1998 Utah Utes football team

The 1998 season was Utah's last in the Western Athletic Conference - the following year, the newly created Mountain West Conference began play. This was also the first season in the newly rebuilt Rice-Eccles Stadium.

1998 Utah Utes football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
DivisionPacific Division
Record7–4 (5–3 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTommy Lee[1] (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorKyle Whittingham (4th season)
Home stadiumRice-Eccles Stadium (45,017)
Seasons
← 1997
1999 →
1998 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Mountain Division
No. 13 Air Force x$   7 1     12 1  
Wyoming   6 2     8 3  
Colorado State   5 3     8 4  
Rice   5 3     5 6  
TCU   4 4     7 5  
Tulsa   2 6     4 7  
SMU   1 1     0 1  
UNLV   0 8     0 11  
Pacific Division
BYU xy   7 1     9 5  
San Diego State x   7 1     7 5  
Utah   5 3     7 4  
Fresno State   5 3     5 6  
San Jose State   3 5     4 8  
UTEP   3 5     3 8  
New Mexico   1 7     3 9  
Hawaii   0 8     0 12  
Championship: Air Force 20, BYU 13
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 57:00 pmat Utah State*KSLW 20–1230,218
September 127:00 pmLouisville*KJZZW 45–2244,112
September 197:00 pmHawaii
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
NoneW 30–2137,699
September 267:00 pmBoise State* 
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
NoneL 28–3136,037
October 31:00 pmat WyomingKJZZL 24–2716,349
October 171:00 pmFresno State
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
NoneW 24–1633,065
October 247:00 pmat San Diego StateKJZZL 20–21 OT28,807
October 311:00 pmat San Jose StateKJZZW 49–1712,279
November 71:00 p.m.UTEP
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
NoneW 34–27 OT37,812
November 141:00 pmat New MexicoKJZZW 41–722,281
November 2111:30 amBYU
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, Utah (Holy War)
ESPN2L 24–2645,634

[2][3] [4]

After the season edit

NFL draft edit

One player was selected in the 1999 NFL Draft.

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Phil Glover Linebacker 7 222 Tennessee Titans

References edit

  1. ^ "Bio: Tommy Lee". Utah Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
  2. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  3. ^ "1998 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 20, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
  4. ^ "1999 Utah Football Preseason Information". Utah Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 16, 2009.