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1999 Illinois

8–⁠4 (4–⁠4 Big Ten), coached by Ron Turner, finished No. 24 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Illinois in 1999, game by game: won vs. Arkansas State 41–3; won vs. San Diego State 38–10; won at Louisville 41–36; lost vs. No. 19 Michigan State 10–27; lost at Indiana 31–34; lost vs. Minnesota 7–37; won at No. 9 Michigan 35–29; lost vs. No. 2 Penn State 7–27; won at Iowa 40–24; won at No. 25 Ohio State 46–20; won vs. Northwestern 29–7; won vs. Virginia 63–21+42−30Won 41–3 vs. Arkansas State+38Arkansas StateWon 38–10 vs. San Diego State+28San Diego StateWon 41–36 at Louisville+5LouisvilleLost 10–27 vs. No. 19 Michigan State-17No. 19 Michigan StateLost 31–34 at Indiana-3IndianaLost 7–37 vs. Minnesota-30MinnesotaWon 35–29 at No. 9 Michigan+6No. 9 MichiganLost 7–27 vs. No. 2 Penn State-20No. 2 Penn StateWon 40–24 at Iowa+16IowaWon 46–20 at No. 25 Ohio State+26No. 25 Ohio StateWon 29–7 vs. Northwestern+22NorthwesternWon 63–21 vs. Virginia+42Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsArkansas StateW 41–⁠364%
Sep 11vsSan Diego StateW 38–⁠1042%
Sep 18atLouisvilleW 41–⁠3631%
Sep 25vs19Michigan StateL 10–⁠2738%
Oct 2atIndianaL 31–⁠3450%
Oct 16vsMinnesotaL 7–⁠3743%
Oct 23at9MichiganW 35–⁠2911%
Oct 30vs2Penn StateL 7–⁠2720%
Nov 6atIowaW 40–⁠2454%
Nov 13at25Ohio StateW 46–⁠2021%
Nov 20vsNorthwesternW 29–⁠777%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvsVirginiaMicronPC.com BowlW 63–⁠2141%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Virginia 63–⁠21 in the MicronPC.com Bowl; No. 24 in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 36th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Final: 24

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
8–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 6th in Big Ten
AP final
No. 24 peak No. 24
Points
388–⁠275
Coach
Ron Turner
Elo
1586 +202 this season
SP+ rating
17.1 No. 16 of 114; offense No. 16, defense No. 38
SRS
14.3 No. 16 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Tim Kish
Captains
Ray Redziniak, Danny Clark, Neil Rackers and Steve Havard
Most valuable player
Kurt Kittner
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 6Neil Rackers KCincinnati Bengals
Rd 7Danny Clark LBJacksonville Jaguars

All-Big Ten

2 second 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 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wisconsin7–⁠110–⁠24
Michigan State6–⁠210–⁠27
Michigan6–⁠210–⁠25
Penn State5–⁠310–⁠311
Minnesota5–⁠38–⁠418
Illinois4–⁠48–⁠424
Purdue4–⁠47–⁠525
Ohio State3–⁠56–⁠6
Indiana3–⁠54–⁠7
Northwestern1–⁠73–⁠8
Iowa0–⁠81–⁠10

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