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1999 Arizona

6–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Dick Tomey.

Schedule and results

Arizona in 1999, game by game: lost vs. No. 3 Penn State 7–41; won at TCU 35–31; won vs. Middle Tennessee 34–19; lost vs. Stanford 22–50; won at Washington State 30–24; won vs. No. 22 USC 31–24; won vs. UTEP 34–21; lost vs. Oregon 41–44; won at UCLA 33–7; lost vs. Washington 25–33; lost at Oregon State 20–28; lost at Arizona State 27–42+26−34Lost 7–41 vs. No. 3 Penn State-34No. 3 Penn StateWon 35–31 at TCU+4TCUWon 34–19 vs. Middle Tennessee+15Middle TennesseeLost 22–50 vs. Stanford-28StanfordWon 30–24 at Washington State+6Washington StateWon 31–24 vs. No. 22 USC+7No. 22 USCWon 34–21 vs. UTEP+13UTEPLost 41–44 vs. Oregon-3OregonWon 33–7 at UCLA+26UCLALost 25–33 vs. Washington-8WashingtonLost 20–28 at Oregon State-8Oregon StateLost 27–42 at Arizona State-15Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 28vs3Penn StateL 7–⁠4155%
Sep 5atTCUW 35–⁠3160%
Sep 11vsMiddle TennesseeW 34–⁠1992%
Sep 18vsStanfordL 22–⁠5078%
Sep 25atWashington StateW 30–⁠2469%
Oct 9vs22USCW 31–⁠2454%
Oct 16vsUTEPW 34–⁠2180%
Oct 23vsOregonL 41–⁠4464%
Oct 30atUCLAW 33–⁠751%
Nov 6vsWashingtonL 25–⁠3364%
Nov 13atOregon StateL 20–⁠2847%
Nov 27atArizona StateL 27–⁠4249%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona State 42–⁠27; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 4
  2. Wk 2: 15
  3. Wk 3: 19
  4. Wk 4: 19

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1999.

Led the nationDennis Northcutt: punt return average (19.0)

Consensus All-AmericanDennis Northcutt, APB

Record
6–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 4
Points
339–⁠364
Coach
Dick Tomey
Elo
1548 −105 this season
SP+ rating
1.4 No. 59 of 114; offense No. 28, defense No. 84
SRS
−1.8 No. 68 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dino Babers
Defensive coordinator
Rich Ellerson
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 1Trung Canidate RBSt. Louis Rams
Rd 2Dennis Northcutt WRCleveland Browns
Rd 4Marcus Bell LBSeattle Seahawks
Rd 7Manuia Savea OGCleveland Browns
Rd 7DaShon Polk LBBuffalo Bills

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 5 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1999 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1999 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford7–⁠18–⁠4
Oregon6–⁠29–⁠319
Washington6–⁠27–⁠5
Arizona State5–⁠36–⁠6
Oregon State4–⁠47–⁠5
Arizona3–⁠56–⁠6
USC3–⁠56–⁠6
California3–⁠54–⁠7
UCLA2–⁠64–⁠7
Washington State1–⁠73–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.