1999 BYU Cougars football team

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1999 BYU Cougars football
MW co-champion
Motor City Bowl, L 3–21 vs. Marshall
Conference Mountain West Conference
Record8–4 (5–2 MW)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinators
  • Norm Chow (4th season)
  • Roger French (19th season)
Offensive scheme Pro spread
Defensive coordinatorKen Schmidt (9th season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Cougar Stadium
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

The 1999 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cougars were led by 28th-year head coach LaVell Edwards, in what would be his second-to-last season with the team, and played their home games at Cougar Stadium. This was the school's first year in the newly formed Mountain West Conference, and they would go on to share the conference's first conference championship with Utah and Colorado State. They finished with a record of 8–4 (5–2 MW), and were invited to the 1999 Motor City Bowl, where they lost to undefeated Marshall, 21–3.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 96:00 p.m. Washington * ESPN W 35–2865,726
September 166:00 p.m.No. 23 Colorado State No. 25
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
ESPNW 34–1363,054
September 257:00 p.m. Virginia *No. 17
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
ESPN2 L 40–4565,453
October 17:00 p.m.at Utah State *SWP [1] W 34–31 OT31,220
October 95:00 p.m. California *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 24
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
ABC W 38–2865,617
October 166:00 p.m.at New Mexico No. 21W 31–7
October 235:00 p.m.at UNLV No. 19SWPW 29–030,599
October 301:00 p.m. Air Force No. 16
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
ESPN Plus W 27–20
November 61:00 p.m.at San Diego State No. 15SWPW 30–740,836
November 1312:00 p.m.at Wyoming No. 15SWPL 17–3126,038
November 201:00 p.m. Utah No. 19
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT (Holy War; Beehive Boot)
ESPN PlusL 17–2065,942
December 27vs. No. 11 Marshall *ESPNL 3–2152,449
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

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SportsWest Productions (SWP) games were shown locally on KSL 5.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP RV2517RV24211916151519
Coaches Poll —*19RV242019151312192525
BCS Not released1514Not released


Game summaries

Washington

1234Total
Washington7071428
BYU01314835

Colorado State

1234Total
#23/24 Colorado State0001313
#25/RV BYU71410334
  • Date: September 16
  • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 6:01 p.m. MDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:24
  • Game attendance: 63,054
  • Game weather: 78 °F (26 °C), Partly Cloudy
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Tirico, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Dr. Jerry Punch

Virginia

1234Total
Virginia21717045
#17/19 BYU01914740
  • Date: September 25
  • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 7:11 p.m. MDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:29
  • Game attendance: 65,453
  • Game weather: 77 °F (25 °C), Clear
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Mark Jones, Sean Salisbury, Nick Lowery

Utah State

1234OTTotal
BYU71077334
Utah State146011031

California

1234Total
California0147728
#24/20 BYU14731438
  • Date: October 9
  • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 5:07 p.m. MDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:42
  • Game attendance: 65,617
  • Game weather: 83 °F (28 °C), Fair
  • TV announcers (ABC): Charlie Jones, Nick Lowery

New Mexico

1234Total
#21/19 BYU2137031
New Mexico00077

UNLV

1234Total
#19/19 BYU7931029
UNLV00000
  • Date: October 23
  • Location: Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV
  • Game start: 7:37 p.m. PDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:15
  • Game attendance: 30,599
  • Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C), clear
  • TV announcers (SportsWest): Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler

Air Force

1234Total
Air Force0731020
#16/15 BYU3143727
  • Date: October 30
  • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 1:07 p.m. MDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:18
  • Game attendance: 65,319
  • Game weather: 58 °F (14 °C), Clear
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Chris Marlowe, Mike Hold, Beth Mowins

San Diego State

1234Total
#15/15 BYU01310730
San Diego State70007
  • Date: November 6
  • Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA
  • Game start: 6:05 p.m. PST
  • Elapsed time: 3:09
  • Game attendance: 40,836
  • Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C), overcast
  • TV announcers (SportsWest): Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler

Wyoming

1234Total
#15/12 BYU073717
Wyoming7710731
  • Date: November 13
  • Location: War Memorial Stadium, Laramie, WY
  • Game start: 4:07 p.m. MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:20
  • Game attendance: 40,836
  • Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C), unseasonably warm
  • TV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler

Utah

1234Total
Utah067720
#19/19 BYU307717
  • Date: November 20
  • Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT
  • Game start: 1:07 p.m. MDT
  • Elapsed time: 3:38
  • Game attendance: 65,453
  • Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C), Cloudy
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Chris Marlowe, Mike Hold, Beth Mowins

Marshall

1999 Motor City Bowl
1234Total
#RV/25 BYU30003
#11/11 Marshall077721


Roster

1999 BYU Cougars football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 11 Brandon Doman So
TE 88 Doug Jolley So
WR 20 Reno Mahe So
TE 89 Spencer Nead Fr
TE 91 Tevita Ofahengaue Jr
TE 42Gabriel ReidFr
RB 34 Kalani Sitake Jr
RB 6 Luke Staley Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 92 Ryan Denney So
LB 55 Justin Ena So
DE 93 Byron Frisch Sr
DT 98 Chris Hoke Jr
DE 93 Brett Keisel So
LB 44 Rob Morris Sr
DT 72Hans OlsenJr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 27 Owen Pochman Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. "SportsWest is not that big a deal". Deseret News . September 22, 1999. Archived from the original on September 25, 2018.
  2. 1999 Cougar Football Media Guide Archived 2015-07-15 at the Wayback Machine . BYUCougars.com. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  3. "1999 Brigham Young Cougars Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 9, 2017.