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
Record9–3 (5–2 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTommy Lee (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorKyle Whittingham (5th season)
Home stadiumRice-Eccles Stadium (45,017)
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
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 edit

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 edit

1999 Utah Utes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
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
OT 69 Jordan Gross Fr
WR 1 Cliff Russell So
WR 7 Steve Smith Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 5 Jay Hill Sr
DB 21 Andre Dyson Jr
DE 63 Garrett Smith   Fr
DT 83 Richard Seals Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster
Last update: 1999-11-06

After the season edit

NFL draft edit

Three players went in the 2000 NFL Draft.

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
John Frank Defensive end 6 178 Philadelphia Eagles
Mike Anderson Running back 6 189 Denver Broncos
Richard Seals Defensive tackle 7 218 New York Jets

References edit

  1. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah Department of Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  2. ^ "1999 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 20, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
  3. ^ "1999 results". Utah Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on December 19, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2009.