2017 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 Football Stadium Directions .................................................. 15 Assistant Director of Strategic Communications Mountain West Football on Television ........................................... 16 O: (719) 488-4042 / M: (970) 988-6304 [email protected] CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK (Primary football contact) 2017 Preseason Team Capsules ............................................... 18 MW Notebook ..........................................................19-21 Judy Willson 2017 MW Composite Schedule................................................ 22 Assistant Commissioner, Strategic Communications 2017 Coaches Photo Charts ................................................23-28 MW Bowl Partners ......................................................... 29 O: (719) 488-4052 / M: (719) 290-6732 College Football Playoff and National Bowl Schedule ................................ 30 [email protected] MW Bowl Information.....................................................31-33 Dwayne Groff TEAM PREVIEWS Assistant Director of Strategic Communications Air Force Falcons........................................................36-39 O: (719) 487-2462 / M: (570) 412-4847 Boise State Broncos......................................................40-43 [email protected] Colorado State Rams .....................................................44-47 Fresno State Bulldogs ....................................................48-51 Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors ..................................................52-55 Nevada Wolf Pack .......................................................56-59 New Mexico Lobos.......................................................60-63 San Diego State Aztecs ...................................................64-67 CREDITS San José State Spartans...................................................68-71 UNLV Rebels...........................................................72-75 Utah State Aggies .......................................................76-79 The 2017 Mountain West Football Media Guide was Wyoming Cowboys .......................................................80-84 produced by the MW Strategic Communications Staff using Adobe InDesign and Photoshop. 2016 SEASON-IN-REVIEW Written, edited and designed by Stuart Buchanan, 2016 Standings and Team-by-Team Results ...................................... 86 Dwayne Groff, Judy Willson and Justin Packard. 2016 MW and National Bowl Results ........................................... 87 2016 National Polls/MW Players of the Week ...................................... 88 Printing: Rhodesco in Colorado Springs, Colo. Cover 2016 All-Mountain West Honors and Individual Awards .............................. 89 design: Kyle Stopperan. 2016 National Honors ...................................................... 90 2016 Academic All-Mountain West ............................................. 91 The MW extends its thanks to the media relations 2016 Final National Polls ................................................... 92 2016 Individual Statistics .................................................93-95 staffs from our 12 member institutions for 2016 Team Statistics ...................................................96-100 supplying the information and photography that is 2016 Individual Superlatives .............................................101-102 used in this publication. Additional photography 2016 Team Superlatives ................................................103-104 provided by Clarkson Creative. MOUNTAIN WEST RECORDS Individual Records.....................................................106-118 MOUNTAIN WEST Team Records ........................................................119-122 LOGO IDENTITY STANDARDS Annual Statistics Champions .............................................123-128 MOUNTAIN WEST HISTORY The Mountain West logo was created to identify Year-by-Year Champions, Composite Standings....................................130 and promote the league and its championship All-Time Coaching Records..................................................131 sports. Anyone desiring to use the logo on products, All-Time Home, Away and Neutral Records....................................132-133 MW vs. Other Conferences ..................................................134 promotions or advertisements must acquire a Annual Standings and Results ............................................135-145 license or an authorization agreement from Dan Intraconference Series History ...............................................146 Butterly at (719) 488-4053. Intraconference Series Results ............................................147-156 MW Poll History.......................................................157-159 MW Attendance History ....................................................160 MW Bowl History ......................................................161-163 The official colors of the Mountain West logo are MW Bowl Records .....................................................164-165 Purple (Pantone 268), Gray (Pantone Cool Gray All-Time Mountain West Honors ...........................................166-175 6), Black and White. All logos and concepts are All-Time Mountain West Players of the Week ..................................176-181 All-Time Academic All-Mountain West Honors .................................182-187 protected as trademark properties of the Mountain National Honors.......................................................188-192 West Conference. MW All-Americans .....................................................193-195 Academic Honors......................................................196-197 NFL Draft History .....................................................198-202 2017 FBS Schedules, Conference Alignment ..................................203-204 THEMW.COM • TWITTER.COM/MOUNTAINWEST 1 MOUNTAIN WEST MEDIA RELATIONS AIR FORCE FALCONS NEW MEXICO LOBOS Sports Information 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, Assistant AD, Media Relations Office: (208) 426-3868 Mike May, Associate Athletic Director of Media Relations Office: (619) 594-3023 Email: [email protected] Mobile: (208) 631-5483 Email: [email protected] Mobile: (619) 957-8372 Aaron Juarez, Assistant Sports Information Director Office: (208) 426-3438 Jamie McConeghy, Assistant Media Relations Director 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 311, 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 Paul Kirk, Assisant Athletic Director, Athletic Communications Office: (970) 491-5067 Lawrence Fan, Athletics Media Relations Director Office: (408) 924-1217 Email: [email protected] Mobile: (970) 988-3482 Email: [email protected] Mobile: (408) 768-3424 Zach Balside, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Richard Stern, Assistant Media Relations Director Office: (408) 924-1211 Email: [email protected] Mobile: (970) 310-3906 Email: [email protected] Mobile: (408) 318-8111 FRESNO STATE BULLDOGS UNLV REBELS Fresno State Athletic Communications Office: (559) 278-2509 UNLV Media Relations Office: (702) 895-3207 5305 N. 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