1998 Utah Utes football team

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.

1998 Utah Utes football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
DivisionPacific Division
Record7–4 (5–3 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTommy Lee[1] (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorKyle Whittingham (4th season)
Home stadiumRice-Eccles Stadium (45,017)
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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 57:00 pmat Utah State*KSLW 20–1230,218
September 127:00 pmLouisville*KJZZW 45–2244,112
September 197:00 pmHawaii
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
NoneW 30–2137,699
September 267:00 pmBoise State*dagger
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
NoneL 28–3136,037
October 31:00 pmat WyomingKJZZL 24–2716,349
October 171:00 pmFresno State
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
NoneW 24–1633,065
October 247:00 pmat San Diego StateKJZZL 20–21 OT28,807
October 311:00 pmat San Jose StateKJZZW 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 MexicoKJZZW 41–722,281
November 2111:30 amBYU
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, Utah (Holy War)
ESPN2L 24–2645,634

[2][3] [4]

After the season

NFL draft

One player was selected in the 1999 NFL Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Phil GloverLinebacker7222Tennessee Titans

References

  1. "Bio: Tommy Lee". Utah Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
  2. "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  3. "1998 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 20, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
  4. "1999 Utah Football Preseason Information". Utah Official Athletic Site. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
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