1998 Utah Utes football team

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1998 Utah Utes football
Utah Utes - U logo.svg
Conference Western Athletic Conference
DivisionPacific Division
Record7–4 (5–3 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTommy Lee [1] (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Kyle Whittingham (4th season)
Home stadium Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,017)
Seasons
  1997
1999  
1998 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

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.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 57:00 pmat Utah State * KSL W 20–1230,218
September 127:00 pm Louisville * KJZZ W 45–2244,112
September 197:00 pm Hawaii
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
NoneW 30–2137,699
September 267:00 pm Boise State *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
NoneL 28–3136,037
October 31:00 pmat Wyoming KJZZL 24–2716,349
October 171:00 pm Fresno State
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
NoneW 24–1633,065
October 247:00 pmat San Diego State KJZZL 20–21 OT28,807
October 311:00 pmat San Jose State KJZZW 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 Mexico KJZZW 41–722,281
November 2111:30 am BYU
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, Utah (Holy War)
ESPN2 L 24–2645,634

[2] [3] [4]

After the season

NFL draft

One player was selected in the 1999 NFL Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Phil Glover Linebacker 7222 Tennessee Titans

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