1999 Mountain West Conference football season

1999 Mountain West Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Utah +		5	–	2					9	–	3
BYU +		5	–	2					8	–	4
Colorado State +		5	–	2					8	–	4
Wyoming		4	–	3					7	–	4
San Diego State		3	–	4					5	–	6
New Mexico		3	–	4					4	–	7
Air Force		2	–	5					6	–	5
UNLV		1	–	6					3	–	8
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Mountain West Conference football season was the first since eight former members of the Western Athletic Conference banded together to form the MW. Colorado State University, Brigham Young University and the University of Utah tied for the inaugural MW Championship.

Bowl games

Bowl	Date	Stadium	City	Result
Las Vegas Bowl	December 18, 1999	Sam Boyd Stadium	Las Vegas, Nevada	Utah 17, Fresno State 16
Motor City Bowl	December 27, 1999	Pontiac Silverdome	Pontiac, Michigan	Marshall 21, BYU 3
Liberty Bowl	December 31, 1999	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium	Memphis, Tennessee	Southern Miss 23, Colorado State 17

Mountain West Individual Awards

Award	Player	School
Player of the Year	Brian Urlacher, LB/S, Sr.	New Mexico
Offensive Player of the Year	Kevin McDougal, RB, Sr.	Colorado State
Defensive Player of the Year	John Frank, DE, Sr.	Utah
Freshman of the Year	Luke Staley, RB, Fr.	BYU
Coach of the Year	Sonny Lubick	Colorado State

All-Conference Teams

First team

Position	Player	Class	Team
First Team Offense
QB	Kevin Feterik	Sr.	BYU
RB	Kevin McDougal	Sr.	Colorado State
	Mike Anderson	Sr.	Utah
WR	Margin Hooks	Jr.	BYU (2)
	Wendell Montgomery	Sr.	Wyoming
TE	Gray McNeill	Jr.	San Diego State
OL	James Norman	Sr.	Air Force
	Matt Johnson	Sr.	BYU (3)
	Blaine Saipaia	Sr.	Colorado State (2)
	Mike Malano	Sr.	San Diego State (2)
	Luis Park	Sr.	Utah (2)
First Team Defense
DL	Byron Frisch	Sr.	BYU (4)
	Clark Haggans	Sr.	Colorado State (3)
	Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila	Sr.	San Diego State (3)
	John Frank	Sr.	Utah (3)
LB	Rob Morris	Sr.	BYU (5)
	Maugaula Tuitele	Sr.	Colorado State (4)
	Kautai Olevao	Jr.	Utah (4)
DB	Brian Gray	Sr.	BYU (6)
	Erik Olson	Sr.	Colorado State (5)
	Brian Urlacher	Sr.	New Mexico
	Rico Curtis	Sr.	San Diego State (4)
First Team Special Teams
PK	Jackson Whiting	Sr.	Air Force (2)
P	Deone Horinek	Sr.	Colorado State (6)
RT	Steve Smith	Jr.	Utah (5)

Second team

Position	Player	Class	Team
Second Team Offense
QB	Matt Newton	Jr.	Colorado State
RB	Jonas Lewis	Sr.	San Diego State
	Larry Ned	Jr.	San Diego State (2)
WR	Dallas Davis	Jr.	Colorado State (2)
	Steve Smith	Jr.	Utah
TE	Ken Chandler	Sr.	Air Force
OL	Jimmy Richards	Sr.	BYU
	Jason Carson	Sr.	New Mexico
	Ted Printy	Sr.	San Diego State (3)
	Andrew Kline	Sr.	San Diego State (4)
	Dan Delcorio	Sr.	Wyoming
Second Team Defense
DL	Shawn Thomas	Sr.	Air Force (2)
	Setema Gali	Jr.	BYU (2)
	Jerome Haywood	So.	San Diego State (5)
	Scottie Nicholson	Sr.	San Diego State (6)
LB	Justin Ena	So.	BYU (3)
	Joey Mayo	Sr.	San Diego State (7)
	Patrick Chukwurah	Jr.	Wyoming (2)
DB	Kevin Thomas	Sr.	UNLV
	Andre Dyson	Jr.	Utah (2)
	Jay Hill	Sr.	Utah (3)
	Matt Lehning	Sr.	Wyoming (3)
Second Team Special Teams
PK	Owen Pochman	Jr.	BYU (4)
P	Ray Cheetany	Jr.	UNLV (2)
RT	Dallas Davis	Jr.	Colorado State (3)