1999 Michigan State Spartans football team

1999 Michigan State Spartans football
Florida Citrus Bowl champion
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 7
AP No. 7
1999 record 10–2 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Nick Saban (Regular season)
Bobby Williams (Bowl Game)
Defensive coordinator Bill Miller (1st season)
Home stadium Spartan Stadium (c. 72,027 AstroTurf)
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 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 Louisiana State. 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.

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

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 8:00 PM Oregon* Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ESPN W 27–20   72,923
September 11 1:00 PM Eastern Michigan* Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI W 51–7   72,569
September 18 1:30 PM at No. 24 Notre Dame* Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Megaphone Trophy) NBC W 23–13   80,012
September 25 3:30 PM at Illinois No. 19 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 27–10   52,417
October 2 12:10 PM Iowadagger No. 14 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ESPN+ W 49–3   73,629
October 9 12:00 PM No. 3 Michigan No. 11 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy) ABC W 34–31   76,895
October 16 3:30 PM at No. 20 Purdue No. 5 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ABC L 28–52   68,216
October 23 12:10 PM at No. 16 Wisconsin No. 11 Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI ESPN2 L 10–40   78,469
November 6 12:10 PM No. 20 Ohio State No. 19 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI ESPN W 23–7   74,639
November 13 1:00 PM at Northwestern No. 17 Ryan Field • Evanston, IL W 40–0   30,045
November 20 3:30 PM No. 13 Penn State No. 15 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Land Grant Trophy) ABC W 35–28   74,231
January 1 1:00 PM vs. No. 10 Florida No. 9 Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl) ABC W 37–34   54,866
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

Michigan

#3 Michigan at #11 Michigan State
1 234Total
Michigan 0 10021 31
• Michigan State 7 6147 34

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. [1]

Roster

1999 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 83 Chris Baker
QB 16 Bill Burke
WR 4 Plaxico Burress
T 74 Tupe Peko
T 76 Greg Randall
WR 86 Gari Scott
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 3 Amp Campbell
CB 15 Renaldo Hill
DB 9 Aric Morris
LB 98 Julian Peterson
DT 95 Josh Shaw
DE 91 Robaire Smith
LB 35 T. J. Turner
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 1 Paul Edinger
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • 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

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