2009 Western Athletic Conference football season

August 2023 2009 WAC football season #800020 #C0C0C0 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Football Logo WAC.png 250px September 3, 2009through January 4, 2010 9 ESPN 2010 NFL Draft 2010 NFL Draft RB Ryan Mathews, Fresno State San Diego Chargers, 12th overall Regular Season Boise State Champions QB Kellen Moore, Boise StateLB Dontay Moch, Nevada Football 2008 2010 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 Hawaii Bowl, New Mexico Bowl, and Humanitarian Bowl, respectively. Nevada lost to SMU and Fresno State lost to Wyoming, while Idaho beat Bowling Green. Preseason Preseason poll The 2009 WAC preseason poll was announced at the league's football preview in Salt Lake City on July 29.http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204765175 Boise State Named WAC Favorite in both Media and Coaches Polls - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2009-10-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061457/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204765175 2011-09-28 dead 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 Boise State – 64 (8) Nevada – 55 (1) Fresno State – 45 Louisiana Tech – 45 Hawaii – 36 San Jose State – 34 Utah State – 21 New Mexico State – 13 Idaho – 11 Media poll Boise State – 519 (55) Nevada – 444 (3) Fresno State – 365 Louisiana Tech – 360 Hawai'i – 275 San Jose State – 263 Utah State – 170 Idaho – 110 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 TrophyThe Bronko Nagurski Charlotte Touchdown Club http://www.touchdownclub.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=show_page&page_id=5 https://web.archive.org/web/20081205010320/http://www.touchdownclub.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=show_page&page_id=5 2008-12-05 dead 2009-10-02 Boise State Kyle Wilson Nevada Kevin Basped Dave Rimington TrophyRimington Trophy http://www.rimingtontrophy.com/watchlist/ https://web.archive.org/web/20090522130030/http://rimingtontrophy.com/watchlist/ 2009-05-22 live 2009-10-02 Boise State Thomas Byrd Fresno State Joe Bernardi Hawaii John Estes Louisiana Tech Lon Roberts Lombardi AwardThe Rotary Lombardi Award Website - 2009 Contenders Hugo Aguilar http://www.rotarylombardiaward.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=95&Itemid=56 https://web.archive.org/web/20091214132054/http://www.rotarylombardiaward.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=95&Itemid=56 2009-12-14 dead 2009-10-02 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 Awardhttp://allstatesugarbowl.org/site.php?pageID=19&newsID=61 News / Allstate Sugar Bowl 2009-10-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20110930144506/http://www.allstatesugarbowl.org/site.php?pageID=19&newsID=61 2011-09-30 dead Boise State Kellen Moore Nevada Colin Kaepernick Maxwell Awardhttp://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/watch_list_full.htm Maxwell Football Club - Watch List 2008-08-20 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080828171839/http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/watch_list_full.htm 2008-08-28 Boise State Kellen Moore Nevada Colin Kaepernick Lou Groza Awardhttp://www.lougrozaaward.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.currentwatchlist&x=7326399 PB Sports Commission - Lou Groza Boise State Kyle Brotzman Fresno State Kevin Goessling Outland Trophyhttp://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2009/outland090811.html FWAA > News > Outland Trophy Watch List Idaho Mike Iupati Fred Biletnikoff Awardhttp://www.biletnikoffaward.com/ Home biletnikoffaward.com Fresno State Seyi Ajirotutu Hawai'i Greg Salas Walter Camp Awardhttp://waltercamp.org/index.php/news/522/ News – Walter Camp Football Foundation Boise State Kellen Moore Jim Thorpe Awardhttp://jimthorpeassoc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=193:2009-watch-list&catid=5:news&Itemid=4 Jim Thorpe Association and Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame Museum 2009-10-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120219183540/http://www.jimthorpeassoc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=193:2009-watch-list&catid=5:news&Itemid=4 2012-02-19 dead Boise State Kyle Wilson San Jose State Duke Ihenacho Bednarik Award Boise State Kyle Wilson Doak Walker Awardhttp://smu.edu/athleticforum/news/2009CandidatesRelease.pdf Archived copy 2009-10-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20091222012347/http://smu.edu/athleticforum/news/2009CandidatesRelease.pdf 2009-12-22 dead Louisiana Tech Daniel Porter Nevada Vai Taua Davey O'Brien Awardhttp://blog.daveyobrien.org/2009/08/03/2009-o%e2%80%99brien-quarterback-award-watch-list-announced/ 2009 O'Brien Quarterback Award Watch List Announced - Davey O'Brien 2009-10-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20090807084807/http://blog.daveyobrien.org/2009/08/03/2009-o%E2%80%99brien-quarterback-award-watch-list-announced/ 2009-08-07 dead Boise State Kellen Moore Nevada Colin Kaepernick Mike Iupati of Idaho was one of three finalists named for the Outland Trophy,http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/news/2009/outland091123.html FWAA > News > Outland Trophy Finalists won by Ndamukong Suh of Nebraska. Kellen Moore of Boise State was named one of the ten finalists for the Manning Award, http://www.allstatesugarbowl.org/site.php?pageID=19&newsID=110 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100922060215/http://allstatesugarbowl.org/site.php?pageID=19&newsID=110 2010-09-22 News / Allstate Sugar Bowl won by Colt McCoy of Texas. Regular season Index to colors and formattingWAC member wonWAC member lostWAC 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, Hawaiian-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 The Mtn. L 17–35 45,333 September 3 8:15 p.m. # 14 Oregon #16 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho ESPN W 19–8 34,127 September 4 7:00 p.m. Central Arkansas Hawai'i Aloha Stadium • Honolulu W 25–20 33,298 September 5 12:30 p.m. San Jose State #4 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles FSN L 3–56 84,325 September 5 12:30 p.m. Nevada #23 Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana NBC L 0–35 80,795 September 5 5:00 p.m. Idaho New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico IDA 21–6 16,772 September 5 6:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech Auburn Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama ESPNU L 13–37 81,143 September 5 7:00 p.m. UC Davis Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California W 51–0 37,267 Players of the week:http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204789106 WAC Announces Football Players of the Week - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2009-10-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061543/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204789106 2011-09-28 dead 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, Wisconsin ESPN L 31–34–2OT 80,353 September 12 12:30 p.m. Idaho Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle FSN L 23–42 58,980 September 12 2:00 p.m. Hawai'i Washington State Qwest Field • Seattle W 38–20 42,912 September 12 2:30 p.m. Louisiana Tech Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland CBS College Sports L 14–32 29,102 September 12 6:00 p.m. Miami (OH) #11 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho W 48–0 32,228 September 12 7:30 p.m. #17 Utah San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California ESPNU L 14–24 23,684 September 12 6:00 p.m. Prairie View A&M New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico W 21–18 15,902 Players of the week:http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204793522 WAC Football Players of the Week Announced - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2009-10-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061556/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204793522 2011-09-28 dead 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, California ESPN BSU 51–34 35,637 September 19 2:00 p.m. Nevada Colorado State Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, Colorado L 20–35 24,967 September 19 2:00 p.m. San Diego State Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho W 34–20 10,324 September 19 5:00 p.m. Utah State Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, Texas L 30–38 73,599 September 19 5:00 p.m. Hawai'i UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas CBS College Sports L 33–34 29,717 September 19 6:00 p.m. Nicholls State Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana W 48–13 19,400 September 19 6:00 p.m. San Jose State Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California L 17–42 33,560 September 19 6:00 p.m. UTEP New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruises, New Mexico L 12–38 20,439 Players of the week:http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204798743 WAC Announces Football Players of the Week - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2009-10-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061533/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204798743 2011-09-28 dead 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, Nevada ESPN L 21–32 18,269 September 26 9:00 a.m. Fresno State #15 Cincinnati Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati L 20–28 32,910 September 26 12:30 p.m. Idaho Northern Illinois Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois W 34–31 16,320 September 26 5:00 p.m. #8 Boise State Bowling Green Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio W 49–14 22,396 September 26 6:00 p.m. 2009 Southern Utah Thunderbirds Southern Utah Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah W 53–34 18,472 September 26 5:00 p.m. Cal Poly San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California W 19–9 13,510 September 26 8:00 p.m. New Mexico State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico The Mtn. W 20–17 35,248 Players of the week:http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204803002 WAC Announces Football Players of the Week - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2009-10-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061625/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204803002 2011-09-28 dead 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, Louisiana ESPN2 LT 27–6 21,263 October 2 7:00 p.m. Utah State #21 BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah The Mtn. L 17–35 64,103 October 3 1:00 p.m. UNLV Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada W 63–28 24,078 October 3 6:00 p.m. UC Davis #5 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho W 34–16 32,497 October 3 6:00 p.m. New Mexico State San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, California L 17–34 21,184 October 3 7:30 p.m. Colorado State Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho ESPNU W 31–29 16,000 Players of the week:http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=45959&SPID=4122&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204807658 WAC Announces Football Players of the Week - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2009-10-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061651/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=45959&SPID=4122&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204807658 2011-09-28 dead 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, Nevada ESPN NEV 37–14 11,975 October 10 5:00 p.m. Idaho San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California IDA 29–25 15,321 October 10 6:00 p.m. Utah State New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruises, New Mexico 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:http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204812121 WAC Announces Football Players of the Week - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2009-10-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061709/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204812121 2011-09-28 dead 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, Oklahoma ESPN W 28–21 30,000 October 17 1:00 p.m. Nevada Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah NEV 35–32 15,103 October 17 2:00 p.m. Hawai'i Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho IDA 35–23 12,763 October 17 3:00 p.m. New Mexico State Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana LT 45–7 20,773 October 17 7:00 p.m. San Jose State Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California FRES 41–21 35,495 Players of the week:http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204816775 WAC Announces Football Players of the Week - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2009-10-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225130053/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204816775 2012-02-25 dead 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, Utah USU 23–21 14,229 October 24 1:00 p.m. Idaho Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada NEV 70–45 16,611 October 24 6:00 p.m. #4 Boise State Hawai'i Aloha Stadium • Honolulu BSU 54–9 37,928 October 24 8:15 p.m. Fresno State New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico ESPNU FRES 34–3 18,893 Players of the week:http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204821249 WAC Announces Verizon Wireless Football Players of the Week - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2009-10-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225130125/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204821249 2012-02-25 dead 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, Ohio Big Ten Network L 0–45 104,719 October 31 1:00 p.m. San Jose State #7 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho BSU 45–7 31,684 October 31 1:00 p.m. Hawai'i Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada NEV 31–21 13,889 October 31 2:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho IDA 35–34 15,236 October 31 2:00 p.m. Utah State Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California FRES 31–27 27,721 Players of the week:http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204825821 WAC Announces Verizon Wireless Football Players of the Week - WACSports.com—Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference www.wacsports.com 22 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225130143/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204825821 25 February 2012 dead 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, Louisiana 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, Idaho ESPNU FRES 31–21 12,418 November 8 5:30 p.m. Nevada San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California ESPN NEV 62–7 11,103 Players of the week:http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204830041 Verizon Wireless WAC Football Players of the Week Announced - WACSports.com—Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference www.wacsports.com 22 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225130218/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204830041 25 February 2012 dead 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, Utah USU 24–9 13,276 November 14 1:00 p.m. Fresno State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada NEV 52–14 19,331 November 14 1:30 p.m. Idaho #6 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho 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, Louisiana ESPNU L 16–24 92,584 Players of the week:http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=45959&SPID=4122&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204834663 Verizon Wireless WAC Football Players of the Week Announced - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2009-11-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225130309/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=45959&SPID=4122&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204834663 2012-02-25 dead 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, Utah ESPN2 BSU 52–21 18,777 November 21 2:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California FRES 30–28 31,769 November 21 5:00 p.m. Nevada New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruises, New Mexico ESPNU NEV 63–20 11,775 November 21 5:00 p.m. Hawai'i San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California HAW 17–10 OT 18,327 Players of the week:http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204839088 Verizon Wireless WAC Football Players of the Week Announced - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2009-11-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225130330/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204839088 2012-02-25 dead 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, Idaho ESPN2 BSU 44–33 32,642 November 28 2:00 p.m. Utah State Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho USU 52–49 8,532 November 28 5:00 p.m. New Mexico State San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California 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:http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204841940 Verizon Wireless WAC Football Players of the Week Announced - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2009-11-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20111003054511/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204841940 2011-10-03 dead 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, Illinois Big Ten Network W 53–52 48,538 December 5 1:00 p.m. San Jose State Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana LT 55–20 15,324 December 5 1:00 p.m. New Mexico State #6 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho 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:http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204845420 Verizon Wireless WAC Football Players of the Week Announced - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2009-12-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20111003055535/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204845420 2011-10-03 dead 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 http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204845501 All-WAC Football Teams and Players of the Year Announced - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference 2009-12-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20100117052241/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204845501 2010-01-17 dead 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. 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings Ranking movements of Boise State 15 14 12 10 8 5 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 16 11 10 8 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 (1) 6 6 6 6 6 7 4 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 Bowl games Bowl GameDateStadiumCityTelevisionMatchup/ResultAttendanceNew Mexico BowlDecember 19, 2009University StadiumAlbuquerque, New MexicoESPNWyoming 35, Fresno State 28, 2OT24,898Sheraton Hawaii BowlDecember 24, 2009Aloha StadiumHonolulu, HIESPNSMU 45, Nevada 10 32,650Roady's Humanitarian BowlDecember 30, 2009 Bronco StadiumBoise, IdahoESPN Idaho 43, Bowling Green 4226,726Tostitos Fiesta BowlJanuary 4, 2010 University of Phoenix StadiumGlendale, ArizonaFox #6 Boise State 17, #4 TCU 1073,227 Attendance TeamStadium (Capacity)Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7Total Average% of CapacityBoise StateBronco Stadium (33,500)34,12732,22832,49731,68433,98632,64232,308 229,47232,78297.9Fresno StateBulldog Stadium (41,031)37,26735,63735,49527,72131,769 167,88933,57881.8Hawai'iAloha Stadium (50,000)33,29838,56637,92831,49932,62840,64340,069254,63136,37672.8IdahoKibbie Dome (16,000)10,32416,00012,76315,23612,4188,53275,27312,54678.4Louisiana TechJoe Aillet Stadium (30,600)19,40021,26320,77323,24015,324 99,97019,99465.3NevadaMackay Stadium (29,993)18,26924,07811,97516,61113,88919,331 104,15317,35957.9New Mexico StateAggie Memorial Stadium (30,343)16,77215,90220,43915,28318,89311,775 93,08415,51151.1San Jose StateSpartan Stadium (31,218)23,68413,51015,32111,10318,32710,11792,06215,34449.2Utah StateRomney Stadium (25,513)18,47215,10314,22913,27618,777 79,85715,97162.6 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 Hawaii 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 NFL draft The following list includes all WAC players who were drafted in the 2010 NFL draft. Round # Pick # NFL team Player Position College 1 12 San Diego Chargers Ryan Mathews RB Fresno State 1 17 San Francisco 49ers Mike Iupati G Idaho 1 29 New York Jets Kyle Wilson CB Boise State 3 74 Jacksonville Jaguars D'Anthony Smith DT Louisiana Tech 6 174 Washington Redskins Dennis Morris TE Louisiana Tech References 30em