Maddux Madsen threw three touchdown passes and rushed for another score as host Boise State completed a Mountain West Conference championship game three-peat with a 38-21 victory over UNLV on Friday night.

Madsen completed 17 of 31 passes for 289 yards for Boise State (9-4), which jumped out to a 21-0 first-half lead en route to its seventh Mountain West title. It was the 11th straight win over the Rebels for the Broncos, who also improved to 8-0 all-time against UNLV on their blue home turf.

Anthony Colandrea, the Mountain West's Offensive Player of the Year, completed 18 of 38 passes for 225 yards and a touchdown and rushed 12 times for a team-high 66 yards and another TD for UNLV (10-3).

Madsen, who missed the final three regular-season games with a right leg injury, showed no ill ef

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