1999 Michigan State Spartans football team

The 1999 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Spartans played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. This was the last year for head coach Nick Saban, who left the program on December 5 to take the head coaching position at LSU. During the bowl game, the Spartans were coached by interim head coach Bobby Williams, who led the Spartans to a 37–34 victory in the 2000 Florida Citrus Bowl over the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference, with a last second, game-winning field goal by kicker Paul Edinger.

1999 Michigan State Spartans football
Florida Citrus Bowl champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 7
Record10–2 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMorris Watts (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Miller (1st season)
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium (c. 72,027 AstroTurf)
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

This Spartan team featured the likes of Plaxico Burress, T. J. Duckett, and Renaldo Hill, and goes down as one of the best Spartan teams in the BCS era.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 28:00 p.m.Oregon*
ESPNW 27–2072,923
September 111:00 p.m.Eastern Michigan*
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 51–772,569
September 181:30 p.m.at No. 24 Notre Dame*
NBCW 23–1380,012
September 253:30 p.m.at IllinoisNo. 19
W 27–1052,417[1]
October 212:10 p.m.IowadaggerNo. 14
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPN+W 49–373,629
October 912:00 p.m.No. 3 MichiganNo. 11
ABCW 34–3176,895
October 163:30 p.m.at No. 20 PurdueNo. 5
ABCL 28–5268,216
October 2312:10 p.m.at No. 16 WisconsinNo. 11
ESPN2L 10–4078,469
November 612:10 p.m.No. 20 Ohio StateNo. 19
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPNW 23–774,639
November 131:00 p.m.at NorthwesternNo. 17
W 40–030,045
November 203:30 p.m.No. 13 Penn StateNo. 15
ABCW 35–2874,231
January 1, 20001:00 p.m.vs. No. 10 Florida*No. 9
ABCW 37–3454,866
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings
See also: 1999 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
APRVRVRVRV19141151119191715111097
Coaches PollRVRV*RVRV21141171320191714111097
BCSNot released15—131211109Not released

Game summaries

Oregon
Oregon at Michigan State
1 234Total
Oregon 7 1003 20
• Michigan State 7 01010 27

Michigan
#3 Michigan at #11 Michigan State
1 234Total
Michigan 0 10021 31
• Michigan State 7 6147 34
Scoring summary
16:55MSUT.J. Duckett 1 yard run (Paul Edinger kick)MSU 7–0
214:55MICHHayden Epstein 56 yard field goalMSU 7–3
25:28MSUPaul Edinger 39 yard field goalMSU 10–3
23:39MICHMarcus Knight 81 yard pass from Drew Henson (Jeff Del Verne kick)Tied 10–10
21:17MSUPaul Edinger 43 yard field goalMSU 13–10
36:15MSUGari Scott 19 yard pass from Bill Burke (Paul Edinger kick)MSU 20–10
33:02MSUPlaxico Burress 15 yard pass from Bill Burke (Paul Edinger kick)MSU 27–10
414:23MICHAnthony Thomas 2 yard run (Jeff Del Verne kick)MSU 27–17
412:19MSUDawan Moss 14 yard run (Paul Edinger kick)MSU 34–17
48:11MICHDavid Terrell 19 yard pass from Tom Brady (Jeff Del Verne kick)MSU 34–24
42:47MICHAaron Shea 8 yard pass from Tom Brady (Jeff Del Verne kick)MSU 34–31

Bill Burke threw for a school-record 400 yards and two touchdowns while Plaxico Burress set a new mark with 255 yards receiving. Burke broke Ed Smith's record of 369 against Indiana in 1979 while Burress surpassed Andre Rison's 252 yards against Georgia in 1989. Michigan State was now 6–0 for the first time since the 1966 national championship season.[2]

Roster
1999 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 83 Chris Baker So
QB 16 Bill Burke Sr
WR 4 Plaxico Burress Jr
C 51 Brian Grant Jr
FB 00 Ericson Rico So
OT 74 Tupe Peko Jr
OT 76 Greg Randall Sr
WR 86 Gari Scott Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 3 Amp Campbell Sr
LB 8 T. J. Duckett Fr
CB 15 Renaldo Hill Jr
DB 9 Aric Morris Sr
LB 98 Julian Peterson Sr
DT 95 Josh Shaw So
DE 91 Robaire Smith Sr
LB 50 Josh Thornhill So
LB 35 T. J. Turner Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 1 Paul Edinger Sr
P 12 Craig Jarrett So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

2000 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 2000 NFL Draft.

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL Team
Plaxico Burress18Wide ReceiverPittsburgh Steelers
Julian Peterson116LinebackerSan Francisco 49ers
Gari Scott499Wide ReceiverPhiladelphia Eagles
Greg Randall4127TackleNew England Patriots
Aric Morris5135Strong SafetyTennessee Titans
Paul Edinger6174KickerChicago Bears
Robaire Smith6197Defensive TackleTennessee Titans

References
  1. Dye, Dave (September 26, 1999). "Spartans' defense shuts down Illini". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E. Retrieved October 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "NCAA Football - Michigan vs. Michigan State". USA Today.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.