1999 Utah State Aggies football team

The 1999 Utah State Aggies football team represented Utah State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Big West Conference. The Aggies were once again led by head coach Dave Arslanian, who was in his second year with the program. The Aggies played their home games at Romney Stadium in Logan, Utah. Utah State finished with a 4–7 record, a one game improvement over 1998, but would dismiss Coach Arslanian at the end of the season.[1]

1999 Utah State Aggies football
ConferenceBig West Conference
Record4–7 (3–3 Big West)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRich Ericson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorPaul Arslanian (2nd season)
Home stadiumRomney Stadium
(Capacity: 30,257)
1999 Big West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Boise State $  5 –1   10 –3  
Idaho  4 –2   7 –4  
New Mexico State  3 –2   6 –5  
Utah State  3 –3   4 –7  
Arkansas State  2 –3   4 –7  
Nevada  2 –4   3 –8  
North Texas  1 –5   2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion

Previous season

After a conference championship and bowl game in 1997, Utah State finished the 1998 season with a disappointing record of 3–8. The team had lost several close games early in the season, and would need two wins in the last three weeks of the season to avoid its worst finish since 1984.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 4at No. 12 Georgia*
L 7–3886,117
September 11Stephen F. Austin*
W 51–1717,489
September 18at Utah*
L 18–3845,224
October 1BYU*
L 31–34 OT31,220
October 9Arkansas State
  • Romney Stadium
  • Logan, UT
W 20–1418,147
October 16at No. 9 Kansas State*
L 0–4051,106
October 23at Idaho
L 3–3123,429
October 30Boise State
  • Romney Stadium
  • Logan, UT
L 27–3312,213
November 6New Mexico State
  • Romney Stadium
  • Logan, UT
L 6–148,129
November 20at Nevada
W 37–3515,171
November 27at North Texas
W 34–77,115
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP poll

[2]

Roster
1999 Utah State Aggies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 84 Jeff Breg So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 49 Chris Amidan Fr
CB 28 Terrance Arnold So
CB 5 Eddie Badibanga Sr
LB 19 Tony Newson Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Season summary

The Aggies opened the season against the Georgia Bulldogs, a very strong team. They lost that opener 7–38 but bounced back after an easy win against Stephen F. Austin 51–17. The third game was against their rival, the Utah Utes. They did not beat the Utes, as they wouldn't win until 2012. They had a close win against BYU in the Old Wagon Wheel rivalry but lost 31–34, they would not win until 2010. After two losses in rivalries, they would win against Arkansas State and then fall into a 4 game slump. They got out of that slump against Nevada with a close win, 37–35. They finished off the season winning against North Texas 34–7. They ended the season with a record of 4–7, 3–3 in the Big West Conference.

Awards and honors

The Aggies had eleven players named to either the first or second all-conference team in the Big West.

Player Position Team
Demario Brown RB 1ST
Brent Passey LB 1ST
Donald Dicko S 1ST
Ben Holbrook OL 1ST
Emmett White KR 1ST
Bucky Orton TE 2ND
Mike Lindsay OL 2ND
Vaea Fiefia DL 2ND
Tony Neson LB 2ND
Blake Eagal LG 2ND
Vashon Garmon CB 2ND

References
  1. "1999 Utah State Aggies Schedule and Results". Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  2. "1999 Utah State Aggies Results" (PDF).
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