1999 Utah State Aggies football team

The 1999 Utah State Aggies football team represented Utah State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Big West Conference. The Aggies were once again led by head coach Dave Arslanian, who was in his second year with the program. The Aggies played their home games at Romney Stadium in Logan, Utah. Utah State finished with a 4–7 record, a one game improvement over 1998, but would dismiss Coach Arslanian at the end of the season.^[1]

1999 Utah State Aggies football
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	4–7 (3–3 Big West)
Head coach	Dave Arslanian (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Rich Ericson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Paul Arslanian (2nd season)
Home stadium	Romney Stadium (Capacity: 30,257)
Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

1999 Big West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Boise State $		5	–	1					10	–	3
Idaho		4	–	2					7	–	4
New Mexico State		3	–	2					6	–	5
Utah State		3	–	3					4	–	7
Arkansas State		2	–	3					4	–	7
Nevada		2	–	4					3	–	8
North Texas		1	–	5					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion

The Aggies opened the season against the Georgia Bulldogs, a very strong team. They lost that opener 7–38 but bounced back after an easy win against Stephen F. Austin 51–17. The third game was against their rival, the Utah Utes. They did not beat the Utes, as they wouldn't win until 2012. They had a close win against BYU in the Old Wagon Wheel rivalry but lost 31–34, they would not win until 2010. After two losses in rivalries, they would win against Arkansas State and then fall into a 4 game slump. They got out of that slump against Nevada with a close win, 37–35. They finished off the season winning against North Texas 34–7. They ended the season with a record of 4–7, 3–3 in the Big West.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	at No. 12 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 7–38	86,117	[2]
September 11	Stephen F. Austin*	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	W 51–17	17,489
September 18	at Utah*	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Battle of the Brothers, Beehive Boot)	L 18–38	45,224
October 1	BYU*	Romney Stadium Logan, UT (Beehive Boot, The Old Wagon Wheel)	L 31–34 OT	31,220
October 9	Arkansas State	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	W 20–14	18,147
October 16	at No. 9 Kansas State*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 0–40	51,106
October 23	at Idaho	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	L 3–31	23,429	[3]
October 30	Boise State	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	L 27–33	12,213
November 6	New Mexico State	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	L 6–14	8,129
November 20	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	W 37–35	15,171
November 27	at North Texas	Fouts Field Denton, TX	W 34–7	7,115
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1999 Utah State Aggies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 84 Jeff Breg So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 49 Chris Amidan Fr CB 28 Terrance Arnold So CB 5 Eddie Badibanga Sr LB 19 Tony Newson Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Dave Arslanian Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Awards and honors

The Aggies had 11 players named to either the first or second all-conference team in the Big West.

Player	Position	Team
Demario Brown	RB	1ST
Brent Passey	LB	1ST
Donald Dicko	S	1ST
Ben Holbrook	OL	1ST
Emmett White	KR	1ST
Bucky Orton	TE	2ND
Mike Lindsay	OL	2ND
Vaea Fiefia	DL	2ND
Tony Neson	LB	2ND
Blake Eagal	LG	2ND
Vashon Garmon	CB	2ND

References

1. "1999 Utah State Aggies Schedule and Results". Retrieved December 17, 2020.
2. "Dawgs take bite out of Utah State". The Salt Lake Tribune. September 5, 1999. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Pond, Alex (October 25, 1999). "Meeting expectations". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
4. "1999 Utah State Aggies Results" (PDF).