MWC Football Players of the Week

Moore, Croom, Strother and Pieffer garner weekly honors.

Running back Larry Croom was named MWC Co-Offensive Player of the Week.
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Dec. 2, 2002

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - DonTrell Moore (New Mexico), Larry Croom (UNLV), Billy Strother (New Mexico) and Dillon Pieffer (UNLV) were named Mountain West Conference Players of the Week following last weekend's action. Moore and Croom share Offensive Player of the Week, Strother takes Defensive honors and Pieffer receives Special Teams recognition. Strother is honored for the second time this season and of his career. Moore, Croom and Pieffer are recognized for the first time.

MWC Co-Offensive Player of the Week
DonTrell Moore, New Mexico, RB, Freshman

Redshirt freshman DonTrell Moore rushed 28 times for 176 yards and tied a school record by scoring five touchdowns in New Mexico's win over Wyoming. Moore scored on runs of 1, 7 and 35 yards, and caught 9- and 12-yard scoring passes from Casey Kelly. Moore set a UNM freshman single-season rushing record with 1,117 yards, which also ranks third all-time at New Mexico. He became the first Lobo in six years to surpass 1,000 yards. With the win, UNM secured its second bowl appearance in 41 years.

MWC Co-Offensive Player of the Week
Larry Croom, UNLV, RB, Junior

Behind the 222-yard effort of Larry Croom, UNLV knocked off its first ranked opponent since 1981 with its season-ending victory over No. 13 Colorado State. Croom averaged 11.1 yards on 20 carries and scored a touchdown. Croom took over in the second half, totaling 146 yards after the break. His performance ranks eighth on the UNLV single-game rushing list.

MWC Defensive Player of the Week
Billy Strother, New Mexico, LB, Junior

With New Mexico needing a win in its final game to become bowl eligible, junior linebacker Billy Strother finished with a career-high 12 tackles in leading UNM to victory. Strother recorded three of the Lobo's record nine sacks in the game for minus 18 yards.

MWC Special Teams Player of the Week
Dillon Pieffer, UNLV, PK, Junior

Dillon Pieffer returned to his home state and scored six points and tied a 14-year-old school record in UNLV's upset of Colorado State. Pieffer converted on three PATs and a 23-yard field goal. He ran his consecutive PAT streak to a school-record tying 45 straight, before having his final attempt blocked. Pieffer entered the game as the only kicker in the MWC to have made every PAT attempt this season.