2006 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE FOOTBALL MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS 15455 Gleneagle Drive, Suite 200 Colorado Springs, CO 80921 Media Relations Directory . .2 www.TheMWC.com Media Services . .3 Mountain West Conference Demographics . .4 Mountain West Conference Chronology . .5 Mountain West Conference History . .6-7 MWC COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Commissioner Craig Thompson . .8 Mountain West Conference Staff . .9 Javan Hedlund Mountain West Conference Championships . .10 Asst. Commissioner for Communications Mountain West Conference Student-Athlete of the Year/Sportsmanship Awards . .11 (719) 488-4051/C (719) 648-4027 Football Stadium Directions . .12 Officials and Rule Changes . .13 [email protected] MWC Instant Replay . .14 Marlon Edge Assistant Director of Communications Conference Notes (719) 488-4052/C (719) 339-1558 2006 Preseason Notes . .16-18 2006 Preseason Team Capsules . .19 [email protected] Television Information . .20-21 BCS & Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl . .22 Becky Motchan Poinsettia, Fort Worth, New Mexico & Houston Bowls . .23 Assistant Director of Communications 2006-07 College Bowl Schedule . .24 (719) 488-4046/C (314) 853-6487 [email protected] Team Previews Air Force . .25-31 Lauri Pyatt BYU . .32-37 Multi-Media Coordinator Colorado State . .38-43 (719) 488-4059 New Mexico . .44-49 [email protected] San Diego State . .50-55 TCU . .56-61 UNLV . .62-67 Utah . .68-73 Wyoming . .74-79 CREDITS The Mountain West Conference 2006 Football Season Review Media Guide was produced by the MWC 2005 Season Review . .82-83 communications staff using Microsoft Word and 2005 All-Mountain West Conference Honors . .84 QuarkXPress. Written and edited by Javan Hedlund. 2005 Academic All-Mountain West Conference . .85 Interior design/layout by Javan Hedlund and Ron 2005 Final Polls . .86 Christian. Editorial assistance from Marlon Edge and 2005 Individual Statistics . .87-89 2005 Team Statistics . .90-94 Becky Motchan. Printing: Multi-Ad Services, Peoria, 2005 Individual Single-Game Highs . .95-96 Ill. Special thanks to Joe Dalfonso and Dave Mateer. 2005 Team Single-Game Highs . .97-98 Cover design: Rob Johnson of Wilson/Johnson Creative, Denver. Mountain West Records Individual Records . .100-109 The MWC extends its thanks to the nine conference Team Records . .110-113 institutions’ media relations staffs which supplied Annual Statistical Champions . .114-115 the information and photography that is used in this publication. Additional photography provided by Mark Philbrick and Jaren Wilkey. Mountain West History Mountain West History . .118-119 MWC vs. Other Conferences . .120 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE Annual Standings and Results . .121-124 LOGO IDENTITY STANDARDS Intraconference Series History . .125 Intraconference Series Results . .126-131 The Mountain West Conference logo was created to Television History . .132-133 identify and promote the league and its MWC vs. Ranked Opponents . .134 championship sports. Anyone desiring to use the MWC Results When Ranked . .135 logo on products, promotions or advertisements Poll History . .136 must acquire a license or an authorization agreement Attendance History . .137 from Dan Butterly, Associate Commissioner for Bowl History . .138-139 Marketing, at (719) 488-4053. Bowl Records . .140-141 All-Time Mountain West Honors . .142-144 The official colors of the Mountain West Conference All-Time Mountain West Players of the Week . .145 logo are Purple (PMS 2597), Grey/Silver (PMS 430) All-Time Academic All-Mountain West Honors . .146-147 (alternate silver 877) and Black. All logos and National Honors . .148-153 concepts are protected as trademark properties of the NFL Draft History . .154-158 Mountain West Conference. 2006 Division I-A Football Schedules/Conference Alignment . .159-160 WWW.THEMWC.COM 1 MOUNTAIN WEST MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTORY AIR FORCE FALCONS Office: 719-333-2313 TCU HORNED FROGS Office: 817-257-7969 www.goairforcefalcons.com Fax: 719-333-3798 www.gofrogs.com Fax: 817-257-7964 Press Box: 719-333-1100 Press Box: 817-257-7981 Sports Information Office Athletic Media Relations Office 2169 Field House Drive, Suite 100 2900 Stadium Drive USAFA, CO 80840 Fort Worth, TX 76129 Troy Garnhart, Assistant Athletic Director/Media Relations Marc Cohen, Media Relations Director E-mail: [email protected] O: 719-333-9263, C: 719-440-6134 E-mail: [email protected] O: 817-257-5394, C: 817-343-2017 Dave Toller, Associate Media Relations Director Tamara Metcalfe, Assistant Media Relations Director E-mail: [email protected] O: 719-333-3478, C: 719-440-6101 E-mail: [email protected] O: 817-257-5377, C: 817-343-9914 BYU COUGARS Office: 801-422-8948 UNLV REBELS Office: 702-895-3207 www.byucougars.com Fax: 801-422-0633 www.unlvrebels.com Fax: 702-895-0989 Press Box: 801-422-4638 Press Box: 702-895-1248 UNLV Media Relations BYU Athletic Communications 30 Smith Fieldhouse 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 450004 Provo, UT 84602 Las Vegas, NV 89154 Jeff Reynolds, Assistant Director/Athletic Communications Mark Wallington, Associate Director for Sports Information E-mail: [email protected] O: 801-422-4909, C: 801-372-2080 E-mail: [email protected] O: 702-895-4472, C: 702-528-6291 Brent Johnson, Media Relations Assistant Bryan Haines, Assistant Sports Information Director E-mail: [email protected] O: 801-422-8999, C: 801-361-7551 E-mail: [email protected] O: 702-895-3764, C: 702-528-4227 COLORADO STATE RAMS Office: 970-491-5067 UTAH UTES Office: 801-581-3511 www.csurams.com Fax: 970-491-1348 www.utahutes.com Fax: 801-581-4358 Press Box: 970-221-1309 Press Box: 801-581-8210 Athletic Media Relations Office Sports Information Office, Department of Athletics Room 311, McGraw Athletic Center 1825 East South Campus Drive Front Fort Collins, CO 80523 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Gary Ozzello, Assistant Athletic Director/Media Relations Liz Abel, Associate Athletics Director of Sports Information E-mail: [email protected] O: 970-491-0628, C: 970-222-3361 E-mail: [email protected] O: 801-581-3511, C: 801-209-6346 Mike Lefler, Assistant Director/Media Relations Andy Seeley, Assistant Sports Information Director E-mail: [email protected] O: 970-491-4854, C: 970-420-5744 E-mail: [email protected] O: 801-581-3771, C: 801-580-4411 NEW MEXICO LOBOS Office: 505-925-5520 WYOMING COWBOYS Office: 307-766-2256 www.golobos.com Fax: 505-925-5529 www.wyomingathletics.com Fax: 307-766-2346 Press Box: 505-925-5573 Press Box: 307-766-2222 Media Relations Office, MSC04 2680 Athletics Media Relations Office 1 University of New Mexico Dept. 3414, 1000 East University Ave. Albuquerque, NM 87131 Laramie, WY 82071 Greg Remington, Associate Athletic Director/Media Relations Kevin McKinney, Associate Athletics Director E-mail: [email protected] O: 505-925-5520, C: 505-710-7911 E-mail: [email protected] O: 307-766-2256, C: 307-760-7845 Alfredo Moreno, Assistant Director/Media Relations Tim Harkins, Assistant Athletics Director E-mail: [email protected] O: 505-925-5524, C: 505-710-5893 E-mail: [email protected] O: 307-766-2256, C: 307-760-7847 SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS Office: 619-594-5547 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE Office: 719-488-4040 www.goaztecs.com Fax: 619-582-6541 www.TheMWC.com Fax: 719-487-7241 Press.