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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]
Boise State [ edit ] Boise State entered the championship game with a 5–1 record (5–0 in conference play). Their only loss of the season was to BYU , then ranked ninth in the AP Poll , in early November.
San Jose State [ edit ] San Jose State entered the championship game with a 6–0 record, all in games played against conference opponents. Their closest game of the season was a 10-point win over Nevada on December 11. This was San Jose State's first appearance in a Mountain West Conference Championship Game.
Game summary [ edit ] 2020 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game
Period 1 2 3 4 Total Boise State 3 3 7 7 20 No. 24 San Jose State 7 12 0 15 34
at Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, Nevada
Date : Saturday, December 19, 2020Game time : 4:40 p.m. EST (1:40 p.m. PST )Game weather : Sunny • Temperature : 56 °F (13 °C) • Wind : NE 1 mphReferee : Scott CampbellTV announcers (Fox ) : Tim Brando (play-by-play) and Petros Papadakis (analyst)
Game information First quarter (8:36) SJSU – Tre Walker 55 yard pass from Nick Starkel, Matt Mercurio kick (Drive: 3 plays, 71 yards, 1:48; San Jose State 7–0 ) (3:31) BSU – Jonah Dalmas 51 yard field goal (Drive: 11 plays, 44 yards, 5:05; San Jose State 7–3 ) Second quarter (14:46) SJSU – Matt Mercurio 24 yard field goal (Drive: 13 plays, 68 yards, 3:45; San Jose State 10–3 ) (6:40) SJSU – Matt Mercurio 36 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 39 yards, 1:56; San Jose State 13–3 ) (2:31) SJSU – Matt Mercurio 26 yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 61 yards, 3:27; San Jose State 16–3 ) (0:50) SJSU – Matt Mercurio 32 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 36 yards, 1:05; San Jose State 19–3 ) (0:01) BSU – Jonah Dalmas 50 yard field goal (Drive: 5 plays, 39 yards, 0:50; San Jose State 19–6 ) Third quarter (2:48) BSU – Avery Williams 69 yard punt return, Jonah Dalmas kick (San Jose State 19–13 ) Fourth quarter (14:17) SJSU – Isaiah Hamilton 30 yard pass from Nick Starkel, 2-point pass good (Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:31; San Jose State 27–13 ) (10:51) BSU – Hank Bachmeier 2 yard rush, Jonah Dalmas kick (Drive: 7 plays, 63 yards, 3:26; San Jose State 27–20 ) (3:48) SJSU – Derrick Deese Jr. 1 yard pass from Nick Starkel, Matt Mercurio kick (Drive: 7 plays, 42 yards, 4:30; San Jose State 34–20 )
Statistics [ edit ] Statistics BSU SJSU First downs 14 26 Plays–yards 66–224 77–498 Rushes–yards 25–3 25–45 Passing yards 221 453 Passing: comp–att–int 20–40–0 32–52–0 Time of possession 25:27 34:32
Team Category Player Statistics Boise State Passing Hank Bachmeier 20/40, 221 yards Rushing Andrew Van Buren 11 carries, 26 yards Receiving Khalil Shakir 6 receptions, 85 yards San Jose State Passing Nick Starkel 32/52, 453 yards, 3 TD Rushing Kairee Robinson 12 carries, 39 yards Receiving Tre Walker 7 receptions, 137 yards, 1 TD
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
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