1999 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

The 1999 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season and were led by head coach Jack Harbaugh. The Hilltoppers rejoined the Ohio Valley Conference as a football only member this year; the school left the OVC in 1982 and had been a football independent since.[1] The team’s roster included future NFL players Joseph Jefferson, Rod “He Hate Me” Smart, Sherrod Coates, Mel Mitchell, Bobby Sippio, and Ben Wittman, as well as future NFL coach Jason Michael.[2] Patrick Goodman was named to the AP All American team. The All OVC Team included Goodman, Sippio, Smart, Melvin Wisham, Wittman and Mitchell.[3]

1999 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
1999 record6–5 (4–3 OVC)
Head coachJack Harbaugh (11th season)
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumHouchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
1999 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 11 Tennessee State $^  7 0     11 1  
Murray State  5 2     7 4  
Eastern Kentucky  4 3     7 4  
Western Kentucky  4 3     6 5  
Tennessee Tech  4 3     5 5  
Southeast Missouri State  2 5     3 8  
Eastern Illinois  2 5     2 10  
Tennessee–Martin  0 7     1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 2at Tennessee-Martin
W 34–10
September 11Cumberland (TN)*
  • L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
W 55–7
September 18No. 21 South Florida*
  • L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
L 6–21
September 25SE Missouri
  • L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
W 21–10
October 2Murray State
W 21–15
October 9at No. 16 Eastern KentuckyL 10–31
October 16at Tennessee TechL 10–23
October 23No. 2 Tennessee State
  • L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
L 21–28
October 30at Eastern Illinois
  • O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
W 38–15
November 13at Indiana State*
W 40–34 ot
November 20at Southern Illinois*
L 14–52
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References

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