2009 WAC football season | |
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League: | NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision |
Sport: | Football |
Pixels: | 250px |
Duration: | September 3, 2009 through January 4, 2010 |
No Of Teams: | 9 |
Tv: | ESPN |
Draft: | 2010 NFL Draft |
Draft Link: | 2010 NFL Draft |
Top Pick: | RB Ryan Mathews, Fresno State |
Picked By: | San Diego Chargers, 12th overall |
Season: | Regular Season |
Season Champs: | Boise State |
Season Champ Name: | Champions |
Mvp: | QB Kellen Moore, Boise State LB Dontay Moch, Nevada |
Seasonslistnames: | Football |
Prevseason Year: | 2008 |
Nextseason Year: | 2010 |
The 2009 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) football season was an NCAA football season played from September 3, 2009, to January 4, 2010. The Western Athletic Conference consists of 9 members: Boise State, Fresno State, Hawai'i, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, New Mexico State, San Jose State, and Utah State. Boise State won the 2009 WAC title going 13–0, 8–0 in conference and were invited to play in the Fiesta Bowl, in which they defeated previously unbeaten TCU. Nevada, Fresno State, and Idaho also played in bowl games, the Hawaiʻi Bowl, New Mexico Bowl, and Humanitarian Bowl, respectively. Nevada lost to SMU and Fresno State lost to Wyoming, while Idaho beat Bowling Green.
The Boise State Broncos went 12–0 during the regular season to win the conference championship and rise to #9 in the final BCS standings. With Utah of the Mountain West Conference being ranked ahead of them in the BCS, the Broncos missed out on the big money bowls and were selected to play
in the San Diego Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl where they would ultimately lose 17–16 to bring their undefeated season to an end.
Other bowl-eligible teams in 2008 were Louisiana Tech (7–5), Fresno State (7–5), Hawaiʻi (7–6), Nevada (7–5) and San Jose State (6–6). La Tech was invited to play in the Independence Bowl, where they won 17–10 over Northern Illinois. Fresno State was invited to play in the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Colorado State 35–30. Hawaiʻi was invited to play in the Sheraton Hawaiʻi Bowl in its home stadium, where it lost to Notre Dame 49–21. Nevada was invited to the Roady's Humanitarian Bowl where they lost to Maryland 42–35. San Jose State was not invited to a bowl game. Overall, the WAC went 1–4 in their bowl games.
The 2009 WAC preseason poll was announced at the league's football preview in Salt Lake City on July 29.[1] Boise State was overwhelmingly selected as the favorite to win the conference by both the league's coaches and media that cover the WAC. Although the Broncos did not receive all first-place votes in the coaches' poll, their selection was effectively unanimous; league rules prohibit coaches from casting first-place votes for their own teams. Accordingly, Broncos head coach Chris Petersen voted for Nevada.
Colin Kaepernick of Nevada was voted the preseason Offensive Player of the Year and Kyle Wilson of Boise State was voted the preseason Defensive player of the year.
Award | School | Player |
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Bronko Nagurski Trophy[2] | Boise State | Kyle Wilson |
Nevada | Kevin Basped | |
Dave Rimington Trophy[3] | Boise State | Thomas Byrd |
Fresno State | Joe Bernardi | |
Hawaiʻi | John Estes | |
Louisiana Tech | Lon Roberts | |
Lombardi Award[4] | Boise State | Ryan Winterswyk |
Fresno State | Ben Jacobs | |
Fresno State | Andrew Jackson | |
Idaho | Mike Iupati | |
Louisiana Tech | Rob McGill | |
Louisiana Tech | D'Anthony Smith | |
Nevada | Kevin Basped | |
Nevada | Alonzo Durham | |
Nevada | Virgil Green | |
San Jose State | Justin Cole | |
San Jose State | Carl Ihenacho | |
Utah State | Paul Igboeli | |
Manning Award[5] | Boise State | Kellen Moore |
Nevada | Colin Kaepernick | |
Maxwell Award[6] | Boise State | Kellen Moore |
Nevada | Colin Kaepernick | |
Lou Groza Award[7] | Boise State | Kyle Brotzman |
Fresno State | Kevin Goessling | |
Outland Trophy[8] | Idaho | Mike Iupati |
Fred Biletnikoff Award[9] | Fresno State | Seyi Ajirotutu |
Hawai'i | Greg Salas | |
Walter Camp Award[10] | Boise State | Kellen Moore |
Jim Thorpe Award[11] | Boise State | Kyle Wilson |
San Jose State | Duke Ihenacho | |
Bednarik Award | Boise State | Kyle Wilson |
Doak Walker Award[12] | Louisiana Tech | Daniel Porter |
Nevada | Vai Taua | |
Davey O'Brien Award[13] | Boise State | Kellen Moore |
Nevada | Colin Kaepernick | |
Mike Iupati of Idaho was one of three finalists named for the Outland Trophy,[14] won by Ndamukong Suh of Nebraska.
Kellen Moore of Boise State was named one of the ten finalists for the Manning Award,[15] won by Colt McCoy of Texas.
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WAC member won | |
WAC member lost | |
WAC teams in bold |
The WAC has teams in 4 different time zones. Times reflect start time in respective time zone of each team (Central-Louisiana Tech, Mountain-New Mexico State, Boise State, Utah State, Pacific-Idaho, Fresno State, San Jose State, Nevada, Hawaiian-Hawai'i). Conference games start times are that of the home team.
Rankings reflect that of the USA Today Coaches poll for that week until week eight when the BCS poll will be used.
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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September 3 | 7:00 p.m. | Utah State | L 17–35 | 45,333 | ||||
September 3 | 8:15 p.m. |
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| W 19–8 | 34,127 | |||
September 4 | 7:00 p.m. | Hawai'i | W 25–20 | 33,298 | ||||
September 5 | 12:30 p.m. | San Jose State | L 3–56 | 84,325 | ||||
September 5 | 12:30 p.m. | Nevada | L 0–35 | 80,795 | ||||
September 5 | 5:00 p.m. | Idaho | New Mexico State | IDA 21–6 | 16,772 | |||
September 5 | 6:00 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | L 13–37 | 81,143 | ||||
September 5 | 7:00 p.m. | Fresno State | W 51–0 | 37,267 |
Players of the week:[16]
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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September 12 | 9:00 a.m. | Fresno State | ESPN | L 31–34–2OT | 80,353 | |||
September 12 | 12:30 p.m. | Idaho | FSN | L 23–42 | 58,980 | |||
September 12 | 2:00 p.m. | Hawai'i | W 38–20 | 42,912 | ||||
September 12 | 2:30 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | L 14–32 | 29,102 | ||||
September 12 | 6:00 p.m. |
| Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho | W 48–0 | 32,228 | |||
September 12 | 7:30 p.m. |
| San Jose State | ESPNU | L 14–24 | 23,684 | ||
September 12 | 6:00 p.m. | New Mexico State | Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico | W 21–18 | 15,902 |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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September 18 | 6:00 p.m. |
| Fresno State | Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California | ESPN | BSU 51–34 | 35,637 | |
September 19 | 2:00 p.m. | Nevada | L 20–35 | 24,967 | ||||
September 19 | 2:00 p.m. | Idaho | W 34–20 | 10,324 | ||||
September 19 | 5:00 p.m. | Utah State | L 30–38 | 73,599 | ||||
September 19 | 5:00 p.m. | Hawai'i | L 33–34 | 29,717 | ||||
September 19 | 6:00 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | W 48–13 | 19,400 | ||||
September 19 | 6:00 p.m. | San Jose State | L 17–42 | 33,560 | ||||
September 19 | 6:00 p.m. | New Mexico State | Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruises, New Mexico | L 12–38 | 20,439 |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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September 25 | 6:00 p.m. | Nevada | ESPN | L 21–32 | 18,269 | |||
September 26 | 9:00 a.m. | Fresno State | L 20–28 | 32,910 | ||||
September 26 | 12:30 p.m. | Idaho | W 34–31 | 16,320 | ||||
September 26 | 5:00 p.m. |
| W 49–14 | 22,396 | ||||
September 26 | 6:00 p.m. | Utah State | W 53–34 | 18,472 | ||||
September 26 | 5:00 p.m. | San Jose State | Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California | W 19–9 | 13,510 | |||
September 26 | 8:00 p.m. | New Mexico State | The Mtn. | W 20–17 | 35,248 |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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September 30 | 7:00 p.m. | Hawai'i | Louisiana Tech | Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana | LT 27–6 | 21,263 | ||
October 2 | 7:00 p.m. | Utah State | The Mtn. | L 17–35 | 64,103 | |||
October 3 | 1:00 p.m. | UNLV | Nevada | Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada | W 63–28 | 24,078 | ||
October 3 | 6:00 p.m. | UC Davis |
| Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho | W 34–16 | 32,497 | ||
October 3 | 6:00 p.m. | New Mexico State | San Diego State | L 17–34 | 21,184 | |||
October 3 | 7:30 p.m. | Colorado State | Idaho | Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho | ESPNU | W 31–29 | 16,000 |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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October 9 | 6:00 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | Nevada | Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada | ESPN | NEV 37–14 | 11,975 | |
October 10 | 5:00 p.m. | Idaho | San Jose State | Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California | IDA 29–25 | 15,321 | ||
October 10 | 6:00 p.m. | Utah State | New Mexico State | Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruises, New Mexico | NMSU 20–17 | 15,283 | ||
October 10 | 6:00 p.m. | Fresno State | Hawai'i | Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI | FRES 42–17 | 38,566 |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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October 14 | 6:00 p.m. |
| ESPN | W 28–21 | 30,000 | |||
October 17 | 1:00 p.m. | Nevada | Utah State | Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah | NEV 35–32 | 15,103 | ||
October 17 | 2:00 p.m. | Hawai'i | Idaho | Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho | IDA 35–23 | 12,763 | ||
October 17 | 3:00 p.m. | New Mexico State | Louisiana Tech | Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana | LT 45–7 | 20,773 | ||
October 17 | 7:00 p.m. | San Jose State | Fresno State | Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California | FRES 41–21 | 35,495 |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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October 24 | 1:00 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | Utah State | Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah | USU 23–21 | 14,229 | ||
October 24 | 1:00 p.m. | Idaho | Nevada | Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada | NEV 70–45 | 16,611 | ||
October 24 | 6:00 p.m. |
| Hawai'i | Aloha Stadium • Honolulu | BSU 54–9 | 37,928 | ||
October 24 | 8:15 p.m. | Fresno State | New Mexico State | Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico | ESPNU | FRES 34–3 | 18,893 |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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October 31 | 10:00 a.m. | New Mexico State | L 0–45 | 104,719 | ||||
October 31 | 1:00 p.m. | San Jose State |
| Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho | BSU 45–7 | 31,684 | ||
October 31 | 1:00 p.m. | Hawai'i | Nevada | Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada | NEV 31–21 | 13,889 | ||
October 31 | 2:00 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | Idaho | Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho | IDA 35–34 | 15,236 | ||
October 31 | 2:00 p.m. | Utah State | Fresno State | Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California | FRES 31–27 | 27,721 |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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November 6 | 7:00 p.m. |
| Louisiana Tech | Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana | ESPN2 | BSU 45–35 | 23,240 | |
November 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Utah State | Hawai'i | Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI | HAW 49–36 | 31,499 | ||
November 7 | 7:15 p.m. | Fresno State | Idaho | Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho | ESPNU | FRES 31–21 | 12,418 | |
November 8 | 5:30 p.m. | Nevada | San Jose State | Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California | ESPN | NEV 62–7 | 11,103 |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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November 14 | 1:00 p.m. | San Jose State | Utah State | Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah | USU 24–9 | 13,276 | ||
November 14 | 1:00 p.m. | Fresno State | Nevada | Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada | NEV 52–14 | 19,331 | ||
November 14 | 1:30 p.m. | Idaho |
| Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho | ESPNU | BSU 63–25 | 33,986 | |
November 14 | 6:00 p.m. | New Mexico State | Hawai'i | Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI | HAW 24–6 | 32,628 | ||
November 14 | 7:00 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | ESPNU | L 16–24 | 92,584 |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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November 20 | 7:30 p.m. |
| Utah State | Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah | ESPN2 | BSU 52–21 | 18,777 | |
November 21 | 2:00 p.m. | Louisiana Tech | Fresno State | Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California | FRES 30–28 | 31,769 | ||
November 21 | 5:00 p.m. | Nevada | New Mexico State | Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruises, New Mexico | ESPNU | NEV 63–20 | 11,775 | |
November 21 | 5:00 p.m. | Hawai'i | San Jose State | Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California | HAW 17–10 OT | 18,327 |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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November 27 | 8:00 p.m. | Nevada |
| Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho | ESPN2 | BSU 44–33 | 32,642 | |
November 28 | 2:00 p.m. | Utah State | Idaho | Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho | USU 52–49 | 8,532 | ||
November 28 | 5:00 p.m. | New Mexico State | San Jose State | Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California | SJSU 13–10 | 10,117 | ||
November 28 | 6:00 p.m. | Navy | Hawai'i | Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI | ESPNU | W 24–17 | 40,643 |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
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December 5 | 9:30 a.m. | Fresno State | Big Ten Network | W 53–52 | 48,538 | |||
December 5 | 1:00 p.m. | San Jose State | Louisiana Tech | Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana | LT 55–20 | 15,324 | ||
December 5 | 1:00 p.m. | New Mexico State |
| Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho | BSU 42–7 | 32,308 | ||
December 5 | 6:30 p.m. | Wisconsin | Hawai'i | Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI | ESPN2 | L 10–52 | 40,069 |
Conference | Wins | Losses | |
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Big 12 | 0 | 2 | |
Big East | 0 | 1 | |
Big Ten | 1 | 3 | |
CUSA | 1 | 1 | |
Independents | 1 | 2 | |
MAC | 3 | 0 | |
Mountain West | 4 | 6 | |
Pac-10 | 2 | 3 | |
SEC | 0 | 2 | |
All FCS | 7 | 0 | |
Overall | 19 | 20 |
Offense
QB Kellen Moore- Boise State
RB Ryan Mathews- Fresno State
RB Vai Taua- Nevada
WR Austin Pettis- Boise State
WR Titus Young- Boise State
WR Greg Salas- Hawai'i
TE Dennis Morris- La Tech
OL Nate Potter- Boise State
OL Andrew Jackson- Fresno State
OL John Estes- Hawai'i
OL Mike Iupati- Idaho
OL Alonzo Durham- Nevada
Defense
DL Ryan Winterswyk- Boise State
DL Chris Carter- Fresno State
DL D'Anthony Smith- La Tech
DL Dontay Moch- Nevada
LB Ben Jacobs- Fresno State
LB Blaze Soares- Hawai'i
LB Adrien Cole- La Tech
LB Bobby Wagner- Utah State
DB Kyle Wilson- Boise State
DB Shiloh Keo- Idaho
DB Davon House- New Mexico State
DB Duke Ihenacho- San Jose State
Specialists
PK Kevin Goessling- Fresno State
P Robert Malone- Fresno State
ST Titus Young- Boise State
Offense
QB Colin Kaepernick- Nevada
RB Jeremy Avery- Boise State
RB Daniel Porter- La Tech
RB Robert Turbin- Utah State
WR Seyi Ajirotutu- Fresno State
WR Max Komar- Idaho
WR Brandon Wimberly- Nevada
WR Kevin Jurovich- San Jose State
TE Virgil Green- Nevada
OL Kenny Wiggins- Fresno State
OL Aaron Kia- Hawai'i
OL Irv Stevens- Idaho
OL Rob McGill- La Tech
OL Kenneth Ackerman- Nevada
Defense
DL Billy Winn- Boise State
DL Aaron Lavarias- Idaho
DL Kevin Basped- Nevada
DL Carl Ihenacho- San Jose State
LB Winston Venable- Boise State
LB JoJo Dickson- Idaho
LB James-Michael Johnson- Nevada
LB Justin Cole- San Jose State
DB Jeron Johnson- Boise State
DB Lorne Bell- Fresno State
DB Moses Harris- Fresno State
DB Jonathon Amaya- Nevada
Specialists
PK Trey Farquhar- Idaho
P Philip Zavala- San Jose State
ST Phillip Livas- La Tech
Offense
Kellen Moore- Boise State
Defense
Dontay Moch- Nevada
Freshman
Brandon Wimberly- Nevada
Chris Petersen- Boise State
During the 2009 season the only WAC team to be ranked was Boise State, who would finish the season ranked #4.
See also: 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings.
Bowl Game | Date | Stadium | City | Television | Matchup/Result | Attendance | |
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New Mexico Bowl | December 19, 2009 | University Stadium | Albuquerque, New Mexico | ESPN | Wyoming 35, Fresno State 28, 2OT | 24,898 | |
Sheraton Hawaiʻi Bowl | December 24, 2009 | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu, HI | ESPN | SMU 45, Nevada 10 | 32,650 | |
Roady's Humanitarian Bowl | December 30, 2009 | Bronco Stadium | Boise, Idaho | Idaho 43, Bowling Green 42 | 26,726 | ||
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl | January 4, 2010 | University of Phoenix Stadium | Glendale, Arizona |
| 73,227 |
Team | Stadium (Capacity) | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 | Total | Average | % of Capacity |
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Boise State | Bronco Stadium (33,500) | 34,127 | 32,228 | 32,497 | 31,684 | 33,986 | 32,642 | 32,308 | 229,472 | 32,782 | 97.9 |
Fresno State | Bulldog Stadium (41,031) | 37,267 | 35,637 | 35,495 | 27,721 | 31,769 | 167,889 | 33,578 | 81.8 | ||
Hawai'i | Aloha Stadium (50,000) | 33,298 | 38,566 | 37,928 | 31,499 | 32,628 | 40,643 | 40,069 | 254,631 | 36,376 | 72.8 |
Idaho | Kibbie Dome (16,000) | 10,324 | 16,000 | 12,763 | 15,236 | 12,418 | 8,532 | 75,273 | 12,546 | 78.4 | |
Louisiana Tech | Joe Aillet Stadium (30,600) | 19,400 | 21,263 | 20,773 | 23,240 | 15,324 | 99,970 | 19,994 | 65.3 | ||
Nevada | Mackay Stadium (29,993) | 18,269 | 24,078 | 11,975 | 16,611 | 13,889 | 19,331 | 104,153 | 17,359 | 57.9 | |
New Mexico State | Aggie Memorial Stadium (30,343) | 16,772 | 15,902 | 20,439 | 15,283 | 18,893 | 11,775 | 93,084 | 15,511 | 51.1 | |
San Jose State | Spartan Stadium (31,218) | 23,684 | 13,510 | 15,321 | 11,103 | 18,327 | 10,117 | 92,062 | 15,344 | 49.2 | |
Utah State | Romney Stadium (25,513) | 18,472 | 15,103 | 14,229 | 13,276 | 18,777 | 79,857 | 15,971 | 62.6 | ||
Western Athletic Conference | |||||||||
Conf | Overall | ||||||||
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Team – Bowl Game | W | L | W | L | PF | PA | STREAK | ||
8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 591 | 240 | W 14 | |||
7 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 497 | 371 | L 2 | |||
6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 440 | 369 | L 1 | |||
4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 425 | 468 | W 1 | |||
3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 296 | 384 | L 1 | |||
3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 350 | 309 | W 1 | |||
3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 349 | 408 | W 1 | |||
1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 149 | 411 | L 7 | |||
1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 165 | 414 | L 1 | |||