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This Week’s Schedule
Friday, September 1
Colorado State vs. Colorado (Denver, Colorado) 6 p.m. MT Pac-12 Network
Utah State at #10/9 Wisconsin 8 p.m. CT ESPN/WatchESPN
Saturday, September 2
Wyoming at Iowa 11 a.m. CT Big Ten Network
VMI at Air Force Noon MT ESPN3
Troy at Boise State 1:45 p.m. MT ESPNU/WatchESPN
Nevada at Northwestern 2:30 p.m. CT Big Ten Network
Cal Poly at San José State 4:30 p.m. PT
UC Davis at San Diego State 5:30 p.m. PT Facebook
Abilene Christian at New Mexico 6 p.m. MT
Western Carolina at Hawai‘i 6 p.m. HT Spectrum
Howard at UNLV 6 p.m. PT MWN-Institutional
Incarnate Word at Fresno State 7 p.m. PT
#HIGHLIGHTS
(NOTES FROM AROUND THE MOUNTAIN WEST IN 140 CHARACTERS OR LESS)
  • .@NevadaFootball opens the Jay Norvell era on Sat., Sept. 2. This is Norvell’s first head coaching job.
  • .@FresnoStateFB head coach Jeff Tedford begins his FS career when the Bulldogs host Incarnate Word on Sat., Sept. 2. Tedford spent 11 years as the head coach at Cal from 2002-12.
  • .@CSUFootball’s 31-point win over Oregon State is the largest against an Autonomous 5 opponent in program history.
  • .@CSUFootball’s 31-point victory is the 5th-largest by a @MountainWest member over an Autonomous 5 team since 2010.
  • .@CSUFootball has sold a program-record of more than 15,000 season tickets as of the beginning of August. The previous school record was 11,500.
  • .@BroncoSportsFB has been selected to win the Mountain Division for the fourth consecutive season.
  • .@GoAztecs are the first team in MW history to be selected as unanimous divisional champs in back-to-back seasons.
  • .@BroncoSportsFB has defeated an Autonomous 5 team in five of six seasons since joining the @MountainWest.
  • .@BroncoSportsFB has won 23-consecutive nonconference home games, the last loss came on Dec. 28, 2005 vs. Boston College.
  • .@AFFootball enters 2017 tied for 4th nationally with a 6-game win streak, trailing only USC (9), Western Kentucky (8) & Coastal Carolina (7).
  • .@unlvfootball’s Devonte Boyd enters his senior season needing 1,005 receiving yds to hold the @MountainWest record for career receiving yds.
  • .@MountainWest teams have compiled a 97-74 (.567) record, including 75 victories at home, in season openers since the league’s inception in 1999.
  • .@MountainWest institutions have recorded Top-25 victories in three of the last four years.
  • .@SJSUSpartanFB is 1 of 3 teams nationally to play at least 3 ranked opponents in the first 4 weeks.
  • .@SJSUSpartanFB is seeking its first win against a ranked opponent since Nov. 29, 2013 (#16 Fresno State, 62-52).
  • In the 18 seasons since the league’s inception, the @MountainWest’s champion or a current MW member has been a BCS/CFP participant 8 times.
  • Seven first-team All-Mountain West selections from 2016 return this season, including two on offense and four on defense.

BOISE STATE’S AUTONOMOUS 5 SUCCESS
Boise State has defeated an Autonomous 5 institution in five of six seasons since joining the Mountain West. This year, the Broncos travel to Washington State (Sept. 9) and host Virginia (Sept. 22).

Since 2010, BSU has compiled an 11-6 (.647) record against current Autonomous 5 programs. The Broncos have defeated Arizona, Arizona State, Georgia, Oregon State, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Washington State.

JOHN URSUA’S BIG DAY
Hawai‘i sophomore WR John Ursua caught 12 passes for 272 yards at UMass on Aug. 26. This is the fourth-most receiving yards in program history and fourth-best in Mountain West annals. Ursua’s 272 receiving yards are the most by a MW pass-catcher since Thomas Sperbeck’s (Boise State) 281 yards on Nov. 14, 2015.

According to Pro Football Focus, Ursua caught all 12 passes from the slot.