American college football season
1999 Penn State Nittany Lions football Conference Big Ten Conference Coaches No. 11 AP No. 11 1999 record 10–3 (5–3 Big Ten) Head coach Joe Paterno (34th season)Offensive coordinator Fran Ganter Defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky Home stadium Beaver Stadium (Capacity: 93,967)Seasons
The 1999 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season .[1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania .
Schedule [ ]
Penn State did not play Big Ten teams Northwestern and Wisconsin this year.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 28 1:00 p.m. No. 4 Arizona * No. 3 ABC W 41–797,168
September 4 12:00 p.m. Akron * No. 2 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ESPN+ W 70–2495,192
September 11 12:00 p.m. Pittsburgh * No. 2 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry ) ESPN W 20–1796,127
September 18 3:30 p.m. at No. 8 Miami (FL) * No. 3 Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL CBS W 27–2374,427
September 25 12:00 p.m. Indiana No. 2 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ESPN W 45–2496,416
October 9 12:00 p.m. at Iowa No. 2 ESPN+ W 31–766,398
October 16 12:00 p.m. No. 18 Ohio State No. 2 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry ) ABC W 23–1097,007
October 23 3:30 p.m. at No. 16 Purdue No. 2 ABC W 31–2568,355
October 30 3:30 p.m. at Illinois No. 2 ABC W 27–750,014
November 6 12:00 p.m. Minnesota No. 2 ESPN2 L 23–2496,753
November 13 12:00 p.m. No. 16 Michigan No. 6 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ABC L 27–3196,840
November 20 3:30 p.m. at No. 15 Michigan State No. 13 ABC L 28–3574,231
7:30 p.m. vs. No. 18 Texas A&M No. 13 ESPN W 24–065,380
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Roster [ ]
1999 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
P
41
Pat Pidgeon
Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
Post season [ ]
NFL draft [ ]
Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 2000 NFL Draft , including the first two overall picks.
Round
Pick
Overall
Name
Position
Team
1st
1
1
Courtney Brown
Defensive end
Cleveland Browns
1st
1
2
LaVar Arrington
Linebacker
Washington Redskins
3rd
29
91
David Macklin
Cornerback
Indianapolis Colts
4th
11
105
Brandon Short
Linebacker
New York Giants
Awards [ ]
Chuck Bednarik Award
Dick Butkus Award
Notes [ ]
Penn State sets a new single season attendance record of 675,503 fans.
References [ ]
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