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
1998 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
Conf  Overall
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*
  • 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 2009-06-10.
  2. "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  3. "1998 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
  4. "1999 Utah Football Preseason Information". Utah Official Athletic Site. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
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