2020 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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Conference Championship | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 19, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Whitney, NV | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Nick Starkel (offensive) and Cade Hall (defensive), San Jose State [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Boise State by 6.5 [2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Scott Campbell | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | Fox | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Tim Brando (play-by-play) and Petros Papadakis (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 San Jose State y$ | 7 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boise State y | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 4 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaii | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 2 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: San Jose State 34, Boise State 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2020 Mountain West Conference Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 19, 2020, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, to determine the 2020 champion of the Mountain West Conference (MWC). [4] The game featured the regular-season champions San Jose State and regular-season runners-up Boise State, and was the conference's eighth championship game.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the game was played behind closed doors without fans. [5]
Boise State entered the championship game with a 5–1 record (5–0 in conference play). Their only loss of the season was to BYU, then ranked ninth in the AP Poll, in early November.
San Jose State entered the championship game with a 6–0 record, all in games played against conference opponents. Their closest game of the season was a 10-point win over Nevada on December 11. This was San Jose State's first appearance in a Mountain West Conference Championship Game.
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Boise State | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
No. 24 San Jose State | 7 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 34 |
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Game information |
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Statistics | BSU | SJSU |
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First downs | 14 | 26 |
Plays–yards | 66–224 | 77–498 |
Rushes–yards | 25–3 | 25–45 |
Passing yards | 221 | 453 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 20–40–0 | 32–52–0 |
Time of possession | 25:27 | 34:32 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Boise State | Passing | Hank Bachmeier | 20/40, 221 yards |
Rushing | Andrew Van Buren | 11 carries, 26 yards | |
Receiving | Khalil Shakir | 6 receptions, 85 yards | |
San Jose State | Passing | Nick Starkel | 32/52, 453 yards, 3 TD |
Rushing | Kairee Robinson | 12 carries, 39 yards | |
Receiving | Tre Walker | 7 receptions, 137 yards, 1 TD |
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