1998 Utah Utes football team explained

Year:1998
Team:Utah Utes
Conference:Western Athletic Conference
Division:Pacific Division
Short Conf:WAC
Record:7–4
Conf Record:5–3
Head Coach:Ron McBride
Hc Year:9th
Off Coach:Tommy Lee[1]
Oc Year:1st
Def Coach:Kyle Whittingham
Dc Year:4th
Stadium:Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,017)

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

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After the season

NFL draft

One player was selected in the 1999 NFL draft.

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
7 222 Tennessee Titans

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bio: Tommy Lee. Utah Official Athletic Site. 2009-06-10.
  2. Web site: Ute Record Book. University of Utah. 2009-10-21. 2011-07-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713210940/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/utah/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-mfootbl-mg-156-183.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: 1998 record. College Football Data Warehouse. 2009-06-01. 2012-04-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20120420010751/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1486&year=1998. dead.
  4. Web site: 1999 Utah Football Preseason Information. Utah Official Athletic Site. 2009-06-16.