1999 BYU Cougars football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1999 BYU Cougars football Mountain West Conference MW 8–4 5–2 LaVell Edwards 28th Norm Chow 4th Roger French 19th Pro spread Ken Schmidt 9th 4–3 Cougar Stadium MW co-champion Motor City Bowl L 3–21 vs. Marshall The 1999 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cougars were led by 28th-year head coach LaVell Edwards, in what would be his second-to-last season with the team, and played their home games at Cougar Stadium. This was the school's first year in the newly formed Mountain West Conference, and they would go on to share the conference's first conference championship with Utah and Colorado State. They finished with a record of 8–4 (5–2 MW), and were invited to the 1999 Motor City Bowl, where they lost to undefeated Marshall, 21–3. Schedule 1999 AP Mountain September 9 Thursday 6:00 p.m. w y Washington Cougar Stadium Provo, UT ESPN 35–28 65,726 September 16 Thursday 6:00 p.m. w 25 Colorado State 23 Cougar Stadium Provo, UT ESPN 34–13 63,054 September 25 7:00 p.m. l y 17 Virginia Cougar Stadium Provo, UT ESPN2 40–45 65,453 October 1 Friday 7:00 p.m. w y y Utah State Romney Stadium Logan, UT The Old Wagon Wheel; Beehive Boot SWPhttp://www.deseretnews.com/article/719064/SportsWest-is-not-that-big-a-deal.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180925233330/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/719064/SportsWest-is-not-that-big-a-deal.html dead September 25, 2018 SportsWest is not that big a deal Deseret News 22 September 1999 34–31 OT 31,220 October 9 5:00 p.m. w y y 24 California Cougar Stadium Provo, UT ABC 38–28 65,617 October 16 6:00 p.m. w y 21 New Mexico University Stadium Albuquerque, NM 31–7 October 23 5:00 p.m. w y 19 UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV SWP 29–0 30,599 October 30 1:00 p.m. w 16 Air Force Cougar Stadium Provo, UT ESPN Plus 27–20 November 6 1:00 p.m. w y 15 San Diego State Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA SWP 30–7 40,836 November 13 12:00 p.m. l y 15 Wyoming War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY SWP 17–31 26,038 November 20 1:00 p.m. l 19 Utah Cougar Stadium Provo, UT Holy War; Beehive Boot ESPN Plus 17–20 65,942 December 27 l y y Marshall 11 Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac, MI Motor City Bowl ESPN 3–21 52,449 1999 Cougar Football Media Guide https://web.archive.org/web/20150715053033/http://byucougars.com/files/media_guides/m-football/pdf/MG_FB_1999.pdf 2015-07-15 . BYUCougars.com. Retrieved May 9, 2017.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/brigham-young/1999-schedule.html 1999 Brigham Young Cougars Schedule and Results Sports-Reference.com May 9, 2017 SportsWest Productions (SWP) games were shown locally on KSL 5. Rankings 1999 NCAA Division I-A football rankings AP 0 16 RV NR NR 25 17 RV 24 21 19 16 15 15 19 NR NR NR NR Coaches Poll 0 16 NR NR* NR NR 19 RV 24 20 19 15 13 12 19 NR 25 25 NR BCS 9 15 NR 15 14 NR NR NR NR Game summaries Washington Washington 7 0 7 14 BYU 0 13 14 8 September 9 Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT 6:01 p.m. MDT 3:44 65,726 82 F, Overcast Mike Tirico, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Dr. Jerry Punch ESPN2 yes 1 2:28 WASH Craig Hawley fumble recovery in end zone (John Anderson kick) UW 7-0 2 14:07 BYU Jonathan Pittman 20-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) TIED 7-7 2 5:40 BYU Margin Hooks 5-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (kick blocked) BYU 13-7 3 10:58 BYU Luke Staley 9-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 20-7 3 7:44 WASH Todd Elstrom 35-yard pass from Marques Tuiasosopo (John Anderson kick) BYU 20-14 3 3:42 BYU Luke Staley 11-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 27-14 4 7:58 WASH Marques Tuiasosopo 5-yard run (John Anderson kick) BYU 27-21 4 5:04 WASH Marques Tuiasosopo 3-yard run (John Anderson kick) WASH 28-27 4 1:16 BYU Chris Hale 36-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Doug Jolley pass from Kevin Feterik) BYU 35-28 yes Colorado State #23/24 Colorado State 0 0 0 13 #25/RV BYU 7 14 10 3 September 16 Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT 6:01 p.m. MDT 3:24 63,054 78 F, Partly Cloudy Mike Tirico, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Dr. Jerry Punch ESPN yes 1 7:00 BYU Luke Staley 1-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 7-0 2 11:30 BYU Luke Staley 7-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 14-0 2 1:01 BYU Jaron Dabney 15-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 21-0 3 2:52 BYU Owen Pochman 38-yard field goal BYU 24-0 3 1:40 BYU Luke Staley 5-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 31-0 4 14:55 CSU Pete Rebstock 30-yard pass from Matt Newton (C.W. Hurst kick) BYU 31-7 4 6:10 BYU Owen Pochman 43-yard field goal BYU 34-7 4 3:19 CSU Dallas Davis 40-yard pass from Matt Newton (Newton pass failed) BYU 34-13 yes Virginia Virginia 21 7 17 0 #17/19 BYU 0 19 14 7 September 25 Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT 7:11 p.m. MDT 3:29 65,453 77 F, Clear Mark Jones, Sean Salisbury, Nick Lowery ESPN2 yes 1 10:27 UVA Anthony Southern 15-yard pass from Dan Ellis (Todd Braverman kick) UVA 7-0 1 6:43 UVA Kevin Coffey 25-yard pass from Dan Ellis (Todd Braverman kick) UVA 14-0 1 1:11 UVA Thomas Jones 18-yard run (Todd Braverman kick) UVA 21-0 2 7:17 BYU Luke Staley 2-yard run (Owen Pochman kick blocked) UVA 21-6 2 5:02 UVA Thomas Jones 45-yard run (Todd Braverman kick) UVA 28-6 2 3:17 BYU Luke Staley 41-yard run (Kevin Feterik pass failed) UVA 28-12 2 1:47 BYU Brian Gray 28-yard interception return (Owen Pochman kick) UVA 28-19 3 14:12 UVA Tim Spruill 20-yard fumble return (Todd Braverman kick) UVA 35-19 3 13:40 BYU Margin Hooks 30-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) UVA 35-26 3 9:15 UVA Todd Braverman 46-yard field goal UVA 38-26 3 7:06 BYU Ben Horton 8-yard pass from Kevin Fertik (Owen Pochman kick) UVA 38-33 3 1:51 UVA Billy Baber 5-yard pass from Dan Ellis (Todd Braverman kick) UVA 45-33 4 10:54 BYU Carlos Nuno 19-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) UVA 45-40 yes Utah State BYU 7 10 7 7 3 Utah State 14 6 0 11 0 October 1 Romney Stadium, Logan, UT 7:05 p.m. MDT 3:40 31,220 65 F, clear Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler SportsWest yes 1 12:57 USU Adrion Peterson 32-yard pass from Jeff Crosbie (Brad Bohn kick) USU 7-0 1 8:12 USU Aaron Jones 87-yard pass from Jeff Crosbie (Brad Bohn kick) USU 14-0 1 4:55 BYU Jonathan Pittman 26-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) USU 14-7 2 11:40 BYU Doug Jolley 4-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) TIED 14-14 2 9:09 USU Brad Bohn 30-yard field goal USU 17-14 2 1:26 BYU Owen Pochman 19-yard field goal TIED 17-17 2 0:00 UNM Brad Bohn 55-yard field goal USU 20-17 3 3:44 BYU Doug Jolley 5-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 24-20 4 7:23 BYU Tevita Ofahengaue 14-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 31-20 4 5:42 USU Brad Bohn 47-yard field goal BYU 31-23 4 0:21 USU Demario Brown 4-yard pass from Jeff Crosbie (Aaron Jones pass from Jeff Crosbie) TIED 31-31 OT BYU Owen Pochman 33-yard field goal BYU 34-31 yes California California 0 14 7 7 #24/20 BYU 14 7 3 14 October 9 Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT 5:07 p.m. MDT 3:42 65,617 83 F, Fair Charlie Jones, Nick Lowery ABC yes 1 7:25 BYU Jonathan Pittman 41-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 7-0 1 1:35 BYU Tevita Ofahengaue 14-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 14-0 2 8:19 BYU Margin Hooks 29-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 21-0 2 4:59 CAL Deltha O'Neal 19-yard interception return (Mark-Christian Jensen kick) BYU 21-7 2 2:22 CAL Joe Igber 22-yard run (Mark-Christian Jensen kick) BYU 21-14 3 5:13 BYU Owen Pochman 44-yard field goal BYU 24-14 3 0:18 CAL Damian Marzett 80-yard interception return (Mark-Christian Jensen kick) BYU 24-21 4 12:11 BYU Jonathan Pittman 44-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 31-21 4 1:21 BYU Luke Staley 7-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 38-21 4 0:02 CAL LaShaun Ward 2-yard pass from Kyle Boller (Mark-Christian Jensen kick) BYU 38-28 yes New Mexico #21/19 BYU 21 3 7 0 New Mexico 0 0 0 7 October 16 University Stadium, Albuquerque, NM 6:05 p.m. MDT 3:42 25,301 68 F, lightning yes 1 10:07 BYU Fahu Tahi 2-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 7-0 1 5:46 BYU Fahu Tahi 2-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 14-0 1 2:33 BYU Bristol Olomua 4-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 21-0 2 0:41 BYU Owen Pochman 28-yard field goal BYU 24-0 3 13:13 BYU Luke Staley 61-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 31-0 4 3:50 UNM Germany Thompson 5-yard pass from Sean Stein (David McKinney kick) BYU 31-7 yes UNLV #19/19 BYU 7 9 3 10 UNLV 0 0 0 0 October 23 Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV 7:37 p.m. PDT 3:15 30,599 73 F, clear Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler SportsWest yes 1 11:14 BYU Doug Jolley 12-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 7-0 2 8:13 BYU Owen Pochman 47-yard field goal BYU 10-0 2 3:09 BYU Owen Pochman 26-yard field goal BYU 13-0 2 0:53 BYU Owen Pochman 28-yard field goal BYU 16-0 3 4:55 BYU Owen Pochman 31-yard field goal BYU 19-0 4 13:48 BYU Luke Staley 4-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 26-0 4 9:21 BYU Owen Pochman 30-yard field goal BYU 29-0 yes Air Force Air Force 0 7 3 10 #16/15 BYU 3 14 3 7 October 30 Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT 1:07 p.m. MDT 3:18 65,319 58 F, Clear Chris Marlowe, Mike Hold, Beth Mowins ESPN+ yes 1 10:18 BYU Owen Pochman 36-yard field goal BYU 3-0 2 11:32 BYU Luke Staley 14-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 10-0 2 9:26 AFA Mike Thiessen 37-yard run (Jackson Whiting kick) BYU 10-7 2 2:37 BYU Luke Staley 7-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 17-7 3 10:05 AFA Jackson Whiting 25-yard field goal BYU 17-10 3 1:40 BYU Owen Pochman 26-yard field goal BYU 20-10 4 10:18 BYU Margin Hooks 57-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 27-10 4 3:30 AFA Scotty McKay 7-yard run (Jackson Whiting kick) BYU 27-17 4 2:37 AFA Jackson Whiting 32-yard field goal BYU 27-20 yes San Diego State #15/15 BYU 0 13 10 7 San Diego State 7 0 0 0 November 6 Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA 6:05 p.m. PST 3:09 40,836 68 F, overcast Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler SportsWest yes 1 3:22 SDSU Jack Hawley 9-yard run (Nate Tandberg kick) SDSU 7-0 2 8:08 BYU Luke Staley 20-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) TIED 7-7 2 4:58 BYU Owen Pochman 23-yard field goal BYU 10-7 2 0:00 BYU Owen Pochman 27-yard field goal BYU 13-7 3 13:11 BYU Hans Olsen 24-yard fumble return (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 20-7 3 2:43 BYU Owen Pochman 42-yard field goal BYU 23-7 4 7:06 BYU Margin Hooks 15-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 30-7 yes Wyoming #15/12 BYU 0 7 3 7 Wyoming 7 7 10 7 November 13 War Memorial Stadium, Laramie, WY 4:07 p.m. MST 3:20 40,836 62 F, unseasonably warm Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler SportsWest yes 1 12:18 WYO Wendell Montgomery 14-yard pass from Jay Stoner (Aaron Elling kick) WYO 7-0 2 1:53 BYU Margin Hooks 20-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) TIED 7-7 2 0:10 WYO Wendell Montgomery 20-yard pass from Jay Stoner (Aaron Elling kick) WYO 14-7 3 10:51 WYO Aaron Elling 45-yard field goal WYO 17-7 3 3:59 BYU Owen Pochman 32-yard field goal WYO 17-10 3 0:12 WYO Kofi Shuck 22-yard pass from Jay Stoner (Aaron Elling kick) WYO 24-10 4 9:12 WYO Tim Beasley 14-yard run (Aaron Elling kick) WYO 31-10 4 4:47 BYU Kevin Feterik 1-yard run (Owen Pochman kick) WYO 31-17 yes Utah Utah 0 6 7 7 #19/19 BYU 3 0 7 7 November 20 Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT 1:07 p.m. MDT 3:38 65,453 53 F, Cloudy Chris Marlowe, Mike Hold, Beth Mowins ESPN+ yes 1 7:46 BYU Owen Pochman 26-yard field goal BYU 3-0 2 7:55 UTAH Cletus Truhe 30-yard field goal TIED 3-3 2 0:43 UTAH Cletus Truhe 38-yard field goal UTAH 6-3 3 11:13 BYU Margin Hooks 77-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) BYU 10-6 3 9:29 UTAH Cliff Russell 70-yard pass from T.D. Croshaw (Cletus Truhe kick) UTAH 13-10 4 13:08 UTAH Donny Utu 4=yard pass from T.D. Croshaw (Cletus Truhe pass failed) UTAH 20-10 4 10:54 BYU Ben Horton 6-yard pass from Kevin Feterik (Owen Pochman kick) UTAH 20-17 yes Marshall 1999 Motor City Bowl #RV/25 BYU 3 0 0 0 #11/11 Marshall 0 7 7 7 December 27 Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, MI 1:40 p.m. CST 3:03 52,449 65 F, Indoors Dave Barnett, Bill Curry, Dave Ryan (ESPN)Will Tieman, Larry Bielat (TBC Radio Sports) ESPNTBC Radio Sports yes 1 1:58 BYU Owen Pochman 28-yard field goal BYU 3-0 2 8:18 MRSH Doug Chapman 31-yard pass from Chad Pennington (Billy Malashevich kick) MRSH 7-3 3 0:51 MRSH Doug Chapman 87-yard run (Billy Malashevich kick) MRSH 14-3 4 14:07 MRSH Doug Chapman 1-yard run (Billy Malashevich kick) MRSH 21-3 yes Roster 1999 BYU Cougars f 11 So Brandon Doman QB y 88 So Doug Jolley TE y 20 So Reno Mahe WR y 89 Fr Spencer Nead TE y 91 Jr Tevita Ofahengaue TE y 42 Fr Gabriel Reid TE 34 Jr Kalani Sitake RB y 6 Fr Luke Staley RB y 92 So Ryan Denney DE y 55 So Justin Ena LB y 93 Sr Byron Frisch DE y 98 Jr Chris Hoke DT y 93 So Brett Keisel DE y 44 Sr Rob Morris Rob Morris (American football) LB y 72 Jr Hans Olsen Hans Olsen (American football) y DT 27 Jr Owen Pochman K y https://byucougars.com/roster/football/1999 *LaVell Edwards References BYU Category:BYU Cougars football seasons Category:Mountain West Conference football champion seasons BYU Cougars football