2010 Mountain West Conference football season
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The 2010 Mountain West Conference football season was the 12th since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...

 banded together to form the Mountain West Conference
Mountain West Conference
The Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999...

.

This was the last season for two of the conference's charter members. Utah
Utah Utes football
The Utah Utes football program is a college football team that currently competes in the Pacific-12 Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I and represents the University of Utah. The Utah college football program began in 1892 and has played home games at Rice–Eccles...

 left the MWC to join the Pac-10 in 2011. At the same time, the Utes' historic rival, BYU, will become a football independent and join the West Coast Conference
West Coast Conference
The West Coast Conference is an NCAA collegiate athletics conference consisting of nine member schools across the states of California, Oregon, Utah and Washington....

 in other sports. In the 2011 season, Boise State
Boise State Broncos football
This page discusses the Boise State football program. For more Boise State athletics, see Boise State Broncos.The Boise State Broncos football program represents Boise State University in college football and compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I as a member of the Mountain West...

 joined from the WAC, while three other WAC members, Fresno State
Fresno State Bulldogs football
The Fresno State Bulldogs football team represents California State University, Fresno in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The green “V” on the Bulldogs' helmets, uniforms, field symbolize California Central Valley, specifically the San Joaquin Valley, the agricultural valley from which they...

, Hawaii
Hawaii Warriors football
The Hawaii Warriors football team represents the University of Hawaii at Mānoa in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team, which is currently coached by Greg McMackin, is part of the Western Athletic Conference until 2012, when the team joins the Mountain West Conference.The Hawaii Warriors...

 and Nevada
Nevada Wolf Pack football
The Nevada Wolf Pack Football program represents the University of Nevada, Reno in college football. The Wolf Pack competes in the Western Athletic Conference at the Football Bowl Subdivision level of the NCAA...

, have accepted invitations to join the MWC in 2012. For more details on these developments, see 2010 NCAA conference realignment
2010 NCAA conference realignment
The 2010–11 NCAA conference realignment refers to several proposed and actual conference expansion plans among various NCAA Division I conferences beginning in the 2010-11 academic year and continuing into fall 2011...

.

Previous season

TCU
2009 TCU Horned Frogs football team
The 2009 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2009 college football season. The team was coached by Gary Patterson. The Frogs played their home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth. The Horned Frogs finished the season...

 won its second Mountain West Conference Championship during an undefeated regular season. TCU lost to Boise State
2009 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2009 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2009 college football season. The Broncos played their home games at Bronco Stadium, most famous for its blue artificial turf surface, often referred to as the "smurf-turf"...

 in the Fiesta Bowl
2010 Fiesta Bowl
The 2010 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the #4 TCU Horned Frogs, champions of the Mountain West Conference, and the #6 Boise State Broncos, champions of the Western Athletic Conference. The game was played Monday, January 4, 2010, at University of...

, 17–10.

Rankings

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Final
Air Force AP   (28) (26) (29) 25 23 (37) (33) (35) (35)
C   (T52) (29) (33) (29) (27) 23 (33) (39) (40) (33) (33)
Harris Not released 23 (31) (39) (39) (36) (37) (37)
BCS Not released  
BYU AP (34) (33) (38)
C (28) 24 (37)
Harris Not released
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Colorado State AP  
C  
Harris Not released  
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New Mexico AP  
C  
Harris Not released  
BCS Not released  
San Diego State AP   (31) (33) (27) (30) (32) (33) (28)
C   (34) (34) (27) (31) (35) (30) (30) (28)
Harris Not released   (36) (33) (26) (31) (38) (34) (35)
BCS Not released  
TCU AP 6 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 2
C 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 2
Harris Not released 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3
BCS Not released 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
UNLV AP  
C  
Harris Not released  
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Utah AP (28) 20 14 13 13 10 11 9 8 6 15 25 23 21 20 (26)
C 24 20 14 13 12 10 10 9 7 6 15 24 22 21 19 23
Harris Not released 10 9 7 6 15 21 20 21 19
BCS Not released 9 8 5 14 23 20 20 19
Wyoming AP  
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Mountain West vs. BCS matchups

Date Visitor Home Notes
September 2 Pittsburgh
2010 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
-Rankings:The Panthers debuted at #15 in the preseason Coaches' Poll. and in the preseason Associated Press Poll.Sports Illustrated ranked Pitt #16 in the annual College Football Preview issue on August 16, 2010....

 24
Utah
2010 Utah Utes football team
The 2010 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by sixth year head coach Kyle Whittingham and played their homes game in Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were members of the Mountain West...

27
Utah won its first season opener against a team ranked in the AP Poll
AP Poll
The Associated Press College Poll refers to weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation...

 when the Utes defeated the #15 ranked Panthers.
September 4^ Colorado State
2010 Colorado State Rams football team
The 2010 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The finished the season with a record of 3–9 . The team was coached by third year head coach Steve Fairchild and played their home games in Hughes Stadium in Fort...

 3
Colorado
2010 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 2010 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fifth-year head coach Dan Hawkins for the first nine games and interim head coach Brian Cabral for the final three games. Colorado played their...

24
Rocky Mountain Showdown
Rocky Mountain Showdown
The Rocky Mountain Showdown is an an American college football rivalry game played annually by the Colorado Buffaloes football team of the University of Colorado and the Colorado State Rams football team of Colorado State University. The winner of the game receives the Centennial Cup. The series...

. Played at Invesco Field at Mile High
INVESCO Field at Mile High
Sports Authority Field at Mile High, previously known as Invesco Field at Mile High, and commonly known as Mile High, is a multi-purpose stadium, in Denver, Colorado. It replaced the identically sized, but commercially obsolete Mile High Stadium in 2001...

 in Denver.
September 4 New Mexico
2010 New Mexico Lobos football team
The 2010 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by second year head coach Mike Locksley and played their home games in University Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico...

 0
Oregon
2010 Oregon Ducks football team
The 2010 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 2010 college football season. The team was led by Chip Kelly in his second season as a head coach. The Ducks played their home games at Autzen Stadium for the 44th straight year....

72
The Lobos surrendered 720 yards of offense, a new record for the Ducks.
September 4 Washington
2010 Washington Huskies football team
The 2010 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Steve Sarkisian. The Huskies played their home games at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Washington, and were members of the Pacific 10 Conference...

 17
BYU
2010 BYU Cougars football team
The 2010 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars, led by head coach Bronco Mendenhall, played their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium and were members of the Mountain West Conference...

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September 4^ TCU
2010 TCU Horned Frogs football team
The 2010 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by tenth year head coach Gary Patterson and played its home games at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas...

30
Oregon State
2010 Oregon State Beavers football team
The 2010 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach, in his second stint with the Beavers, was Mike Riley who was in his seventh straight season and ninth overall. Home games were played at Reser...

 21
Played at Cowboys Stadium; Andy Dalton
Andy Dalton (American football)
Andrew Gregory Dalton is an American professional football quarterback for the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football at Texas Christian University...

 got his 30th win as a starter to overtake Sammy Baugh
Sammy Baugh
Samuel Adrian "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University, where he was a two-time All-American. He then played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1952...

 for first place among TCU quarterbacks.
September 4 Wisconsin
2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Badgers, led by fifth-year head coach Bret Bielema, were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium...

41
UNLV
2010 UNLV Rebels football team
The 2010 UNLV Rebels football team was the 43rd varsity football team to represent the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The Rebels played in the Mountain West Conference, and compete each season against the remaining eight members of the conference and one permanent interstate rival: UNR. The...

 21
UNLV fell to 2–9 all time against Big Ten Conference
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...

 teams.
September 11 Wyoming
2010 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 2010 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They finished the season with a record of 3–9 . The team was coached by second year head coach Dave Christensen and played their home games in War Memorial Stadium in...

 7
Texas
2010 Texas Longhorns football team
The 2010 Texas Longhorn football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mack Brown, who has a contract lasting through the 2016 season...

34
Wyoming lost its 12th straight game against teams from the Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...

, a streak dating back to 1997.
September 11 Texas Tech
2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
The 2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by first-year head coach Tommy Tuberville and played its home games at Jones AT&T Stadium. They were members of the South Division of the Big 12...

52
New Mexico 17
September 18 Air Force
2010 Air Force Falcons football team
The 2010 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by fourth year head coach Troy Calhoun and played their home games in Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado...

 24
Oklahoma
2010 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 2010 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the college football season of 2010–2011. It was the 116th year of season play for the Sooners. The team was led by head coach Bob Stoops, a two-time Walter Camp Coach of the Year award winner, who has a contract...

27
Air Force gained 458 yards of offense compared to Oklahoma's 367.
September 18 BYU 10 Florida State
2010 Florida State Seminoles football team
The 2010 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. The Seminoles were led by 1st year head coach Jimbo Fisher and played their home games at Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium. They were members of...

34
The Seminoles held BYU to 39 yards of offense during the second half.
September 18 Baylor
2010 Baylor Bears football team
The 2010 Baylor Bears football team represented Baylor University in college football's 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Art Briles and played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. They are members of the Big 12 Conference in the South Division...

 10
TCU 45 Andy Dalton completed his first 11 passes and completed 21 out of 23 for 267 yards and two touchdowns.
September 18 San Diego State
2010 San Diego State Aztecs football team
The 2010 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by second year head coach Brady Hoke and played their home games in Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. They are members of the Mountain...

 24
Missouri
2010 Missouri Tigers football team
The 2010 Missouri Tigers football team, in their 121st season, represented the University of Missouri in college football's 2010 season. The team was coached by Gary Pinkel, who returned for his tenth season with Mizzou, and played their home games at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. The team...

27
T.J. Moe scored on a 68-yard pass from Blaine Gabbert
Blaine Gabbert
Blaine Gabbert is an American football quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League . He played college football for the University of Missouri Tigers before leaving early for the 2011 NFL draft after his junior year...

 with 51 seconds left to give Missouri a 27–24 win.
October 9 UNLV 10 West Virginia
2010 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 2010 West Virginia Mountaineer football team represented West Virginia University in the college football season of 2010. The Mountaineers were led by head coach Bill Stewart and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They were members of the Big East...

49
West Virginia scored its most points since scoring 66 in 2007
2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 2007 West Virginia Mountaineers football team began play on September 1, 2007. The team was coached by Rich Rodriguez until he announced on December 16, 2007 that he was leaving West Virginia to coach the Michigan Wolverines. The head coaching position remained vacant after his announcement,...

 against Connecticut
2007 Connecticut Huskies football team
The 2007 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2007 college football season as a member of the Big East Conference. The team was coached by Randy Edsall and played its home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut...

.
October 9 Utah 68 Iowa State
2010 Iowa State Cyclones football team
The 2010 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by second year head coach Paul Rhoads and played their home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa. They are members of the Big 12 Conference in the...

 27
Seven different Utes scored touchdowns as Utah got its first win against Iowa State
November 13 Utah 3 Notre Dame
2010 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 2010 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2010 college football season. The team's head football coach was Brian Kelly. The Irish played their home games at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana...

28
Notre Dame ended an 11-game losing streak against ranked teams when they beat the #15 Utes
^Denotes neutral site game

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Statistics

Team
  • Scoring offense: TCU (520 points, 43.3 average)
  • Scoring defense: TCU (137 points, 11.4 average)
  • Rushing offense: Air Force (317.9 yards per game)
  • Rushing defense: TCU (89.2 yards per game)
  • Pass offense: San Diego State (297.0 yards per game)
  • Total offense: TCU (491.5 yards per game)

Bowl games

Mountain West teams finished 4–1 in bowl games in 2011, the best record out of all conferences to win the Bowl Challenge Cup
Bowl Challenge Cup
The Bowl Challenge Cup was created by ESPN in 2002 as a competition among the conferences in the NCAA's Division I-A, now called the Football Bowl Subdivision, to see which one was the best in the college football bowl games that take place...

 for the second consecutive year.
Bowl Games>
Bowl Game Date Stadium City Television Team Matchups Winning team Score Losing team Score
New Mexico Bowl
2010 New Mexico Bowl
The 2010 New Mexico Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 18, 2010 at University Stadium on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico as part of the 2010-11 NCAA Bowl season....

December 18 University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...

ESPN
ESPN
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BYU vs. UTEP
2010 UTEP Miners football team
The 2010 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the college football season of 2010-2011. The team's head football coach was Mike Price, who was coaching in his 7th season. The Miners played their home games at the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas and were...

BYU 52 UTEP 24
Maaco Bowl Las Vegas
2010 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas
The 2010 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas was an NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS post-season college football bowl game. The game was played Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 5 p.m. PST at 40,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium near Las Vegas and the broadcast was on ESPN. The game featured Utah against Boise State. -Utah...

December 22 Sam Boyd Stadium
Sam Boyd Stadium
Sam Boyd Stadium is a football stadium located in Whitney, Nevada, an unincorporated community in the Las Vegas metropolitan area; the mailing address of the stadium is "Las Vegas". The stadium is named after Sam Boyd, a major figure in the hotel/casino industry in Las Vegas. The stadium consists...

Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

ESPN Utah vs. Boise State
2010 Boise State Broncos football team
The 2010 Boise State Broncos football team represented Boise State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Broncos were led by fifth-year head coach Chris Petersen and played their home games at Bronco Stadium. They entered the 2010 season with winning streaks of 14 games...

Boise State 26 Utah 3
Poinsettia Bowl
2010 Poinsettia Bowl
The 2010 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl was the sixth edition of the college football bowl game and was played at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California. The game was played at 5:00 PM US PST on Thursday, December 23, 2010 and broadcast on ESPN. The game featured Navy against...

December 23 Qualcomm Stadium
Qualcomm Stadium
Qualcomm Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in San Diego, California, in the Mission Valley area....

San Diego, California ESPN San Diego State vs. Navy
2010 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 2010 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Midshipmen, led by third-year head coach Ken Niumatalolo, competed as an Independent and played their home games at the Navy – Marine Corps Memorial...

San Diego State 35 Navy 14
Independence Bowl
2010 Independence Bowl
The 2010 AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl was the thirty-fifth edition of the college football bowl game and was played at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The game started at 5:00 PM US EST on Monday, December 27, 2010...

December 27 Independence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport, Louisiana
Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....

ESPN2
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Air Force vs. Georgia Tech
2010 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
The 2010 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by 3rd year head coach Paul Johnson and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium. They are members of the Atlantic...

Air Force 14 Georgia Tech 7
Rose Bowl
2011 Rose Bowl
The 2011 Rose Bowl was the 97th edition of the annual bowl game played on January 1, 2011, as part of the 2010 college football season. Played in Pasadena, California, the TCU Horned Frogs of the Mountain West Conference defeated the Wisconsin Badgers of the Big Ten Conference. The Pasadena...

January 1 Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl (stadium)
The Rose Bowl is an outdoor athletic stadium in Pasadena, California, U.S., in Los Angeles County. The stadium is the site of the annual college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl, held on New Year's Day. In 1982, it became the home field of the UCLA Bruins college football team of the Pac-12...

Pasadena, California
Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...

ESPN TCU vs. Wisconsin
2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Badgers, led by fifth-year head coach Bret Bielema, were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium...

TCU 21 Wisconsin 19

Home attendance

Attendance>
Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Total Average
Air Force 40,236 46,692 47,565 41,547 37,211 27,309 240,560 40,093
BYU 63,771 61,471 62,176 60,505 61,283 59,077 368,283 61,380
Colorado State 23,925 22,553 30,753 18,266 16,501      — 111,998 22,399
New Mexico 25,734 23,940 22,511 16,488 18,017 18,640 125,330 20,888
San Diego State 25,290 45,682 28,178 34,689 34,951 22,091 190,881 31,814
TCU 37,117 47,493 38,081 40,416 46,096 45,694 254,897 42,483
UNLV 31,107 16,961 28,958 16,745 16,111 13,790 123,672 20,612
Utah 45,730 45,102 45,099 45,029 46,522 45,272 272,754 45,459
Wyoming 20,043 29,014 22,413 20,014 16,252 17,011 124,747 20,791
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