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1999 Boise State

10–⁠3 (5–⁠1 Big West), coached by Dirk Koetter.

Schedule and results

Boise State in 1999, game by game: lost at No. 17 UCLA 7–38; won vs. Southern Utah 35–27; lost at Hawai’i 19–34; won vs. New Mexico 20–9; won vs. Utah 26–20; won vs. Eastern Washington 41–7; lost at North Texas 10–17; won vs. Nevada 52–17; won at Utah State 33–27; won vs. Arkansas State 63–10; won vs. New Mexico State 45–26; won vs. Idaho 45–14; won vs. Louisville 34–31+53−31Lost 7–38 at No. 17 UCLA-31No. 17 UCLAWon 35–27 vs. Southern Utah+8Southern UtahLost 19–34 at Hawai’i-15Hawai’iWon 20–9 vs. New Mexico+11New MexicoWon 26–20 vs. Utah+6UtahWon 41–7 vs. Eastern Washington+34Eastern Washing…Lost 10–17 at North Texas-7North TexasWon 52–17 vs. Nevada+35NevadaWon 33–27 at Utah State+6Utah StateWon 63–10 vs. Arkansas State+53Arkansas StateWon 45–26 vs. New Mexico State+19New Mexico StateWon 45–14 vs. Idaho+31IdahoWon 34–31 vs. Louisville+3Louisville
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4at17UCLAL 7–⁠3815%
Sep 11vsSouthern UtahW 35–⁠2771%
Sep 18atHawai’iL 19–⁠3463%
Sep 25vsNew MexicoW 20–⁠957%
Oct 2vsUtahW 26–⁠2030%
Oct 9vsEastern WashingtonW 41–⁠776%
Oct 16atNorth TexasL 10–⁠1760%
Oct 23vsNevadaW 52–⁠1756%
Oct 30atUtah StateW 33–⁠2753%
Nov 6vsArkansas StateW 63–⁠1077%
Nov 13vsNew Mexico StateW 45–⁠2667%
Nov 20vsIdahoW 45–⁠1448%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvsLouisvilleHumanitarian BowlW 34–⁠3155%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Louisville 34–⁠31 in the Humanitarian Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Big West champions.

In program history: The 28th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 56 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1999.

Big West champions5–⁠1 in the conference

Record
10–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠1 first in Big West
AP final
Unranked
Points
430–⁠277
Coach
Dirk Koetter
Elo
1561 +138 this season
SP+ rating
4.0 No. 50 of 114; offense No. 41, defense No. 67
SRS
0.7 No. 56 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dan Hawkins
Defensive coordinator
Brent Guy

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 5Dave Stachelski TENew England Patriots

1999 Big West standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Boise State5–⁠110–⁠3
Idaho4–⁠27–⁠4
New Mexico State3–⁠26–⁠5
Utah State3–⁠34–⁠7
Arkansas State2–⁠34–⁠7
Nevada2–⁠43–⁠8
North Texas1–⁠52–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.