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2005 Mountain West Conference football season

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League
  
NCAA Division I-A

Number of teams
  
9

Season champions
  
TCU

Sport
  
football

Top draft pick
  
Ryan Cook (New Mexico)

Location
  
United States of America

Picked by
  
Minnesota Vikings, 51st overall

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2002 Mountain West Conference football season

The 2005 Mountain West Conference football season was the 7th since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the MWC. Texas Christian University was added as the conference's 9th member in 2005, and won the conference championship in their first season since moving over from Conference USA.

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Coaching changes

  • Bronco Mendenhall took over at BYU, replacing Gary Crowton.
  • Mike Sanford took over at UNLV, replacing John Robinson.
  • Kyle Whittingham took over at Utah, replacing Urban Meyer.

    • Awards

  • Coach of the Year: Gary Patterson, TCU
  • Offensive Player of the Year: RB DonTrell Moore, Sr, New Mexico
  • Defensive Player of the Year: DB Eric Weddle, Jr, Utah
  • Freshman of the Year: RB Aaron Brown, TCU

    • References

    2005 Mountain West Conference football season Wikipedia
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