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2000 Mountain West Conference football season

College football conference season

Field	Value
title	2000 Mountain West Conference football season
color	#
color text	#
league	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
sport	Football
logo_size	125px
no_of_teams	8
draft	2001 NFL draft
draft_link	2001 NFL draft
top_pick	Andre Dyson, cornerback, Utah
picked_by	Tennessee Titans, 60th overall
season	Regular season
season_champs	Colorado State
season_champ_name	Champion
second_place	Air Force
MVP_link	Mountain West Conference football individual awards
seasonslistnames	Football
prevseason_year	1999
nextseason_year	2001

The 2000 Mountain West Conference football season was the second since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the Mountain West Conference. Colorado State won the conference championship in 2000, making the Rams the first to win an outright league title after the three-way tie in 1999.

Coaching changes

Vic Koenning took over at Wyoming, replacing Dana Dimel.

Bowl games

Bowl	Date	Stadium	City	Result
Las Vegas Bowl	December 21, 2000	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas, Nevada	UNLV 31, Arkansas 14
Liberty Bowl	December 29, 2000	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Memphis, Tennessee	Colorado State 22, Louisville 17
Silicon Valley Classic	December 31, 2000	Spartan Stadium	San Jose, California	Air Force 37, 34

Awards

Co-Coaches of the Year: Sonny Lubick, Colorado State and John Robinson, UNLV
Co-Offensive Players of the Year: QB Matt Newton, Sr, Colorado State and QB Matt Thiessen, Sr, Air Force
Defensive Player of the Year: LB Rick Crowell, Sr, Colorado State
Co-Freshmen of the Year: DL Jason Kaufusi, Utah and DB Brandon Ratcliff, New Mexico

Source:

All Conference Teams

First-team:

Offense
Quarterback
Running back
Wide receiver
Tight end
Offensive Line
Kicker
Kick returner

Defense
Defensive line
Linebacker
Defensive back
Punter

Second-team:

Offense
Running back
Wide receiver
Tight end
Offensive Line
Kicker
Kick returner

Defense
Defensive line
Linebacker
Defensive back
Punter

References

Gullberg, Ron. (December 14, 1999). "UW names Koenning head coach". [[Casper Star-Tribune]].
(December 2, 2000). "All-MWC Teams". [[North County Times]].

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