Game Name: | Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game |
Title Sponsor: | Old Trapper |
Subheader: | Conference Championship |
Date Game Played: | December 6 |
Year Game Played: | 2024 |
Football Season: | 2024 |
Stadium: | Albertsons Stadium |
City: | Boise, Idaho |
Visitor School: | UNLV University |
Visitor Name Short: | UNLV |
Visitor Nickname: | Rebels |
Visitor Record: | 10–2 |
Visitor Coach: | Barry Odom |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 19 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 19 |
Visitor Rank Cfp: | 20 |
Home School: | Boise State University |
Home Name Short: | Boise State |
Home Nickname: | Broncos |
Home Record: | 11–1 |
Home Coach: | Spencer Danielson |
Home Rank Ap: | 10 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 10 |
Home Rank Cfp: | 10 |
Us Network: | Fox Gridiron Radio |
Us Announcers: | Jason Benetti, Brock Huard, and Allison Williams (Fox) Chris Sylvester and Jared Petrino (Gridiron Radio) |
The 2024 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game (officially known as the 2024 Old Trapper Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game for sponsorship reasons) will be a college football game which will be played on December 6, 2024, at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho.[1] It will be the 12th edition of the Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game and will determine the champion of the Mountain West Conference (MW) for the 2024 season. The game will begin at 6:00 p.m. MT and will air on Fox. The game will feature the Boise State Broncos and the UNLV Rebels in a rematch of the previous season's championship game.
This will be the fourteenth meeting between UNLV and Boise State; the Broncos lead the all-time series 10-3.[2]
See main article: 2024 Boise State Broncos football team. The Broncos entered the game with a 11–1 record, 7–0 in conference play. They made their third consecutive Mountain West title game appearance and seventh overall. They were 4–3 in previous appearances, having last won the title a year ago.[3]
See main article: 2024 UNLV Rebels football team. The Rebels entered the game with a 10–2 record, 6–1 in conference play. They made their second consecutive Mountain West and second overall title game appearance, having lost the title a year ago to the Broncos.[3]