Football Conferences

BYU's Riley Stephenson earned Special Teams Player of the Week honors Monday for his performance in the Cougars' victory over Washington Saturday night.

Kellen Moore hit Austin Pettis with a 13-yard touchdown pass with 1:09 left and No. 3 Boise State passed what might be its toughest test of the season, beating No. 10 Virginia Tech 33-30 on Monday night.

Rivals.com has named TCU's Dick Bumpas as its National Coordinator of the Week following the Horned Frogs' 30-21 win over Oregon State.

Kenny Tate stopped Ricky Dobbs at the goal line with 34 seconds left, and Maryland stunned in-state rival Navy 17-14 on Monday to break a seven-game losing streak that began last October.

Game notes and quotes from BYU's 23-17 season-opening win against Washington on Saturday, Sept. 4, at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, UT.

Brady Hoke and DeMarco Sampson each sat down with Mike Costa to recap the Nicholls State game and look ahead to this week's matchup with New Mexico State.

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"One game doesn't dictate who we are as far as character or work ethic or how we care about each other, how we trust each other. This is a good football team in terms of its leadership, its want-to."

UNLV (0-1/0-0) hits the road for the first time in 2010 and for the first time with Bobby Hauck as its head coach as the Rebels play 24th-ranked Utah (1-0/0-0) Saturday afternoon in what will be the Mountain West Conference opener for both schools.

Two future conference mates meet in prime-time on ESPNU. Nevada announced last month it would join the Mountain West Conference.

One University of Wyoming student was killed and three were injured Monday when the vehicle they were in went off Highway 287 in Colorado shortly before 5:30 a.m. Killed was Ruben Narcisse, 19, of Miami, Fla. Injured were Trey Fox, 19, of Glenwood Springs, Colo.; C.J. Morgan, 18, of Aurora, Colo.; and J.J. Quinlan, 19, of Everett, Wash.

Air Force football opens Mountain West Conference play hosting BYU this Saturday, Sept.11, at Falcon Stadium. The game, which will be televised nationally on the VERSUS network, kicks off at 2 p.m.

Utah (1-0, 0-0 MWC) hosts UNLV (0-1, 0-0 MWC) in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams on Saturday, Sept. 11 at 2 p.m. in Rice-Eccles Stadium.

The first episode of Gametime With UNLV Football is available for fans to watch online, as head coach Bobby Hauck recaps the Rebels' season-opening game against Wisconsin.

TCU opens its 80th season at Amon G. Carter Stadium Saturday when it hosts Tennessee Tech. It's an historic home campaign for the Horned Frogs as 2010 marks the final season of the existing Amon G. Carter Stadium. A $105 million renovation will begin immediately after the Nov. 13 home finale.

DeVonte Christopher (Utah), Brian Blechen (Utah) and Riley Stephenson (BYU) are Mountain West Conference Players of the Week for games through Sept. 4. Christopher earns the Offensive Player of the Week honor, while Blechen garners the Defensive Player award and Stephenson receives Special Teams recognition.

The San Diego State-New Mexico State football game scheduled for Saturday in Las Cruces, N.M., can be seen nationally online at ESPN3 and will be televised locally on Channel 4 San Diego.

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The new 2010 BYU Football Playbook is now available online.

After going 6-3 in Week 1 action, Mountain West Conference teams are 58-44 in season openers since the inception of the league in 1999. MWC teams are 43-14 at home and 11-22 on the road.

Against all odds, undermanned North Carolina nearly rallied from a 20-point halftime deficit before losing 30-24 to LSU on Saturday night.

BYU and Central Florida today announced the two schools have agreed to a home-and-home football series for the 2011 and 2014 seasons.