The 2020 Mountain West Conference Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 19, 2020, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada, to determine the 2020 champion of the Mountain West Conference (MWC). The game featured the regular-season champions San Jose State and regular-season runners-up Boise State, and was the conference's eighth championship game.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the game was played behind closed doors without fans. Because San Jose State could not host the game due to COVID restrictions, the game was instead hosted in Nevada.
Boise State entered the championship game with a 5âÂÂ1 record (5âÂÂ0 in conference play). Their only loss of the season was to BYU, then ranked ninth in the AP Poll, in early November.
San Jose State entered the championship game with a 6âÂÂ0 record, all in games played against conference opponents. Their closest game of the season was a 10-point win over Nevada on December 11. This was San Jose State's first appearance in a Mountain West Conference Championship Game.
It was later revealed that this game would be the last football game ever held at Sam Boyd Stadium, as it was the last scheduled event for the stadium. The stadium was permanently closed officially in 2022.