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2016 Mountain West Conference football season

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Mountain Division champions
  
Wyoming Cowboys

West Division champions
  
San Diego State Aztecs

Location
  
United States of America

Mountain Division runners-up
  
Boise State Broncos

Number of teams
  
12


League
  
NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision

Duration
  
August 2016–January 2017

West Division runners-up
  
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors

TV partners
  
CBS Sports Network, Fox College Football, Fox Sports 1, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU College Football, CBS

Similar
  
2016 Sun Belt Conferen, 2015 Mountain West Con, 2007 Chicago Bears se, 2016 Mountain West Con, 2015 NCAA Division I

The 2016 Mountain West Conference football season was the 18th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). In the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the MW had 12 football members: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, UNLV, Utah State, and Wyoming.

Contents

Mountain West Media

2016 Mountain West Football Media Days were held on July 26 & 27 at the The Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip.

Preseason polls

Reference:

  • First place votes in parenthesis
  • Preseason All-Mountain West Teams

    Reference:

  • Preseason Offensive Player of the Year:
  • Donnel Pumphrey, SR., RB, San Diego State
  • Preseason Defensive Player of the Year:
  • Damontae Kazee, SR., DB, San Diego State
  • Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year:
  • Rashaad Penny, JR., KR, San Diego State

    (* - member of the 2015 All-Mountain West first team)

    (** - member of the 2015 All-Mountain West second team)

    Award watch lists

    The following Mountain West players were named to preseason award watch lists.

    Coaches

    NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

    Championship game

    The Championship Game was played between the San Diego State Aztecs, champions of the West Division, and the Wyoming Cowboys, champions of the Mountain Division, on December 3, 2016, at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. The Aztecs won 27–24, repeating as champions. Running back Rashaad Penny of San Diego State was the offensive MVP, and defensive back Damontae Kazee of San Diego State was the defensive MVP.

    Records against other conferences

    2016 records against non-conference foes:

  • Offensive Player of the Year: Donnel Pumphrey, SR., RB, San Diego State
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Damontae Kazee, SR., DB, San Diego State
  • Special Teams Player of the Year: Rashaad Penny, JR., KR, San Diego State
  • Freshman of the Year: Logan Wilson, LB, Wyoming
  • Coach of the Year: Craig Bohl, Wyoming
  • Offense:

    Defense:

    (* – Two-Time First-Team Selection)
    (** – Three-Time First-Team Selection)
    (*** – Two-Time Second-Team Selection)

    Home game attendance

    Bold – Exceed capacity
    †Season High

    References

    2016 Mountain West Conference football season Wikipedia