MWC Football Roundup

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (MWC) - No. 23 BYU claimed its second straight Mountain West Conference football title with a 17-10 win over in-state rival Utah on Saturday. In other league tilts yesterday, New Mexico topped UNLV (27-6) and TCU defeated San Diego State (45-33). On Friday, Colorado State closed out its season with a 36-28 win over Wyoming.

Trailing 10-9 late in the game, the Cougars (9-2, 7-0 MWC) scored on a 14-yard touchdown run and two-point conversion to make the score 17-10 with 38 seconds left to play. The Utes received the ensuing kick but ran out of time as BYU (9-2, -7-0 MWC) became the second team since Utah in 2003 and 2004 to capture back-to-back Mountain West titles outright. The Cougars have now won 15 consecutuve games over MWC opponents and eight straight overall.

Colorado State (3-9, 2-6 MWC) won consecutive games for the first time this season with its Friday-night victory over Wyoming (5-7, 2-6 MWC). The Rams have now won six straight Border War meetings over the Cowboys in Fort Collins. CSU finishes the season on a two-game win streak while Wyoming closes out the year having lost four in a row.

On Saturday, New Mexico (8-4, 5-3 MWC) defeated UNLV (2-10, 1-7 MWC) in Albuquerque to reach the eight-win mark for just the fourth time since 1965 and the second time in 10 seasons under coach Rocky Long. It marks the ninth eight-win season in the Lobos' 109-year history. The Rebels end the 2007 campaign on an eight-game slide.

TCU (7-5, 4-4 MWC) rolled up 694 yards of total offense while tying an NCAA record with 111 plays in its win over San Diego State (4-7, 3-4 MWC). With the victory, the Horned Frogs clinched their eighth winning campaign in 10 seasons.

BYU and San Diego State will wrap up regular-season action on Saturday, Decmeber 1 at Qualcomm Stadium. The game, originally scheduled to take place October 27, was postponed due to the wildfires in the San Diego area.