WAC Championship Game

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WAC football championship game
Conference football championship
Western Athletic Conference logo.svg
Sport Football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Played1996–1998
Last contest 1998
Most championships Air Force, BYU, Colorado State (1)
TV partner(s) ESPN on ABC
Host stadiums
Sam Boyd Stadium (1996–1998)
Host locations
Whitney, Nevada (1996–1998)

The Western Athletic Conference football championship game was an annual postseason college football game played to determine the champion of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).

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History

The Western Athletic Conference staged a conference title football game during the three years (1996–1998) the league consisted of sixteen members. During this time, the league was split into two divisions, Pacific and Mountain, with eight teams in each division. The top finisher in each division played for the championship, which was held at Sam Boyd Stadium in the Las Vegas Valley. When conference membership was cut in half in 1999 with the formation of the Mountain West Conference, both the championship game and two-division format were discontinued. All participants in the three title games were among the defections to Mountain West. [1]

Results

Results by year

Below are the results from all WAC Football Championship Games played. The winning team appears in bold font, on a background of their primary team color. Rankings are from the AP Poll released prior to the game.

YearMountainPacificSiteAttendanceRef
1996 6 BYU Cougars 2820 Wyoming Cowboys 25OT Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV 41,238 [2]
1997 New Mexico Lobos 1320 Colorado State Rams 4112,706 [3]
1998 17 Air Force Falcons 20 BYU Cougars 1332,745 [4]

Results by team

TeamAppearancesRecordPCT.PFPA
BYU 21–1.5004145
Air Force 11–01.0002013
Colorado State 11–01.0004113
New Mexico 10–1.0001341
Wyoming 10–1.0002528

See also

References

  1. ↑ Call, Jeff (1998). "The Great Divide: BYU and Seven Others Leave WAC". BYU Magazine. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  2. ↑ "CougarStats: BYU Football: BYU vs. Wyoming 1996 WAC Championship Game". cougarstats.com.
  3. ↑ "Western Athletic Conf. Championship". Akron Beacon Journal . Akron, Ohio. December 7, 1997. p. C9. Retrieved March 8, 2019– via newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "CougarStats: BYU Football: BYU vs. Air Force 1998 WAC Championship Game". cougarstats.com.
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