1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football
MicronPC Bowl Champions
MicronPC Bowl, W 63–21 vs. Virginia
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 25
AP No. 24
1999 record 8–4 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach Ron Turner
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 70,904)
1999 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Wisconsin $  7 –1     10 –2  
No. 5 Michigan %  6 –2     10 –2  
No. 7 Michigan State  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

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.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 4 2:30 PM Arkansas State* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois W 41–3   34,227
September 11 2:30 PM San Diego State* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois W 38–10   35,798
September 18 6:00 PM at Louisville* Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky W 41–36   40,332
September 25 2:30 PM No. 19 Michigan State Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois L 10–27   52,417
October 2 11:00 AM at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana ESPN2 L 31–34 OT  30,381
October 16 11:00 AM Minnesotadagger Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ESPN2 L 7–37   49,152
October 23 11:00 AM at No. 9 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan ESPN+ W 35–29   110,188
October 30 2:30 PM No. 2 Penn State Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois ABC L 7–27   50,014
November 6 1:00 PM at Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa W 40–24   61,350
November 13 11:00 AM at No. 25 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio ESPN2 W 46–20   93,429
November 20 1:00 PM Northwestern Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois W 29–7   50,137
December 30 6:00 PM vs. Virginia* Pro Player Stadium • Miami Gardens, Florida (MicronPC Bowl) TBS W 63–21   31,089
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. 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
T 59 Marques Sullivan Jr
TE 87 Josh Whitman Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 48 Danny Clark Sr
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
  • Redshirt

References

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