1998 Utah Utes football team

1998 Utah Utes football

Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Division	Pacific Division
1998 record	7–4 (5–3 WAC)
Head coach	Ron McBride (9th year)
Offensive coordinator	Tommy Lee^[1] (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Kyle Whittingham (4th year)
Home stadium	Rice–Eccles Stadium (45,017)

1998 WAC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Mountain Division
#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

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	7:00 PM	at Utah State*	Romney Stadium • Logan, Utah (Battle of the Brothers)	KSL	W 20–12	30,218
September 12	7:00 PM	Louisville*	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah	KJZZ	W 45–22	44,112
September 19	7:00 PM	Hawaii	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah	None	W 30–21	37,699
September 26	7:00 PM	Boise State*	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah	None	L 28–31	36,037
October 3	1:00 PM	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium • Laramie, Wyoming	KJZZ	L 24–27	16,349
October 17	1:00 PM	Fresno State	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah	None	W 24–16	33,065
October 24	7:00 PM	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, California	KJZZ	L 20–21 ^OT	28,807
October 31	1:00 PM	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California	KJZZ	W 49–17	12,279
November 7	1:00 p.m.	UTEP	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah	None	W 34–27 ^OT	37,812
November 14	1:00 pm	at New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, New Mexico (The Bowl)	KJZZ	W 41–7	22,281
November 21	11:30 am	BYU	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah (Holy War)	ESPN2	L 24–26	45,634
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Mountain Time.

One player was selected in the 1999 NFL Draft.

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

↑ "Bio: Tommy Lee". Utah Official Athletic Site. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
↑ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
↑ "1998 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
↑ "1999 Utah Football Preseason Information". Utah Official Athletic Site. Retrieved 2009-06-16.

Utah Utes football

Venues	Rice Stadium (1927–97) Rice-Eccles Stadium (1998–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games BYU: Holy War (Beehive Boot) Colorado: Rumble in the Rockies New Mexico Utah State: Battle of the Brothers (Beehive Boot)

Culture & lore	Swoop "Utah Man" Pride of Utah

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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