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Revision as of 01:30, 5 December 2012
The 2003 Mountain West Conference football season was the 5th since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the MWC. The University of Utah won the conference championship in 2003, the Utes' 2nd and first outright MWC title since the league began in 1999.
Coaching changes
- Joe Glenn took over at Wyoming, replacing Vic Koenning.
- Urban Meyer took over at Utah.
Final standings
| 2003 Mountain West Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #21 Utah † | 6 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 3 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 2 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowl games
| Bowl | Date | Stadium | City | Result |
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| Las Vegas Bowl | December 24, 2003 | Sam Boyd Stadium | Las Vegas, Nevada | Oregon State 55, New Mexico 14 |
| Liberty Bowl | December 31, 2003 | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | Memphis, Tennessee | Utah 17, Southern Miss 0 |
| San Francisco Bowl | December 31, 2003 | SBC Park | San Francisco, California | Boston College 35, Colorado State 21 |
Awards
- Coach of the Year: Urban Meyer, Utah
- Offensive Player of the Year: QB Bradlee Van Pelt, Sr, Colorado State
- Defensive Player of the Year: LB Kirk Morrison, Sr, San Diego State
- Freshman of the Year: RB Lynell Hamilton, San Diego State
All Conference Team
| Offense | |
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| Quarterback | Bradlee Van Pelt, Sr, Colorado State |
| Running back | DonTrell Moore, Jr, New Mexico Lynell Hamilton, Fr, San Diego State |
| Wide receiver | David Anderson, So, Colorado State Paris Warren, Jr, Utah |
| Tight end | Ben Moa, Sr, Utah |
| Offensive Line | Jason Lenzmeier, Sr, New Mexico Claude Terrell, Jr, New Mexico Erik Pears, Jr, Colorado State Ryan Cook, So, New Mexico Brendan Darby, Sr, San Diego State |
| Kicker | Wes Zunker, Sr, New Mexico |
| Kick Returner | Dexter Wynn, Sr, Colorado State |
| Defense | |
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| Defensive Line | D.J. Renteria, Sr, New Mexico Brady Poppinga, Jr, BYU Josh Savage, Sr, Utah Bryan Save, Sr, Colorado State |
| Linebacker | Kirk Morrison, Jr, San Diego State Adam Seward, Jr, UNLV Marchello Graddy, Sr, Air Force |
| Defensive back | Jamaal Brimmer, Jr, UNLV Aaron Francisco, Jr, BYU Dexter Wynn, Sr, Colorado State Brandon Ratcliff, Sr, New Mexico |
| Punter | Matt Payne, Jr, BYU |
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