2009 Mountain West Conference football season

2009 Mountain West Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 3, 2009
through January 7, 2010
Number of teams9
TV partner(s)Mtn., CBS College Sports, Versus
2010 NFL Draft
Top draft pickDE Jerry Hughes, TCU
Picked byIndianapolis Colts, 31st overall
Regular Season
ChampionTCU
Runners-UpBrigham Young
Football seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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  
  • $ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria
Rankings from AP Poll

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

Utah won its fourth conference championship while being the only Division I team to go undefeated.

Rankings

See also: 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
  Pre Wk
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13		 Wk
14		 Final
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

Date Visitor Home Significance
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

Bowl Game Date Stadium City Television Conference Matchups Payout (US$)
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

Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Total Average
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

Awards and honors

All Conference teams

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Offense:

Pos. Name Yr. School Name Yr. School
First Team Second Team
QB Andy Dalton JR. TCU Max Hall SR. BYU
WR Ryan Wolfe SR. UNLV Vincent Brown JR. San Diego State
WR David Reed SR. Utah DeMarco Sampson SR. San Diego State
RB Harvey Unga JR. BYU Jared Tew JR. Air Force
RB Eddie Wide JR. Utah Joseph Turner SR. TCU
TE Dennis Pitta SR. BYU Andrew George SR. BYU
OL Matt Reynolds SO. BYU Nick Charles SR. Air Force
OL Erik Cook SR. New Mexico Peter Lusk SR. Air Force
OL Marshall Newhouse SR. TCU Caleb Schlauderaff JR. Utah
OL Marcus Cannon JR. TCU Zane Taylor JR. Utah
OL Zane Beadles SR. Utah Jake Kirkpatrick JR. TCU
PK Ross Evans SO. TCU Erik Soderberg SO. Air Force
PR/KR Jeremy Kerley JR. TCU Dion Morton SR. Colorado State

Defense:

Pos. Name Yr. School Name Yr. School
First Team Second Team
DL Jan Jorgensen SR. BYU Ben Garland SR. Air Force
DL Jerry Hughes SR. TCU Johnathan Rainey SO. New Mexico
DL Koa Misi SR. Utah Wayne Daniels JR. TCU
DL John Fletcher SR. Wyoming Cory Grant JR. TCU
LB Carmen Messina SO. New Mexico Mychal Sisson SO. Colorado State
LB Daryl Washington SR. TCU Tank Carder SO. TCU
LB Stevenson Sylvester SR. Utah Brian Hendricks SO. Wyoming
DB Reggie Rembert JR. Air Force Andrew Wright SO. Air Force
DB Rafael Priest SR. TCU Andrew Rich JR. BYU
DB Nick Sanders SR. TCU Tejay Johnson JR. TCU
DB Robert Johnson SR. Utah Chris Prosinski JR. Wyoming
P Adam Miller SR. New Mexico Brian Stahovich SO. San Diego State

References

  1. ^ "Football All-Mountain West Teams and Superlative Awards" (Press release). Mountain West Conference.