1999 Mountain West Conference football season

College football conference season

1999 Mountain West Conference football standings
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 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 Mountain West Conference football season was the first since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the MW. Colorado State University, Brigham Young University and the University of Utah tied for the inaugural MW Championship.

Bowl games

Bowl Date Stadium City Result
Las Vegas Bowl December 18, 1999 Sam Boyd Stadium Las Vegas, Nevada Utah 17, Fresno State 16
Motor City Bowl December 27, 1999 Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac, Michigan Marshall 21, BYU 3
Liberty Bowl December 31, 1999 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee Southern Miss 23, Colorado State 17

Mountain West Individual Awards

Award Player School
Player of the Year Brian Urlacher, LB/S, Sr. New Mexico
Offensive Player of the Year Kevin McDougal, RB, Sr. Colorado State
Defensive Player of the Year John Frank, DE, Sr. Utah
Freshman of the Year Luke Staley, RB, Fr. BYU
Coach of the Year Sonny Lubick Colorado State

All-Conference Teams

First team
Position Player Class Team
First Team Offense
QB Kevin Feterik Sr. BYU
RB Kevin McDougal Sr. Colorado State
Mike Anderson Sr. Utah
WR Margin Hooks Jr. BYU (2)
Wendell Montgomery Sr. Wyoming
TE Gray McNeill Jr. San Diego State
OL James Norman Sr. Air Force
Matt Johnson Sr. BYU (3)
Blaine Saipaia Sr. Colorado State (2)
Mike Malano Sr. San Diego State (2)
Luis Park Sr. Utah (2)
First Team Defense
DL Byron Frisch Sr. BYU (4)
Clark Haggans Sr. Colorado State (3)
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila Sr. San Diego State (3)
John Frank Sr. Utah (3)
LB Rob Morris Sr. BYU (5)
Ula Tuitele Sr. Colorado State (4)
Kautai Olevao Jr. Utah (4)
DB Brian Gray Sr. BYU (6)
Erik Olson Sr. Colorado State (5)
Brian Urlacher Sr. New Mexico
Rico Curtis Sr. San Diego State (4)
First Team Special Teams
PK Jackson Whiting Sr. Air Force (2)
P Deone Horinek Sr. Colorado State (6)
RT Steve Smith Jr. Utah (5)


Second team
Position Player Class Team
Second Team Offense
QB Matt Newton Jr. Colorado State
RB Jonas Lewis Sr. San Diego State
Larry Ned Jr. San Diego State (2)
WR Dallas Davis Jr. Colorado State (2)
Steve Smith Jr. Utah
TE Ken Chandler Sr. Air Force
OL Jimmy Richards Sr. BYU
Jason Carson Sr. New Mexico
Ted Printy Sr. San Diego State (3)
Andrew Kline Sr. San Diego State (4)
Dan Delcorio Sr. Wyoming
Second Team Defense
DL Shawn Thomas Sr. Air Force (2)
Setema Gali Jr. BYU (2)
Jerome Haywood So. San Diego State (5)
Scottie Nicholson Sr. San Diego State (6)
LB Justin Ena So. BYU (3)
Joey Mayo Sr. San Diego State (7)
Patrick Chukwurah Jr. Wyoming (2)
DB Kevin Thomas Sr. UNLV
Andre Dyson Jr. Utah (2)
Jay Hill Sr. Utah (3)
Matt Lehning Sr. Wyoming (3)
Second Team Special Teams
PK Owen Pochman Jr. BYU (4)
P Ray Cheetany Jr. UNLV (2)
RT Dallas Davis Jr. Colorado State (3)

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1999 NCAA Division I-A football season
Conference seasons
  • ACC
  • Big 12
  • Big East
  • Big Ten
  • Big West
  • Conference USA
  • Mid-American
  • Mountain West
  • Pac-10
  • SEC
  • WAC
Inter-conference
All-Americans