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 | |
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MicronPC Bowl champion | |
MicronPC Bowl, W 63–21 vs. Virginia | |
Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 25 |
AP | No. 24 |
Record | 8–4 (4–4 Big Ten) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Ron Turner (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Tim Kish (3rd season) |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 70,904) |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 4 | 2:30 pm | Arkansas State* | W 41–3 | 34,227 | |||
September 11 | 2:30 pm | San Diego State* |
| W 38–10 | 35,798 | ||
September 18 | 6:00 pm | at Louisville* | W 41–36 | 40,332 | |||
September 25 | 2:30 pm | No. 19 Michigan State |
| L 10–27 | 52,417 | ||
October 2 | 11:00 am | at Indiana | ESPN2 | L 31–34 OT | 30,381 | ||
October 16 | 11:00 am | Minnesota |
| ESPN2 | L 7–37 | 49,152 | |
October 23 | 11:00 am | at No. 9 Michigan | ESPN+ | W 35–29 | 110,188 | ||
October 30 | 2:30 pm | No. 2 Penn State |
| ABC | L 7–27 | 50,014 | |
November 6 | 1:00 pm | at Iowa | W 40–24 | 61,350 | |||
November 13 | 11:00 am | at No. 25 Ohio State | ESPN2 | W 46–20 | 93,429 | ||
November 20 | 1:00 pm | Northwestern |
| W 29–7 | 50,137 | ||
December 30 | 6:00 pm | vs. Virginia* | TBS | W 63–21 | 31,089 | ||
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1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
Neil Rackers | Kicker | 6 | 169 | Cincinnati Bengals |
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