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2000 Mountain West Conference Year Summary

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Record: 46-48, .489 W-L% (8th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -2.00 (8th of 12) ▪ SOS: -1.53 (7th of 12)

Conference Champion: Colorado State

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 0
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Colorado State)

Standings

	Overall			Conference			Pts/G		SRS
School	W	L	Pct	W	L	Pct	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
Colorado State	10	2	.833	6	1	.857	30.3	18.8	7.21	-3.54
Air Force	9	3	.750	5	2	.714	35.1	26.0	2.84	-4.33
Nevada-Las Vegas	8	5	.615	4	3	.571	28.5	21.2	1.23	-4.00
Brigham Young	6	6	.500	4	3	.571	23.3	25.8	-0.66	1.17
New Mexico	5	7	.417	3	4	.429	19.1	20.8	-4.00	-0.75
Utah	4	7	.364	3	4	.429	21.3	18.8	-0.19	-1.37
San Diego State	3	8	.273	3	4	.429	15.5	24.8	-5.61	2.12
Wyoming	1	10	.091	0	7	.000	15.5	35.7	-16.79	-1.52

AP Poll Summary

School	Pre	8/27	9/3	9/10	9/17	9/24	10/1	10/8	10/15	10/22	10/29	11/5	11/12	11/19	11/26	12/3	Final
Colorado State															23	23	14

3 Bowl Games

Date	Bowl	Winner/Tie	Pts	Loser/Tie	Pts	Notes
2000-12-31	Silicon Valley Bowl	Air Force	37	Fresno State	34	Silicon Valley Bowl (San Jose, CA)
2000-12-29	Liberty Bowl	Colorado State	22	Louisville	17	Liberty Bowl (Memphis, TN)
2000-12-21	Las Vegas Bowl	Nevada-Las Vegas	31	Arkansas	14	Las Vegas Bowl (Las Vegas, NV)

Award Winners

MWC Defensive Player of the Year:	Rick Crowell (Colorado State)
MWC Offensive Player of the Year:	Mike Thiessen (Air Force) Matt Newton (Colorado State)

MWC Coach of the Year:	Sonny Lubick (Colorado State) John Robinson (Nevada-Las Vegas)

Conference Leaders

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Pass Completions

1.	Matt Newton (COST)	198
2.	Jay Stoner (WY)	170
3.	Lon Sheriff (SDGST)	155
4.	Charlie Peterson (BYU)	149
5.	Mike Thiessen (AF)	112
6.	Rudy Caamano (NM)	107
7.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	106
8.	Darnell Arceneaux (UT)	93
9.	Bret Engemann (BYU)	72
10.	Brandon Doman (BYU)	51

Pass Attempts

1.	Matt Newton (COST)	336
2.	Lon Sheriff (SDGST)	290
3.	Jay Stoner (WY)	274
4.	Charlie Peterson (BYU)	260
5.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	201
6.	Mike Thiessen (AF)	195
7.	Rudy Caamano (NM)	192
8.	Darnell Arceneaux (UT)	169
9.	Bret Engemann (BYU)	134
10.	Brandon Doman (BYU)	92

Pass Completion Percentage

1.	Jay Stoner (WY)	62.0
2.	Matt Newton (COST)	58.9
3.	Mike Thiessen (AF)	57.4
4.	Charlie Peterson (BYU)	57.3
5.	Rudy Caamano (NM)	55.7
6.	Darnell Arceneaux (UT)	55.0
7.	Lon Sheriff (SDGST)	53.4
8.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	52.7

Passing Yards

1.	Matt Newton (COST)	2609
2.	Lon Sheriff (SDGST)	2163
3.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	1708
4.	Mike Thiessen (AF)	1687
5.	Charlie Peterson (BYU)	1617
6.	Jay Stoner (WY)	1546
7.	Darnell Arceneaux (UT)	1375
8.	Rudy Caamano (NM)	1270
9.	Bret Engemann (BYU)	896
10.	Brandon Doman (BYU)	782

Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Mike Thiessen (AF)	8.7
2.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	8.5
3.	Darnell Arceneaux (UT)	8.1
4.	Matt Newton (COST)	7.8
5.	Lon Sheriff (SDGST)	7.5
6.	Rudy Caamano (NM)	6.6
7.	Charlie Peterson (BYU)	6.2
8.	Jay Stoner (WY)	5.6

Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Mike Thiessen (AF)	8.8
2.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	7.9
3.	Matt Newton (COST)	7.3
4.	Darnell Arceneaux (UT)	6.8
5.	Lon Sheriff (SDGST)	6.2
6.	Rudy Caamano (NM)	6.1
7.	Charlie Peterson (BYU)	5.8
8.	Jay Stoner (WY)	4.4

Passing Touchdowns

1.	Matt Newton (COST)	21
2.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	14
3.	Mike Thiessen (AF)	13
4.	Rudy Caamano (NM)	11
5.	Jay Stoner (WY)	10
6.	Darnell Arceneaux (UT)	7
7.	Lon Sheriff (SDGST)	6
	Charlie Peterson (BYU)	6
9.	Lance Rice (UT)	4
10.	Bret Engemann (BYU)	3

Passing Interceptions

1.	Matt Newton (COST)	13
2.	Jay Stoner (WY)	12
3.	Lon Sheriff (SDGST)	11
4.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	9
5.	Darnell Arceneaux (UT)	8
6.	Rudy Caamano (NM)	7
7.	Bret Engemann (BYU)	6
8.	Charlie Peterson (BYU)	5
	Mike Thiessen (AF)	5
10.	Brandon Doman (BYU)	4

Passing Efficiency Rating

1.	Mike Thiessen (AF)	147.0
2.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	138.1
3.	Matt Newton (COST)	137.0
4.	Darnell Arceneaux (UT)	127.6
5.	Rudy Caamano (NM)	122.9
6.	Lon Sheriff (SDGST)	115.3
7.	Charlie Peterson (BYU)	113.3
8.	Jay Stoner (WY)	112.7

Rush Attempts

1.	Holmon Wiggins (NM)	180
2.	Mike Thiessen (AF)	179
3.	Jeremi Rudolph (NVLV)	178
4.	Adam Tate (UT)	160
5.	Cecil Sapp (COST)	151
6.	Derek Armah (WY)	149
7.	Kevin Brown (NVLV)	148
8.	Larry Ned (SDGST)	139
9.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	138
	Jarrod Baxter (NM)	138

Rushing Yards

1.	Jeremi Rudolph (NVLV)	1005
2.	Cecil Sapp (COST)	841
3.	Kevin Brown (NVLV)	798
4.	Holmon Wiggins (NM)	727
5.	Mike Thiessen (AF)	713
6.	Adam Tate (UT)	660
7.	Nate Scott (WY)	651
8.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	599
9.	Jarrod Baxter (NM)	559
10.	Nathan Beard (AF)	546

Rushing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Scott McKay (AF)	5.9
2.	Nate Scott (WY)	5.9
3.	Qualario Brown (AF)	5.8
4.	Jeremi Rudolph (NVLV)	5.6
5.	Cecil Sapp (COST)	5.6
6.	Kevin Brown (NVLV)	5.4
7.	Nathan Beard (AF)	5.1
8.	Scott Becker (AF)	4.9
9.	Brian McDonald (BYU)	4.6
10.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	4.3

Rushing Touchdowns

1.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	11
2.	Cecil Sapp (COST)	10
	Mike Thiessen (AF)	10
4.	Jeremi Rudolph (NVLV)	9
5.	Nathan Beard (AF)	8
	Brian McDonald (BYU)	8
7.	Luke Staley (BYU)	7
	Adam Tate (UT)	7
9.	Larry Ned (SDGST)	6
10.	Holmon Wiggins (NM)	5
	Nate Scott (WY)	5

Receptions

1.	Nate Turner (NVLV)	66
2.	Ryan McGuffey (WY)	63
3.	Greg Tolver (SDGST)	62
4.	Margin Hooks (BYU)	61
5.	Ryan Fleming (AF)	52
6.	Pete Rebstock (COST)	46
7.	Malcom Floyd (WY)	42
8.	Frank Rice (COST)	40
9.	Jonathan Pittman (BYU)	38
10.	Cliff Russell (UT)	37

Receiving Yards

1.	Nate Turner (NVLV)	947
2.	Ryan Fleming (AF)	930
3.	Greg Tolver (SDGST)	808
4.	Derrick Lewis (SDGST)	782
5.	Pete Rebstock (COST)	768
6.	Steve Smith (UT)	743
7.	Margin Hooks (BYU)	718
8.	Ryan McGuffey (WY)	696
9.	Jonathan Pittman (BYU)	691
10.	Frank Rice (COST)	541

Receiving Yards Per Reception

1.	Derrick Lewis (SDGST)	25.2
2.	Steve Smith (UT)	21.2
3.	Troy Mason (NVLV)	18.2
4.	Jonathan Pittman (BYU)	18.2
5.	Ryan Fleming (AF)	17.9
6.	Pete Rebstock (COST)	16.7
7.	Nate Turner (NVLV)	14.3
8.	Brock Ralph (WY)	14.2
9.	Joey Cuppari (COST)	14.1
10.	Cliff Russell (UT)	14.0

Receiving Touchdowns

1.	Nate Turner (NVLV)	10
2.	Pete Rebstock (COST)	6
3.	Ryan Fleming (AF)	5
	Joey Cuppari (COST)	5
	Jonathan Pittman (BYU)	5
6.	Steve Smith (UT)	4
	Ryan McGuffey (WY)	4
8.	Mike Rigell (BYU)	3
	Brock Ralph (WY)	3
	Frank Rice (COST)	3
	Chris Jessop (AF)	3
	Cliff Russell (UT)	3
	Bobby Nero (NVLV)	3
	Derrick Lewis (SDGST)	3
	Jose Ochoa (COST)	3

Plays From Scrimmage

1.	Holmon Wiggins (NM)	188
2.	Jeremi Rudolph (NVLV)	184
3.	Mike Thiessen (AF)	179
4.	Adam Tate (UT)	165
5.	Luke Staley (BYU)	158
6.	Derek Armah (WY)	157
7.	Cecil Sapp (COST)	154
8.	Kevin Brown (NVLV)	149
9.	Larry Ned (SDGST)	145
10.	Jarrod Baxter (NM)	139

Yards From Scrimmage

1.	Jeremi Rudolph (NVLV)	1049
2.	Nate Turner (NVLV)	947
3.	Ryan Fleming (AF)	930
4.	Cecil Sapp (COST)	888
5.	Greg Tolver (SDGST)	808
6.	Luke Staley (BYU)	806
7.	Derrick Lewis (SDGST)	802
8.	Kevin Brown (NVLV)	801
9.	Holmon Wiggins (NM)	780
10.	Steve Smith (UT)	774

Touchdowns From Scrimmage

1.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	11
	Cecil Sapp (COST)	11
3.	Mike Thiessen (AF)	10
	Nate Turner (NVLV)	10
5.	Jeremi Rudolph (NVLV)	9
6.	Brian McDonald (BYU)	8
	Nathan Beard (AF)	8
8.	Luke Staley (BYU)	7
	Adam Tate (UT)	7
10.	Nate Scott (WY)	6
	Larry Ned (SDGST)	6
	Holmon Wiggins (NM)	6
	Pete Rebstock (COST)	6
	Qualario Brown (AF)	6

Total Plays

1.	Matt Newton (COST)	375
2.	Mike Thiessen (AF)	374
3.	Lon Sheriff (SDGST)	344
4.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	339
5.	Jay Stoner (WY)	327
6.	Rudy Caamano (NM)	301
7.	Charlie Peterson (BYU)	298
8.	Darnell Arceneaux (UT)	248
9.	Holmon Wiggins (NM)	181
10.	Jeremi Rudolph (NVLV)	178

Total Yards

1.	Matt Newton (COST)	2458
2.	Mike Thiessen (AF)	2400
3.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	2307
4.	Lon Sheriff (SDGST)	2001
5.	Darnell Arceneaux (UT)	1660
6.	Charlie Peterson (BYU)	1539
7.	Jay Stoner (WY)	1371
8.	Rudy Caamano (NM)	1356
9.	Jeremi Rudolph (NVLV)	1005
10.	Brandon Doman (BYU)	911

Total Touchdowns

1.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	25
2.	Mike Thiessen (AF)	23
3.	Matt Newton (COST)	21
4.	Rudy Caamano (NM)	12
5.	Cecil Sapp (COST)	10
	Jay Stoner (WY)	10
7.	Darnell Arceneaux (UT)	9
	Jeremi Rudolph (NVLV)	9
9.	Nathan Beard (AF)	8
	Brian McDonald (BYU)	8

Touchdowns

1.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	11
	Cecil Sapp (COST)	11
3.	Nate Turner (NVLV)	10
	Mike Thiessen (AF)	10
5.	Jeremi Rudolph (NVLV)	9
6.	Brian McDonald (BYU)	8
	Nathan Beard (AF)	8
8.	Pete Rebstock (COST)	7
	Luke Staley (BYU)	7
	Adam Tate (UT)	7

Points

1.	Dave Adams (AF)	94
2.	Owen Pochman (BYU)	86
3.	Jason Thomas (NVLV)	68
4.	Cecil Sapp (COST)	66
5.	Nate Turner (NVLV)	64
6.	Mike Thiessen (AF)	60
	C.W. Hurst (COST)	60
8.	Jeremi Rudolph (NVLV)	54
	Nate Tandberg (SDGST)	54
10.	Vladimir Borombozin (NM)	51

Extra Point Attempts

1.	Dave Adams (AF)	39
2.	C.W. Hurst (COST)	37
3.	Owen Pochman (BYU)	29
4.	Vladimir Borombozin (NM)	25
5.	Ryan Kaneshiro (UT)	22
6.	Dillon Pieffer (NVLV)	20
7.	Nate Tandberg (SDGST)	18
	Ray Cheetany (NVLV)	18
9.	Aaron Elling (WY)	16
10.	Golden Whetman (UT)	8

Extra Points Made

1.	Dave Adams (AF)	37
2.	C.W. Hurst (COST)	33
3.	Owen Pochman (BYU)	29
4.	Ryan Kaneshiro (UT)	22
5.	Vladimir Borombozin (NM)	21
6.	Dillon Pieffer (NVLV)	19
7.	Nate Tandberg (SDGST)	18
8.	Aaron Elling (WY)	16
9.	Ray Cheetany (NVLV)	13
10.	Golden Whetman (UT)	8

Field Goal Attempts

1.	Owen Pochman (BYU)	24
	Dave Adams (AF)	24
3.	Nate Tandberg (SDGST)	19
4.	Aaron Elling (WY)	14
	C.W. Hurst (COST)	14
	Vladimir Borombozin (NM)	14
7.	Golden Whetman (UT)	11
8.	Ryan Kaneshiro (UT)	8
9.	Dillon Pieffer (NVLV)	7
	Ray Cheetany (NVLV)	7

Field Goals Made

1.	Owen Pochman (BYU)	19
	Dave Adams (AF)	19
3.	Nate Tandberg (SDGST)	12
4.	Aaron Elling (WY)	10
	Vladimir Borombozin (NM)	10
6.	C.W. Hurst (COST)	9
7.	Dillon Pieffer (NVLV)	6
	Ryan Kaneshiro (UT)	6
9.	Ray Cheetany (NVLV)	5
10.	Golden Whetman (UT)	2

Field Goal Percentage

1.	Owen Pochman (BYU)	79.2
	Dave Adams (AF)	79.2
3.	Vladimir Borombozin (NM)	71.4
	Aaron Elling (WY)	71.4
5.	C.W. Hurst (COST)	64.3
6.	Nate Tandberg (SDGST)	63.2
7.	Golden Whetman (UT)	18.2

Punts

1.	Cort Moffitt (NM)	86
2.	Aaron Edmonds (BYU)	67
3.	Ray Cheetany (NVLV)	64
4.	Golden Whetman (UT)	63
5.	Tom Waring (WY)	59
6.	Brian Simnjamovski (SDGST)	55
7.	Joey Huber (COST)	52
8.	Dallas Thompson (AF)	50
9.	Justin Sisco (SDGST)	24
10.	Matt Swanson (WY)	10

Punting Yards

1.	Cort Moffitt (NM)	3411
2.	Aaron Edmonds (BYU)	2898
3.	Ray Cheetany (NVLV)	2646
4.	Tom Waring (WY)	2502
5.	Golden Whetman (UT)	2432
6.	Brian Simnjamovski (SDGST)	2356
7.	Dallas Thompson (AF)	2040
8.	Joey Huber (COST)	2035
9.	Justin Sisco (SDGST)	921
10.	Matt Swanson (WY)	352

Punting Yards Per Punt

1.	Aaron Edmonds (BYU)	43.3
2.	Brian Simnjamovski (SDGST)	42.8
3.	Tom Waring (WY)	42.4
4.	Ray Cheetany (NVLV)	41.3
5.	Dallas Thompson (AF)	40.8
6.	Cort Moffitt (NM)	39.7
7.	Joey Huber (COST)	39.1
8.	Golden Whetman (UT)	38.6

Punt Returns

1.	Holmon Wiggins (NM)	46
2.	Steve Smith (UT)	43
3.	Mike Rigell (BYU)	29
4.	Pete Rebstock (COST)	28
	Sean Pierce (SDGST)	28
6.	Troy Mason (NVLV)	23
7.	Scott McKay (AF)	22
8.	Ryan McGuffey (WY)	17
9.	Ned Stearns (BYU)	7
	Dallas Davis (COST)	7

Punt Return Yards

1.	Pete Rebstock (COST)	469
2.	Holmon Wiggins (NM)	392
3.	Troy Mason (NVLV)	378
4.	Steve Smith (UT)	365
5.	Sean Pierce (SDGST)	230
6.	Mike Rigell (BYU)	195
7.	Scott McKay (AF)	151
8.	Ryan McGuffey (WY)	135
9.	Dexter Wynn (COST)	131
10.	Andre Dyson (UT)	73

Punt Return Yards Per Return

1.	Pete Rebstock (COST)	16.8
2.	Troy Mason (NVLV)	16.4
3.	Holmon Wiggins (NM)	8.5
4.	Steve Smith (UT)	8.5
5.	Sean Pierce (SDGST)	8.2
6.	Ryan McGuffey (WY)	7.9
7.	Scott McKay (AF)	6.9
8.	Mike Rigell (BYU)	6.7

Punt Return Touchdowns

Stephen Persley (NM)

Kickoff Returns

1.	Paul Peterson (BYU)	24
2.	Steve Smith (UT)	17
3.	Troy Mason (NVLV)	15
	Travis Short (WY)	15
5.	Patrick Dyson (UT)	14
	Derrick Lewis (SDGST)	14
7.	Larry Davis (NM)	13
8.	Dexter Wynn (COST)	12
9.	Pete Rebstock (COST)	11
10.	James Truvillion (SDGST)	10

Kickoff Return Yards

1.	Paul Peterson (BYU)	516
2.	Dexter Wynn (COST)	397
3.	Patrick Dyson (UT)	340
4.	Steve Smith (UT)	336
5.	Larry Davis (NM)	335
6.	Derrick Lewis (SDGST)	296
7.	Troy Mason (NVLV)	262
8.	Travis Short (WY)	256
9.	Pete Rebstock (COST)	232
10.	Jeremi Rudolph (NVLV)	212

Kickoff Return Yards Per Return

1.	Dexter Wynn (COST)	33.1
2.	Larry Davis (NM)	25.8
3.	Patrick Dyson (UT)	24.3
4.	Paul Peterson (BYU)	21.5
5.	Derrick Lewis (SDGST)	21.1
6.	Steve Smith (UT)	19.8
7.	Troy Mason (NVLV)	17.5
8.	Travis Short (WY)	17.1

Interceptions

1.	Tyson Smith (BYU)	4
	Andre Dyson (UT)	4
3.	Walter Bernard (NM)	3
	Rick Crowell (COST)	3
5.	Scott Gerhardt (NM)	2
	Amar Brisco (NVLV)	2
	Brian Johnson (NM)	2
	Aaron Sprague (COST)	2
	Kurt Duffy (AF)	2
	Randy Black (NVLV)	2
	Justin Gallimore (COST)	2
	Jacque Finn (WY)	2
	Patrick Dyson (UT)	2
	Stephen Persley (NM)	2
	Terrell Golden (NM)	2
	Eric Lee (WY)	2
	John Howell (COST)	2
	Donte Gamble (SDGST)	2
	Will Demps (SDGST)	2
	Kevin Thomas (NVLV)	2

Interception Return Yards

1.	Andre Dyson (UT)	115
2.	Amar Brisco (NVLV)	77
3.	Aaron Sprague (COST)	74
4.	Corey Nelson (AF)	68
5.	Patrick Dyson (UT)	64
6.	Justin Gallimore (COST)	63
7.	Ricky Sharpe (SDGST)	57
	Tyson Smith (BYU)	57
9.	Doug Heald (COST)	48
10.	Brian Johnson (NM)	47

Interception Return Touchdowns

Andre Dyson (UT)

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