1999_Utah_Utes_football_team
1999 Utah Utes football team
American college football season
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.
Quick Facts Utah Utes football, Mountain West co-championLas Vegas Bowl champion ...
| 1999 Utah Utes football | |
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Mountain West co-champion Las Vegas Bowl champion | |
Las Vegas Bowl, W 17–16 vs Fresno State | |
| Conference | Mountain West Conference |
| Record | 9–3 (5–2 MW) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Tommy Lee (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Kyle Whittingham (5th season) |
| Home stadium | Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,017) |
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More information Conf, Overall ...
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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More information Date, Time ...
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 4 | 2:00 pm | at Washington State* | KJZZ | W 27–7 | 26,179 | |
| September 18 | 6:00 pm | Utah State* | KJZZ | W 38–18 | 45,224 | |
| September 25 | 8:00 pm | at UNLV | W 52–14 | 23,352 | ||
| October 2 | 7:00 pm | at Boise State* | KJZZ | L 20–26 | 21,817 | |
| October 9 | 1:00 pm | Louisiana-Monroe* |
| W 42–0 | 34,913 | |
| October 16 | 6:00 pm | at Air Force | ESPN2 | W 21–15 | 30,616 | |
| October 23 | 1:00 pm | San Diego State |
| ESPN+ | W 38–16 | 38,516 |
| October 28 | 6:00 pm | at Colorado State | ESPN | L 24–31 | 25,120 | |
| November 6 | 7:00 pm | Wyoming |
| ESPN2 | L 29–43 | 40,149 |
| November 13 | 1:00 pm | New Mexico |
| KJZZ | W 52–7 | 37,398 |
| November 20 | 1:00 pm | at No. 19 BYU | ESPN+ | W 20–17 | 65,942 | |
| December 18 | 4:00 pm | vs. Fresno State* | ESPN | W 17–16 | 28,227 | |
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More information Players, Coaches ...
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NFL draft
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 |
- "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah Department of Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
- "1999 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 20, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
- "1999 results". Utah Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on December 19, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2009.