2009 Western Athletic Conference football season

2009 WAC football season
League NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport football
Duration September 3, 2009
through January 4, 2010
Number of teams 9
TV partner/s ESPN
Regular season
Season champions Boise State
Runners-up Nevada
Season MVP Offensive: Kellen Moore (QB, Boise State)
Defensive: Dontay Moch (LB, Nevada)
Football seasons
← 2008

2010 →
2009 WAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#4 Boise State †‡   8 – 0         14 – 0  
Nevada   7 – 1         8 – 5  
Fresno State   6 – 2         8 – 5  
Idaho   4 – 4         8 – 5  
Hawaiʻi   3 – 5         6 – 7  
Louisiana Tech   3 – 5         4 – 8  
Utah State   3 – 5         4 – 8  
New Mexico State   1 – 7         3 – 10  
San Jose State   1 – 7         2 – 10  
‡ – BCS at-large representative
† – Conference champion
As of January 8, 2010 • Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) football season was an NCAA football season played from September 3, 2009, to January 4, 2010. The Western Athletic Conference consists of 9 members: Boise State, Fresno State, Hawai'i, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, New Mexico State, San Jose State, and Utah State. Boise State won the 2009 WAC title going 13–0, 8–0 in conference and were invited to play in the Fiesta Bowl, in which they defeated previously unbeaten TCU. Nevada, Fresno State, and Idaho also played in bowl games, the Hawaiʻi Bowl, New Mexico Bowl, and Humanitarian Bowl, respectively. Nevada lost to SMU and Fresno State lost to Wyoming, while Idaho beat Bowling Green.

Contents

Previous season

The Boise State Broncos went 12–0 during the regular season to win the conference championship and rise to #9 in the final BCS standings. With Utah of the Mountain West Conference being ranked ahead of them in the BCS, the Broncos missed out on the big money bowls and were selected to play #11 TCU in the San Diego Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl where they would ultimately lose 17–16 to bring their undefeated season to an end.

Other bowl-eligible teams in 2008 were Louisiana Tech (7–5), Fresno State (7–5), Hawaiʻi (7–6), Nevada (7–5) and San Jose State (6–6). La Tech was invited to play in the Independence Bowl, where they won 17–10 over Northern Illinois. Fresno State was invited to play in the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Colorado State 35–30. Hawaiʻi was invited to play in the Sheraton Hawaiʻi Bowl in its home stadium, where it lost to Notre Dame 49–21. Nevada was invited to the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl where they lost to Maryland 42–35. San Jose State was not invited to a bowl game. Overall the WAC went 1–4 in their bowl games.

Preseason

Preseason poll

The 2009 WAC Preseason Poll was announced at the league's football preview in Salt Lake City on July 29.[1] Boise State was overwhelmingly selected as the favorite to win the conference by both the league's coaches and media that cover the WAC. Although the Broncos did not receive all first-place votes in the coaches' poll, their selection was effectively unanimous; league rules prohibit coaches from casting first-place votes for their own teams. Accordingly, Broncos head coach Chris Petersen voted for Nevada.

Coaches poll

  1. Boise State – 64 (8)
  2. Nevada – 55 (1)
  3. Fresno State – 45
  4. Louisiana Tech – 45
  5. Hawaiʻi – 36
  6. San Jose State – 34
  7. Utah State – 21
  8. New Mexico State – 13
  9. Idaho – 11

Media poll

  1. Boise State – 519 (55)
  2. Nevada – 444 (3)
  3. Fresno State – 365
  4. Louisiana Tech – 360
  5. Hawai'i – 275
  6. San Jose State – 263
  7. Utah State – 170
  8. Idaho - 110
  9. New Mexico State – 104

Colin Kaepernick of Nevada was voted the preseason Offensive Player of the Year and Kyle Wilson of Boise State was voted the preseason Defensive player of the year.

Award watch lists

Award School Player
Bronko Nagurski Trophy[2] Boise State Kyle Wilson
Nevada Kevin Basped
Dave Rimington Trophy[3] Boise State Thomas Byrd
Fresno State Joe Bernardi
Hawaiʻi John Estes
Louisiana Tech Lon Roberts
Lombardi Award[4] Boise State Ryan Winterswyk
Fresno State Ben Jacobs
Fresno State Andrew Jackson
Idaho Mike Iupati
Louisiana Tech Rob McGill
Louisiana Tech D'Anthony Smith
Nevada Kevin Basped
Nevada Alonzo Durham
Nevada Virgil Green
San Jose State Justin Cole
San Jose State Carl Ihenacho
Utah State Paul Igboeli
Manning Award[5] Boise State Kellen Moore
Nevada Colin Kaepernick
Maxwell Award[6] Boise State Kellen Moore
Nevada Colin Kaepernick
Lou Groza Award[7] Boise State Kyle Brotzman
Fresno State Kevin Goessling
Outland Trophy[8] Idaho Mike Iupati
Fred Biletnikoff Award[9] Fresno State Seyi Ajirotutu
Hawai'i Greg Salas
Walter Camp Award[10] Boise State Kellen Moore
Jim Thorpe Award[11] Boise State Kyle Wilson
San Jose State Duke Ihenacho
Bednarik Award[6] Boise State Kyle Wilson
Doak Walker Award[12] Louisiana Tech Daniel Porter
Nevada Vai Taua
Davey O'Brien Award[13] Boise State Kellen Moore
Nevada Colin Kaepernick

Mike Iupati of Idaho was one of three finalists named for the Outland Tropy,[14] won by Ndamukong Suh of Nebraska.

Kellen Moore of Boise State was name one of the ten finalists for the Manning Award,[15] won by Colt McCoy of Texas.

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
WAC member won
WAC member lost
WAC teams in bold

The WAC has teams in 4 different time zones. Times reflect start time in respective time zone of each team (Central-Louisiana Tech, Mountain-New Mexico State, Boise State, Utah State, Pacific-Idaho, Fresno State, San Jose State, Nevada, Hawaian-Hawai'i). Conference games start times are that of the home team.

Rankings reflect that of the USA Today Coaches poll for that week until week eight when the BCS poll will be used.

Week one

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 7:00 p.m. Utah State #18 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT The Mtn. L 17–35 45,333
September 3 8:15 p.m. # 14 Oregon #16 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN W 19–8 34,127
September 4 7:00 p.m. Central Arkansas Hawai'i Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI W 25–20 33,298
September 5 12:30 p.m. San Jose State #4 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA FSN L 3–56 84,325
September 5 12:30 p.m. Nevada #23 Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN NBC L 0–35 80,795
September 5 5:00 p.m. Idaho New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM IDA 21–6 16,772
September 5 6:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech Auburn Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL ESPNU L 13–37 81,143
September 5 7:00 p.m. UC Davis Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA W 51–0 37,267

Players of the Week[16]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Greg Salas Hawai'i Nico Herron Fresno State Bobby Cowan Idaho

Week two

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 12 9:00 a.m. Fresno State Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI ESPN L 31–34–2OT 80,353
September 12 12:30 p.m. Idaho Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA FSN L 23–42 58,980
September 12 2:00 p.m. Hawai'i Washington State Qwest Field • Seattle, WA W 38–20 42,912
September 12 2:30 p.m. Louisiana Tech Navy Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD CBS College Sports L 14–32 29,102
September 12 6:00 p.m. Miami (OH) #11 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID W 48–0 32,228
September 12 7:30 p.m. #17 Utah San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA ESPNU L 14–24 23,684
September 12 6:00 p.m. Prairie View A&M New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM W 21–18 15,902

Players of the Week[17]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Greg Alexander Hawai'i Corey Paredes Hawai'i Philip Livas Louisiana Tech

Week three

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 18 6:00 p.m. #10 Boise State Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA ESPN BSU 51–34 35,637
September 19 2:00 p.m. Nevada Colorado State Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO L 20–35 24,967
September 19 2:00 p.m. San Diego State Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID W 34–20 10,324
September 19 5:00 p.m. Utah State Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, TX L 30–38 73,599
September 19 5:00 p.m. Hawai'i UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas, NV CBS College Sports L 33–34 29,717
September 19 6:00 p.m. Nicholls State Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA W 48–13 19,400
September 19 6:00 p.m. San Jose State Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA L 17–42 33,560
September 19 6:00 p.m. UTEP New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruses, NM L 12–38 20,439

Players of the Week[18]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Ryan Mathews Fresno State JoJo Dickson Idaho Titus Young Boise State

Week four

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 25 6:00 p.m. #21 Missouri Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV ESPN L 21–32 18,269
September 26 9:00 a.m. Fresno State #15 Cincinnati Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH L 20–28 32,910
September 26 12:30 p.m. Idaho Northern Illinois Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL W 34–31 16,320
September 26 5:00 p.m. #8 Boise State Bowling Green Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH W 49–14 22,396
September 26 6:00 p.m. Southern Utah Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, UT W 53–34 18,472
September 26 5:00 p.m. Cal Poly San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA W 19–9 13,510
September 26 8:00 p.m. New Mexico State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM The Mtn. W 20–17 35,248

Players of the Week[19]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Nathan Enderle Idaho Tanner Burns San Jose State Kyle Hughes New Mexico State

Week five

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
September 30 7:00 p.m. Hawai'i Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA ESPN2 LT 27–6 21,263
October 2 7:00 p.m. Utah State #21 BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, UT The Mtn. L 17–35 64,103
October 3 1:00 p.m. UNLV Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV W 63–28 24,078
October 3 6:00 p.m. UC Davis #5 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID W 34–16 32,497
October 3 6:00 p.m. New Mexico State San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA L 17–34 21,184
October 3 7:30 p.m. Colorado State Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID ESPNU W 31–29 16,000

Players of the Week[20]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Mike Ball Nevada Shiloh Keo Idaho Trey Farquhar Idaho

Week six

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 9 6:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV ESPN NEV 37–14 11,975
October 10 5:00 p.m. Idaho San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA IDA 29–25 15,321
October 10 6:00 p.m. Utah State New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruses, NM NMSU 20–17 15,283
October 10 6:00 p.m. Fresno State Hawai'i Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI FRES 42–17 38,566

Players of the Week[21]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Colin Kaepernick Nevada Desia Dunn Fresno State Marcus Anderson New Mexico State

Week seven

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 14 6:00 p.m. #6 Boise State Tulsa Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, OK ESPN W 28–21 30,000
October 17 1:00 p.m. Nevada Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, UT NEV 35–32 15,103
October 17 2:00 p.m. Hawai'i Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID IDA 35–23 12,763
October 17 3:00 p.m. New Mexico State Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA LT 45–7 20,773
October 17 7:00 p.m. San Jose State Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA FRES 41–21 35,495

Players of the Week[22]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Ryan Mathews Fresno State Aaron Lavarias Idaho Robert Malone Fresno State

Week eight

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 24 1:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, UT USU 23–21 14,229
October 24 1:00 p.m. Idaho Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV NEV 70–45 16,611
October 24 6:00 p.m. #4 Boise State Hawai'i Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI BSU 54–9 37,928
October 24 8:15 p.m. Fresno State New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruses, NM ESPNU FRES 34–3 18,893

Players of the Week[23]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Colin Kaepernick Nevada Jeron Johnson Boise State Kyle Brotzman Boise State

Week nine

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 31 10:00 a.m. New Mexico State #17 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH Big Ten Network L 0–45 104,719
October 31 1:00 p.m. San Jose State #7 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID BSU 45–7 31,684
October 31 1:00 p.m. Hawai'i Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV NEV 31–21 13,889
October 31 2:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID IDA 35–34 15,236
October 31 2:00 p.m. Utah State Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA FRES 31–27 27,721

Players of the Week[24]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Ryan Mathews Fresno State Kyle Wilson Boise State Justin Veltung Idaho

Week ten

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 6 7:00 p.m. #7 Boise State Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA ESPN2 BSU 45–35 23,240
November 7 6:00 p.m. Utah State Hawai'i Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI HAW 49–36 31,499
November 7 7:15 p.m. Fresno State Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID ESPNU FRES 31–21 12,418
November 8 5:30 p.m. Nevada San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA ESPN NEV 62–7 11,103

Players of the Week[25]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Leon Wright-Jackson Hawai'i Lorne Bell Fresno State Kevin Goessling Fresno State

Week eleven

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 14 1:00 p.m. San Jose State Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, UT USU 24–9 13,276
November 14 1:00 p.m. Fresno State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV NEV 52–14 19,331
November 14 1:30 p.m. Idaho #6 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID ESPNU BSU 63–25 33,986
November 14 6:00 p.m. New Mexico State Hawai'i Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI HAW 24–6 32,628
November 14 7:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech #8 LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA ESPNU L 16–24 92,584

Players of the Week[26]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Austin Pettis Boise State Jonathon Amaya Nevada Titus Young Boise State

Week twelve

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 20 7:30 p.m. #6 Boise State Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, UT ESPN2 BSU 52–21 18,777
November 21 2:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA FRES 30–28 31,769
November 21 5:00 p.m. Nevada New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruses, NM ESPNU NEV 63–20 11,775
November 21 5:00 p.m. Hawai'i San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA HAW 17–10 OT 18,327

Players of the Week[27]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Doug Martin Boise State Ben Jacobs Fresno State Kevin Goessling Fresno State

Week thirteen

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
November 27 8:00 p.m. Nevada #6 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID ESPN2 BSU 44–33 32,642
November 28 2:00 p.m. Utah State Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID USU 52–49 8,532
November 28 5:00 p.m. New Mexico State San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA SJSU 13–10 10,117
November 28 6:00 p.m. Navy Hawai'i Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI ESPNU W 24–17 40,643

Players of the Week[28]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Robert Turbin Utah State Blaze Soares Hawai'i Titus Young Boise State

Week fourteen

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
December 5 9:30 a.m. Fresno State Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL Big Ten Network W 53–52 48,538
December 5 1:00 p.m. San Jose State Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA LT 55–20 15,324
December 5 1:00 p.m. New Mexico State #6 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID BSU 42–7 32,308
December 5 6:30 p.m. Wisconsin Hawai'i Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI ESPN2 L 10–52 40,069

Players of the Week[29]

Offensive Defensive Special teams
Player Team Player Team Player Team
Daniel Porter La Tech Tank Calais La Tech Alex Dunnachie Hawai'i

Records against other conferences

Conference Wins Losses
Big 12 0 2
Big East 0 1
Big Ten 1 3
CUSA 1 1
Independents 1 2
MAC 3 0
Mountain West 4 6
Pac-10 2 3
SEC 0 2
All FCS 7 0
Overall 19 20

All-WAC Teams[30]

First Team

Offense
QB Kellen Moore- Boise State
RB Ryan Mathews- Fresno State
RB Vai Taua- Nevada
WR Austin Pettis- Boise State
WR Titus Young- Boise State
WR Greg Salas- Hawai'i
TE Dennis Morris- La Tech
OL Nate Potter- Boise State
OL Andrew Jackson- Fresno State
OL John Estes- Hawai'i
OL Mike Iupati- Idaho
OL Alonzo Durham- Nevada
Defense
DL Ryan Winterswyk- Boise State
DL Chris Carter- Fresno State
DL D'Anthony Smith- La Tech
DL Dontay Moch- Nevada
LB Ben Jacobs- Fresno State
LB Blaze Soares- Hawai'i
LB Adrien Cole- La Tech
LB Bobby Wagner- Utah State
DB Kyle Wilson- Boise State
DB Shiloh Keo- Idaho
DB Davon House- New Mexico State
DB Duke Ihenacho- San Jose State
Specialists
PK Kevin Goessling- Fresno State
P Robert Malone- Fresno State
ST Titus Young- Boise State

Second Team

Offense
QB Colin Kaepernick- Nevada
RB Jeremy Avery- Boise State
RB Daniel Porter- La Tech
RB Robert Turbin- Utah State
WR Seyi Ajirotutu- Fresno State
WR Max Komar- Idaho
WR Brandon Wimberly- Nevada
WR Kevin Jurovich- San Jose State
TE Virgil Green- Nevada
OL Kenny Wiggins- Fresno State
OL Aaron Kia- Hawai'i
OL Irv Stevens- Idaho
OL Rob McGill- La Tech
OL Kenneth Ackerman- Nevada
Defense
DL Billy Winn- Boise State
DL Aaron Lavarias- Idaho
DL Kevin Basped- Nevada
DL Carl Ihenacho- San Jose State
LB Winston Venable- Boise State
LB JoJo Dickson- Idaho
LB James-Michael Johnson- Nevada
LB Justin Cole- San Jose State
DB Jeron Johnson- Boise State
DB Lorne Bell- Fresno State
DB Moses Harris- Fresno State
DB Jonathon Amaya- Nevada
Specialists
PK Trey Farquhar- Idaho
P Philip Zavala- San Jose State
ST Phillip Livas- La Tech

Players of the year

Offense
Kellen Moore- Boise State
Defense
Dontay Moch- Nevada
Freshman
Brandon Wimberly- Nevada

Coach of the year

Chris Petersen- Boise State

Rankings

During the 2009 season the only WAC team to be ranked was Boise State, who would finish the season ranked #4.

See also: 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking Movement of Boise State, ( )=first place votes
Poll 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
AP 14 12 10 8 5 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 4
Coaches 16 11 10 8 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 4
Harris Not released 5 5 5 5 5 4 (1) 6 6 6 6 6
BCS Not released 4 7 7 6 6 6 6 6

Bowl games

Bowl Game Date Stadium City Television Matchup/Result Attendance
New Mexico Bowl December 19, 2009 University Stadium Albuquerque, NM ESPN Wyoming 35, Fresno State 28, 2OT 24,898
Sheraton Hawaiʻi Bowl December 24, 2009 Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI ESPN SMU 45, Nevada 10 32,650
Roady's Humanitarian Bowl December 30, 2009 Bronco Stadium Boise, ID ESPN Idaho 43, Bowling Green 42 26,726
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl January 4, 2010 University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, AZ Fox #6 Boise State 17, #4 TCU 10 73,227

Attendance

Team Stadium (Capacity) Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Total Average % of Capacity
Boise State Bronco Stadium (33,500) 34,127 32,228 32,497 31,684 33,986 32,642 32,308 229,472 32,782 97.9
Fresno State Bulldog Stadium (41,031) 37,267 35,637 35,495 27,721 31,769 167,889 33,578 81.8
Hawai'i Aloha Stadium (50,000) 33,298 38,566 37,928 31,499 32,628 40,643 40,069 254,631 36,376 72.8
Idaho Kibbie Dome (16,000) 10,324 16,000 12,763 15,236 12,418 8,532 75,273 12,546 78.4
Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium (30,600) 19,400 21,263 20,773 23,240 15,324 99,970 19,994 65.3
Nevada Mackay Stadium (29,993) 18,269 24,078 11,975 16,611 13,889 19,331 104,153 17,359 57.9
New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium (30,343) 16,772 15,902 20,439 15,283 18,893 11,775 93,084 15,511 51.1
San Jose State Spartan Stadium (31,218) 23,684 13,510 15,321 11,103 18,327 10,117 92,062 15,344 49.2
Utah State Romney Stadium (25,513) 18,472 15,103 14,229 13,276 18,777 79,857 15,971 62.6

Expanded WAC standings

Western Athletic Conference
Conf Overall
Team - Bowl Game W L W L PF PA STREAK
#4 Boise State - Fiesta Bowl 8 0 14 0 591 240 W 14
Nevada - Hawai'i Bowl 7 1 8 5 497 371 L 2
Fresno State - New Mexico Bowl 6 2 8 5 440 369 L 1
Idaho - Humanitarian Bowl 4 4 8 5 425 468 W 1
Hawaiʻi 3 5 6 7 296 384 L 1
Louisiana Tech 3 5 4 8 350 309 W 1
Utah State 3 5 4 8 349 408 W 1
New Mexico State 1 7 3 10 149 411 L 7
San Jose State 1 7 2 10 165 414 L 1

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