Lockhart Stadium (20,500) - Boca Raton, Fla.
4 p.m. ET
First Meeting
New Mexico State (2-2, 0-1) at San Diego State (1-3, 0-1)
Qualcomm Stadium (54,000) - San Diego, Calif.
5 p.m. PT
Series: SDSU Leads 6-1-1
Last Meeting: 1975, SDSU 48-3
SMU (2-1, 1-0) at 10/11 TCU (3-0, 0-0)
Amon G. Carter Stadium (44,358) - Ft. Worth, Texas
7 p.m. CT
Series: TCU Leads 42-39-7
Last Meeting: 2008, TCU 48-7
Colorado State (3-1,0-1) at Idaho (3-1, 1-0)
Kibbie Dome (16,000) - Moscow, Idaho
7:30 p.m. PT
Series: CSU Leads 3-2
Last Meeting: 1992, Idaho 37-34
Idle This Week: Utah (3-1, 0-0)
Next Week: at Colorado State, Oct. 10
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS (SEPT. 26)
Saturday, September 26
Air Force 26, San Diego State 14 (Colorado Springs, Colo.; Attendance - 35,929)
#20/19 BYU 42, Colorado State 23 (Provo, Utah; Attendance - 64,091)
Wyoming 30, UNLV 27 (Laramie, Wyo.; Attendance - 19,196)
#14/15 TCU 14, Clemson 10 (Clemson, S.C.; Attendance - 70,000)
Utah 30, Louisville 14 (Salt Lake City, Utah; Attendance - 45,588)
New Mexico State 20, New Mexico State 17 (Albuquerque, N.M.; Attendance - 35,248)
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK (SEPT. 28, 2009)
Co-Offensive Players of the Week
ANDY DALTON, TCU
Junior, Quarterback, Katy, Texas/Katy HS
Andy Dalton guided TCU to a 14-10 victory at Clemson, marking the Horned Frogs' second road win in
three weeks against an ACC opponent. The junior quarterback finished with 312 yards of total offense,
completing 17-of-26 passes for 226 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions while adding a
team-best 86 yards rushing on a career-high 19 attempts. The Katy, Texas, native was 8-of-10 through
the air in the second half, including the game-winning, fourth-quarter 25-yard TD pass to wide receiver
Antoine Hicks.
AUSTYN CARTA-SAMUELS, WYOMING
Freshman, Quarterback, San Jose, Calif./Bellarmine College Prep
True freshman quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels led Wyoming to a 30-27 victory over UNLV in the first
college start of his career, guiding the Cowboys on scoring drives of 57, 80, 73, 80 and 26 yards. The
San Jose, Calif., native completed 24-of-37 pass attempts (64.9 percent) for 234 yards and three
touchdowns with no interceptions. He also rushed for 34 yards for 268 yards of total offense. Carta-
Samuels' nine-play, 80-yard drive midway through the fourth quarter tied the game at 27-27. With
Wyoming facing a second-down and nine on the UNLV 15, Carta-Samuels was forced to scramble from
the pocket before hitting wide receiver Travis Burkhalter in the corner of the end zone to tie the game.
The freshman would later lead the Cowboys on a drive in which he completed 4-of-5 passes for 32 yards,
setting up Wyoming's 28-yard, game-winning field goal.
Defensive Player of the Week
REGGIE REMBERT, AIR FORCE
Junior, Defensive Back, Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound HS
Reggie Rembert recorded a team-high seven tackles (five solo stops), a career-best two interceptions, a
fumble recovery and a forced fumble in Air Force's 26-14 win over San Diego State. Midway through
the first quarter, the junior defensive back from Flower Mound, Texas, recovered a fumble and returned
it 47 yards for his first career touchdown to put the Falcons up 7-0. Rembert had a hand in four of the
Falcons' six forced turnovers in the game, leading to 13 of Air Force's 26 points.
Special Teams Players of the Week
IAN WATTS, WYOMING
Freshman, Placekicker, Philadelphia, Pa./Radnor HS
True freshman placekicker Ian Watts successfully made all three of his field goal attempts from 29, 22
and 28 yards, including his final kick that provided the margin of victory in Wyoming's 30-27 home win
over UNLV. Never having attempted a field goal as a collegian, the walk-on gave Wyoming a 3-0 lead
with a 29-yard field goal in the first quarter. He added a second field goal in the second quarter to pull
the Cowboys to within one point at 7-6. With Wyoming on the UNLV 11-yard line and a little over four
minutes remaining in the game, Watts connected on a 28-yarder to put the Pokes ahead to stay at 30-
27. The Philadelphia, Pa., native was also a perfect 3-of-3 in point-after attempts to score 12 of
Wyoming's 30 points on the day.
MWC GAME HIGHS - WEEK 4
Passing
Grant Stucker, Sr., QB, Colorado State - 372 yards on 30-of-50 passing, 2 INT, 2 TDs
Rushing
Eddie Wide, Jr., RB, Utah - 125 yards on 19 carries
Receiving
Tyson Liggett, Jr., WR, Colorado State - 156 yards on 11 receptions, 1 TD
Tackles
Carmen Messina, So., LB, New Mexico - 15 Tackles (8 solo, 7 assisted), 2 TFL, 1 INT
Reggie Rembert, Jr., DB, Air Force - 7 Tackles (5 solo 2 assisted), 2 INT, 1 FF, 1 FR for TD
WEEK 5 PREVIEW
Eight Mountain West teams will take the field for non-conference play in Week 5. BYU kicks off the
week's slate, hosting in-state rival Utah State on Fri., Oct. 2 (The Mtn., 7 p.m. MT). New Mexico and Air
Force will open action on Sat., Oct. 3, as the Lobos travel to Big 12 foe Texas Tech (FSN, 2:30 p.m. CT),
and the Falcons face Navy in Annapolis, Md., in the first service academy tilt of 2009 (CBS C HD, 3:30
p.m. ET). UNLV, San Diego State and Colorado State will face opponents from the WAC this week. The
Rebels look to take back the Fremont Cannon from Nevada (1 p.m. PT), the Aztecs welcome New Mexico
State (5 p.m. PT), and the Rams head to Idaho (ESPNU, 7:30 p.m. PT). To round out the week's action,
Wyoming makes its first-ever trip to Florida Atlantic (4 p.m. ET), while TCU entertains SMU (The Mtn., 7
p.m. CT). Utah is idle this week before opening its MWC schedule at Colorado State in Week 6.
TWO MWC TEAMS RANKED IN TOP 25 POLLS
Two Mountain West teams are currently ranked in all three national weekly polls. TCU is the MWC's
highest-ranked team at No. 10 in the Coaches' poll and 11th in the Harris and Associated Press polls. BYU
is 19th in the Harris poll, 20th in the AP poll and 21st in the Coaches' poll. BYU has appeared in the polls
for 25 consecutive weeks, followed by TCU at 15 straight weeks.
UNLV'S WOLFE & BYU'S PITTA ARE NCAA'S ACTIVE CAREER RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS
UNLV senior WR Ryan Wolfe is currently the nation's active career receiving yards leader with 3,119
yards. He leads Naaman Roosevelt of Buffalo by 81 yards (3,038) and Bryan Anderson of Central
Michigan by 86 yards (3,033). BYU senior TE Dennis Pitta is eighth on the list, but leads all tight ends
with 2,328 career receiving yards. Marshall TE Cody Slate trails Pitta by 115 yards with 2,213 career
yards.
THE MWC IN WEEK 4
New Mexico's secondary limited New Mexico State to 96 yards passing, marking the Lobos' second
straight week holding an opponent under 100 yards in the air. UNM only allowed 73 passing yards
to Air Force on Sept. 19.
TCU enters Saturday's contest vs. SMU with an 8-1 record against teams from the state of Texas in
the last three years.
San Diego State limited Air Force to 12 first downs on Saturday, the fewest allowed by an Aztec
defense since holding UTEP to 12 first downs on Aug. 31, 2006.
Of the 26 touchdowns scored by MWC teams last week, 15 were passing touchdowns.
With Saturday's victory over San Diego State, Air Force has won 11 straight MWC season openers.
The Falcons' only Conference-opening defeat was a 10-7 loss to Wyoming on Sept. 25, 1999.
BYU has won five straight league openers.
Eight of nine league teams threw for over 200 yards last week, and as a whole averaged 232.2
yards passing. Colorado State led the way with 372 yards in the air, followed by San Diego State
(284), UNLV (260), Wyoming (248), BYU (241), TCU (226), New Mexico (206) and Utah (202).
Three MWC teams averaged over 50 yards per punt on the week. Wyoming punted an average
of 53.2 yards, San Diego State 52.5 yards, and BYU 51.0 yards. Overall, the MWC averaged
43.2 yards per punt in Week 4.
Six of nine MWC defenses made at least one sack last weekend to total 17 sacks overall. New
Mexico and Utah sacked their opponents' quarterbacks four times apiece, followed by Air Force and
BYU with three, Colorado State with two and UNLV with one.
CARTA-SAMUELS SHINES IN FIRST CAREER START FOR WYOMING
In his first career start, true freshman QB Austyn Carta-Samuels led Wyoming to a 30-27 win over
UNLV. Carta-Samuels completed 24-of-37 passes for 234 yards and threw three touchdowns. He became
the first true freshman to start for the Cowboys since Rick Costello in 1974. Carta-Samuels is also the
first UW quarterback to throw three touchdown passes in a game since Sept. 2, 2006 when Jacob Doss
threw for three TDs in a 38-7 home win over Utah State.
ASIATA OUT, WIDE STEPS IN
Utah senior RB Matt Asiata will be out for the year due to a knee injury after scoring a 24-yard touchdown
in the first quarter against Louisville last Saturday. Asiata currently leads the MWC with 330 rushing
yards on the year. Junior RB Eddie Wide replaced Asiata and ran for a career-high 129 yards on 19
carries.
OPPORTUNISTIC DEFENSES
Air Force, Colorado State and Wyoming rank in the top 12 nationally in turnovers gained. The Falcons
lead the country with 15 turnovers gained, while the Rams are tied for fifth with 12 and the Cowboys are
tied for 12th with 11 turnovers gained.
THIRD-DOWN DEFENSE
The Utah and Air Force defenses have been solid on third-down conversions through the first four games.
The Utes have held opponents to 10-of-52 third-down conversions to rank second in the country, limiting
foes to a 19.2 percent success rate. The Falcons are fifth nationally, holding opponents to a 21.6 conversion
rate (11-of-51).
ONE SACK STREAK CONTINUES, ONE STREAK COMES TO AN END
Air Force extended its streak of consecutive games with a sack to 12 with three against San
Diego State. The Falcons' streak is currently the longest in the MWC after TCU saw its 26-
game streak come to an end at Clemson.
INTERCEPTION STREAKS
Two Mountain West teams are currently riding consecutive games streaks with at least one
interception. Utah has recorded at least one interception in eight straight games, while
Colorado State`s streak is at five.
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