1999 BYU Cougars football team

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, 3–21.

1999 BYU Cougars football
MW co-champion
Motor City Bowl, L 3–21 vs. Marshall
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	8–4 (5–2 MW)
Head coach	LaVell Edwards (28th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Norm Chow (4th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Roger French (19th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro spread
Defensive coordinator	Ken Schmidt (9th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium
Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

1999 Mountain West Conference football standings

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result
September 9	6:00pm	Washington*		Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	ESPN	W 35–28
September 16	6:00pm	No. 23 Colorado State	No. 25	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	ESPN	W 34–13
September 25	7:00pm	Virginia*	No. 17	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	ESPN2	L 40–45
October 1	7:00pm	at Utah State*		Romney Stadium Logan, Utah (The Old Wagon Wheel; Beehive Boot)	SWP[1]	W 34–31 OT
October 9	5:00pm	California*	No. 24	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	ABC	W 38–28
October 16	6:00pm	at New Mexico	No. 21	University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico		W 31–7
October 23	5:00pm	at UNLV	No. 19	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, Nevada	SWP	W 29–0
October 30	1:00pm	Air Force	No. 16	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	ESPN+	W 27–20
November 6	1:00pm	at San Diego State	No. 15	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego	SWP	W 30–7
November 13	Noon	at Wyoming	No. 15	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, Wyoming	SWP	L 17–31
November 20	1:00pm	Utah	No. 19	Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah (Holy War; Beehive Boot)	ESPN+	L 17–20
December 27		vs. No. 11 Marshall*		Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac, Michigan (Motor City Bowl)	ESPN	L 3–21
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Sources:^[2][3]

•SportsWest Productions (SWP) games were shown locally on KSL 5.

Roster

1999 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 11 Brandon Doman So TE 88 Doug Jolley So WR 20 Reno Mahe So TE 89 Spencer Nead Fr TE 91 Tevita Ofahengaue Jr TE 42 Gabriel Reid Fr RB 34 Kalani Sitake Jr RB 6 Luke Staley Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 92 Ryan Denney So LB 55 Justin Ena So DE 93 Byron Frisch Sr DT 98 Chris Hoke Jr DE 93 Brett Keisel So LB 44 Rob Morris Sr DT 72 Hans Olsen Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 27 Owen Pochman Jr	Head coach LaVell Edwards Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Rankings

See also: 1999 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	RV	—	—	25	17	RV	24	21	19	16	15	15	19	—	—	—	—
Coaches Poll	—	—*	—	—	19	RV	24	20	19	15	13	12	19	—	25	25	—
BCS	Not released									—	15	14	—	—	—	—	Not released

Game summaries

Washington

1 2 3 4 Total Washington 7 0 7 14 28 • BYU 0 13 14 8 35 Date: September 9 Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 6:01 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3:44 Game attendance: 65,726 Game weather: 82 °F (28 °C), Overcast TV announcers (ESPN2): Mike Tirico, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Dr. Jerry Punch

Scoring summary 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

Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total #23/24 Colorado State 0 0 0 13 13 • #25/RV BYU 7 14 10 3 34 Date: September 16 Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 6:01 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3:24 Game attendance: 63,054 Game weather: 78 °F (26 °C), Partly Cloudy TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Tirico, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit, Dr. Jerry Punch

Scoring summary 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

Virginia

1 2 3 4 Total • Virginia 21 7 17 0 45 #17/19 BYU 0 19 14 7 40 Date: September 25 Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 7:11 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3:29 Game attendance: 65,453 Game weather: 77 °F (25 °C), Clear TV announcers (ESPN2): Mark Jones, Sean Salisbury, Nick Lowery

Scoring summary 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

Utah State

1 2 3 4 OT Total • BYU 7 10 7 7 3 34 Utah State 14 6 0 11 0 31 Date: October 1 Location: Romney Stadium, Logan, UT Game start: 7:05 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3:40 Game attendance: 31,220 Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C), clear TV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler

Scoring summary 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

Cal

1 2 3 4 Total Cal 0 14 7 7 28 • #24/20 BYU 14 7 3 14 38 Date: October 9 Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 5:07 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3:42 Game attendance: 65,617 Game weather: 83 °F (28 °C), Fair TV announcers (ABC): Charlie Jones, Nick Lowery

Scoring summary 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

New Mexico

1 2 3 4 Total • #21/19 BYU 21 3 7 0 31 New Mexico 0 0 0 7 7 Date: October 16 Location: University Stadium, Albuquerque, NM Game start: 6:05 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3:42 Game attendance: 25,301 Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C), lightning

Scoring summary 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

UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total • #19/19 BYU 7 9 3 10 29 UNLV 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 23 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, NV Game start: 7:37 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3:15 Game attendance: 30,599 Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C), clear TV announcers (SportsWest): Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler

Scoring summary 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

Air Force

1 2 3 4 Total Air Force 0 7 3 10 20 • #16/15 BYU 3 14 3 7 27 Date: October 30 Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 1:07 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3:18 Game attendance: 65,319 Game weather: 58 °F (14 °C), Clear TV announcers (ESPN+): Chris Marlowe, Mike Hold, Beth Mowins

Scoring summary 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

San Diego State

1 2 3 4 Total • #15/15 BYU 0 13 10 7 30 San Diego State 7 0 0 0 7 Date: November 6 Location: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, CA Game start: 6:05 p.m. PST Elapsed time: 3:09 Game attendance: 40,836 Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C), overcast TV announcers (SportsWest): Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler

Scoring summary 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

Wyoming

1 2 3 4 Total #15/12 BYU 0 7 3 7 17 • Wyoming 7 7 10 7 31 Date: November 13 Location: War Memorial Stadium, Laramie, WY Game start: 4:07 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3:20 Game attendance: 40,836 Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C), unseasonably warm TV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler

Scoring summary 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

Utah

1 2 3 4 Total • Utah 0 6 7 7 20 #19/19 BYU 3 0 7 7 17 Date: November 20 Location: Cougar Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 1:07 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3:38 Game attendance: 65,453 Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C), Cloudy TV announcers (ESPN+): Chris Marlowe, Mike Hold, Beth Mowins

Scoring summary 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

Marshall

1999 Motor City Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total #RV/25 BYU 3 0 0 0 3 • #11/11 Marshall 0 7 7 7 21 Date: December 27 Location: Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, MI Game start: 1:40 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:03 Game attendance: 52,449 Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C), Indoors TV announcers (ESPN TBC Radio Sports): Dave Barnett, Bill Curry, Dave Ryan (ESPN) Will Tieman, Larry Bielat (TBC Radio Sports)

Scoring summary 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

References

1. "SportsWest is not that big a deal". Deseret News. September 22, 1999. Archived from the original on September 25, 2018.
2. 1999 Cougar Football Media Guide Archived 2015-07-15 at the Wayback Machine. BYUCougars.com. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
3. "1999 Brigham Young Cougars Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 9, 2017.