1999 MicronPC.com Bowl

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The 1999 MicronPC.com Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Virginia Cavaliers on December 30, 1999.[1] This was the tenth edition of what had originally been the Blockbuster Bowl, and second year of sponsorship by MicronPC.

1999 MicronPC.com Bowl
1234 Total
Illinois 1428714 63
Virginia 7077 21
DateDecember 30, 1999
Season1999
StadiumPro Player Stadium
LocationMiami Gardens, Florida
MVPQB Kurt Kittner (Illinois)
RefereeBill Alge (MAC)
Attendance31,089
United States TV coverage
NetworkTBS
AnnouncersKevin Harlan (play-by-play), Trev Alberts and Sam Wyche (analysts)
MicronPC.com Bowl
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The game was the final contest of the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams, and ended in a 63–21 victory for Illinois. Illinois and Virginia had previously met in the postseason at the 1990 Florida Citrus Bowl, also won by Illinois, 31–21.

Game summary

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The Illini took advantage of the school's first bowl appearance in five years with an impressive 63–21 victory over highly touted running back Thomas Jones and the Virginia Cavaliers. In a game which pitted two evenly matched, 7–4 squads, the Illini dominated with 611 yards total offense and nine touchdowns. On the first drive of the game, Kurt Kittner led the Illini down field 71 yards and scored on a one-yard run. The Illini then rattled off 35 unanswered points, including a flea-flicker pass from wide receiver Brandon Lloyd to Kittner for 30 yards and a halftime score of 42–7. Kittner threw a school record 24th touchdown pass on a one-yard reception to Jameel Cook. The Illini broke 22 Illinois and Micronpc.com Bowl records that night and scored the second-most points in collegiate bowl history.

Scoring summary

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Quarter Team Scoring summary Score
Illinois Virginia
1 Illinois 1-yard touchdown run by Kurt Kittner, kick by Neil Rackers good 7 0
Virginia 7-yard touchdown run by Thomas Jones, kick by Todd Braverman good 7 7
Illinois 47-yard touchdown run by Rocky Harvey, kick by Neil Rackers good 14 7
2 Illinois 30-yard touchdown reception by Kurt Kittner from Brandon Lloyd, kick by Neil Rackers good 21 7
Illinois 61-yard touchdown reception by Jameel Cook from Kurt Kittner, kick by Neil Rackers good 28 7
Illinois 2-yard touchdown run by Steve Havard, kick by Neil Rackers good 35 7
Illinois 1-yard touchdown reception by Jameel Cook from Kurt Kittner, kick by Neil Rackers good 42 7
3 Virginia 5-yard touchdown reception by Kevin Coffey from Dan Ellis, kick by Todd Braverman good 42 14
Illinois 2-yard touchdown run by Steve Havard, kick by Neil Rackers good 49 14
4 Illinois 9-yard touchdown run by Rocky Harvey, kick by Neil Rackers good 56 14
Illinois 1-yard touchdown run by Kirk Johnson, kick by Neil Rackers good 63 14
Virginia 55-yard touchdown reception by Will Thompson from David Rivers, kick by Todd Braverman good 63 21
63 21

Statistical summary

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Team Statistics

(Rushing-Passing-Total): UI - 325-286-611; UVA - 172-208-380.

Individual Statistical Leaders

Rushing (Att.-Yds.-TD): UI—Harvey 10-122-2; Havard 15-75-2; Kittner 4-11-1; Johnson 3-5-1; UVA—Jones 23-110-1.

Passing (Att.-Comp.-Int.-TD-Yds.): UI—Kittner 24-14-1-2-254; UVA - Ellis 32-15-1-1-146.

Receiving (No.-Yds.-TD): UI—Cook 4-88-2, Lloyd 3-57-0, Dean 2-42-0, Young 1-31-0, Kittner 1-30-1; UVA—Jones 5-31-0, McMullen 3-31-0.

References

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  1. ^ Wishart, Nick (November 25, 1999). "Illinois will go to bowl in Miami". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. F1. Retrieved February 27, 2019 – via newspapers.com.