The 2019 Mountain West Conference football season, part of that year's

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, is the 21st season of College Football for the

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(MW) since

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. 12 teams have competed in the MW-football conference. The season began on August 24, 2019, and will end on November 30. The entire schedule was released on February 4, 2019.

Previous season

In 2018 Boise State won the Mountain Division with a 7–1 Conference record, while

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won the West Division with a 7–1 Conference Record. Fresno State beat Boise State 19–16 in Overtime in the 2018 Mountain West Conference Championship football game, held at Albertsons Stadium in Boise.

Preseason

Mountain West Media

The Mountain West Media Days took place on July 23 and 24 at the

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Preseason Polls

*First place votes in parentheses

Preseason All–Mountain West team

*Preseason Offensive Player of the Year: ; Jordan Love, Jr., QB, Utah State *Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: ; Curtis Weaver, Jr., DL, Boise State *Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year: ;Cooper Rothe, Sr., PK, Wyoming (* – member of the 2018 All–Mountain West first team) (** – member of the 2018 All–Mountain West second team)

Rankings

Listed are the Mountain West teams who were ranked or received votes at some point during the season. Colorado State, Nevada, New Mexico, San Jose State, and UNLV were never ranked nor received any votes.

Coaches

Coaching changes

There was only one coaching change in the Mountain West Conference for the 2019 season. Gary Andersen, who previously coached at Utah State, returned to Logan to replace Matt Wells, who left to coach at Texas Tech.

Schedule

The Regular season will begin on August 24 and will end on November 30.

Regular season

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week Seven

Week Eight

Week Nine

Week Ten

Week Eleven

Week Twelve

Week Thirteen

Week Fourteen

Championship Game

Week Fifteen (Mountain West Championship game)

The 2019 Mountain West Conference Championship Game was held on December 7 between the champions of the Mountain Division and the West Division.

Postseason

Bowl games

Rankings are from CFP rankings. All times Mountain Time Zone. Mountain West teams shown in bold.

Selection of teams

*Bowl eligible:

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, Utah State,

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*Bowl-ineligible: Colorado State,

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Mountain West records vs Other Conferences

2019–2020 records against non-conference foes: Regular season Post Season

Mountain West vs Power Five matchups

This is a list of games the Mountain West has scheduled versus power conference teams ( ACC, Big 10,

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, Pac-12,

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/ Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.

Mountain West vs Group of Five matchups

The following games include Mountain West teams competing against teams from the American,

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, MAC or Sun Belt.

Mountain West vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include Mountain West teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes

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, or UMass.

Mountain West vs FCS matchups

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Mountain West Individual Awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Mountain West Conference football coaches at the end of the season

All-conference teams

All Conference Honorable Mentions

*Air Force: Milton Bugg III, Jr., DB; Jeremy Fejedelem, Sr., DB; Jordan Jackson, Jr., DL; Timothy Jackson, So., FB; Jake Koehnke, Sr., PK; Zan Lewis, Sr., DB; Geraud Sanders, Sr., WR; Kadin Remsberg, Jr., RB *Boise State: John Bates, Jr., TE; Sonatane Lui, Sr., DL; Eric Quevedo, Sr., OL; Khalil Shakir, So., WR; Avery Williams, Jr., DB *Colorado State: Anthony Hawkins, Sr., KR; Manny Jones, Jr., DL *Fresno State: Kevin Atkins, Jr., DL; Blake Cusick, Sr., P; JuJu Hughes, Sr., DB *Hawaii: Cortez Davis, Jr., DB; Rojesterman Farris II, Sr., DB; Solomon Matautia, Sr., LB; Kaimana Padello, Sr., DL; Gene Pryor, OL; Taaga Tuulima, Jr., OL; Blessman Ta'ala, So., DL *Nevada: Daniel Brown, Sr., DB; Romeo Doubs, WR, PR; Gabriel Sewell, Sr., LB; Toa Taua, So., RB *New Mexico: Ahmari Davis, Sr., RB; Alex Hart, Sr., LB;

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, Jr., OL; Kyle Stapley, Jr., OL *San Diego State:

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, Fr., PK; William Dunkle, Fr., OL; Darren Hall, So., DB; Brandon Heicklen, Sr., P; Dwayne Johnson Jr., Jr., DB *San Jose State: Bailey Gaither, Sr., WR; Troy Kowalski, Sr., OL; Matt Mercurio, Fr., PK; Jack Snyder, Jr., OL *UNLV: Julio Garcia, Jr., OL; Rayshad Jackson, Sr., LB; Justin Polu, Sr., OL;

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, Sr., LB *Utah State: Shaq Bond, Jr., DB; Gerold Bright, Sr., RB; Jordan Love, Jr., QB; Caleb Repp, Sr., TE; Christopher Unga, Sr., DL *Wyoming: Tyler Hall, Sr., DB; Logan Harris, Jr., OL; Cassh Maluia, Sr., LB

All-Americans

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first teams chosen by the following selector organizations:

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All-Academic

National award winners

''2019 College Football Award Winners''

Home game attendance

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High

NFL Draft

The following list includes all Mountain West players who were drafted in the 2020 NFL draft.

Notes

References

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