2021 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game
College football game
2021 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game | ||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 4, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Season | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Dignity Health Sports Park | |||||||||||||||||
Location | Carson, CA | |||||||||||||||||
Favorite | San Diego State by 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Referee | Michael Vandervelde [1] | |||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 13,445 | |||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | ||||||||||||||||||
Network | Fox | |||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Joe Davis (play by play), Brock Huard (color), and Bruce Feldman (sideline reporter) | |||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||
Mountain Division | ||||||||||||
No. 24 Utah State xy$ | 6 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||
Air Force x | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||
Boise State | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||
Wyoming | 2 | – | 6 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||
Colorado State | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||
New Mexico | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||
West Division | ||||||||||||
No. 25 San Diego State xy | 7 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||
Fresno State | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||
Nevada | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||
Hawaii | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||
San Jose State | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||
UNLV | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||
Championship : Utah State 46 , San Diego State 13 | ||||||||||||
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The 2021 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game was a college football game played on December 4, 2021, at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California . It was the ninth edition of the Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game and determined the champion of the Mountain West Conference (MWC) for the 2021 season . The game began at 12:00 p.m. PST and was aired on Fox . The game featured the Utah State Aggies , the Mountain Division champions, and the San Diego State Aztecs , the West Division champions. San Diego State won the right to host the game as a result of having the better conference record between the two teams.
Previous season
The 2020 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game featured Boise State against San Jose State . In the championship game, San Jose State was victorious by a score of 34–20, winning its first Mountain West championship. [2]
Teams
Utah State Aggies
Utah State clinched the Mountain Division championship with a victory at New Mexico on November 26. The Aggies finished with a conference record of 6–2 and held the head-to-head tiebreaker over Air Force thanks to their win over the Falcons on September 18. [3] Utah State will be making their first conference championship game appearance since the inaugural contest in 2013 , and are seeking their first Mountain West Conference championship.
San Diego State Aztecs
San Diego State clinched the West Division championship outright with a conference record of 7–1 after beating Boise State on November 26. [4] The Aztecs will be making their first conference championship game appearance since their victory in 2016 .
This was the Aztecs' final game at their temporary home of Dignity Health Sports Park. They will move into their new home of Aztec Stadium , built on the site of their former home of San Diego Stadium , in 2022.
Game summary
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Utah State | 0 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 46 |
No. 19 San Diego State | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
at Dignity Health Sports Park • Carson, California
- Date : December 4, 2021
- Game time : 12:00 p.m. PST
- Game attendance : 13,445
- Referee : Michael Vandervelde
- TV : Fox
- Box score
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Statistics
Statistics | USU | SDSU |
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First downs | 23 | 17 |
Plays–yards | 71–383 | 68–315 |
Rushes–yards | 28–65 | 39–148 |
Passing yards | 318 | 167 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 29–43–1 | 16–29–0 |
Time of possession | 28:58 | 31:02 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Utah State | Passing | Logan Bonner | 29/43, 318 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT |
Rushing | Calvin Tyler Jr. | 17 carries, 41 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Brandon Bowling | 8 receptions, 154 yards, 2 TDs | |
San Diego State | Passing | Jordon Brookshire | 11/23, 117 yards |
Rushing | Greg Bell | 11 carries, 50 yards | |
Receiving | Jesse Matthews | 8 receptions, 82 yards, 1 TD |
References
- ↑ "Officiating crews for the 2021 college football conference championship games" . footballzebras.com . November 30, 2021 . Retrieved December 4, 2021 .
- ↑ "2020 Mountain West Football Championship" . themw.com .
- ↑ "Mountain West Football: 2021 Championship Tiebreakers, Explained" . mwwire.com .
- ↑ "Mountain West Football: 2021 Championship Tiebreakers, Explained" . mwwire.com .
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