2009 Mountain West Conference football season
2009 Mountain West Conference football season | |
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League | NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) |
Sport | Football |
Duration | September 3, 2009 through January 7, 2010 |
Number of teams | 9 |
TV partner(s) | Mtn., CBS College Sports, Versus |
2010 NFL Draft | |
Top draft pick | DE Jerry Hughes, TCU |
Picked by | Indianapolis Colts, 31st overall |
Regular Season | |
Champion | TCU |
Runners-Up | Brigham Young |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 TCU $ | 8 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 BYU | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Utah | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 0 | – | 8 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2009 Mountain West Conference football season was the 11th since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the MW.
Previous season
[edit]Utah won its fourth conference championship while being the only Division I team to go undefeated.
Rankings
[edit]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 | (42T) | NR | ||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||
Harris | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
BYU | AP | 20 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 16 | (26) | 25 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | |
C | 24 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 21T | 20 | 19 | 16 | (27) | 25 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 14 | ||
Harris | Not released | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | (26) | 25 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 14 | |||||
BCS | Not released | 16 | NR | 22 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
Colorado State | AP | (42T) | (41) | (37T) | NR | ||||||||||||
C | (47T) | (40T) | (40) | NR | |||||||||||||
Harris | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | AP | ||||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||
Harris | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | AP | ||||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||
Harris | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
TCU | AP | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
C | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
Harris | Not released | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |||||
BCS | Not released | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
UNLV | AP | ||||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||
Harris | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
Utah | AP | 19 | 17 | 18 | (35) | (31) | (30) | 24 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 22 | (26) | 23 | |
C | 18 | 17 | 16 | (28) | (31) | (32) | (29) | 20 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 24 | ||
Harris | Not released | (31) | (32) | (26) | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 22 | |||||
BCS | Not released | 18 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 23 | ||||||||
Wyoming | AP | ||||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||
Harris | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
BCS | Not released |
Mountain West vs. BCS matchups
[edit]Date | Visitor | Home | Significance |
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September 5 | San Diego State 14 | UCLA 33 | |
September 5 | BYU 14 | Oklahoma 13 | BYU upset the third-ranked Oklahoma Sooners in their first game of the season. Game played at Cowboys Stadium. |
September 5 | New Mexico 6 | Texas A&M 41 | |
September 6 | Colorado State 23 | Colorado 17 | Rocky Mountain Showdown |
September 12 | Texas 41 | Wyoming 10 | |
September 12 | TCU 30 | Virginia 14 | The Horned Frogs opened the season by holding the Cavaliers to 177 yards total offense. UVa never started a play inside the red zone (the TCU 20), and did not score until the final 5 minutes, with the game out of reach. |
September 12 | Air Force 13 | Minnesota 20 | The first game at the Gophers' new TCF Bank Stadium. |
September 12 | Oregon State 23 | UNLV 21 | |
September 19 | Utah 24 | Oregon 31 | |
September 19 | Wyoming 0 | Colorado 24 | |
September 19 | Florida State 54 | BYU 28 | |
September 26 | Louisville 14 | Utah 30 | |
September 26 | TCU 14 | Clemson 10 | |
October 3 | New Mexico 28 | Texas Tech 48 |
Bowl games
[edit]Bowl Game | Date | Stadium | City | Television | Conference Matchups | Payout (US$) |
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Maaco Bowl Las Vegas | December 22 | Sam Boyd Stadium | Las Vegas, Nevada | ESPN | #1 MW vs. #4/#5 Pac-10 | |
Poinsettia Bowl | December 23 | Qualcomm Stadium | San Diego, California | ESPN | #2 MW vs. #6 Pac-10 / WAC | |
Armed Forces Bowl | December 31 | Amon G. Carter Stadium | Fort Worth, Texas | ESPN | #3 MW vs. Pac-10 | |
New Mexico Bowl | December 19 | University Stadium | Albuquerque, New Mexico | ESPN | #4 MW vs. WAC | |
Humanitarian Bowl | December 30 | Bronco Stadium | Boise, Idaho | ESPN | #5 MW vs. #1 WAC |
Home attendance
[edit]Team | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 | Total | Average |
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BYU | 64,209 | 64,091 | 64,103 | 64,641 | 64,071 | 64,301 | -------- | 385,416 | 64,236 |
Utah | 45,333 | 45,588 | 45,129 | 44,837 | 45,051 | 44,991 | -------- | 270,929 | 45,155 |
TCU | 35,249 | 37,130 | 31,156 | 33,541 | 50,307 | 41,738 | -------- | 229,121 | 38,187 |
Air Force | 42,205 | 35,929 | 30,104 | 34,117 | 46,212 | 25,370 | -------- | 214,117 | 35,686 |
New Mexico | 30,051 | 26,246 | 35,248 | 24,021 | 24,344 | 21,751 | -------- | 161,661 | 27,982 |
San Diego State | 42,137 | 21,184 | 30,258 | 12,647 | 21,708 | 18,851 | -------- | 146,785 | 24,464 |
Colorado State | 23,417 | 24,967 | 30,499 | 20,631 | 22,025 | 20,317 | -------- | 141,586 | 23,643 |
UNLV | 22,195 | 25,967 | 29,717 | 25,597 | 26,315 | 15,902 | 13,730 | 159,423 | 22,775 |
Wyoming | 18,016 | 31,017 | 19,196 | 14,502 | 19,201 | 15,031 | -------- | 116,963 | 19,494 |