1999 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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1999 Kentucky Wildcats football
Kentucky Wildcats logo (1984-2005).png
Music City Bowl, L 13–20 vs. Syracuse
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
1999 record6–6 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTony Franklin (1st as OC, 3rd overall season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorMike Major (3rd season)
Home stadiumCommonwealth Stadium
(Capacity: 67,530)
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 12 Florida x   7 – 1     9 – 4  
No. 9 Tennessee   6 – 2     9 – 3  
No. 16 Georgia   5 – 3     8 – 4  
Kentucky   4 – 4     6 – 6  
Vanderbilt   2 – 6     5 – 6  
South Carolina   0 – 8     0 – 11  
Western Division
No. 8 Alabama x$   7 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 13 Mississippi State   6 – 2     10 – 2  
No. 22 Ole Miss   4 – 4     8 – 4  
No. 17 Arkansas   4 – 4     8 – 4  
Auburn   2 – 6     5 – 6  
LSU   1 – 7     3 – 8  
Championship: Alabama 34, Florida 7
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Southeastern Conference in the Eastern Division. They played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. The team was coached by Hal Mumme.

Stadium Expansion[]

During the 1999 season, the beginning of the renovation to Commonwealth Stadium began. With very little seating, the stadium was in desperate need of a renovation that would allow more fans into the stadium to watch the Air Raid offense that was largely started by head coach, Hal Mumme. The renovation of the stadium allowed for forty new suites and approximately 68,000 new seats, costing around 24 million dollars. The new stadium expansion allowed the eager University of Kentucky fans to come watch more games. The fan base had just previously broken a record of attendance in the previous season by selling out the Outback Bowl for the first time in Tampa, Florida. [1]

Hal Mumme[]

Every great team is lead by a great head coach. For the University of Kentucky, it was Hal Mumme. He had an impressive coaching career working with many different schools during his time of coaching. He coached at schools such as the University of Kentucky, Iowa Wesleyan College, Valdosta College, Southeastern Louisiana College, New Mexico State University, and McMurry University. Throughout his college coaching career, he finished with a record of 142-152-1. He became known for spreading and making the “Air Raid Offense” popular in college football. He was able to persuade college football into this new and creative offensive scheme because of his large coaching tree. A coaching tree begins when an assistant coach from one team leaves and joins another team, and then implements what he/she learned on the previous team.[2]

Before Mumme and the 1999 Season[]

Before Mumme, the University of Kentucky football team was run by Bill Curry. Once Hal Mumme took over the football program in 1996, he was able to lead the Wildcats to multiple school records, as well as NCAA and SEC records. The program also had a hard time making it to their qualifiers, but with the addition of Hal Mumme, they were able to immediately make it to their qualifiers. Coming into the 1999 football season, the program only had one returning senior wide receiver, Jimmie Johnson. They were also coming into a season where they had just lost Tim Couch to the NFL draft after he had a standout career at the University of Kentucky and was drafted as the first overall pick. [3]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 43:30 pmLouisville*
FSNL 28–5670,692
September 111:30 pmConnecticut*
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, Kentucky
W 45–1463,879
September 1812:00 pmat Indiana*
ESPNW 44–3539,146
September 257:30 pmNo. 3 Florida
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, Kentucky
ESPNL 10–3870,971
October 21:30 pmNo. 20 Arkansas
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, Kentucky
PPVW 31–2062,602
October 91:00 pmat South Carolina
PPVW 30–1073,150
October 1612:30 pmLSUdagger
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, Kentucky
JPSW 31–567,370
October 2312:30 pmat No. 14 Georgia
JPSL 34–4986,117
November 48:00 pmat No. 8 Mississippi State
ESPNL 22–2339,149
November 139:00 pmat Vanderbilt
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, Tennessee (rivalry)
ESPN2W 19–1741,000
November 2012:30 pmNo. 7 Tennessee
  • Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel)
JPSL 21–5671,022
December 294:00 pmvs. Syracuse*
ESPNL 13–2059,221
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References[]

  1. ^ https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt72fq9q4116/download?type=pdf
  2. ^ https://playersbio.com/hal-mumme/
  3. ^ https://playersbio.com/hal-mumme/


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