The Western Athletic Conference football championship game was an annual postseason college football game played to determine the champion of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).
History The Western Athletic Conference staged a conference title football game during the three years (1996–1998) the league consisted of sixteen members. During this time, the league was split into two divisions, Pacific and Mountain, with eight teams in each division. The top finisher in each division played for the championship, which was held at Sam Boyd Stadium in the Las Vegas Valley. When conference membership was cut in half in 1999 with the formation of the Mountain West Conference, both the championship game and two-division format were discontinued. All participants in the three title games were among the defections to Mountain West.
Results
Results by year Below are the results from all WAC Football Championship Games played. The winning team appears in bold font, on a background of their primary team color. Rankings are from the AP Poll released prior to the game.
YearMountainPacificSiteAttendanceRef 1996 BYU 28 Wyoming 25 (OT)Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV 41,238 1997 New Mexico 13 Colorado State 41 12,706 1998 Air Force 20 BYU 13 32,745
Results by team TeamAppearancesRecordPCT.PFPA BYU 2 1–1 .500 41 45 Air Force 1 1–0 1.000 20 13 Colorado State 1 1–0 1.000 41 13 New Mexico 1 0–1 .000 13 41 Wyoming 1 0–1 .000 25 28
No results by team School Fresno State Hawaii Rice San Diego State San Jose State SMU TCU Tulsa UNLV Utah UTEP
See also List of NCAA Division I FBS conference championship games
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