2020 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game information
Postseason American college football game
College football game
2020 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
Boise State Broncos
San Jose State Spartans
(5–1)
(6–0)
20
34
Head coach: Bryan Harsin
Head coach: Brent Brennan
AP
Coaches
CFP
25
25
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Boise State
3
3
7
7
20
San Jose State
7
12
0
15
34
Date
December 19, 2020
Season
2020
Stadium
Sam Boyd Stadium
Location
Whitney, NV
MVP
Nick Starkel (offensive) and Cade Hall (defensive), San Jose State[1]
Favorite
Boise State by 6.5[2]
Referee
Scott Campbell
Attendance
0
United States TV coverage
Network
Fox
Announcers
Tim Brando (play-by-play) and Petros Papadakis (analyst)
Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game
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2020 Mountain West Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 24 San Jose State y$
7
–
0
7
–
1
Boise State y
5
–
0
5
–
2
Nevada
6
–
2
7
–
2
San Diego State
4
–
2
4
–
4
Hawaii
4
–
4
5
–
4
Fresno State
3
–
3
3
–
3
Air Force
2
–
2
3
–
3
Wyoming
2
–
4
2
–
4
New Mexico
2
–
5
2
–
5
Colorado State
1
–
3
1
–
3
Utah State
1
–
5
1
–
5
UNLV
0
–
6
0
–
6
Championship: San Jose State 34, Boise State 20
$ – Conference champion
y – Championship game participant
Note: Due to COVID-19, the Mountain West suspended the season, but later decided to begin play on October 24.[3]
Rankings from AP Poll
The 2020 Mountain West Conference Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 19, 2020, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, to determine the 2020 champion of the Mountain West Conference (MWC).[4] The game featured the regular-season champions San Jose State and regular-season runners-up Boise State, and was the conference's eighth championship game.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the game was played behind closed doors without fans.[5]
^"Spartans Claim Conference Championship". sjsuspartans.com. December 19, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
^"ESPN Game Summary - Boise State vs. San Jose State - December 19, 2020". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
^"WE'RE BACK". twitter.com/MountainWest. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
^"2020 Mountain West Football Championship". themw.com. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
^"Game Tracker: Boise State tries to launch 4th quarter comeback to win Mountain West Championship". KTVB. December 19, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
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