1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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.

1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football
MicronPC Bowl champion
MicronPC Bowl, W 63–21 vs. Virginia
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
APNo. 24
Record8–4 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon Turner (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorTim Kish (3rd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 70,904)
1999 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Wisconsin $  7 –1   10 –2  
No. 7 Michigan State  6 –2   10 –2  
No. 5 Michigan %  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

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 42:30 pmArkansas State*
W 41–334,227[1]
September 112:30 pmSan Diego State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
W 38–1035,798[2]
September 186:00 pmat Louisville*
W 41–3640,332[3]
September 252:30 pmNo. 19 Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
L 10–2752,417[4]
October 211:00 amat Indiana
ESPN2L 31–34 OT30,381[5]
October 1611:00 amMinnesotadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ESPN2L 7–3749,152[6]
October 2311:00 amat No. 9 Michigan
ESPN+W 35–29110,188[7]
October 302:30 pmNo. 2 Penn State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
ABCL 7–2750,014[8]
November 61:00 pmat Iowa
W 40–2461,350[9]
November 1311:00 amat No. 25 Ohio State
ESPN2W 46–2093,429[10]
November 201:00 pmNorthwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
W 29–750,137[11]
December 306:00 pmvs. Virginia*
TBSW 63–2131,089[12]
  • *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.#NameClass
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
OT 59 Marques Sullivan Jr
TE 87 Josh Whitman Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 48 Danny Clark Sr
CB 6 Brandon Lloyd Fr
DE 99 Fred Wakefield Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
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

Team players in the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Neil RackersKicker6169Cincinnati Bengals

References
  1. "Illinois rolls in opener". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Associated Press. September 5, 1999. p. 6B. Retrieved October 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Big strikes boost Illini". Herald and Review. Associated Press. September 12, 1999. p. C1. Retrieved October 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Wishart, Nick (September 19, 1999). "Illinois outlasts Louisville to move to 3-0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. D3. Retrieved October 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Dye, Dave (September 26, 1999). "Spartans' defense shuts down Illini". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E. Retrieved October 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Hutchens, Terry (October 3, 1999). "Randle El-led comeback lifts Indiana over Illinois in OT". The Indianapolis Star. p. C1. Retrieved October 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Reinmuth, Gary (October 17, 1999). "Illini spiral continues". Chicago Tribune. p. 3:7. Retrieved October 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Chengelis, Angelique S. (October 24, 1999). "Porous defense costs U-M again". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E. Retrieved October 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Reinmuth, Gary (October 31, 1999). "Penn State leaves Illinois without ghost of a chance". Chicago Tribune. p. 3:7. Retrieved October 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Peterson, Randy (November 7, 1999). "Hawkeyes finish on wrong end again". Des Moines Register. p. 1D. Retrieved October 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Illini bowling, and they're not done yet". The Dispatch. Associated Press. November 14, 1999. p. C6. Retrieved October 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Albright, Mike (November 21, 1999). "Illini finish job". Herald and Review. p. C1. Retrieved October 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. O'Brien, David (December 31, 1999). "Illinois humbles Virginia". South Florida Sun Sentinel. p. 1C. Retrieved October 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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