2020 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game
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| Date | December 19, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | Network Fox | | |||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Tim Brando (play-by-play) and Petros Papadakis (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 San Jose State y$ | 7 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State y | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 4 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 2 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 2 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: San Jose State 34, Boise State 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll
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The 2020 Mountain West Conference Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 19, 2020, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, to determine the 2020 champion of the Mountain West Conference (MWC).[4] The game featured the regular-season champions San Jose State and regular-season runners-up Boise State, and was the conference's eighth championship game.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the game was played behind closed doors without fans.[5]
Teams
Boise State
Boise State entered the championship game with a 5–1 record (5–0 in conference play). Their only loss of the season was to
AP Poll
, in early November.
San Jose State
San Jose State entered the championship game with a 6–0 record, all in games played against conference opponents. Their closest game of the season was a 10-point win over Nevada on December 11. This was San Jose State's first appearance in a Mountain West Conference Championship Game.
Game summary
2020 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game
| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Boise State | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| No. 24 San Jose State | 7 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 34 |
at Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, Nevada
- Date: Saturday, December 19, 2020
- Game time: 4:40 p.m. EST (1:40 p.m. PST)
- Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 56 °F (13 °C) • Wind: NE 1 mph
- Referee: Scott Campbell
- TV announcers (Fox): Tim Brando (play-by-play) and Petros Papadakis (analyst)
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Statistics
| Statistics | BSU | SJSU |
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| First downs | 14 | 26 |
| Plays–yards | 66–224 | 77–498 |
| Rushes–yards | 25–3 | 25–45 |
| Passing yards | 221 | 453 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 20–40–0 | 32–52–0 |
| Time of possession | 25:27 | 34:32 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Boise State | Passing | Hank Bachmeier | 20/40, 221 yards |
| Rushing | Andrew Van Buren | 11 carries, 26 yards | |
| Receiving | Khalil Shakir | 6 receptions, 85 yards | |
| San Jose State | Passing | Nick Starkel | 32/52, 453 yards, 3 TD |
| Rushing | Kairee Robinson | 12 carries, 39 yards | |
| Receiving | Tre Walker | 7 receptions, 137 yards, 1 TD |
See also
- List of Mountain West Conference football champions
References
- ^ "Spartans Claim Conference Championship". sjsuspartans.com. December 19, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- ^ "ESPN Game Summary - Boise State vs. San Jose State - December 19, 2020". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- ^ "WE'RE BACK". twitter.com/MountainWest. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Mountain West Football Championship". themw.com. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "Game Tracker: Boise State tries to launch 4th quarter comeback to win Mountain West Championship". KTVB. December 19, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
External links
- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com