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1999 New Mexico

4–⁠7 (3–⁠4 Mountain West Conference), coached by Rocky Long.

Schedule and results

New Mexico in 1999, game by game: lost at UTEP 10–13; lost vs. New Mexico State 28–35; won vs. Northern Arizona 45–14; lost at Boise State 9–20; won at San Diego State 24–21; lost vs. No. 21 BYU 7–31; won vs. UNLV 27–6; lost vs. Colorado State 22–36; lost at Utah 7–52; lost at Wyoming 28–42; won vs. Air Force 33–28+31−45Lost 10–13 at UTEP-3UTEPLost 28–35 vs. New Mexico State-7New Mexico StateWon 45–14 vs. Northern Arizona+31Northern ArizonaLost 9–20 at Boise State-11Boise StateWon 24–21 at San Diego State+3San Diego StateLost 7–31 vs. No. 21 BYU-24No. 21 BYUWon 27–6 vs. UNLV+21UNLVLost 22–36 vs. Colorado State-14Colorado StateLost 7–52 at Utah-45UtahLost 28–42 at Wyoming-14WyomingWon 33–28 vs. Air Force+5Air Force
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atUTEPL 10–⁠1344%
Sep 11vsNew Mexico StateL 28–⁠3563%
Sep 18vsNorthern ArizonaW 45–⁠1471%
Sep 25atBoise StateL 9–⁠2043%
Oct 9atSan Diego StateW 24–⁠2126%
Oct 16vs21BYUL 7–⁠3130%
Oct 30vsUNLVW 27–⁠665%
Nov 6vsColorado StateL 22–⁠3632%
Nov 13atUtahL 7–⁠5219%
Nov 20atWyomingL 28–⁠4216%
Nov 27vsAir ForceW 33–⁠2825%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Air Force 33–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Mountain West Conference.

In program history: The 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 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.

Consensus All-AmericanBrian Urlacher, LB/S

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Mountain West Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
240–⁠298
Coach
Rocky Long
Elo
1391 −24 this season
SP+ rating
-5.6 No. 78 of 114; offense No. 80, defense No. 67
SRS
−9.8 No. 92 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jim Fenwick
Defensive coordinator
Bronco Mendenhall
Offense
Multiple
Defense
3–⁠3–⁠5

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 1Brian Urlacher LBChicago Bears
Rd 7Casey Tisdale DENew England Patriots

1999 Mountain West Conference standings

Conference page
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.