1999 San Diego State

5–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Mountain West Conference), coached by Ted Tollner.

Schedule and results

San Diego State in 1999, game by game: won vs. South Florida 41–12; lost at Illinois 10–38; lost at No. 17 USC 21–24; won at Kansas 41–13; lost vs. Air Force 22–23; lost vs. New Mexico 21–24; won at Colorado State 17–10; lost at Utah 16–38; lost vs. No. 15 BYU 7–30; won at UNLV 37–7; won vs. Wyoming 39–7+32−28Won 41–12 vs. South Florida+29South FloridaLost 10–38 at Illinois-28IllinoisLost 21–24 at No. 17 USC-3No. 17 USCWon 41–13 at Kansas+28KansasLost 22–23 vs. Air Force-1Air ForceLost 21–24 vs. New Mexico-3New MexicoWon 17–10 at Colorado State+7Colorado StateLost 16–38 at Utah-22UtahLost 7–30 vs. No. 15 BYU-23No. 15 BYUWon 37–7 at UNLV+30UNLVWon 39–7 vs. Wyoming+32Wyoming
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Wyoming 39–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Mountain West Conference.

In program history: The 27th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 86 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.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 5th in Mountain West Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
272–⁠226
Coach
Ted Tollner
Elo
1536 +28 this season
SP+ rating
7.5 No. 43 of 114; offense No. 68, defense No. 28
SRS
2.6 No. 49 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dave Lay
Defensive coordinator
Claude Gilbert
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 5Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila DEGreen Bay Packers
Rd 7Andrew Kline OGSt. Louis Rams
Rd 7Mike Malano CMinnesota Vikings

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.