1999 Utah Utes football team

The 1999 season was the inaugural season for the Mountain West Conference, created by 8 teams from the Western Athletic Conference splitting off. The Utes were conference co-champions this season, sharing the title with BYU and Colorado State.

1999 Utah Utes football
Mountain West co-champion
Las Vegas Bowl champion
ConferenceMountain West Conference
1999 record9–3 (5–2 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTommy Lee (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorKyle Whittingham (5th season)
Home stadiumRice-Eccles Stadium (45,017)
1999 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Utah +  5 2     9 3  
BYU +  5 2     8 4  
Colorado State +  5 2     8 4  
Wyoming  4 3     7 4  
San Diego State  3 4     5 6  
New Mexico  3 4     4 7  
Air Force  2 5     6 5  
UNLV  1 6     3 8  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 42:00 pmat Washington State*KJZZW 27–726,179
September 186:00 pmUtah State*KJZZW 38–1845,224
September 258:00 pmat UNLVW 52–1423,352
October 27:00 pmat Boise State*KJZZL 20–2621,817
October 91:00 pmLouisiana-Monroe*
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
W 42–034,913
October 166:00 pmat Air ForceESPN2W 21–1530,616
October 231:00 pmSan Diego State
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
ESPN+W 38–1638,516
October 286:00 pmat Colorado StateESPNL 24–3125,120
November 67:00 pmWyoming
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
ESPN2L 29–4340,149
November 131:00 pmNew Mexico
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
KJZZW 52–737,398
November 201:00 pmat No. 19 BYUESPN+W 20–1765,942
December 184:00 pmvs. Fresno State*ESPNW 17–1628,227
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

[1][2] [3]

Roster

1999 Utah Utes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 37 Mbe Agbor Jr
RB 22 Mike Anderson Sr
WR 28 Anthony Arceneaux Fr
QB 14 Darnell Arceneaux Jr
QB 5 Brigham Au Fr
T 69 Jordan Gross Fr
WR 1 Cliff Russell So
WR 7 Steve Smith Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 21 Andre Dyson Jr
DE 63 Garrett Smith  Fr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1999-11-06

After the season

NFL draft

Three players went in the 2000 NFL Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
John FrankDefensive end6178Philadelphia Eagles
Mike AndersonRunning back6189Denver Broncos
Richard SealsDefensive tackle7218New York Jets

References

  1. "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  2. "1999 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
  3. "1999 results". Utah Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on December 19, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
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