1999 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Team

The 1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season.

They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Ron Turner. This was the first school in 50 years to win road games against both Michigan and Ohio State in the same season. The team earned a MicronPC Bowl berth, and defeated Virginia, 63–21.

1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football
1999 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Team
MicronPC Bowl champion
MicronPC Bowl, W 63–21 vs. Virginia
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
APNo. 24
Record8–4 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon Turner (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorTim Kish (3rd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 70,904)
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Wisconsin $   7 1     10 2  
No. 7 Michigan State   6 2     10 2  
No. 5 Michigan %   6 2     10 2  
No. 11 Penn State   5 3     10 3  
No. 18 Minnesota   5 3     8 4  
No. 24 Illinois   4 4     8 4  
No. 25 Purdue   4 4     7 5  
Ohio State   3 5     6 6  
Indiana   3 5     4 7  
Northwestern   1 7     3 8  
Iowa   0 8     1 10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 42:30 pmArkansas State*W 41–334,227
September 112:30 pmSan Diego State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
W 38–1035,798
September 186:00 pmat Louisville*W 41–3640,332
September 252:30 pmNo. 19 Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
L 10–2752,417
October 211:00 amat IndianaESPN2L 31–34 OT30,381
October 1611:00 amMinnesota1999 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Team 
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ESPN2L 7–3749,152
October 2311:00 amat No. 9 MichiganESPN+W 35–29110,188
October 302:30 pmNo. 2 Penn State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ABCL 7–2750,014
November 61:00 pmat IowaW 40–2461,350
November 1311:00 amat No. 25 Ohio StateESPN2W 46–2093,429
November 201:00 pmNorthwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
W 29–750,137
December 306:00 pmvs. Virginia*TBSW 63–2131,089
  • *Non-conference game
  • 1999 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Team Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster

1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 34 Jameel Cook Jr
G 64 David Diehl Fr
QB 15 Kurt Kittner So
WR 17 Greg Lewis So
WR 86 Aaron Moorehead So
OT 59 Marques Sullivan Jr
TE 87 Josh Whitman Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 48 Danny Clark Sr
CB 6 Brandon Lloyd Fr
DE 99 Fred Wakefield Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
LS 51 Nathan Hodel Jr
K 98 Neil Rackers Sr
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • 1999 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Team  Injured
  • 1999 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Team  Redshirt

Roster

Team players in the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Neil Rackers Kicker 6 169 Cincinnati Bengals

References


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