–77	50,920
September 7	5:30 p.m.	Stony Brook	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	Facebook	W 62–7	22,247
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Tulsa	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	ESPN3	L 16–34	12,471
September 7	8:00 p.m.	Arkansas State	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	Stadium	L 17–43	18,472
September 7	8:30 p.m.	Minnesota	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	CBSSN	L 35–38 2OT	34,790
September 7	9:59 p.m.	Oregon State	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	Spectrum PPV	W 31–28	26,807
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Three

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 14	11:00 a.m.	Air Force	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	P12N	W 30–23 OT	49,282
September 14	12:30 p.m.	New Mexico	No. 7  Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 14–66	77,622
September 14	1:30 p.m.	UNLV	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	BTN	L 14–30	37,714
September 14	2:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	SECN	L 34–55	55,583
September 14	3:00 p.m.	Idaho	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	ESPN3	W 21–16	28,814
September 14	5:00 p.m.	Weber State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPN3	W 19–13	14,174
September 14	5:30 p.m.	Hawaii	No. 23  Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	P12N	L 20–52	67,589
September 14	6:00 p.m.	San Diego State	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	FloSports	W 31–10	10,123
September 14	8:15 p.m.	Portland State	No. 22 Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN2	W 45–10	31,068
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 20	7:00 p.m.	Air Force	No. 20 Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN2	BSU 30–19	36,498
September 21	1:30 p.m.	Wyoming	Tulsa	H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	CBSSN	L 21–24	16,246
September 21	2:30 p.m.	New Mexico State	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry)		W 55–52	27,269
September 21	5:30 p.m.	San Jose State	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	SECN	W 31–24	56,058
September 21	6:00 p.m.	Nevada	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	ESPN3	W 37–21	10,493
September 21	8:00 p.m.	Sacramento State	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA		W 34–20	31,034
September 21	8:15 p.m.	Toledo	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	ESPN2	L 35–41	24,464
September 21	8:30 p.m.	Utah State	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	USU 23–17	27,367
September 21	9:59 p.m.	Central Arkansas	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	Spectrum PPV	W 35–16	23,465
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 27	6:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN	AF 41–24	24,786
September 28	4:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	ESPN+	L 10–17	17,101
September 28	5:30 p.m.	Colorado State	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	CBSSN	USU 34–24	20,017
September 28	6:00 p.m.	Fresno State	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	FloSports	W 30–17	8,872
September 28	6:00 p.m.	UNLV	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	ESPNU	WYO 53–17	23,029
September 28	8:30 p.m.	Hawaii	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPN2	HAW 54–3	15,137
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Six

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 4	8:00 p.m.	New Mexico	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	CBSSN	SJSU 32–21	16,119
October 5	10:00 a.m.	Utah State	No. 5  LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	SECN	L 6–42	100,266
October 5	1:30 p.m.	Air Force	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBSSN	L 25–34	37,957
October 5	8:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	ESPN2	SDSU 24–10	29,767
October 5	8:30 p.m.	No. 16 Boise State	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	CBSSN	BSU 38–13	24,681
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Seven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 11	6:00 p.m.	Colorado State	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	CBSSN	CSU 35–21	15,393
October 12	2:00 p.m.	UNLV	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	SECN	W 34–10	20,048
October 12	2:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV		NEV 41–38	15,311
October 12	5:00 p.m.	Fresno State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN	AF 43–24	22,544
October 12	8:15 p.m.	Hawaii	No. 14 Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN2	BSU 59–37	36,902
October 12	8:30 p.m.	Wyoming	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	SDSU 26–22	28,758
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 18	8:00 p.m.	UNLV	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	CBSSN	FRES 56–27	26,256
October 19	1:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	AT&TSNRM	WYO 23–10	22,884
October 19	5:00 p.m.	San Diego State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	Stadium	SDSU 27–17	18,285
October 19	8:15 p.m.	No. 14 Boise State	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN2	L 25–28	58,930
October 19	8:15 p.m.	Nevada	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	ESPNU	USU 36–10	15,240
October 19	9:00 p.m.	Air Force	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Kuter Trophy)	CBSSN	AF 56–26	23,757
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 26	10:00 a.m.	San Jose State	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	CBSSN	W 34–29	35,346
October 26	12:00 p.m.	Nevada	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	AT&TSNRM	WYO 31–3	16,126
October 26	2:00 p.m.	Hawaii	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	SPEC HI	UH 45–31	12,617
October 26	5:30 p.m.	Colorado State	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	ESPNU	CSU 41–31	32,890
October 26	8:15 p.m.	Utah State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	ESPN2	AF 31–7	19,248
October 26	8:30 p.m.	San Diego State	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	CBSSN	SDSU 20–17	19,652
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 2	1:30 p.m.	Army	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	CBSSN	W 17–13	41,401
November 2	1:30 p.m.	UNLV	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	AT&TSN	CSU 37–17	24,103
November 2	8:00 p.m.	BYU	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	ESPN2	L 14–42	25,472
November 2	8:30 p.m.	New Mexico	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPNU	NEV 21–10	15,631
November 2	8:30 p.m.	No. 21 Boise State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	CBSSN	BSU 52–42	19,184
November 2	9:59 p.m.	Fresno State	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Golden Screwdriver Trophy)	Spectrum PPV/Facebook	FRES 41–38	22,058
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Eleven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 9	5:00 p.m.	Utah State	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	CBSSN	USU 35–37	32,037
November 9	8:15 p.m.	Wyoming	No. 21 Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN	BSU 20–17 OT	33,018
November 9	8:30 p.m.	Nevada	No. 24 San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	ESPN2	NEV 17–13	27,973
November 9	9:00 p.m.	San Jose State	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Dick Tomey Legacy Series)	SPEC PPV	UH 42–40	19,858
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Twelve

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 15	7:30 p.m.	Fresno State	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	ESPN2	SDSU 17–7	26,876
November 16	2:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Utah State	Romney Stadium • Logan, UT (Bridger's Battle)	ESPNU	USU 26–21	16,364
November 16	2:00 p.m.	Hawaii	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV (Island Showdown)	Facebook	HAW 21–7	21,317
November 16	5:00 p.m.	Air Force	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy)	ESPN2	AF 38–21	24,914
November 16	8:15 p.m.	New Mexico	No. 19 Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN2	BSU 42–9	31,492
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Thirteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 22	7:30 p.m.	Colorado State	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Border War)	ESPN2	WYO 17–7	21,152
November 23	12:00 p.m.	Air Force	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	ESPN3	AF 44–22	13,844
November 23	1:00 p.m.	San Jose State	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV		UNLV 38–35	17,373
November 23	8:30 p.m.	No. 20 Boise State	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	CBSSN	BSU 56–21	18,315
November 23	8:30 p.m.	Nevada	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	ESPN2	NEV 35–28	32,303
November 23	9:00 p.m.	San Diego State	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	SPEC PPV	HAW 14–11	24,911
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Week Fourteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 29	1:30 p.m.	No. 20 Boise State	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	BSU 31–24	12,324
November 30	12:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO		AFA 20–6	21,425
November 30	1:00 p.m.	UNLV	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV (Fremont Cannon)		UNLV 33–30 OT	16,683
November 30	2:00 p.m.	Utah State	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM		USU 38–25	11,611
November 30	7:00 p.m.	BYU	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	CBSSN	W 13–3	28,180
November 30	8:30 p.m.	Fresno State	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA (Valley Trophy)		SJSU 17–16	12,835
November 30	9:59 p.m.	Army	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	CBSSN	W 52–31	26,256
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Championship Game

Week Fifteen (Mountain West Championship game)

Further information: Mountain West Conference Championship Game

The 2019 Mountain West Conference Championship Game was held on December 7 between the champions of the Mountain Division and the West Division.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 7	2:00 p.m.	Hawaii	No. 19 Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN	BSU 31–10	23,561
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time Zone.

Postseason

Bowl games

Legend
	Mountain West win
	Mountain West loss

See also: 2019–20 NCAA football bowl games

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (MST)	Mountain West team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Frisco Bowl	December 20	Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TX	ESPN2	5:30 p.m.	Utah State	Kent State	41–51	12,120
New Mexico Bowl	December 21	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	ESPN	11:00 a.m.	San Diego State	Central Michigan	48–11	18,823
Las Vegas Bowl	December 21	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	ABC	5:30 p.m.	No. 19 Boise State	Washington	7–38	34,197
Hawaii Bowl	December 24	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	ESPN	6:00 p.m.	Hawaii	BYU	38–34	21,582
Cheez-It Bowl	December 27	Chase Field • Phoenix, AZ	ESPN	8:15 p.m.	Air Force	Washington State	31–21	34,105
Arizona Bowl	December 31	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	CBSSN	2:30 p.m.	Wyoming	Georgia State	38–17	36,892
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl	January 3, 2020	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN	1:30 p.m.	Nevada	Ohio	30-21	13,611

Rankings are from CFP rankings. All times Mountain Time Zone. Mountain West teams shown in bold.

Selection of teams

• Bowl eligible: Air Force, Boise State, Hawaii, Nevada, San Diego State, Utah State, Wyoming
• Bowl-ineligible: Colorado State, Fresno State, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV

Mountain West records vs Other Conferences

2019–2020 records against non-conference foes:

Regular season Power 5 Conferences Record ACC 1–1 Big Ten 1–2 Big 12 0–0 Pac-12 4–4 BYU/Notre Dame 1–3 SEC 3–2 Power 5 Total 10–12 Other FBS Conferences Record American 0–3 C-USA 2–1 Independents (Excluding BYU and Notre Dame) 6–1 MAC 0–1 Sun Belt 1–1 Other FBS Total 9–7 FCS Opponents Record Football Championship Subdivision 12–0 Total Non-Conference Record 31–19

Post Season Power Conferences 5 Record ACC 0–0 Big Ten 0–0 Big 12 0–0 Pac-12 1–1 BYU/Notre Dame 1–0 SEC 0–0 Power 5 Total 2–1 Other FBS Conferences Record American 0–0 C–USA 0–0 Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) 0–0 MAC 1–2 Sun Belt 1–0 Other FBS Total 2–2 Total Bowl Record 4–3

Mountain West vs Power Five matchups

This is a list of games the Mountain West has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, BYU/Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 24	Pac-12	Arizona	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	W 45–38
August 30	ACC	Utah State	Wake Forest	BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC	L 35–38
August 30	Big Ten	Purdue	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	W 34–31
August 30	Pac-12	Colorado State	Colorado	Sports Authority Field • Denver, CO	L 31–52
August 31	ACC	Boise State	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	W 36–31
August 31	SEC	Missouri	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	W 37–31
August 31	Pac-12	Fresno State	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 23–31
September 7	Pac-12	Oregon State	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	W 31–28
September 7	Pac-12	San Diego State	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	W 23–14
September 7	Pac-12	Nevada	Oregon	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	L 6–77
September 7	Big Ten	Minnesota	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	L 35–38 (2OT)
September 14	Pac-12	Air Force	Colorado	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	W 30–23 (OT)
September 14	Independent	New Mexico	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	L 14–66
September 14	Big Ten	UNLV	Northwestern	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	L 14–30
September 14	SEC	Colorado State	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	L 34–55
September 14	Pac-12	Hawaii	Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 20–52
September 21	SEC	San Jose State	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	W 31–24
October 5	SEC	Utah State	No. 5 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 6–42
October 12	SEC	UNLV	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	W 34–10
October 19	Independent	Boise State	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT	L 25–28
November 2	Independent	BYU	Utah State	Romney Stadium • Logan, UT	L 14–42
November 30	Independent	BYU	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	W 13–3

Mountain West vs Group of Five matchups

The following games include Mountain West teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC or Sun Belt.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 6	C–USA	Marshall	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	W 14–7
September 7	Sun Belt	Wyoming	Texas State	Bobcat Stadium • San Marcos, TX	W 23–14
September 7	American	Tulsa	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	L 16–34
September 7	Sun Belt	Arkansas State	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	L 17–43
September 21	MAC	Toledo	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	L 35–41
September 21	American	Wyoming	Tulsa	Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK	L 21–24
September 21	C–USA	Nevada	UTEP	Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX	W 37–21
October 5	American	Air Force	Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD	L 25–34

Mountain West vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include Mountain West teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, or UMass.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 14	Independents	San Diego State	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	W 31–10
September 21	Independents	New Mexico State	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	W 55–52
September 28	Independents	New Mexico	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	L 10–17
September 28	Independents	Fresno State	New Mexico State	Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM	W 30–17
October 26	Independents	San Jose State	Army	Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	W 34–29
November 2	Independents	Army	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	W 17–13
November 30	Independents	Army	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	W 52-31

Mountain West vs FCS matchups

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 29	Northern Colorado	San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA	W 35–18
August 31	Colgate	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	W 48–7
August 31	Sam Houston State	New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	W 39–31
August 31	Weber State	San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA	W 6–0
August 31	Southern Utah	UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	W 56–23
September 7	Western Illinois	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	W 38–13
September 7	Stony Brook	Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	W 62-7
September 14	Idaho	Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY	W 21–16
September 14	Weber State	Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	W 19–13
September 14	Portland State	Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	W 45–10
September 21	Sacramento State	Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	W 34–20
September 21	Central Arkansas	Hawaii	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	W 35–16

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week		Offensive				Defensive				Special Teams
		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position
Week 1 (Sept. 2)		Cedric Byrd	Hawaii	WR		Alijah Halliburton	Wyoming	S		Eric Sachse Brandon Talton	Boise State Nevada	PK
Week 2 (Sept. 9)		JoJo Ward	Hawaii	WR		Kyahva Tenzino	San Diego State	LB		Matt Araiza	San Diego State	PK
Week 3 (Sept. 16)		Donald Hammond III	Air Force	QB		Jeremy Fejedelem	Air Force	S		Brandon Talton (2)	Nevada	PK
Week 4 (Sept. 23)		Josh Love	San Jose State	QB		Bobby Brown II	San Jose State	DB		Dominik Eberle	Utah State	PK
Week 5 (Sept. 30)		Cole McDonald	Hawaii	QB		David Woodward	Utah State	LB		Savon Scarver	Utah State	WR/KR
Week 6 (Oct. 7)		Josh Love (2)	San Jose State	QB		Luq Barcoo	San Diego State	CB		Matt Mercurio	San Jose State	PK
Week 7 (Oct. 14)		Warren Jackson	Colorado State	WR		Javin White	UNLV	LB		Brandon Talton (3)	Nevada	PK
Week 8 (Oct. 21)		Mike Schmidt	Air Force	QB		Justin Rice	Fresno State	LB		Brandon Heicklen	San Diego State	P
Week 9 (Oct. 28)		Xazavian Valladay	Wyoming	RB		Logan Stewart	Colorado State	S		Matt Mercurio (2)	San Jose State	PK
Week 10 (Nov. 4)		George Holani	Boise State	RB		Evan Williams	Fresno State	DB		Avery Williams	Boise State	PR
Week 11 (Nov. 11)		Chevan Cordeiro	Hawaii	QB		Sam Hammond	Nevada	DE		Dominik Eberle (2)	Utah State	PK
Week 12 (Nov. 18)		Jaylon Henderson	Boise State	QB		Jake Ksiazek Eric Munoz	Air Force Utah State	DL LB		Dominik Eberle (3)	Utah State	PK
Week 13 (Nov. 25)		Donald Hammond III (2)	Air Force	QB		Jericho Flowers	UNLV	CB		Brandon Heicklen (2)	San Diego State	P
Week 14 (Dec. 2)		Kenyon Oblad	UNLV	QB		Jeremy Fejedelem (2)	Air Force	DB		Brandon Heicklen (3)	San Diego State	P

Mountain West Individual Awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Mountain West Conference football coaches at the end of the season

Award	Player	School
Offensive Player of the Year	Josh Love, Sr., QB	San José State
Defensive Player of the Year	Curtis Weaver, Jr., DE	Boise State
Special Teams Player of the Year	Avery Williams, Jr., Ret.	Boise State
Freshman of the Year	George Holani, RB	Boise State
Coach of the Year	Nick Rolovich	Hawaii

All-conference teams

Position Player Class Team First Team Offense QB Josh Love Senior San José State WR Warren Jackson Junior Colorado State WR Cedric Byrd II Senior Hawaii WR Tre Walker Junior San José State RB Charles Williams Junior UNLV RB Xazavian Valladay Sophomore Wyoming TE Trey McBride Sophomore Colorado State OL Scott Hattok Senior Air Force OL Nolan Laufenberg Junior Air Force OL Ezra Cleveland Junior Boise State OL John Molchon Senior Boise State OL Keith Ismael Junior San Diego State First Team Defense DL Mosese Fifita Senior Air Force DL Curtis Weaver Junior Boise State DL Dom Peterson Sophomore Nevada DL Myles Cheatum Senior San Diego State DL Cameron Thomas Freshman San Diego State LB Justin Rice Junior Fresno State LB Mykal Walker Senior Fresno State LB Kyahva Tezino Senior San Diego State LB David Woodward Junior Utah State LB Logan Wilson Senior Wyoming DB Kekaula Kaniho Junior Boise State DB Jamal Hicks Senior Colorado State DB Luq Barcoo Senior San Diego State DB Alijah Halliburton Senior Wyoming First Team Special Teams PK Dominik Eberle Senior Utah State KR Savon Scarver Junior Utah State P Ryan Stonehouse Junior Colorado State PR Avery Williams Junior Boise State

Position Player Class Team Second Team Offense QB Cole McDonald Junior Hawaii WR John Hightower Senior Boise State WR JoJo Ward Senior Hawaii WR Siaosi Mariner Senior Utah State RB George Holani Freshman Boise State RB Ronnie Rivers Junior Fresno State TE Parker Houston Senior San Diego State OL Connor Vikupitz Senior Air Force OL Garrett Larson Senior Boise State OL Ilm Manning Sophomore Hawaii OL Daishawn Dixon Senior San Diego State OL Keegan Cryder Sophomore Wyoming Second Team Defense DL Chase Hatada Senior Boise State DL David Moa Senior Boise State DL Keshawn Banks Sophomore San Diego State DL Tipa Galeai Senior Utah State LB Kyle Johnson Senior Air Force LB Riley Whimpey Junior Boise State LB Ethan Aguayo Senior San José State DB Kekoa Nawahine Senior Boise State DB Jalen Walker Junior Boise State DB Tariq Thompson Junior San Diego State DB Jericho Flowers Senior UNLV First Team Special Teams PK Brandon Talton Freshman Nevada KR John Hightower Senior Boise State P Tyson Dyer Junior New Mexico PR Austin Conway Senior Wyoming

All Conference Honorable Mentions

• Air Force: Milton Bugg III, Jr., DB; Jeremy Fejedelem, Sr., DB; Jordan Jackson, Jr., DL; Timothy Jackson, So., FB; Jake Koehnke, Sr., PK; Zan Lewis, Sr., DB; Geraud Sanders, Sr., WR; Kadin Remsberg, Jr., RB
• Boise State: John Bates, Jr., TE; Sonatane Lui, Sr., DL; Eric Quevedo, Sr., OL; Khalil Shakir, So., WR; Avery Williams, Jr., DB
• Colorado State: Anthony Hawkins, Sr., KR; Manny Jones, Jr., DL
• Fresno State: Kevin Atkins, Jr., DL; Blake Cusick, Sr., P; JuJu Hughes, Sr., DB
• Hawaii: Cortez Davis, Jr., DB; Rojesterman Farris II, Sr., DB; Solomon Matautia, Sr., LB; Kaimana Padello, Sr., DL; Gene Pryor, OL; Taaga Tuulima, Jr., OL; Blessman Ta'ala, So., DL
• Nevada: Daniel Brown, Sr., DB; Romeo Doubs, WR, PR; Gabriel Sewell, Sr., LB; Toa Taua, So., RB
• New Mexico: Ahmari Davis, Sr., RB; Alex Hart, Sr., LB; Teton Saltes, Jr., OL; Kyle Stapley, Jr., OL
• San Diego State: Matt Araiza, Fr., PK; William Dunkle, Fr., OL; Darren Hall, So., DB; Brandon Heicklen, Sr., P; Dwayne Johnson Jr., Jr., DB
• San Jose State: Bailey Gaither, Sr., WR; Troy Kowalski, Sr., OL; Matt Mercurio, Fr., PK; Jack Snyder, Jr., OL
• UNLV: Julio Garcia, Jr., OL; Rayshad Jackson, Sr., LB; Justin Polu, Sr., OL; Javin White, Sr., LB
• Utah State: Shaq Bond, Jr., DB; Gerold Bright, Sr., RB; Jordan Love, Jr., QB; Caleb Repp, Sr., TE; Christopher Unga, Sr., DL
• Wyoming: Tyler Hall, Sr., DB; Logan Harris, Jr., OL; Cassh Maluia, Sr., LB

All-Americans

For the complete All-America selections, see 2019 College Football All-America Team.

The 2019 College Football All-America Teams are composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), FOX Sports (FOX) College Football News (CFN), Bleacher Report (BR), Scout.com, Phil Steele (PS), SB Nation (SB), Athlon Sports, Pro Football Focus (PFF) and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo!).

Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. Football consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American. ^{[6] [7]}

Position	Player	School	Selector
First Team All-Americans
DL, LB	Curtis Weaver	Boise State	CBS, WCFF, TSN, BR
LB	Logan Wilson	Wyoming	PFF
DB	Luq Barcoo	San Diego State	BR

Position	Player	School	Selector
Second Team All-Americans
DL, LB	Curtis Weaver	Boise State	AP, AFCA, FWAA, SI, USAT, PFF
LB	Logan Wilson	Wyoming	USAT
DB	Luq Barcoo	San Diego State	WCFF, FWAA
PR	Avery Williams	Boise State	PFF

Position	Player	School	Selector
Third Team All-Americans
LB	Logan Wilson	Wyoming	AP
DB	Luq Barcoo	San Diego State	AP
C	Keith Ismael	San Diego State	PFF

*AFCA All-America Team (AFCA)
*Walter Camp Football Foundation All-America Team (WCFF)
*Associated Press All-America Team (AP)
*The Sporting News All-America Team (TSN)
*Football Writers Association of America All-America Team (FWAA)
*Sports Illustrated All-America Team (SI)
*Bleacher Report All-America Team (BR)
*College Football News All-America Team (CFN)
*ESPN All-America Team (ESPN)
*CBS Sports All-America Team (CBS)
*Athlon Sports All-America Team (Athlon)

National award winners

2019 College Football Award Winners

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Air Force	Falcon Stadium	46,692	33,101	24,786	22,544	19,248	41,401†	21,425	—	—	162,505	27,084	58.0%
Boise State	Albertsons Stadium	36,387	31,951	31,068	36,498	36,902†	33,018	31,492	23,561	—	224,490	32,070	88.1%
Colorado State	Canvas Stadium	41,200	24,453	24,464	29,767†	24,103	24,914	12,324	—	—	140,025	23,337	56.6%
Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium	41,031	34,790†	31,034	26,256	32,890	32,037	32,303	—	—	189,310	31,551	76.9%
Hawaii	Aloha Stadium	50,000	22,396	26,807†	23,465	23,757	22,058	19,858	24,911	26,256	189,508	23,688	47.8%
Nevada	Mackay Stadium	30,000	20,144†	14,174	15,137	15,311	15,631	16,683	—	—	97,080	16,180	53.9%
New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium	39,224	13,749	27,269†	15,393	12,617	13,844	11,611	—	—	94,483	15,747	40.1%
San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium	54,000	40,222†	27,367	28,758	27,973	26,876	28,180	—	—	179,376	29,896	55.4%
San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium	30,456	13,480	12,471	16,119	18,285	19,134†	12,835	—	—	92,324	15,387	50.5%
Utah State	Maverik Stadium	25,513	22,247	20,017	15,240	25,472†	16,364	18,315	—	—	117,655	19,609	76.9%
UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium	35,500	17,421	18,742	24,681†	19,652	21,317	17,373	—	—	119,186	19,864	56.0%
Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium	29,181	26,037	28,814†	23,029	22,884	16,126	21,152	—	—	138,042	23,007	78.8%

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High

NFL Draft

The following list includes all Mountain West players who were drafted in the 2020 NFL draft.

Round #	Pick #	NFL Team	Player	Position	College
1	26	Green Bay Packers	Jordan Love	QB	Utah State
2	58	Minnesota Vikings	Ezra Cleveland	OT	Boise State
3	65	Cincinnati Bengals	Logan Wilson	ILB	Wyoming
4	119	Atlanta Falcons	Mykal Walker	ILB	Fresno State
5	156	Washington Redskins	Keith Ismael	C	San Diego State
5	164	Miami Dolphins	Curtis Weaver	DE	Boise State
5	168	Philadelphia Eagles	John Hightower	WR	Boise State
6	181	Denver Broncos	Netane Muti	G	Fresno State
6	204	New England Patriots	Cassh Maluia	LB	Wyoming
7	224	Tennessee Titans	Cole McDonald	QB	Hawaii

Notes

1. The game against Boise State was originally scheduled for 7:00 p.m. EDT at TIAA Bank Stadium in Jacksonville, but was moved over safety concerns related to Hurricane Dorian. ^[5]

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