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) |
Head coach |
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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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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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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.
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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Roster |
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 |
The Utah Utes are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent the University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City. The athletic department is named after the Ute tribe of Native Americans. The men's basketball team is known as the Runnin' Utes; the women's gymnastics team is known as the Red Rocks.
The Utah Utes football program is a college football team that competes in the Big 12 Conference of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I and represents the University of Utah. The Utah college football program began in 1892 and has played home games at the current site of Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City since 1927. They have won 28 conference championships in five conferences during their history, and, as of the end of the 2022 season, they have a cumulative record of 711 wins, 476 losses, and 31 ties (.596).
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