2005 Mountain West Conference football season

The 2005 Mountain West Conference football season was the 7th since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the MW. Texas Christian University was added as the conference's 9th member in 2005, and won the conference championship in their first season since moving over from Conference USA.

2005 Mountain West Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I-A
Sport	football
Number of teams	9
2006 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	C Ryan Cook, New Mexico
Picked by	Minnesota Vikings, 51st overall
Regular season
Season champions	TCU
Runners-up	BYU
Top scorer	DonTrell Moore (105 points)

2005 Mountain West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 TCU $		8	–	0					11	–	1
BYU		5	–	3					6	–	6
Colorado State		5	–	3					6	–	6
Utah		4	–	4					7	–	5
New Mexico		4	–	4					6	–	5
San Diego State		4	–	4					5	–	7
Air Force		3	–	5					4	–	7
Wyoming		2	–	6					4	–	7
UNLV		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Coaching changes

• Bronco Mendenhall took over at BYU, replacing Gary Crowton.
• Mike Sanford took over at UNLV, replacing John Robinson.
• Kyle Whittingham took over at Utah, replacing Urban Meyer.

Bowl games

Bowl	Date	Stadium	City	Result
Poinsettia Bowl	December 22, 2005	Qualcomm Stadium	San Diego	Navy 51, Colorado State 30
Las Vegas Bowl	December 22, 2005	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas, Nevada	Cal 35, BYU 28
Emerald Bowl	December 29, 2005	SBC Park	San Francisco	Utah 38, Georgia Tech 10
Houston Bowl	December 31, 2005	Reliant Stadium	Houston	TCU 27, Iowa State 24

Awards

• Coach of the Year: Gary Patterson, TCU
• Offensive Player of the Year: RB DonTrell Moore, Sr, New Mexico
• Defensive Player of the Year: DB Eric Weddle, Jr, Utah
• Freshman of the Year: RB Aaron Brown, TCU

All Conference Teams

First-team:

Offense
Quarterback	John Beck, Jr, BYU
Running back	Curtis Brown, Sr, BYU DonTrell Moore, Sr, New Mexico
Wide receiver	Hank Baskett, Sr, New Mexico Jovon Bouknight, Sr, Wyoming
Tight end	Jonny Harline, Jr, BYU
Offensive Line	Ryan Cook, Sr, New Mexico Robert Turner, Jr, New Mexico Herb Taylor, Jr, TCU Michael Toudouze, Sr, TCU Jesse Boone, Sr, Utah
Kicker	Dan Beardall, Sr, Utah
Kick returner	Cory Rodgers, Jr, TCU

Defense
Defensive line	Tommy Blake, So, TCU Chase Ortiz, So, TCU Evroy Thompson, Sr, New Mexico Steve Fifita, Sr, Utah
Linebacker	Mike Mohoric, Sr, New Mexico Freddie Keiaho, Sr, San Diego State Spencer Toone, Sr, Utah
Defensive back	Gabriel Fulbright, Sr, New Mexico Marcus Demps, Sr, San Diego State Eric Weddle, Jr, Utah Quincy Butler, Sr, TCU
Punter	Jimmie Kaylor, So, Colorado State

Second-team:

Offense
Quarterback	Brian Johnson, So, Utah
Running back	Kyle Bell, So, Colorado State Quinton Ganther, Sr, Utah
Wide receiver	David Anderson, Sr, Colorado State Jeff Webb, Sr, San Diego State
Tight end	Greg Estandia, Sr, UNLV
Offensive Line	Jon Wilson, Sr, Air Force Jake Kuresa, Jr, BYU Lance Reynolds, Sr, BYU Mike Brisiel, Sr, Colorado State Tavo Tupola, Jr, Utah
Kicker	Chris Manfredini, So, TCU
Kick returner	Jovon Bouknight, Sr, Wyoming

Defense
Defensive line	Manaia Brown, Sr, BYU Kurt Kahui, Sr, San Diego State Ranorris Ray, Sr, TCU Dusty Hoffschneider, Sr, Wyoming
Linebacker	Cameron Jensen, Jr, BYU Jason Phillips, Fr, TCU Beau Bell, So, UNLV
Defensive back	Drew Coleman, Sr, TCU Jeremy Modkins, Sr, TCU Joe Miklos, Sr, UNLV Casey Evans, Jr, Utah
Punter	Michael Hughes, So, San Diego State

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