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1999 UTEP

5–⁠7 (3–⁠4 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Charlie Bailey.

Schedule and results

UTEP in 1999, game by game: won vs. New Mexico 13–10; lost at Oregon 28–47; lost at No. 16 Kansas State 7–40; won vs. New Mexico State 54–23; lost at Hawai’i 3–33; won vs. SMU 42–28; lost at Arizona 21–34; lost at Fresno State 23–24; won vs. San José State 42–26; lost vs. Tulsa 19–43; won at Rice 30–29; lost at TCU 24–52+31−33Won 13–10 vs. New Mexico+3New MexicoLost 28–47 at Oregon-19OregonLost 7–40 at No. 16 Kansas State-33No. 16 Kansas StateWon 54–23 vs. New Mexico State+31New Mexico StateLost 3–33 at Hawai’i-30Hawai’iWon 42–28 vs. SMU+14SMULost 21–34 at Arizona-13ArizonaLost 23–24 at Fresno State-1Fresno StateWon 42–26 vs. San José State+16San José StateLost 19–43 vs. Tulsa-24TulsaWon 30–29 at Rice+1RiceLost 24–52 at TCU-28TCU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsNew MexicoW 13–⁠1056%
Sep 11atOregonL 28–⁠4723%
Sep 18at16Kansas StateL 7–⁠4012%
Sep 25vsNew Mexico StateW 54–⁠2349%
Oct 2atHawai’iL 3–⁠3351%
Oct 9vsSMUW 42–⁠2862%
Oct 16atArizonaL 21–⁠3420%
Oct 23atFresno StateL 23–⁠2428%
Oct 30vsSan José StateW 42–⁠2657%
Nov 6vsTulsaL 19–⁠4374%
Nov 13atRiceW 30–⁠2928%
Nov 20atTCUL 24–⁠5225%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to TCU 52–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 45th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 94 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
5–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠4 6th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
306–⁠389
Coach
Charlie Bailey
Elo
1365 −34 this season
SP+ rating
-9.5 No. 87 of 114; offense No. 57, defense No. 100
SRS
−11.2 No. 95 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Gary Nord
Defensive coordinator
Ronnie Jones

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 5Paul Smith RBSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 5Brian Young DESt. Louis Rams
Rd 6Leif Larsen DTBuffalo Bills

1999 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Hawai’i5–⁠29–⁠4
TCU5–⁠28–⁠4
Fresno State5–⁠28–⁠5
Rice4–⁠35–⁠6
SMU3–⁠34–⁠6
UTEP3–⁠45–⁠7
San José State1–⁠53–⁠7
Tulsa1–⁠62–⁠9

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