1999 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1999 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University as a member of the Big Ten Conferenceduring the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Randy Walker, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing tenth in the Big Ten. Northwestern played home games at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois.

1999 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–8 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
CaptainJeff Dyra[1]
Home stadiumRyan Field (capacity: 47,130)
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 411:30 amMiami (OH)*L 3–2828,108
September 1111:00 amTCU*
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN PlusW 17–726,494
September 1811:00 amat Duke*JPSW 15–12 OT18,720
September 2511:00 amat No. 13 PurdueESPN2L 23–3158,620
October 211:00 amMinnesota
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
L 14–3324,439
October 91:00 pmat IndianaL 17–3430,101
October 1611:00 amIowadagger
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN PlusW 23–2133,962
October 3011:00 amNo. 11 Wisconsin
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN PlusL 19–3542,292
November 611:00 amat No. 16 MichiganESPN PlusL 3–37110,794
November 1312:00 pmNo. 17 Michigan State
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
L 0–3430,045
November 201:00 pmat IllinoisL 7–2950,137[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

1999 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 20 Damien Anderson So
TE 86 Corbett Elsen Sr
OL 57 Ty Garner Sr
C 62 Austin King Fr
OT 73 Jeff Roehl Fr
QB 10 Zak Kustok Jr
WR 32 Sam Simmons So
TE 84 Jay Tant Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL 58 Matt Anderson Fr
LB 2 Kevin Bentley So
CB 6 Harold Blackmon Jr
DE 7 Ray Bogenrief Fr
DT 92 Javiar Collins Jr
LB 40 Pat Durr Fr
DT 99 Jeff Dyra Sr
LB 8 Napoleon Harris So
DE 95 Dwayne Missouri Jr
DL 55 George Woods Fr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 88 Eron Kosmowski Sr
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

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL team
Jay TantTight end5164Arizona Cardinals

References

  1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 150. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. Albright, Mike (November 21, 1999). "Illini finish job". Herald and Review. p. C1. Retrieved October 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "1999 Results - NUSPORTS.COM - The Northwestern Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  4. USA Today
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