# 1999 BYU Cougars football team

The 1999 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cougars were led by 28th-year head coach LaVell Edwards, in what would be his second-to-last season with the team, and played their home games at Cougar Stadium. This was the school's first year in the newly formed Mountain West Conference, and they would go on to share the conference's first conference championship with Utah and Colorado State. They finished with a record of 8–4 (5–2 MW), and were invited to the 1999 Motor City Bowl, where they lost to undefeated Marshall, 3–21.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result |
| September 9 | 6:00pm | Washington* | | Cougar StadiumProvo, Utah | ESPN | W 35–28 |
| September 16 | 6:00pm | No. 23 Colorado State | No. 25 | Cougar StadiumProvo, Utah | ESPN | W 34–13 |
| September 25 | 7:00pm | Virginia* | No. 17 | Cougar StadiumProvo, Utah | ESPN2 | L 40–45 |
| October 1 | 7:00pm | at Utah State* | | Romney StadiumLogan, Utah (The Old Wagon Wheel; Beehive Boot) | SWP | W 34–31 $^{OT}$ |
| October 9 | 5:00pm | California* | No. 24 | Cougar StadiumProvo, Utah | ABC | W 38–28 |
| October 16 | 6:00pm | at New Mexico | No. 21 | University StadiumAlbuquerque, New Mexico | | W 31–7 |
| October 23 | 5:00pm | at UNLV | No. 19 | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, Nevada | SWP | W 29–0 |
| October 30 | 1:00pm | Air Force | No. 16 | Cougar StadiumProvo, Utah | ESPN+ | W 27–20 |
| November 6 | 1:00pm | at San Diego State | No. 15 | Qualcomm StadiumSan Diego | SWP | W 30–7 |
| November 13 | Noon | at Wyoming | No. 15 | War Memorial StadiumLaramie, Wyoming | SWP | L 17–31 |
| November 20 | 1:00pm | Utah | No. 19 | Cougar StadiumProvo, Utah (Holy War; Beehive Boot) | ESPN+ | L 17–20 |
| December 27 | | vs. No. 11 Marshall* | | Pontiac SilverdomePontiac, Michigan (Motor City Bowl) | ESPN | L 3–21 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time |||||||
Sources:
•SportsWest Productions (SWP) games were shown locally on KSL 5.

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | RV | — | — | 25 | 17 | RV | 24 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 19 | — | — | — | — |
| Coaches Poll | — | —* | — | — | 19 | RV | 24 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 19 | — | 25 | 25 | — |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | 15 | 14 | — | — | — | — | Not released |

## Game summaries
### Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Washington | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| • BYU | 0 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 35 |

### Colorado State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #23/24 Colorado State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| • #25/RV BYU | 7 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 34 |

### Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Virginia | 21 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 45 |
| #17/19 BYU | 0 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 40 |

### Utah State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| • BYU | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| Utah State | 14 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 31 |

### Cal

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cal | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| • #24/20 BYU | 14 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 38 |

### New Mexico

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #21/19 BYU | 21 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |

### UNLV

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #19/19 BYU | 7 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 29 |
| UNLV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Air Force

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Air Force | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| • #16/15 BYU | 3 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 27 |

### San Diego State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #15/15 BYU | 0 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 30 |
| San Diego State | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Wyoming

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #15/12 BYU | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| • Wyoming | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 31 |

### Utah

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Utah | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| #19/19 BYU | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |

### Marshall

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #RV/25 BYU | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| • #11/11 Marshall | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |