1999 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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.

1999 Kentucky Wildcats football
Music City Bowl, L 13–20 vs. Syracuse
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record6–6 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTony Franklin (1st as OC, 3rd overall season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorMike Major (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumCommonwealth Stadium
(Capacity: 67,530)
1999 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

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]

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
ESPN2W 19–1741,000
November 2012:30 pmNo. 7 Tennessee
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. "The 1999 University of Kentucky Football Media Guide". University of Kentucky.


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