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1999 Colorado State

8–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Mountain West Conference), coached by Sonny Lubick.

Schedule and results

Colorado State in 1999, game by game: won vs. No. 14 Colorado 41–14; won vs. Nevada 38–33; lost at No. 25 BYU 13–34; won vs. New Mexico State 46–7; lost at Fresno State 13–44; lost vs. San Diego State 10–17; won at Wyoming 24–13; won vs. Utah 31–24; won at New Mexico 36–22; won vs. Air Force 41–21; won at UNLV 35–17; lost vs. No. 16 Southern Miss 17–23+39−31Won 41–14 vs. No. 14 Colorado+27No. 14 ColoradoWon 38–33 vs. Nevada+5NevadaLost 13–34 at No. 25 BYU-21No. 25 BYUWon 46–7 vs. New Mexico State+39New Mexico StateLost 13–44 at Fresno State-31Fresno StateLost 10–17 vs. San Diego State-7San Diego StateWon 24–13 at Wyoming+11WyomingWon 31–24 vs. Utah+7UtahWon 36–22 at New Mexico+14New MexicoWon 41–21 vs. Air Force+20Air ForceWon 35–17 at UNLV+18UNLVLost 17–23 vs. No. 16 Southern Miss-6No. 16 Southern Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vs14ColoradoW 41–⁠1451%
Sep 11vsNevadaW 38–⁠3376%
Sep 16at25BYUL 13–⁠3449%
Oct 2vsNew Mexico StateW 46–⁠779%
Oct 9atFresno StateL 13–⁠4455%
Oct 16vsSan Diego StateL 10–⁠1769%
Oct 23atWyomingW 24–⁠1338%
Oct 28vsUtahW 31–⁠2447%
Nov 6atNew MexicoW 36–⁠2268%
Nov 18vsAir ForceW 41–⁠2152%
Nov 27atUNLVW 35–⁠1784%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvs16Southern MissLiberty BowlL 17–⁠2349%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Southern Miss 23–⁠17 in the Liberty Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Mountain West Conference champions.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 24
  2. Wk 4: 23

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.

Mountain West Conference champions5–⁠2 in the conference, shared with BYU and Utah

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠2 shared first in Mountain West Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 23
Points
345–⁠269
Coach
Sonny Lubick
Elo
1619 +43 this season
SP+ rating
12.4 No. 27 of 114; offense No. 26, defense No. 35
SRS
4.8 No. 43 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Steve Fairchild
Defensive coordinator
Larry Kerr

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 5Clark Haggans LBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 7Erik Olson DBJacksonville Jaguars

1999 Mountain West Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Utah5–⁠29–⁠3
Colorado State5–⁠28–⁠4
BYU5–⁠28–⁠4
Wyoming4–⁠37–⁠4
San Diego State3–⁠45–⁠6
New Mexico3–⁠44–⁠7
Air Force2–⁠56–⁠5
UNLV1–⁠63–⁠8

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