Sports season
2018 Mountain West Conference football season League NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Sport Football Duration August 2018–January 2019 Number of teams 12 TV partner(s) CBSSN , ABC , ESPN , ESPN2 , ESPNU , CBS , Stadium , ATTSN Top draft pick LB Jahlani Tavai , Hawaii Picked by Detroit Lions , 43rd overallMountain Division champions Boise State West Division champions Fresno State Champions Fresno State Runners-up Boise State Finals MVP RB Alexander Mattison , Boise State DE Mykal Walker , Fresno State
The 2018 Mountain West Conference football season , part of that year's NCAA Division I FBS football season , will be the 20th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). Since the 2012 12 teams have competed in the MW-football conference. The season will begin on August 25 and will end on November 24.[ 1] Mountain West is a "Group of Five" conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the American Athletic Conference , Conference USA , the Mid-American Conference , and the Sun Belt Conference . The Mountain West Championship Game will be played on December 1. The entire schedule was released on March 1.[ 2]
2018 Mountain West media days took place on July 24 and 25 at the Cosmopolitan .
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Place Mountain Division West Division 1 Boise State (22) 132 Fresno State (16) 126 2 Wyoming 95 San Diego State (6) 116 3 Colorado State 82 UNLV 78 4 Utah State 78 Nevada 72 5 Air Force 52 Hawaii 45 6 New Mexico 23 San Jose State 25
First place votes in parentheses Preseason All–Mountain West team[ edit ] [ 4]
Defense Position Player Class Team DL David Moa** SR. Boise State DL Curtis Weaver * SO. Boise State DL Youhanna Ghaifan* JR. Wyoming DL Carl Granderson * DL Wyoming LB Jeffrey Allison* JR. Fresno State LB Jahlani Tavai ** SR. Hawaii LB Malik Reed SR. Nevada DB Tyler Horton* SR. Boise State DB Dameon Baber** SR. Nevada DB Tariq Thompson** SO. San Diego State DB Andrew Wingard * SR. Wyoming
Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: Brett Rypien , SR., QB, Boise State Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Andrew Wingard , SR., DB, Wyoming Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year: Avery Williams , SO., KR/PR, Boise State (* – member of the 2017 All–Mountain West first team)
(** – member of the 2017 All–Mountain West second team)
NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season
Listed are the Mountain West teams who were ranked or received votes at some point during the season. Air Force, Colorado State, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, UNLV, and Wyoming were never ranked or 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
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Index to colors and formatting Mountain West member won Mountain West member lost Mountain West teams in bold
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. 8:00 p.m. UC Davis San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA L 38–44 12,675 4:00 p.m. Colorado Colorado State Broncos Stadium at Mile High • Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown ) CBSSN L 13–45 70,158 5:00 p.m. Utah State No. 11 Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI BTN L 31–38 73,114 7:00 p.m. Portland State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV W 72–19 17,525 7:00 p.m. San Diego State No. 13 Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA FS1 L 10–31 40,913 September 1 12:00 p.m. Stony Brook Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO Stadium W 38–0 33,415 September 1 1:30 p.m. Washington State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBSSN L 19–41 24,131 September 1 2:00 p.m. UNLV No. 15 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA P12N L 21–43 58,708 September 1 4:00 p.m. No. 22 Boise State Troy Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL ESPNews W 56–20 29,612 September 1 6:00 p.m. Incarnate Word New Mexico Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM ESPN3 W 62–30 18,213 September 1 8:00 p.m. Idaho Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA Stadium W 79–13 31,170 September 1 9:00 p.m. Navy Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI CBSSN W 59–41 29,702 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Players of the week:[ 5]
Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Cole McDonald Hawaii Tyler Horton Boise State Jaron Bryant Fresno State
Boise State cornerback Tyler Horton was also named the Bronko Nagurski Trophy National Defensive Player of the Week.[ 6]
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. September 8 10:00 a.m. New Mexico No. 5 Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI BTN L 14–45 77,003 September 8 10:00 a.m. Nevada Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN SECN L 10–41 25,676 September 8 12:00 p.m. Air Force Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL CBSSN L 27–33 24,101 September 8 5:00 p.m. Wyoming Missouri Faurot Field • Columbia, MO ESPNU L 13–40 50,820 September 8 5:30 p.m. Arkansas Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO CBSSN W 34–27 31,894 September 8 5:30 p.m. Fresno State Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN FS1 L 14–21 38,280 September 8 6:00 p.m. New Mexico State Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT Stadium W 60–13 18,223 September 8 7:00 p.m. Sacramento State San Diego State SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA W 28–14 45,755 September 8 7:00 p.m. UTEP UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV ATTSN W 52–24 14,122 September 8 8:15 p.m. Connecticut No. 20 Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPNU W 62–7 34,515 September 8 9:00 p.m. San Jose State Washington State Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA P12N L 0–31 26,141 September 8 10:00 p.m. Rice Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu SPEC HI W 43–29 23,112 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Players of the week:[ 7]
Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Brett Rypien Boise State Aaron Wade Utah State Dominik Eberle Utah State
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. 6:00 p.m. Tennessee Tech Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT Stadium W 73–12 15,011 September 15 10:00 a.m. Hawaii Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY CBSSN L 21–28 31,133 September 15 1:30 p.m. No. 17 Boise State No. 24 Oklahoma State Boone Pickens Stadium • Stillwater, OK ESPN L 21–44 54,974 September 15 2:00 p.m. Colorado State Florida Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL SECN L 10–48 80,021 September 15 2:00 p.m. Wofford Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY Stadium W 17–14 20,293 September 15 3:00 p.m. San Jose State No. 20 Oregon Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR P12N L 22–35 50,049 September 15 5:00 p.m. Oregon State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV ESPNU W 37–35 20,462 September 15 6:00 p.m. New Mexico New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry ) ELVN W 42–25 20,673 September 15 8:00 p.m. Prairie View A&M UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV W 46–17 14,786 September 15 8:30 p.m. Fresno State UCLA Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA FS1 W 38–14 60,867 September 15 8:30 p.m. No. 23 Arizona State San Diego State SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN W 28–21 34,641 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Players of the week:[ 8]
Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Marcus McMaryion Fresno State Marcus Hayes New Mexico John Baron II San Diego State
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. September 22 10:00 a.m. Nevada Toledo Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH CBSSN L 44–63 23,675 September 22 1:00 p.m. Illinois State Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO ATTSN L 19–35 26,259 September 22 5:00 p.m. UNLV Arkansas State Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR ESPN3 L 20–27 18,537 September 22 8:30 p.m. Eastern Michigan San Diego State SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN W 23–20 OT 30,898 September 22 8:15 p.m. Air Force Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT ESPN2 USU 42–32 22,720 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Players of the week:[ 9]
Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Jordan Love Utah State Darren Hall San Diego State John Baron II San Diego State
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. September 29 2:00 pm Nevada Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO ESPNews NEV 28–25 23,707 September 29 4:00 p.m. Liberty New Mexico Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM L 43–52 18,804 September 29 5:00 p.m. Boise State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY CBSSN BSU 34–14 22,271 September 29 5:00 p.m. Hawaii San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA Spectrum HAW 44–41 5OT 16,363 September 29 8:30 p.m. Toledo Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA ESPNU W 49–27 33,401 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Players of the week:[ 10]
Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Marcus McMaryion Fresno State Mykal Walker Fresno State Ryan Meskell Hawaii
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. 7:00 p.m. Utah State BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT (Beehive Boot & The Old Wagon Wheel ) ESPN2 W 45–20 58,087 October 6 1:30 p.m. Navy Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy ) CBSSN W 35–7 40,175 October 6 1:30 p.m. San Diego State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPNU SDSU 19–13 36,679 October 6 2:00 p.m. New Mexico UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV ATTSN UNM 50–14 18,949 October 6 8:30 p.m. Colorado State San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA CBSSN CSU 42–30 13,802 October 6 8:30 p.m. Fresno State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV ESPNU FRES 21–3 15,367 October 6 10:00 p.m. Wyoming Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI SPEC HI HAW 17–13 23,907 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Players of the week:[ 11]
Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Jordan Love Utah State Darren Hall San Diego State John Baron II San Diego State
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. 7:00 p.m. Air Force San Diego State SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN SDSU 21–17 25,326 October 13 1:30 p.m. Army San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA ESPNU L 3–52 15,627 October 13 2:00 p.m. New Mexico Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO ATTSN CSU 20–18 36,514 October 13 2:00 p.m. UNLV Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT Stadium USU 59–28 21,212 October 13 8:15 p.m. Hawaii BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT ESPN2 L 23–49 52,354 October 13 8:30 p.m. Boise State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV (rivalry ) CBSSN BSU 31–27 21,431 October 13 8:30 p.m. Wyoming Fresno State Bulldogs Stadium • Fresno, CA ESPNU FRES 27–3 28,501 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Players of the week:[ 12]
Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Jordan Love Utah State Kyahva Tezino San Diego State Kaelin Himphill San Diego State
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. 7:00 p.m. Colorado State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN2 BSU 56–28 32,299 8:00 p.m. Air Force UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV CBSSN AFA 41–35 17,881 October 20 12:30 p.m. Utah State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY (Bridger’s Battle ) ATTSN USU 24–16 18,378 October 20 5:30 p.m. Fresno State New Mexico Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM ESPNU FRES 38–7 16,708 October 20 8:30 p.m. San Jose State San Diego State SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA CBSSN SDSU 16–13 30,451 October 20 10:00 p.m. Nevada Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI SPEC HI NEV 40–22 24,475 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Players of the week:[ 13]
Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Isaiah Sanders Air Force Korey Rush Nevada John Baron II San Diego State
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. 8:00 p.m. Wyoming Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO (The Border War ) CBSSN WYO 34–21 32,125 October 27 2:00 p.m. New Mexico Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT Stadium USU 61–19 16,119 October 27 4:30 p.m. UNLV San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA ATTSN SJSU 50–37 16,165 October 27 5:00 p.m. Boise State Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO CBSSN BSU 48–38 27,753 October 27 8:30 p.m. Hawaii Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (rivalry ) ESPN2 FRES 50–20 33,659 October 27 8:30 p.m. San Diego State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV ESPNU NEV 28–24 14,545 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Players of the week:[ 14]
Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Jordan Love Utah State Dakari Monroe San Jose State Quinton Conaway Nevada
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. November 3 10:00 a.m. Air Force Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy) CBSSN L 14–17 38,502 November 3 12:00 p.m. San Jose State Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY ATTSN WYO 24–9 13,238 November 3 8:15 p.m. BYU Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN2 W 21–16 35,241 November 3 8:15 p.m. San Diego State New Mexico Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM ESPNU SDSU 31–23 14,646 November 3 8:30 p.m. No. 20 Fresno State UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV CBSSN FRES 48–3 15,276 November 3 10:00 p.m. No. 18 Utah State Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI SPEC HI USU 56–17 21,476 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Players of the week:[ 15]
Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Darwin Thompson Utah State Kyahva Tezino San Diego State John Baron II San Diego State
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. 8:15 p.m. No. 16 Fresno State Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID (Battle for the Milk Can ) ESPN2 BSU 24–17 33,118 November 10 1:30 p.m. New Mexico Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO CBSSN AFA 42–24 23,723 November 10 2:00 p.m. San Jose State No. 14 Utah State Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT Stadium USU 62–24 19,017 November 10 8:30 p.m. Colorado State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV ESPNU NEV 49–10 13,755 November 10 8:30 p.m. UNLV San Diego State SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA ESPN2 UNLV 27–24 24,986 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Players of the week:[ 16]
Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Jordan Love Utah State Jericho Flowers UNLV Tyson Dyer New Mexico
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. 7:00 p.m. No. 23 Boise State New Mexico Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM CBSSN BSU 45–14 16,883 November 17 12:00 p.m. No. 14 Utah State Colorado State Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO ATTSN USU 29–24 19,226 November 17 2:00 p.m. Air Force Wyoming War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, WY ESPNews WYO 35–27 14,996 November 17 3:00 p.m. Nevada San Jose State CEFCU Stadium • San Jose, CA ESPN3 NEV 21–12 12,271 November 17 8:30 p.m. San Diego State Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (Battle for the Oil Can ) CBSSN FRES 23–14 36,123 November 17 9:00 p.m. UNLV Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI SPEC HI HAW 35–28 25,697 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Players of the week:[ 17]
Offensive Defensive Special teams Player Team Player Team Player Team Tyler Vander Waal Wyoming Andrew Wingard Wyoming Dominik Eberle Utah State
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. 1:30 p.m. Colorado State Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry ) CBSSN AFA 27–19 17,432 November 24 12:30 p.m. Wyoming New Mexico Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM ATTSN WYO 31–3 14,269 November 24 5:00 p.m. San Jose State Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (Valley Cup ) ESPNU FRES 31–13 26,162 November 24 7:30 p.m. Nevada UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV (Battle for the Fremont Cannon ) CBSSN UNLV 34–29 19,921 November 24 8:15 p.m. No. 14 Utah State No. 21 Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN BSU 33–24 35,960 November 24 8:30 p.m. Hawaii San Diego State SDCCU Stadium • San Diego, CA ESPNU HAW 31–30 OT 28,014 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Players of the week:[ 18]
Mountain West Championship Game [ edit ] Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref. December 1 5:45 p.m. No. 25 Fresno State No. 19 Boise State Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN FRES 19–16 OT 23,662 # Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time .
Legend Mountain West win Mountain West loss
Bowl game Date Site Television Time (MST ) MW team Opponent Score Attendance New Mexico Bowl December 15 Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM ESPN 12:00 p.m. Utah State North Texas 52–13 25,387 Las Vegas Bowl December 15 Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV ESPN 1:30 p.m. Fresno State Arizona State 31–20 37,146 Frisco Bowl December 19 Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TX ESPN 6:00 p.m. San Diego State Ohio 0–27 11,029 Hawaii Bowl December 22 Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI ESPN 8:30 p.m. Hawaii Louisiana Tech 14–31 30,911 First Responder Bowl December 26 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX ESPN 11:30 a.m. Boise State Boston College No contest† Arizona Bowl December 29 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ CBSSN 11:15 a.m. Nevada Arkansas State 16–13 OT 32,368
†The First Responder bowl was delayed and ultimately canceled with 5:08 remaining in the 1st quarter with Boston College leading 7–0. The game was ruled a no contest.[ 19]
Records against FBS Conferences [ edit ] Power Five conferences [ edit ] Group of Five conferences [ edit ] All Conference Teams [ edit ] Offensive Player of the Year : Brett Rypien , Sr., QB, Boise State Defensive Player of the Year : Jeff Allison, Jr., LB, Fresno State Special Teams Player of the Year : Cooper Rothe, Jr., K, Wyoming Freshman of the Year : Toa Taua, RB, Nevada Coach of the Year : Matt Wells , Utah State Offense :
Pos. Name Yr. School Pos. Name Yr. School First Team Second Team QB Brett Rypien Sr. Boise State QB Jordan Love So. Utah State WR John Ursua Jr. Hawaii WR KeeSean Johnson Sr. Fresno State WR Preston Williams Jr. Colorado State WR Sean Modster Sr. Boise State RB Nico Evans Sr. Wyoming RB Lexington Thomas Sr. UNLV RB Alexander Mattison Jr. Boise State RB Darwin Thompson Jr. Utah State TE Josh Oliver Sr. San José State TE Jared Rice Jr. Fresno State OL Ezra Cleveland So. Boise State OL Micah St. Andrew Sr. Fresno State OL Keith Ismael So. San Diego State OL Aaron Jenkins Sr. New Mexico OL Quin Ficklin Sr. Utah State OL Ryan Pope Sr. San Diego State OL Christian Cronk Sr. Fresno State OL Roman Andrus Sr. Utah State OL John Molchon Jr. Boise State OL Griffin Landrum Sr. Air Force PK Cooper Rothe Jr. Wyoming PK John Baron II Sr. San Diego State PR/KR Savon Scarver So. Utah State PR/KR Marcus Hayes Fr. New Mexico
Defense :
Pos. Name Yr. School Pos. Name Yr. School First Team Second Team DL Curtis Weaver So. Boise State DL Carl Granderson Sr. Wyoming DL Mykal Walker Jr. Fresno State DL Jordan Jackson So. Air Force DL Jabril Frazier Sr. Boise State DL Kaimana Padello Jr. Hawaii DL Korey Rush Sr. Nevada DL Bryson Bridges Sr. San Jose State LB Kyahva Tezino Jr. San Diego State LB David Woodward So Utah State LB Jeff Allison Jr. Fresno State LB Josh Watson Jr. Colorado State LB Malik Reed Sr. Nevada LB Tipa Galeai Jr. Utah State DB Tyler Horton Sr. Boise State DB JuJu Hughes Jr. Fresno State DB Tank Kelly Sr. Fresno State DB Mike Bell Jr. Fresno State DB Dakari Monroe Sr. San José State DB Tariq Thompson So. San Diego State DB Andrew Wingard Sr. Wyoming DB Jontrell Rocquemore Sr. Utah State P Ryan Stonehouse So. Colorado State P Blake Cusick Jr. Fresno State
Honorable Mentions:
Air Force: Jeremy Fejedelem, Jr., DB. Boise State: Durrant Miles, Sr., DL; Kekoa Nawahine, Jr., DB; Avery Williams , So, RS/DB. Colorado State: None Fresno State: Jaron Bryant, Jr., DB; Jasad Haynes, Jr, DL; George Helmuth, Sr., LB; Marcus McMaryion, Sr., QB. Hawai'i: Zeno Choi, Sr., DL; Rojesterman Farris II, Jr.; DB; Cole McDonald , So., QB; Jahlani Tavai , Sr., LB; Solo Vaipulu, Fr., OL. Nevada: Dameon Baber, Sr., DB; Daniel Brown, Jr., DB; Quinton Conaway, Jr., P; Sean Krepsz, Sr., OL; McLane Mannix, So., WR; Jake Nelson, Jr., OL Asauni Rufus, Sr., DB. New Mexico: Aaron Blackwell, Jr., DL; Tyson Dyer, So., P; Marcus Hayes, Fr., DB. San Diego State: Parker Baldwin, Sr., DB; Noble Hall, Sr., DL; Brandon Heicklen, Jr., P; Kahale Warring , Jr., TE; Juwan Washington, Jr., RB. San Jose State: Ethan Aguayo, Jr., LB; Thai Cottrell, Sr., RS; Bryce Crawford, Sr., P; Boogie Roberts, Sr., DL. UNLV: Nathan Jacobson, Sr., OL; Roger Mann, Sr., DL; Justin Polu, Jr., OL. Utah State: Adewale Adeoye, Sr., DL; Rob Castaneda, Sr., OL; Dominik Eberle , Jr., PK; Gaje Ferguson, Sr., DB; Fua Leilua, Jr., DL; Dax Raymond, Jr., TE; Christopher Unga, Jr., DL; DJ Williams, Jr., DB. Ron’Quavion Tarver, Sr., WR; Sean Taylor, Sr., OL. Wyoming: Tyler Hall , Jr., DB; Logan Wilson , Jr., LB. [ 20]
Home game attendance [ edit ] Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Total Average % of Capacity Air Force Falcon Stadium 46,692 33,415 23,707 40,175 † 27,753 23,723 17,432 166,205 27,701 59.3% Boise State Albertsons Stadium 36,387 34,515 36,679 † 32,299 35,241 33,118 35,960 207,812 34,635 95.2% Colorado State Canvas Stadium 41,200 31,007 31,894 26,259 36,514 † 32,125 19,226 177,025 29,504 71.6% Fresno State Bulldog Stadium 41,031 31,170 33,401 28,501 33,659 36,123 † 26,162 189,016 31,503 76.7% Hawaii Aloha Stadium 50,000 29,702 † 23,112 26,175 23,907 24,475 21,476 25,697 174,544 24,935 49.9% Nevada Mackay Stadium 30,000 17,525 20,462 15,367 21,431 † 14,545 13,755 103,085 17,180 57.3% New Mexico Dreamstyle Stadium 39,224 18,213 18,804 † 16,708 14,646 16,883 14,269 99,523 16,587 42.3% San Diego State SDCCU Stadium 54,000 45,755 † 34,641 30,898 25,326 30,451 24,986 28,014 220,071 31,439 58.2% San Jose State CEFCU Stadium 30,456 12,675 16,363 † 13,802 16,165 12,271 71,276 14,255 46.8% Utah State Maverik Stadium 25,513 18,223 15,011 22,720 † 21,212 16,119 19,017 112,302 18,717 73.4% UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium 35,500 14,122 14,786 18,949 17,881 15,276 19,921 † 100,935 16,823 47.4% Wyoming War Memorial Stadium 29,181 24,131 † 20,293 22,271 18,378 13,238 14,996 113,307 18,885 64.7%
Bold – Exceed capacity †Season High
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