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1998 Utah Utes football team

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Head coach
  • (9th season)
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

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.

Schedule

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 Wyoming

KJZZL 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 State

KJZZL 20–21 OT28,807 October 311:00 PMat San Jose State

KJZZW 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 Mexico

KJZZW 41–722,281 November 2111:30 amBYU

  • Rice–Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, Utah (Holy War)

ESPN2L 24–2645,634

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After the season

NFL draft

One player was selected in the 1999 NFL Draft.

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Phil Glover Linebacker 7 222 Tennessee 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.