1999 Utah Utes football team

1999 Utah Utes football

Las Vegas Bowl Champions Mountain West Conference Co-Champions
Las Vegas Bowl vs Fresno State, W, 17–16
Conference	Mountain West Conference
1999 record	9–3 (5–2 MWC)
Head coach	Ron McBride (10th year)
Offensive coordinator	Tommy Lee (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Kyle Whittingham (5th year)
Home stadium	Rice–Eccles Stadium (45,017)

1999 Mountain West 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

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	2:00 PM	at Washington State*	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	KJZZ	W 27–7	26,179
September 18	6:00 PM	Utah State*	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (Battle of the Brothers)	KJZZ	W 38–18	45,224
September 25	8:00 PM	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV		W 52–14	23,352
October 2	7:00 PM	at Boise State*	Bronco Stadium • Boise, ID	KJZZ	L 20–26	21,817
October 9	1:00 PM	Louisiana-Monroe*	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT		W 42–0	34,913
October 16	6:00 PM	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	ESPN2	W 21–15	30,616
October 23	1:00 PM	San Diego State	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN+	W 38–16	38,516
October 28	6:00 PM	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	ESPN	L 24–31	25,120
November 6	7:00 PM	Wyoming	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN2	L 29–43	40,149
November 13	1:00 PM	New Mexico	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT (The Bowl)	KJZZ	W 52–7	37,398
November 20	1:00 PM	at No. 19 BYU	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT (Holy War)	ESPN+	W 20–17	65,942
December 18	4:00 PM	vs. Fresno State*	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	ESPN	W 17–16	28,227
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

Three players went in the 2000 NFL Draft.

↑ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah Department of Athletics. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
↑ "1999 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
↑ "1999 results". Utah Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 5, 2009.

Utah Utes football

Venues	Rice Stadium (1927–97) Rice-Eccles Stadium (1998–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games BYU: Holy War (Beehive Boot) Colorado: Rumble in the Rockies New Mexico Utah State: Battle of the Brothers (Beehive Boot)

Culture & lore	Swoop "Utah Man" Pride of Utah

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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Mountain West Conference football champions

BYU, Colorado State, & Utah (1999) Colorado State (2000) BYU (2001) Colorado State (2002) Utah (2003) Utah (2004) TCU (2005) BYU (2006) BYU (2007) Utah (2008) TCU (2009) TCU (2010) TCU (2011) Boise State, Fresno State, & San Diego State (2012) Fresno State (2013) Boise State (2014) San Diego State (2015)

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