1999 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

1999 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from The Sports Network poll

1999 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
1999 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
1999 record	7–4 (5–3 A-10)
Head coach	Tubby Raymond (34th season);
Offensive coordinator	Ted Kempski (32nd season)
Offensive scheme	Delaware Wing-T
Defensive coordinator	Bob Sabol (9th season)
Home stadium	Delaware Stadium; (Capacity: 22,000)
	Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Yankee Conference.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	William & Mary	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware (Rivalry)	W 34–27 ^2OT	22,038
September 11	at The Citadel*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, South Carolina	W 26–16	14,759
September 18	West Chester*	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware	W 29–10	19,260
September 25	at James Madison	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, Virginia (Rivalry)	L 7–21
October 2	Richmond	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware	W 41–33	22,028
October 16	Lehigh*	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware	L 35–42	22,032
October 23	Massachusetts	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware	L 19–26	19,590
October 30	at Northeastern	Parsons Field Boston	W 37–34 ^OT
November 6	at New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, New Hampshire	W 14–10
November 13	Rhode Island	Delaware Stadium Newark, Delaware	W 35–0	17,227
November 20	at Villanova	Villanova Stadium Villanova, Pennsylvania (Battle of the Blue)	L 45–51 ^OT
*Non-conference game

1999 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
FB	`1`	James O'Neal	Jr
WR	`7`	Jamin Elliott	So
QB	`9`	Sam Postlethwait	So
QB	`11`	Matt Nagy	Jr
OL	`50`	Jeff Fiss	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

v t Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Venues	Frazer Field (1913–1946) Wilmington Park (1940–1952) Delaware Stadium (1952–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games 1974 Grantland Rice Bowl Route 1 Rivalry (Delaware State) James Madison Lehigh Battle of the Blue (Villanova) West Chester William & Mary
Culture & lore	YoUDee "The Delaware Fight Song" Marching Band Winged football helmet
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

1999 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 13 James Madison +^		7	–	1		8	–	4
No. 7 UMass +^		7	–	1		9	–	4
No. 24 Villanova		6	–	2		7	–	4
Delaware		5	–	3		7	–	4
William & Mary		5	–	3		6	–	5
Connecticut		3	–	5		4	–	7
Maine		3	–	5		4	–	7
New Hampshire		3	–	5		5	–	6
Richmond		3	–	5		5	–	6
Northeastern		1	–	7		2	–	9
Rhode Island		1	–	7		1	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll