1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Fighting Illini logo.svg
MicronPC Bowl champion
MicronPC Bowl, W 63–21 vs. Virginia
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
APNo. 24
1999 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. 5 Michigan %   6 2     10 2  
No. 7 Michigan State   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

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. The team earned a MicronPC Bowl berth, and defeated Virginia, 63–21.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
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 Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
ESPN2L 31–34 OT30,381
October 1611:00 amMinnesotadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ESPN2L 7–3749,152
October 2311:00 amat No. 9 Michigan
ESPN+W 35–29110,188
October 302:30 pmNo. 2 Penn State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ABCL 7–2750,014
November 61:00 pmat Iowa
W 40–2461,350
November 1311:00 amat No. 25 Ohio State
ESPN2W 46–2093,429
November 201:00 pmNorthwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
W 29–750,137
December 306:00 pmvs. Virginia*
  • Pro Player Stadium
  • Miami Gardens, Florida (MicronPC Bowl)
TBSW 63–2131,089
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • 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
T 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
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References[]

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