1999 Utah State Aggies football team

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1999
Romney Stadium
(Capacity: 30,257)
Seasons
1999 Big West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Boise State $   5 1     10 3  
Idaho   4 2     7 4  
New Mexico State   3 2     6 5  
Utah State   3 3     4 7  
Arkansas State   2 3     4 7  
Nevada   2 4     3 8  
North Texas   1 5     2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1999 Utah State Aggies football team represented

Romney Stadium in Logan, Utah. Utah State finished with a 4–7 record, a one game improvement over 1998, but would dismiss Coach Arslanian at the end of the season.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 4at No. 12 Georgia*L 7–3886,117
September 11Stephen F. Austin*W 51–1717,489
September 18at )L 18–3845,224
October 1BYU*
L 31–34 OT31,220
October 9Arkansas State
  • Romney Stadium
  • Logan, UT
W 20–1418,147
October 16at No. 9 Kansas State*L 0–4051,106
October 23at IdahoL 3–3123,429
October 30Boise State
  • Romney Stadium
  • Logan, UT
L 27–3312,213
November 6New Mexico State
  • Romney Stadium
  • Logan, UT
L 6–148,129
November 20at NevadaW 37–3515,171
November 27at North TexasW 34–77,115
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP poll

[2]

Roster

1999 Utah State Aggies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 84 Jeff Breg So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 49 Chris Amidan Fr
CB 28 Terrance Arnold So
CB 5 Eddie Badibanga Sr
LB 19 Tony Newson Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Season summary

The Aggies opened the season against the Georgia Bulldogs, a very strong team. They lost that opener 7–38 but bounced back after an easy win against Stephen F. Austin 51–17. The third game was against their rival, the Utah Utes. They did not beat the Utes, as they wouldn't win until 2012. They had a close win against BYU in the

Old Wagon Wheel rivalry but lost 31–34, they would not win until 2010. After two losses in rivalries, they would win against Arkansas State and then fall into a 4 game slump. They got out of that slump against Nevada with a close win, 37–35. They finished off the season winning against North Texas 34–7. They ended the season with a record of 4–7, 3–3 in the Big West Conference
.

Awards and honors

The Aggies had eleven players named to either the first or second all-conference team in the Big West.

Player Position Team
Demario Brown RB 1ST
Brent Passey LB 1ST
Donald Dicko S 1ST
Ben Holbrook OL 1ST
Emmett White KR 1ST
Bucky Orton TE 2ND
Mike Lindsay OL 2ND
Vaea Fiefia DL 2ND
Tony Neson LB 2ND
Blake Eagal LG 2ND
Vashon Garmon CB 2ND

References

  1. ^ "1999 Utah State Aggies Schedule and Results". Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "1999 Utah State Aggies Results" (PDF).