The 2013 Mountain West Conference football season was the 15th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). In the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the MW had 12 football members: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaiʻi, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, and Wyoming.
| 2013 Mountain West Conference football season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) |
| Sport | Football |
| Duration | August 30, 2013–January 1, 2014 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| TV partner(s) | CBS Sports Network, ESPN family |
| 2014 NFL Draft | |
| Top draft pick | DE DeMarcus Lawrence, Boise State |
| Picked by | Dallas Cowboys, 34th overall |
| Regular season | |
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| Utah State x | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State x$ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: Fresno State 24, Utah State 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This was the third consecutive year in which the Mountain West saw changes in membership. In 2011, two of the conference's charter members, BYU (WCC and football independent) and Utah (Pac-12), left, while Boise State joined from the WAC. The following year, the MW lost TCU, members since 2005, to the Big 12, while gaining new all-sports members Fresno State and Nevada and football-only member Hawaii from the WAC. For 2013, the MW lost no schools, while adding two new full members from the WAC in San Jose State and Utah State. This brought the conference membership in football to 12, allowing the MW to split into divisions and launch a championship game.
Previous season
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Preseason
editAward watch lists
editThe following Mountain West players were named to preseason award watch lists.
Mountain West media days
editMedia poll
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All–Conference Team
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Coaches
editNOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season
| Team | Head coach | Years at school | Overall record | Record at school | MW record |
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| Air Force | Troy Calhoun | 7 | 49–41 | 49–41 | 29–27 |
| Boise State | Chris Petersen | 8 | 92–12 | 92–12 | 57–6 |
| Colorado State | Jim McElwain | 2 | 11–14 | 11-14 | 8-8 |
| Fresno State | Tim DeRuyter | 2 | 20–5 | 20–5 | 14–2 |
| Hawaiʻi | Norm Chow | 2 | 3-20 | 3-20 | 1-14 |
| Nevada | Brian Polian | 1 | 4-8 | 4-8 | 3-5 |
| New Mexico | Bob Davie | 2 | 42-43 | 42-43 | 2-14 |
| San Diego State | Rocky Long | 2 | 89–83 | 89-83 | 17–6 |
| San José State | Ron Caragher | 1 | 50-28 | 50-28 | 5-3 |
| UNLV | Bobby Hauck | 3 | 93–54 | 93-54 | 10–21 |
| Utah State | Matt Wells | 1 | 8-4 | 8-4 | 7-1 |
| Wyoming | Dave Christensen | 4 | 27–35 | 27–35 | 16–23 |
*first year as conference member, ^achieved as head coach of New Mexico from 99–08
Rankings
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| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll |
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| Boise State | AP | 19 | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||||
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| Fresno State | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 24 | 21 | RV |
| C | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 20 | RV | |
| Harris | Not released | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 20 | ||||||||
| BCS | Not released | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 20 | |||||||||
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| Utah State | AP | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||
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Mountain West vs. BCS matchups
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Bowl games
editThe Mountain West Conference will have agreements with the following bowls for 2012–13:
- The MW champion will receive an automatic berth in one of the five BCS bowl games if they are the highest ranked non-automatic qualifying conference champion and either of the following:
- Ranked in the top 12 of the BCS Rankings. (Utah qualified under this criterion in 2004-05 and 2008–09, and TCU in 2009-10 and 2010–11.)
- Ranked in the top 16 of the BCS Rankings and its ranking is higher than that of an automatic qualifying conference champion.
| Pick | Name | Location | Opposing Conference | Opposing Pick |
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| 1 | Maaco Bowl Las Vegas | Las Vegas, Nevada | Pac-12 | 5 |
| 2 | Poinsettia Bowl | San Diego, California | BYU (2012), Army (2013) | – |
| 3 | Armed Forces Bowl | Fort Worth, Texas | C-USA (2012), Navy (2013) | 3, – |
| 4 | New Mexico Bowl | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Pac-12 | 7 |
| 5 | Hawai'i Bowl | Honolulu, Hawaii | C-USA | 2 |
Regular season
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| Mountain West member lost |
| Mountain West teams in bold |
All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change.
The Mountain West has teams in 3 different time zones. Times reflect start time in respective time zone of each team (Mountain—Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, Wyoming; Pacific—Fresno State, Nevada, San Diego State, UNLV; Hawaii-Aleutian—Hawaiʻi). Conference games start times are that of the home team.
Home attendance
edit| Team | Stadium | Capacity | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 | Total | Average | % of Capacity |
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| Air Force | Falcon Stadium | 52,480 | 32,095 | 32,716 | 35,389 | 17,280 | 44,672 | 36,512 | 29,898 | 228,562 | 32,652 | 62.22% |
| Boise State | Bronco Stadium | 37,000 | 33,293 | 36,069 | 35,356 | 35,843 | 33,992 | — | — | 174,553 | 34,911 | 94.35% |
| Colorado State | Hughes Stadium | 34,400 | 14,146 | 19,517 | 26,022 | 21,133 | 15,234 | — | — | 96,052 | 19,210 | 56.5% |
| Fresno State | Bulldog Stadium | 41,031 | 33,098 | 33,260 | 41,031 | 37,604 | 41,031 | 41,031 | — | 227,055 | 37,843 | 92.23% |
| Hawaiʻi | Aloha Stadium | 50,000 | 39,058 | 28,755 | 27,146 | 29,752 | 28,530 | — | — | 153,241 | 30,648 | 61.30% |
| Nevada | Mackay Stadium | 29,993 | 27,052 | 23,240 | 24,545 | 32,521 | 20,737 | — | — | 128,095 | 25,619 | 85.42% |
| New Mexico | University Stadium | 38,634 | 26,311 | 23,639 | 29,749 | 19,739 | 21,833 | 19,376 | — | 140,647 | 23,441 | 60.67% |
| San Diego State | Qualcomm Stadium | 71,294 | 42,978 | 32,133 | 22,475 | 32,707 | 35,890 | 33,161 | — | 199,344 | 33,224 | 46.60% |
| San José State | Spartan Stadium | 30,456 | 13,136 | 10,533 | 16,123 | 17,932 | 16,876 | — | — | 74,600 | 14,920 | 48.99% |
| UNLV | Sam Boyd Stadium | 36,800 | 26,950 | 10,981 | 13,017 | 22,755 | 15,837 | 15,062 | — | 104,602 | 17,434 | 47.38% |
| Utah State | Romney Stadium | 25,513 | 25,513 | 25,513 | 25,513 | 21,428 | 20,284 | — | — | 118,251 | 23,650 | 47.3% |
| Wyoming | War Memorial Stadium | 34,000 | 22,030 | 19,091 | 22,853 | 24,953 | 15,700 | 12,227 | — | 116,854 | 19,476 | 57.28% |
Awards and honors
editAll Conference teams
edit- Offensive Player of the Year: Derek Carr, SR., QB, Fresno State
- Defensive Player of the Year: Shaquil Barrett, SR., LB, Colorado State
- Special Teams Player of the Year: Carlos Wiggins, SO., KR, New Mexico
- Freshman of the Year: Tyler Winston, WR, San Jose State
- Coach of the Year: Matt Wells, Utah State
Offense:
| Pos. | Name | Yr. | School | Name | Yr. | School | |
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| QB | Derek Carr | SR. | Fresno State | David Fales | SR. | San Jose State | |
| WR | Davante Adams | SO. | Fresno State | Josh Harper | JR. | Fresno State | |
| WR | Chandler Jones | SR. | San Jose State | Devante Davis | JR. | UNLV | |
| RB | Jay Ajayi | SO. | Boise State | Kasey Carrier | SR. | New Mexico | |
| RB | Kapri Bibbs | SO. | Colorado State | Tim Cornett | SR. | UNLV | |
| TE | Crockett Gillmore | SR. | Colorado State | Marcel Jensen | SR. | Fresno State | |
| OL | Charles Leno | SR. | Boise State | Matt Paradis | SR. | Boise State | |
| OL | Weston Richburg | SR. | Colorado State | Ty Sambrailo | JR. | Colorado State | |
| OL | Austin Wentworth | SR. | Fresno State | Bryce Quigley | SR. | San Diego State | |
| OL | Joel Bitonio | SR. | Nevada | Nicholas Kaspar | SR. | San Jose State | |
| OL | Tyler Larsen | SR. | Utah State | Brett Boyko | JR. | UNLV | |
| PK | Jared Roberts | JR. | Colorado State | Austin Lopez | SO. | San Jose State | |
| PR/KR | Carlos Wiggins | SO. | New Mexico | Isaiah Burse | SR. | Fresno State | |
Defense:
| Pos. | Name | Yr. | School | Name | Yr. | School | |
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| DL | DeMarcus Lawrence | JR. | Boise State | Tyeler Davison | JR. | Fresno State | |
| DL | Ricky Tjong-A-Tjoe | SR. | Boise State | Beau Yap | JR. | Hawai'i | |
| DL | Brock Hekking | JR. | Nevada | B.J. Larsen | JR. | Utah State | |
| DL | Eddie Yarbrough | SO. | Wyoming | A. J. Pataili'i | SR. | Utah State | |
| LB | Shaquil Barrett | SR. | Colorado State | Ejiro Ederaine | SO. | Fresno State | |
| LB | Keith Smith | SR. | San Jose State | Kyler Fackrell | SO. | Utah State | |
| LB | Jake Doughty | SR. | Utah State | Zach Vigil | JR. | Utah State | |
| DB | Derron Smith | JR. | Fresno State | Donte Deayon | SO. | Boise State | |
| DB | Nat Berhe | SR. | San Diego State | Jeremy Ioane | JR. | Boise State | |
| DB | Bené Benwikere | SR. | San Jose State | Shaq Bell | SR. | Colorado State | |
| DB | Nevin Lawson | SR. | Utah State | Marqueston Huff | SR. | Wyoming | |
| P | Ben Skaer | SR. | New Mexico | Chase Tenpenny | SR. | Nevada | |
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