College Football Stat Leaders

2004 Mountain West Yards Allowed Per Game Leaders

Average opponent yards allowed per game.

Seasons Covered

2004-2025

Current Leader

New Mexico (323.2)

Best Season

TCU 2008 (217.8)

Scope

Mountain West • 2004

Browse Metrics

Crawl sibling stat pages without leaving the shared leaderboard template.

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 Yards Allowed Per Game Reads

Yards allowed per game is a defense-first volume stat that shows how often a team limits total opponent production across rushing and passing plays. On this 2004 leaderboard, the visible range runs 323.2 to 378.5, with New Mexico setting the pace.

Mountain West Context

Mountain West teams have claimed 100% of the yearly leaderboard wins in this filtered dataset, and San Diego State is the latest winner at 294.2.

Spread At The Top

The gap from No. 1 New Mexico to No. 5 UNLV is 55.4, which shows how tightly packed the top of this leaderboard is.

Recent Trend And Baseline

The yearly winning mark improved from 342.3 in 2024 to 294.2 in 2025, a swing of 48.0. New Mexico's current mark of 323.2 sits below the all-time average leader benchmark of 274.4 held by TCU.

Leaderboard

Top 9 rows for the current route scope.

1New MexicoMountain West Conference2004323.2
2UtahMountain West Conference2004343.4
3San Diego StateMountain West Conference2004366.1
4BYUMountain West Conference2004377.4
5UNLVMountain West Conference2004378.5
6WyomingMountain West Conference2004390.7
7Colorado StateMountain West Conference2004415.6
8Air ForceMountain West Conference2004422.1
9San José StateMountain West2004441.0

Trend Chart

Yearly winning values for the current filter scope.

Line chart. Line chart with 1 data series: Yards Allowed Per Game. Categories include 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 18 more.

Yearly Winners

SeasonTeamConference at timeValue
2025San Diego StateMountain West Conference294.2
2024Air ForceMountain West Conference342.3
2023Air ForceMountain West Conference278.4
2022Air ForceMountain West Conference252.8
2021Air ForceMountain West Conference296.6
2020San Diego StateMountain West Conference280.5
2019San Diego StateMountain West Conference287.6
2018WyomingMountain West Conference326.2
2017San Diego StateMountain West Conference314.5
2016San Diego StateMountain West Conference315.4
2015San Diego StateMountain West Conference287.3
2014San Diego StateMountain West Conference332.5
2013Utah StateMountain West Conference330.9
2012Boise StateMountain West Conference315.2
2011Boise StateMountain West Conference320.8
2010TCUMountain West Conference228.5
2009TCUMountain West Conference239.7
2008TCUMountain West Conference217.8
2007BYUMountain West Conference307.8
2006TCUMountain West Conference234.9
2005TCUMountain West Conference329.1
2004New MexicoMountain West Conference323.2

Historical Leaderboard

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

RankTeamSeasonsAverageBest Season
1TCU2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005274.42008 (217.8)
2Utah2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004328.62008 (289.2)
3BYU2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004348.22007 (307.8)
4Boise State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011352.22022 (292.4)
5San Diego State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004358.52020 (280.5)
6Air Force2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004360.32022 (252.8)
7Wyoming2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004381.62006 (262.9)
8San José State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004401.92008 (311.7)
9Utah State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013403.12013 (330.9)
10Colorado State2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004403.12006 (330.3)
11New Mexico2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004417.42007 (319.9)
12Nevada2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012421.42025 (370.5)
13Hawai'i2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012423.62025 (361.6)
14UNLV2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004426.42006 (338.8)

Frequently Asked Questions

Who leads the Mountain West yards allowed per game leaderboard in 2004?

New Mexico ranks first at 323.2 in 2004.

Which Mountain West program has the best long-term yards allowed per game profile?

TCU owns the strongest all-time average at 274.4 across 7 tracked seasons in this conference scope.

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

San Diego 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.