2005 Mountain West Conference football season

The 2005 Mountain West Conference football season was the 7th since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the MW. Texas Christian University was added as the conference's 9th member in 2005, and won the conference championship in their first season since moving over from Conference USA.

2005 Mountain West Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I-A
Sportfootball
Number of teams9
2006 NFL Draft
Top draft pickC Ryan Cook, New Mexico
Picked byMinnesota Vikings, 51st overall
Regular season
Season championsTCU
  Runners-upBYU
Top scorerDonTrell Moore (105 points)
2005 Mountain West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 11 TCU $  8 0   11 1  
BYU  5 3   6 6  
Colorado State  5 3   6 6  
Utah  4 4   7 5  
New Mexico  4 4   6 5  
San Diego State  4 4   5 7  
Air Force  3 5   4 7  
Wyoming  2 6   4 7  
UNLV  1 7   2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Coaching changes

Bowl games

Bowl Date Stadium City Result
Poinsettia Bowl December 22, 2005 Qualcomm Stadium San Diego Navy 51, Colorado State 30
Las Vegas Bowl December 22, 2005 Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, Nevada Cal 35, BYU 28
Emerald Bowl December 29, 2005 SBC Park San Francisco Utah 38, Georgia Tech 10
Houston Bowl December 31, 2005 Reliant Stadium Houston TCU 27, Iowa State 24

Awards

All Conference Team

Offense
QuarterbackJohn Beck, Jr, BYU
Running backCurtis Brown, Sr, BYU
DonTrell Moore, Sr, New Mexico
Wide receiverHank Baskett, Sr, New Mexico
Jovon Bouknight, Sr, Wyoming
Tight endJonny Harline, Jr, BYU
Offensive LineRyan Cook, Sr, New Mexico
Robert Turner, Jr, New Mexico
Herb Taylor, Jr, TCU
Michael Toudouze, Sr, TCU
Jesse Boone, Sr, Utah
KickerDan Beardall, Sr, Utah
Kick returnerCory Rodgers, Jr, TCU
Defense
Defensive lineTommy Blake, So, TCU
Chase Ortiz, So, TCU
Evroy Thompson, Sr, New Mexico
Steve Fifita, Sr, Utah
LinebackerMike Mahoric, Sr, New Mexico
Freddie Keiaho, Sr, San Diego State
Spencer Toone, Sr, Utah
Defensive backGabriel Fulbright, Sr, New Mexico
Marcus Demps, Sr, San Diego State
Eric Weddle, Jr, Utah
Quincy Butler, Sr, TCU
PunterJimmie Kaylor, So, Colorado State
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