2019 MW MEDIA GUIDE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS 10807 New Allegiance Drive, Suite 250 Mountain West Media Relations Directory ......................................... 2 Colorado Springs, CO 80921 Mountain West Media Services ................................................. 3 TheMW.com Mountain West Demographics.................................................. 4 Mountain West Style Guide.................................................... 5 Mountain West History ......................................................6-7 Mountain West Chronology ...................................................8-9 MW STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson ..................................... 10 STAFF Mountain West Staff ....................................................... 11 Mountain West Championships ..............................................12-13 Stuart Buchanan Mountain West Awards...................................................... 14 Director, Strategic Communications Mountain West Football on Television ........................................... 15 O: (719) 488-4042 / M: (970) 988-6304 [email protected] CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK (Primary football contact) 2019 Preseason Team Capsules ............................................... 18 MW Notebook ..........................................................19-21 2019 MW Composite Schedule................................................ 22 Theresa Kurtz MW Bowl Partners ......................................................... 23 Associate Director, Strategic Communications College Football Playoff and National Bowl Schedule ................................ 24 O: (719) 487-2462 / M: (404) 372-2180 MW Bowl Information.....................................................25-27 [email protected] TEAM PREVIEWS Melissa Katz Air Force Falcons.......................................................... 30 Assistant Director, Strategic Communications Boise State Broncos........................................................ 31 Colorado State Rams ....................................................... 32 O: (719) 488-4052 / M: (908) 208-2146 Fresno State Bulldogs ...................................................... 33 [email protected] Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors .................................................... 34 Nevada Wolf Pack ......................................................... 35 New Mexico Lobos......................................................... 36 San Diego State Aztecs ..................................................... 37 San José State Spartans..................................................... 38 CREDITS UNLV Rebels............................................................. 39 Utah State Aggies ......................................................... 40 Wyoming Cowboys ......................................................... 41 The 2019 Mountain West Football Media Guide was produced by the MW Strategic Communications 2018 SEASON-IN-REVIEW Staff using Adobe InDesign and Photoshop. 2018 Standings and Team-by-Team Results ...................................... 43 Written, edited and designed by Stuart Buchanan, 2018 MW and National Bowl Results ........................................... 44 Samuel Feldman and Macy Gilliland. Printing: 2018 National Polls/MW Players of the Week ...................................... 45 2018 All-Mountain West Honors and Individual Awards .............................. 46 Rhodesco in Colorado Springs, Colo. Cover design: 2018 National Honors ...................................................... 47 Old Hat. 2018 Academic All-Mountain West ............................................. 48 2018 Final National Polls ................................................... 49 The MW extends its thanks to the media relations 2018 Individual Statistics .................................................50-52 staffs from our 12 member institutions for 2018 Team Statistics ....................................................53-57 2018 Individual Superlatives ...............................................58-59 supplying the information and photography that is 2018 Team Superlatives ..................................................60-61 used in this publication. Additional photography provided by Clarkson Creative. MOUNTAIN WEST RECORDS Individual Records.......................................................63-76 Team Records ..........................................................77-80 MOUNTAIN WEST Annual Statistics Champions ...............................................81-85 LOGO IDENTITY STANDARDS MOUNTAIN WEST HISTORY The Mountain West logo was created to identify Year-by-Year Champions, Composite Standings..................................... 87 All-Time Coaching Records................................................... 88 and promote the league and its championship All-Time Home, Away and Neutral Records......................................89-90 sports. Anyone desiring to use the logo on products, MW vs. Other Conferences ................................................... 91 promotions or advertisements must acquire a Annual Standings and Results .............................................92-104 license or an authorization agreement from Dan Intraconference Series History ...............................................105 Intraconference Series Results ............................................106-115 Butterly at (719) 488-4053. MW Poll History.......................................................116-118 MW Attendance History ....................................................119 MW Bowl History ......................................................120-123 The official colors of the Mountain West logo are MW Bowl Records .....................................................124-125 Purple (Pantone 268), Gray (Pantone Cool Gray All-Time Mountain West Honors ...........................................126-136 All-Time Mountain West Players of the Week ..................................137-143 6), Black and White. All logos and concepts are All-Time Academic All-Mountain West Honors .................................144-150 protected as trademark properties of the Mountain National Honors.......................................................151-155 West Conference. MW All-Americans .....................................................156-158 Academic Honors......................................................159-160 NFL Draft History .....................................................161-163 THEMW.COM • TWITTER.COM/MOUNTAINWEST 1 MOUNTAIN WEST MEDIA RELATIONS AIR FORCE FALCONS NEW MEXICO LOBOS Athletic Communications Office Office: (719) 333-2313 Media Relations Office, MSC04 2680 Office: (505) 925-5520 2169 Field House Drive, Suite 2071 Fax: (719) 333-3798 1 University of New Mexico Fax: (505) 925-5609 USAFA, CO 80840 Press Box: (719) 333-1100 Albuquerque, NM 87131 Press Box: (505) 925-5573 GoAirForceFalcons.com GoLobos.com Troy Garnhart, Associate Athletic Director, Communications Office: (719) 333-9263 Frank Mercogliano, Assistant Athletic Director, Communications Email: [email protected] Mobile: (719) 649-5003 Email: [email protected] Mobile: (505) 410-4844 Dave Toller, Assistant Athletic Director, Media Relations Office: (719) 333-3478 Email: [email protected] Mobile: (719) 396-0955 BOISE STATE BRONCOS SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS Media Relations Office Office: (208) 426-1288 Media Relations Office Office: (619) 594-5547 1910 University Drive Fax: (208) 426-1778 Fowler Athletics Center, 5302 55th Street, Suite 3014 Fax: (619) 582-6541 Boise, ID 83725 Press Box: (208) 426-1408 San Diego, CA 92182 Press Box: (619) 281-0405 BroncoSports.com GoAztecs.com Joe Nickell, Associate AD, Media Relations Office: (208) 426-3868 Mike May, Senior Associate AD of Media Relations Office: (619) 594-3023 Email: [email protected] Mobile: (208) 631-5483 Email: [email protected] Mobile: (619) 957-8372 Aaron Juarez, Associate Sports Information Director Office: (208) 426-3438 Jamie McConeghy, Assistant AD of Media Relations Office: (619) 594-4348 Email: [email protected] Mobile: (208) 982-0040 Email: [email protected] Mobile: (607) 435-5577 COLORADO STATE RAMS SAN JOSÉ STATE SPARTANS Athletic Communications Office: (970) 491-5067 Athletics Media Relations Office Office: (408) 924-1217 Room 218, McGraw Athletic Center Fax: (970) 491-1348 1393 S. 7th Street Fax: (408) 924-1291 Fort Collins, CO 80523 Press Box: (970) 491-8100 San Jose, CA 95112 Press Box: (408) 924-1234 CSURams.com SJSUSpartans.com Kyle Neaves, Associate AD, Communications Lawrence Fan, Associate AD, Football Comm. & Special Projects Office: (408) 924-1217 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Mobile: (408) 768-3424 Mike Brohard, Asst. Comm. Director for Content Development Mobile: (970) 290-0650 Email: [email protected] FRESNO STATE BULLDOGS UNLV REBELS Athletic Communications Office: (559) 278-2509 Media Relations Office: (702) 895-3207 5305 N. Campus Drive NG 27 Fax: (559) 278-4689 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 450004 Fax: (702) 895-0989 Fresno, CA 93740 Press Box: (559) 278-5951 Las Vegas, NV 89154 Press Box: (702) 895-1248 GoBulldogs.com UNLVRebels.com Matt Burkholder, Director of Communications Office: (559) 278-6186 Mark Wallington, Senior Assistant AD, Communications Office: (702) 895-4472 Email: [email protected] Mobile: (559) 862-3771 Email: [email protected] Mobile: (702) 528-6291 Josh Mitchell, Assistant Director of Communications Office: (559) 278-7301 Sarah Micinski,