2015 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game

The 2015 Sports Authority Mountain West Football Championship Game determined the 2015 football champion of the Mountain West Conference (MW).

2015 Sports Authority Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
Air Force Falcons San Diego State Aztecs (8–4) (9–3) 24 27 Head coach:  Troy Calhoun Head coach:  Rocky Long
1 2 3 4 Total Air Force 7 3 7 7 24 San Diego State 0 10 7 10 27
Date	December 5, 2015
Season	2015
Stadium	Qualcomm Stadium
Location	San Diego, California
MVP	Offensive: Christian Chapman (QB, SDSU) Defensive: Na'im McGee (S, SDSU)
Favorite	San Diego State by 4
Attendance	20,959
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN2
Announcers	Mark Jones (play-by-play), Rod Gilmore (color) & Quint Kessenich (sideline)

2015 Mountain West Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Mountain Division
Air Force x		6	–	2					8	–	6
New Mexico		5	–	3					7	–	6
Utah State		5	–	3					6	–	7
Boise State		5	–	3					9	–	4
Colorado State		5	–	3					7	–	6
Wyoming		2	–	6					2	–	10
West Division
San Diego State x$		8	–	0					11	–	3
Nevada		4	–	4					7	–	6
San Jose State		4	–	4					6	–	7
Fresno State		2	–	6					3	–	9
UNLV		2	–	6					3	–	9
Hawaii		0	–	8					3	–	10
Championship: San Diego State 27, Air Force 24
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

San Diego State running back Chase Price carries the ball during the game.

History

After the 2013 phase of Mountain West Conference realignment, the league added two new members, San Jose State and Utah State for the 2013 season. By adding two new members for a total of 12 football members (11 all-sports members and football-only Hawaii), the MW was able to split into two divisions, the Mountain and the West, and to organize an annual conference championship game.

Teams

Mountain Division Champions

Main article: 2015 Air Force Falcons football team

This is Air Force's first appearance in the Championship

West Division Champions

Main article: 2015 San Diego State Aztecs football team

This is San Diego State's first appearance in the Championship.

Game Summary

Scoring Summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP AF SDSU 1 4:01 2 10 0:38 AF Timothy McVey 8-yard touchdown run, Luke Strebel kick good 7 0 2 14:56 8 73 4:05 SDSU Donnel Pumphrey 24-yard touchdown reception from Christian Chapman, Donny Hageman kick good 7 7 2 4:42 7 81 3:12 AF 21-yard field goal by Luke Strebel 10 7 2 1:44 7 58 2:58 SDSU 22-yard field goal by Donny Hageman 10 10 3 9:34 10 75 5:26 AF Timothy McVey 3-yard touchdown run, Luke Strebel kick good 17 10 3 2:58 13 80 6:36 SDSU Dakota Gordon 1-yard touchdown run, Donny Hageman kick good 17 17 4 14:22 4 74 1:42 SDSU Rashaad Penny 28-yard touchdown run, Donny Hageman kick good 17 24 4 11:49 5 56 2:33 AF Timothy McVey 2-yard touchdown run, Luke Strebel kick good 24 24 4 5:10 6 46 2:54 SDSU 46-yard field goal by Donny Hageman 24 27 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 24 27

Statistics

Statistics	AF	SDSU
First downs	14	17
Total offense, plays – yards	58–340	62–436
Rushes–yards (net)	46–305	46–233
Passing yards (net)	35	203
Passes, Comp–Att–Int	5–11–0	9–14–0
Time of Possession	28:44	31:16