College Football Stat Leaders

2017 Mountain West Tackles For Loss Per Game Leaders

Average defensive tackles for loss recorded per game.

Seasons Covered

2016-2025

Current Leader

Nevada (6.75)

Best Season

Colorado State 2020 (10.50)

Scope

Mountain West • 2017

Browse Metrics

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Total Yards Per GamePassing Yards Per GameRushing Yards Per GamePoints Per GameYards Allowed Per GameSacks Per GameTackles For Loss Per GameThird Down Conversion RatePoints Per OpportunityOffensive PPADefensive PPATurnover MarginHavoc Rate

What The Numbers Say

Route-specific context pulled from the current leaderboard, winner trend, and historical baseline.

How Tackles For Loss Per Game Reads

Tackles for loss per game measures how often a defense creates negative snaps before an offense can stay on schedule. On this 2017 leaderboard, the visible range runs 6.75 to 5.15, with Nevada setting the pace.

Mountain West Context

Mountain West teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and Boise State is the latest winner at 6.00.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 Nevada to No. 5 Colorado State is 1.60, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark slipped from 7.93 in 2024 to 6.00 in 2025, a swing of 1.93. Nevada's current mark of 6.75 sits above the all-time average leader benchmark of 6.29 held by Colorado State.

Leaderboard

Top 11 rows for the current route scope.

1NevadaMountain West Conference20176.75
2WyomingMountain West Conference20176.69
3Hawai'iMountain West Conference20175.83
4Boise StateMountain West Conference20175.71
5Colorado StateMountain West Conference20175.15
6Utah StateMountain West Conference20175.08
7San José StateMountain West20175.00
8New MexicoMountain West Conference20174.92
9San Diego StateMountain West Conference20174.46
10UNLVMountain West Conference20174.42
11Air ForceMountain West Conference20173.17

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Line chart. Line chart with 1 data series: Tackles For Loss Per Game. Categories include 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 6 more.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025Boise StateMountain West Conference6.00
2024Boise StateMountain West Conference7.93
2023Colorado StateMountain West Conference7.17
2022San José StateMountain West7.00
2021Utah StateMountain West Conference7.57
2020Colorado StateMountain West Conference10.50
2019Colorado StateMountain West Conference8.08
2018NevadaMountain West Conference7.92
2017NevadaMountain West Conference6.75
2016Hawai'iMountain West Conference6.57

Historical Leaderboard

Average across seasons for each team in the current filter scope.

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1Colorado State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.292020 (10.50)
2Boise State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.282024 (7.93)
3Utah State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.062021 (7.57)
4San José State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20166.002019 (7.58)
5San Diego State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20165.812020 (8.00)
6Nevada2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20165.722018 (7.92)
7Wyoming2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20165.632019 (8.00)
8Hawai'i2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20165.552020 (6.78)
9UNLV2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20165.252024 (6.86)
10New Mexico2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20165.102019 (6.17)
11Air Force2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 20164.452019 (5.62)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Mountain West tackles for loss per game leaderboard in 2017?

Nevada ranks first at 6.75 in 2017.

Which Mountain West program has the best long-term tackles for loss per game profile?

Colorado State owns the strongest all-time average at 6.29 across 10 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

How does the Mountain West race compare with the recent trend?

Boise State is the most recent yearly winner in this conference scope, so the route combines the current leaderboard with a recent trend line instead of showing only one season snapshot.