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1999 Colorado

7–⁠5 (5–⁠3 Big 12), coached by Gary Barnett.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 1999, game by game: lost vs. Colorado State 14–41; won vs. San José State 63–35; won vs. Kansas 51–17; lost at Washington 24–31; won vs. Missouri 46–39; lost at Texas Tech 10–31; won at Iowa State 16–12; won vs. No. 24 Oklahoma 38–24; lost at No. 6 Kansas State 14–20; won at Baylor 37–0; lost vs. No. 3 Nebraska 30–33; won vs. No. 25 Boston College 62–28+37−27Lost 14–41 vs. Colorado State-27Colorado StateWon 63–35 vs. San José State+28San José StateWon 51–17 vs. Kansas+34KansasLost 24–31 at Washington-7WashingtonWon 46–39 vs. Missouri+7MissouriLost 10–31 at Texas Tech-21Texas TechWon 16–12 at Iowa State+4Iowa StateWon 38–24 vs. No. 24 Oklahoma+14No. 24 OklahomaLost 14–20 at No. 6 Kansas State-6No. 6 Kansas StateWon 37–0 at Baylor+37BaylorLost 30–33 vs. No. 3 Nebraska-3No. 3 NebraskaWon 62–28 vs. No. 25 Boston College+34No. 25 Boston College
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsColorado StateL 14–⁠4149%
Sep 11vsSan José StateW 63–⁠3575%
Sep 18vsKansasW 51–⁠1771%
Sep 25atWashingtonL 24–⁠3149%
Oct 9vsMissouriW 46–⁠3953%
Oct 16atTexas TechL 10–⁠3154%
Oct 23atIowa StateW 16–⁠1250%
Oct 30vs24OklahomaW 38–⁠2456%
Nov 6at6Kansas StateL 14–⁠2020%
Nov 13atBaylorW 37–⁠076%
Nov 26vs3NebraskaL 30–⁠3330%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvs25Boston CollegeInsight.com BowlW 62–⁠2860%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Boston College 62–⁠28 in the Insight.com Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Big 12.

In program history: The 39th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15
  2. Wk 2: 14

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.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
5–⁠3 tied for 4th in Big 12
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
405–⁠311
Coach
Gary Barnett
Elo
1603 +36 this season
SP+ rating
11.3 No. 33 of 114; offense No. 15, defense No. 69
SRS
8.6 No. 26 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tom Cable
Defensive coordinators
Tom McMahon and Vince Okruch
Captains
Ryan Johanningmeier, Ben Kelly and Mike Moschetti
Most valuable player
Jashon Sykes
Offense
Multiple
Defense
Multiple 4–⁠3

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 3Ben Kelly DBMiami Dolphins
Rd 6Damen Wheeler DBSan Diego Chargers
Rd 6Brad Bedell OGCleveland Browns
Rd 7Rashidi Barnes DBCleveland Browns

All-Big 12

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Brad BedellOGMedia-1
  • Ryan JohanningmeierOTCoaches-1
  • Jashon SykesLBCoaches-2; Media-1
  • Ben KellyDBMedia-1

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 Big 12 standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠112–⁠13
Kansas State7–⁠111–⁠16
Texas6–⁠29–⁠521
Texas A&M5–⁠38–⁠423
Colorado5–⁠37–⁠5
Oklahoma5–⁠37–⁠5
Texas Tech5–⁠36–⁠5
Oklahoma State3–⁠55–⁠6
Kansas3–⁠55–⁠7
Missouri1–⁠74–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠74–⁠7
Baylor0–⁠81–⁠10

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