2011 Mountain West Conference football season
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
October 1 10:00 AM Air Force Navy Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis , Maryland CBS W 35-34 37,506
October 1 12:30 PM Nevada # 5 Boise State Bronco Stadium • Boise , Idaho ( Rivalry ) Versus W 30-10 34,098
October 1 2:00 PM San Jose State Colorado State Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins , Colorado The Mtn L 31-38 27,683
October 1 2:30 PM SMU # 20 TCU Amon G. Cater Stadium • Fort Worth , Texas ( Battle for the Iron Skillet ) CBS Sports Network L 33-40 35,632
October 1 6:00 PM New Mexico State New Mexico University Stadium • Albuquerque , New Mexico ( Rio Grande Rivalry ) The Mtn L 28-42 30,091
Regular season -- Week five
The 2011 Mountain West Conference football season was the 13th season of college football for the Mountain West Conference (MW). Eight teams participated in that season: Air Force, Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU, UNLV, Wyoming and new member Boise State. This was the first year the MW was without founding members Utah and BYU, which respectively left for the Pac-12 Conference and FBS independent status, with BYU's other sports joining the West Coast Conference. In response to their departure, the conference added Boise State for this season, and would eventually add Fresno State, Hawaii (football only; other sports joined the Big West Conference), and Nevada for the 2012 season. This was also the last year for TCU as an MW member. The Horned Frogs were originally set to become a member of the Big East Conference in the 2012 season. However, on October 10, they accepted a bid to join the Big 12 Conference.