Sports season
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 #11 TCU 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] Chris Petersen voted for Nevada.
Boise State – 64 (8)Nevada – 55 (1)Fresno State – 45Louisiana Tech – 45Hawaiʻi – 36San Jose State – 34Utah State – 21New Mexico State – 13Idaho – 11Boise State – 519 (55)
Nevada – 444 (3)
Fresno State – 365
Louisiana Tech – 360
Hawai'i – 275
San Jose State – 263
Utah State – 170
Idaho – 110
New Mexico State – 104 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.
Mike Iupati of Idaho was one of three finalists named for the Outland Trophy,[ 14] Ndamukong Suh of Nebraska .
Kellen Moore of Boise State was named one of the ten finalists for the Manning Award,[ 15] Colt McCoy of Texas .
Index to colors and formatting
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
September 3
7:00 p.m.
Utah State #18 Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City The Mtn. L 17–3545,333
September 3
8:15 p.m.
# 14 Oregon #16 Boise State
Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho ESPN W 19–834,127
September 4
7:00 p.m.
Central Arkansas Hawai'i Aloha Stadium • Honolulu W 25–2033,298
September 5
12:30 p.m.
San Jose State #4 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles FSN L 3–5684,325
September 5
12:30 p.m.
Nevada #23 Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana NBC L 0–3580,795
September 5
5:00 p.m.
Idaho New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico IDA 21–616,772
September 5
6:00 p.m.
Louisiana Tech Auburn Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama ESPNU L 13–3781,143
September 5
7:00 p.m.
UC Davis Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California W 51–037,267
Players of the week:[ 16]
Offensive
Defensive
Special teams
Player
Team
Player
Team
Player
Team
Greg Salas
Hawai'i
Nico Herron
Fresno State
Bobby Cowan
Idaho
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
September 12
9:00 a.m.
Fresno State Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin ESPN
L 31–34–2OT80,353
September 12
12:30 p.m.
Idaho Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle FSN
L 23–4258,980
September 12
2:00 p.m.
Hawai'i Washington State Qwest Field • Seattle W 38–2042,912
September 12
2:30 p.m.
Louisiana Tech Navy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland CBS College Sports L 14–3229,102
September 12
6:00 p.m.
Miami (OH) #11 Boise State
Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho
W 48–032,228
September 12
7:30 p.m.
#17 Utah
San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California ESPNU
L 14–2423,684
September 12
6:00 p.m.
Prairie View A&M New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico
W 21–1815,902
Players of the week:[ 17]
Offensive
Defensive
Special teams
Player
Team
Player
Team
Player
Team
Greg Alexander
Hawai'i
Corey Paredes
Hawai'i
Philip Livas
Louisiana Tech
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
September 18
6:00 p.m.
#10 Boise State
Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California
ESPN
BSU 51–3435,637
September 19
2:00 p.m.
Nevada Colorado State Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, Colorado L 20–3524,967
September 19
2:00 p.m.
San Diego State Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho W 34–2010,324
September 19
5:00 p.m.
Utah State Texas A&M Kyle Field • College Station, Texas L 30–3873,599
September 19
5:00 p.m.
Hawai'i UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium • Las Vegas CBS College Sports L 33–3429,717
September 19
6:00 p.m.
Nicholls State Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana W 48–1319,400
September 19
6:00 p.m.
San Jose State Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California L 17–4233,560
September 19
6:00 p.m.
UTEP New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruises, New Mexico
L 12–3820,439
Players of the week:[ 18]
Offensive
Defensive
Special teams
Player
Team
Player
Team
Player
Team
Ryan Mathews
Fresno State
JoJo Dickson
Idaho
Titus Young
Boise State
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
September 25
6:00 p.m.
#21 Missouri Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada ESPN
L 21–3218,269
September 26
9:00 a.m.
Fresno State #15 Cincinnati Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati L 20–2832,910
September 26
12:30 p.m.
Idaho Northern Illinois Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois W 34–3116,320
September 26
5:00 p.m.
#8 Boise State
Bowling Green Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio W 49–1422,396
September 26
6:00 p.m.
Southern Utah Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah W 53–3418,472
September 26
5:00 p.m.
Cal Poly San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California
W 19–913,510
September 26
8:00 p.m.
New Mexico State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico The Mtn.
W 20–1735,248
Players of the week:[ 19]
Offensive
Defensive
Special teams
Player
Team
Player
Team
Player
Team
Nathan Enderle
Idaho
Tanner Burns
San Jose State
Kyle Hughes
New Mexico State
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
September 30
7:00 p.m.
Hawai'i Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana
ESPN2 LT 27–621,263
October 2
7:00 p.m.
Utah State #21 BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium • Provo, Utah The Mtn.
L 17–3564,103
October 3
1:00 p.m.
UNLV
Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada
W 63–2824,078
October 3
6:00 p.m.
UC Davis
#5 Boise State
Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho
W 34–1632,497
October 3
6:00 p.m.
New Mexico State San Diego State
Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, California L 17–3421,184
October 3
7:30 p.m.
Colorado State
Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho
ESPNU
W 31–2916,000
Players of the week:[ 20]
Offensive
Defensive
Special teams
Player
Team
Player
Team
Player
Team
Mike Ball
Nevada
Shiloh Keo
Idaho
Trey Farquhar
Idaho
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
October 9
6:00 p.m.
Louisiana Tech Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada
ESPN
NEV 37–1411,975
October 10
5:00 p.m.
Idaho San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California
IDA 29–2515,321
October 10
6:00 p.m.
Utah State New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruises, New Mexico
NMSU 20–1715,283
October 10
6:00 p.m.
Fresno State Hawai'i Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI
FRES 42–1738,566
Players of the week:[ 21]
Offensive
Defensive
Special teams
Player
Team
Player
Team
Player
Team
Colin Kaepernick
Nevada
Desia Dunn
Fresno State
Marcus Anderson
New Mexico State
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
October 14
6:00 p.m.
#6 Boise State
Tulsa Chapman Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma ESPN
W 28–2130,000
October 17
1:00 p.m.
Nevada Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah
NEV 35–3215,103
October 17
2:00 p.m.
Hawai'i Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho
IDA 35–2312,763
October 17
3:00 p.m.
New Mexico State Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana
LT 45–720,773
October 17
7:00 p.m.
San Jose State Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California
FRES 41–2135,495
Players of the week:[ 22]
Offensive
Defensive
Special teams
Player
Team
Player
Team
Player
Team
Ryan Mathews
Fresno State
Aaron Lavarias
Idaho
Robert Malone
Fresno State
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
October 24
1:00 p.m.
Louisiana Tech Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah
USU 23–2114,229
October 24
1:00 p.m.
Idaho Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada
NEV 70–4516,611
October 24
6:00 p.m.
#4 Boise State
Hawai'i Aloha Stadium • Honolulu
BSU 54–937,928
October 24
8:15 p.m.
Fresno State New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, New Mexico
ESPNU
FRES 34–318,893
Players of the week:[ 23]
Offensive
Defensive
Special teams
Player
Team
Player
Team
Player
Team
Colin Kaepernick
Nevada
Jeron Johnson
Boise State
Kyle Brotzman
Boise State
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
October 31
10:00 a.m.
New Mexico State #17 Ohio State
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio Big Ten Network L 0–45104,719
October 31
1:00 p.m.
San Jose State #7 Boise State
Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho
BSU 45–731,684
October 31
1:00 p.m.
Hawai'i Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada
NEV 31–2113,889
October 31
2:00 p.m.
Louisiana Tech Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho
IDA 35–3415,236
October 31
2:00 p.m.
Utah State Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California
FRES 31–2727,721
Players of the week:[ 24]
Offensive
Defensive
Special teams
Player
Team
Player
Team
Player
Team
Ryan Mathews
Fresno State
Kyle Wilson
Boise State
Justin Veltung
Idaho
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
November 6
7:00 p.m.
#7 Boise State
Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana
ESPN2
BSU 45–3523,240
November 7
6:00 p.m.
Utah State Hawai'i Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI
HAW 49–3631,499
November 7
7:15 p.m.
Fresno State Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho
ESPNU
FRES 31–2112,418
November 8
5:30 p.m.
Nevada San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California
ESPN
NEV 62–711,103
Players of the week:[ 25]
Offensive
Defensive
Special teams
Player
Team
Player
Team
Player
Team
Leon Wright-Jackson
Hawai'i
Lorne Bell
Fresno State
Kevin Goessling
Fresno State
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
November 14
1:00 p.m.
San Jose State Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah
USU 24–913,276
November 14
1:00 p.m.
Fresno State Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada
NEV 52–1419,331
November 14
1:30 p.m.
Idaho #6 Boise State
Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho
ESPNU
BSU 63–2533,986
November 14
6:00 p.m.
New Mexico State Hawai'i Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI
HAW 24–632,628
November 14
7:00 p.m.
Louisiana Tech #8 LSU
Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana ESPNU
L 16–2492,584
Players of the week:[ 26]
Offensive
Defensive
Special teams
Player
Team
Player
Team
Player
Team
Austin Pettis
Boise State
Jonathon Amaya
Nevada
Titus Young
Boise State
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
November 20
7:30 p.m.
#6 Boise State
Utah State Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah
ESPN2
BSU 52–2118,777
November 21
2:00 p.m.
Louisiana Tech Fresno State Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, California
FRES 30–2831,769
November 21
5:00 p.m.
Nevada New Mexico State Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruises, New Mexico
ESPNU
NEV 63–2011,775
November 21
5:00 p.m.
Hawai'i San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California
HAW 17–10 OT18,327
Players of the week:[ 27]
Offensive
Defensive
Special teams
Player
Team
Player
Team
Player
Team
Doug Martin
Boise State
Ben Jacobs
Fresno State
Kevin Goessling
Fresno State
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
November 27
8:00 p.m.
Nevada #6 Boise State
Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho
ESPN2
BSU 44–3332,642
November 28
2:00 p.m.
Utah State Idaho Kibbie Dome • Moscow, Idaho
USU 52–498,532
November 28
5:00 p.m.
New Mexico State San Jose State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California
SJSU 13–1010,117
November 28
6:00 p.m.
Navy
Hawai'i Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI
ESPNU
W 24–1740,643
Players of the week:[ 28]
Offensive
Defensive
Special teams
Player
Team
Player
Team
Player
Team
Robert Turbin
Utah State
Blaze Soares
Hawai'i
Titus Young
Boise State
Date
Time
Visiting team
Home team
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
December 5
9:30 a.m.
Fresno State Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois Big Ten Network
W 53–5248,538
December 5
1:00 p.m.
San Jose State Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, Louisiana
LT 55–2015,324
December 5
1:00 p.m.
New Mexico State #6 Boise State
Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho
BSU 42–732,308
December 5
6:30 p.m.
Wisconsin
Hawai'i Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI
ESPN2
L 10–5240,069
Players of the week:[ 29]
Offensive
Defensive
Special teams
Player
Team
Player
Team
Player
Team
Daniel Porter
La Tech
Tank Calais
La Tech
Alex Dunnachie
Hawai'i
Records against other conferences [ edit ] [ 30]
Players of the year [ edit ]
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.
Ranking movements of Boise StateLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP 14 12 10 8 5 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 Coaches 16 11 10 8 5 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 Harris Not released 5 5 5 5 5 4 (1) 6 6 6 6 6 Not released BCS Not released 4 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 Not released
Bowl Game
Date
Stadium
City
Television
Matchup/Result
Attendance
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
ESPN
Idaho 43, Bowling Green 42
26,726
Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
January 4, 2010
University of Phoenix Stadium
Glendale, Arizona
Fox
#6 Boise State 17, #4 TCU 10
73,227
Team
Stadium (Capacity)
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Game 6
Game 7
Total
Average
% of Capacity
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
Expanded WAC standings [ edit ]
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Championships & awards Seasons See also
Conference seasons Inter-conference All-Americans
