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1999 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1999 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University as a member of the Big Ten Conferenceduring the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Randy Walker, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing tenth in the Big Ten. Northwestern played home games at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois.

1999 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–8 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSpread
Base defense4–3
CaptainJeff Dyra[1]
Home stadiumRyan Field
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Wisconsin $   7 – 1     10 – 2  
No. 7 Michigan State   6 – 2     10 – 2  
No. 5 Michigan %   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

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 411:30 amMiami (OH)*
L 3–2828,108
September 1111:00 amTCU*
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN PlusW 17–726,494
September 1811:00 amat Duke*
JPSW 15–12 OT18,720
September 2511:00 amat No. 13 Purdue
ESPN2L 23–3158,620
October 211:00 amMinnesota
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
L 14–3324,439
October 91:00 pmat Indiana
L 17–3430,101
October 1611:00 amIowa 
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN PlusW 23–2133,962
October 3011:00 amNo. 11 Wisconsin
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN PlusL 19–3542,292
November 611:00 amat No. 16 Michigan
ESPN PlusL 3–37110,794
November 1312:00 pmNo. 17 Michigan State
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
L 0–3430,045
November 201:00 pmat Illinois
L 7–2950,137[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster edit

1999 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 20 Damien Anderson So
TE 86 Corbett Elsen Sr
OL 57 Ty Garner Sr
C 62 Austin King Fr
OT 73 Jeff Roehl Fr
QB 10 Zak Kustok Jr
WR 32 Sam Simmons So
TE 84 Jay Tant Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL 58 Matt Anderson Fr
LB 2 Kevin Bentley So
CB 6 Harold Blackmon Jr
DE 7 Ray Bogenrief Fr
DT 92 Javiar Collins Jr
LB 40 Pat Durr Fr
DT 99 Jeff Dyra Sr
LB 8 Napoleon Harris So
DE 95 Dwayne Missouri Jr
DL 55 George Woods Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 88 Eron Kosmowski Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1999-10-13

Game summaries edit

Iowa edit

1 234Total
Iowa 0 0147 21
• Northwestern 3 1307 23
Scoring summary
18:57NWTim Long 25 yard field goalNorthwestern 3–0
214:52NWTim Long 25 yard field goalNorthwestern 6–0
29:14NWTim Long 28 yard field goalNorthwestern 9–0
21:57NWTeddy Johnson 21 yard pass from Zak Kustok (Tim Long kick)Northwestern 16–0
312:13IOWARandy Reiners 3 yard run (Tim Douglas kick)Northwestern 16–7
33:18IOWAScott Mullen 2 yard run (Tim Douglas kick)Northwestern 16–14
411:13IOWALadell Betts 74 yard run (Tim Douglas kick)Iowa 21–16
4:04NWZak Kustok 2 yard run (Tim Long kick)Northwestern 23–21

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Team players in the NFL edit

Player Position Round Pick NFL team
Jay Tant Tight end 5 164 Arizona Cardinals

References edit

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 150. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ Albright, Mike (November 21, 1999). "Illini finish job". Herald and Review. p. C1. Retrieved October 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1999 Results - NUSPORTS.COM - The Northwestern Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
  4. ^ USA Today
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