1999 Utah Utes football team

1999 Utah Utes football
Mountain West co-champion Las Vegas Bowl champion
Las Vegas Bowl, W 17–16 vs Fresno State
Conference	Mountain West Conference
1999 record	9–3 (5–2 MW)
Head coach	Ron McBride (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Tommy Lee (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Kyle Whittingham (5th season)
Home stadium	Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,017)
Seasons

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

Roster

1999 Utah Utes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 37 Agbor, MbeMbe Agbor 5.0 !Jr RB 22 Anderson, MikeMike Anderson 7.0 !Sr WR 28 Arceneaux, AnthonyAnthony Arceneaux 1.0 !Fr QB 14 Arceneaux, DarnellDarnell Arceneaux 5.0 !Jr QB 5 Au, BrighamBrigham Au 1.0 !Fr T 69 Gross, JordanJordan Gross 1.0 !Fr WR 1 Russell, CliffCliff Russell 3.0 !So WR 7 Smith, SteveSteve Smith 5.0 !Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 21 Dyson, AndreAndre Dyson 5.0 !Jr DE 63 Smith, GarrettGarrett Smith File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Ron McBride Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 1999-11-06

After the season

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

References

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