The 2008 Mountain West Conference football season was the 10th since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the Mountain West Conference. The University of Utah won their fourth conference championship, ending the year 13-0 with a victory over Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl.
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