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1999 Indiana

4–⁠7 (3–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Cam Cameron.

Schedule and results

Indiana in 1999, game by game: won vs. Ball State 21–9; lost vs. North Carolina 30–42; lost vs. Kentucky 35–44; lost at No. 2 Penn State 24–45; won vs. Illinois 34–31; won vs. Northwestern 34–17; lost at No. 17 Wisconsin 0–59; won at Iowa 38–31; lost vs. No. 15 Michigan 31–34; lost at No. 20 Minnesota 20–44; lost vs. No. 19 Purdue 24–30+17−59Won 21–9 vs. Ball State+12Ball StateLost 30–42 vs. North Carolina-12North CarolinaLost 35–44 vs. Kentucky-9KentuckyLost 24–45 at No. 2 Penn State-21No. 2 Penn StateWon 34–31 vs. Illinois+3IllinoisWon 34–17 vs. Northwestern+17NorthwesternLost 0–59 at No. 17 Wisconsin-59No. 17 WisconsinWon 38–31 at Iowa+7IowaLost 31–34 vs. No. 15 Michigan-3No. 15 MichiganLost 20–44 at No. 20 Minnesota-24No. 20 MinnesotaLost 24–30 vs. No. 19 Purdue-6No. 19 Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsBall StateW 21–⁠966%
Sep 11vsNorth CarolinaL 30–⁠4241%
Sep 18vsKentuckyL 35–⁠4450%
Sep 25at2Penn StateL 24–⁠4513%
Oct 2vsIllinoisW 34–⁠3150%
Oct 9vsNorthwesternW 34–⁠1757%
Oct 16at17WisconsinL 0–⁠5916%
Oct 23atIowaW 38–⁠3148%
Oct 30vs15MichiganL 31–⁠3426%
Nov 13at20MinnesotaL 20–⁠4427%
Nov 20vs19PurdueL 24–⁠3028%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Purdue 30–⁠24; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 81st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

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 nationLevron Williams: yards per carry (6.9)

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 8th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
291–⁠386
Coach
Cam Cameron
Elo
1417 −19 this season
SP+ rating
-4.6 No. 77 of 114; offense No. 31, defense No. 102
SRS
−1.2 No. 64 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Pete Schmidt
Defensive coordinator
Jon Heacock
Captains
Adewale Ogunleye, Antwaan Randle El and Craig Robeen
Most valuable player
Antwaan Randle El

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Drew HaganPCoaches-2; Media-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 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.