1999 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1999 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1999 record3–8 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainJeff Dyra[1]
Home stadiumRyan Field (Capacity: 47,130)
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Big Ten Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 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 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 411:30 amMiami (OH)*
L 3–2828,108
September 1111:00 amTCU*
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, Illinois
ESPN+W 17–726,494
September 1811:00 amat Duke*
JPSW 15–12 OT18,720
September 2511:00 amat No. 13 Purdue
ESPN2L 23–3158,620
October 211:00 amMinnesota
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 14–3324,439
October 91:00 pmat Indiana
L 17–3430,101
October 1611:00 amIowadagger
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, Illinois
ESPN+W 23–2133,962
October 3011:00 amNo. 11 Wisconsin
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, Illinois
ESPN+L 19–3542,292
November 611:00 amat No. 16 Michigan
ESPN+L 3–37110,794
November 1312:00 pmNo. 17 Michigan State
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, Illinois
L 0–3430,045
November 201:00 pmat Illinois
L 7–2950,137
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[2]

Roster[]

1999 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 20 Damien Anderson So
C 62 Austin King Fr
T 73 Jeff Roehl Fr
QB 10 Zak Kustok Jr
WR 32 Sam Simmons So
TE 84 Jay Tant Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 2 Kevin Bentley So
CB 6 Harold Blackmon Jr
DT 92 Javiar Collins Jr
LB 8 Napoleon Harris So
DE 95 Dwayne Missouri Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1999-10-13

Game summaries[]

Iowa[]

1 234Total
Iowa 0 0147 21
• Northwestern 3 1307 23

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Team players in the NFL[]

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Jay Tant Tight end 5 164 Arizona Cardinals

References[]

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 150. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. ^ "1999 Results - NUSPORTS.COM - The Northwestern Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2012-10-27.
  3. ^ USA Today
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