2009 Western Athletic Conference football season

2009 WAC football season
2009 WAC football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	September 3, 2009; through January 4, 2010
Teams	9
TV partner	ESPN
2010 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	RB Ryan Mathews, Fresno State
Picked by	San Diego Chargers, 12th overall
Regular Season
Champions	Boise State
Season MVP	QB Kellen Moore, Boise State; LB Dontay Moch, Nevada
Football seasons
	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 Hawaiʻi Bowl, New Mexico Bowl, and Humanitarian Bowl, respectively. Nevada lost to SMU and Fresno State lost to Wyoming, while Idaho beat Bowling Green.

LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision

SportFootball

DurationSeptember 3, 2009
through January 4, 2010

Teams9

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2009 Western Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Boise State $%	8	–	0	14	–	0
Nevada	7	–	1	8	–	5
Fresno State	6	–	2	8	–	5
Idaho	4	–	4	8	–	5
Hawaii	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

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Award	School	Player
Bronko Nagurski Trophy^[2]	Boise State	Kyle Wilson
Bronko Nagurski Trophy^[2]	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
Manning Award^[5]	Nevada	Colin Kaepernick
Maxwell Award^[6]	Boise State	Kellen Moore
Maxwell Award^[6]	Nevada	Colin Kaepernick
Lou Groza Award^[7]	Boise State	Kyle Brotzman
Lou Groza Award^[7]	Fresno State	Kevin Goessling
Outland Trophy^[8]	Idaho	Mike Iupati
Fred Biletnikoff Award^[9]	Fresno State	Seyi Ajirotutu
Fred Biletnikoff Award^[9]	Hawai'i	Greg Salas
Walter Camp Award^[10]	Boise State	Kellen Moore
Jim Thorpe Award^[11]	Boise State	Kyle Wilson
Jim Thorpe Award^[11]	San Jose State	Duke Ihenacho
Bednarik Award^[6]	Boise State	Kyle Wilson
Doak Walker Award^[12]	Louisiana Tech	Daniel Porter
Doak Walker Award^[12]	Nevada	Vai Taua
Davey O'Brien Award^[13]	Boise State	Kellen Moore
Davey O'Brien Award^[13]	Nevada	Colin Kaepernick

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

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

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

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

2009 Western Athletic Conference football season

Preseason

Preseason poll

Coaches poll

Media poll

Award watch lists

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

Records against other conferences

All-WAC Teams

First Team

Second Team

Players of the year

Coach of the year

Rankings

Bowl games

Attendance

Expanded WAC standings

NFL draft

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

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

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.	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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ranking movements of Boise State
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	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	Not released
BCS	Not released							4	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	Not released

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

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

Bowl Game	Date	Stadium	City	Television	Matchup/Result	Attendance
New Mexico Bowl	December 19, 2009	University Stadium	Albuquerque, New Mexico	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, Idaho	ESPN	Idaho 43, Bowling Green 42	26,726
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl	January 4, 2010	University of Phoenix Stadium	Glendale, Arizona	Fox	#6 Boise State 17, #4 TCU 10	73,227

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

	Conf		Overall
Western Athletic Conference
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

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