1999 Mountain West Conference football season

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.^[1]

1999 Mountain West Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Number of teams	8
2000 NFL draft
Top draft pick	Brian Urlacher, linebacker, New Mexico
Picked by	Chicago Bears, 9th overall pick
Regular season
Champions	Utah BYU Colorado State
Season MVP	Brian Urlacher, safety/linebacker, New Mexico

1999 Mountain West Conference football standings

v t e	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

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

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

Position Player Team Second-team Offense QB Matt Newton Colorado State RB Jonas Lewis San Diego State Larry Ned San Diego State WR Dallas Davis Colorado State Steve Smith Utah TE Ken Chandler Air Force OL Jimmy Richards BYU Jason Carson New Mexico Ted Printy San Diego State Andrew Kline San Diego State Dan Delcorio Wyoming Second-team Defense DL Shawn Thomas Air Force Setema Gali BYU Jerome Haywood San Diego State Scottie Nicholson San Diego State LB Justin Ena BYU Joey Mayo San Diego State Patrick Chukwurah Wyoming DB Kevin Thomas UNLV Andre Dyson Utah Jay Hill Utah Matt Lehning Wyoming Second-team Special Teams K Owen Pochman BYU P Ray Cheetany UNLV RS Dallas Davis Colorado State