1999 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1999 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The 1999 season was the final year that The Panthers played in the aging Pitt Stadium. The final game at Pitt Stadium was on November 13, 1999, when The Panthers defeated Notre Dame 37–27.

1999 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record5–6 (2–5 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWalt Harris (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorLarry Coyer (3rd season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–3
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
(capacity: 56,500)
1999 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Virginia Tech $  7 –0   11 –1  
No. 15 Miami (FL)  6 –1   9 –4  
Boston College  4 –3   8 –4  
Syracuse  3 –4   7 –5  
West Virginia  3 –4   4 –7  
Pittsburgh  2 –5   5 –6  
Temple  2 –5   2 –9  
Rutgers  1 –6   1 –10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 43:30 p.m.Bowling Green*
W 30–1030,560
September 1112:00 p.m.at No. 2 Penn State*
ESPNL 17–2096,127
September 1812:00 p.m.Kent State*
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
ESPN+W 30–2329,840
October 23:30 p.m.Templedagger
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 55–2440,534
October 78:00 p.m.No. 17 Syracuse
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
ESPNL 17–2445,455
October 165:00 p.m.at Boston College
ESPN2L 16–2033,574
October 2312:00 p.m.at Rutgers
ESPN+W 38–1517,325
October 307:00 p.m.No. 3 Virginia Tech
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
ESPN2L 17–3042,678
November 612:00 p.m.No. 22 Miami (FL)
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
ESPN+L 3–3338,710
November 133:30 p.m.Notre Dame*
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
CBSW 37–2760,190
November 2712:00 p.m.at West Virginia
ESPNL 21–5240,660
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster
1999 Pittsburgh Panthers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL 77 Bryan Anderson Fr
RB 43 Kevan Barlow Jr
WR 80 Antonio Bryant So
TE 93 Benjamin Kopp Sr
WR 6 Julius Dixon Sr
OL 72 Khiawatha Downey  Fr
WR 84 R. J. English So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 57 Bryan Knight So
DB 31 Hank Poteat Sr
DB 25 Ramon Walker  Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1999-11-09

Game notes
  • The November 13th game against Notre Dame was the final game played at Pitt Stadium.

Coaching staff
1999 Pittsburgh Panthers football staff
Coaching staff
  • Walt Harris – Head coach/offensive coordinator
  • Larry Coyer – Defensive coordinator
  • J.D. Brookhart – Wide receivers/special teams Assistant
  • Curt Cignetti – Tight ends
  • Bryan Deal – Recruiting doordinator/Specialists
  • Tom Freeman – Offensive line
  • Bob Junko – Defensive tackles
  • Bill McGovern – Defensive backs
  • Vincent White – Running backs
  • Brian Williams – Defensive ends/Special teams
   Support staff
  • Chris LaSala – Director of football operations
  • Joe Moorhead – Graduate assistant
  • Sean McGowan – Graduate assistant
   Strength and conditioning staff
  • Buddy Morris – Strength and conditioning coach
  • Chad Hutsko – Assistant strength and conditioning coach

Team players drafted into the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Hank PoteatDefensive back377Pittsburgh Steelers

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References
  1. "2000 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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