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1999 Kansas

5–⁠7 (3–⁠5 Big 12), coached by Terry Allen.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 1999, game by game: lost vs. No. 18 Notre Dame 13–48; won vs. Cal State Northridge 71–14; lost at Colorado 17–51; lost vs. San Diego State 13–41; won vs. SMU 27–9; lost at No. 9 Kansas State 9–50; lost at No. 13 Texas A&M 17–34; won vs. Missouri 21–0; lost vs. No. 8 Nebraska 17–24; won vs. Baylor 45–10; lost at Oklahoma State 13–45; won vs. Iowa State 31–28+57−41Lost 13–48 vs. No. 18 Notre Dame-35No. 18 Notre DameWon 71–14 vs. Cal State Northridge+57Cal State North…Lost 17–51 at Colorado-34ColoradoLost 13–41 vs. San Diego State-28San Diego StateWon 27–9 vs. SMU+18SMULost 9–50 at No. 9 Kansas State-41No. 9 Kansas StateLost 17–34 at No. 13 Texas A&M-17No. 13 Texas A&MWon 21–0 vs. Missouri+21MissouriLost 17–24 vs. No. 8 Nebraska-7No. 8 NebraskaWon 45–10 vs. Baylor+35BaylorLost 13–45 at Oklahoma State-32Oklahoma StateWon 31–28 vs. Iowa State+3Iowa State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 28vs18Notre DameL 13–⁠4833%
Sep 11vsCal State NorthridgeW 71–⁠1483%
Sep 18atColoradoL 17–⁠5129%
Sep 25vsSan Diego StateL 13–⁠4152%
Oct 2vsSMUW 27–⁠960%
Oct 9at9Kansas StateL 9–⁠5011%
Oct 16at13Texas A&ML 17–⁠3414%
Oct 23vsMissouriW 21–⁠038%
Oct 30vs8NebraskaL 17–⁠2421%
Nov 6vsBaylorW 45–⁠1072%
Nov 13atOklahoma StateL 13–⁠4538%
Nov 20vsIowa StateW 31–⁠2860%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Iowa State 31–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Big 12.

In program history: The 82nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 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.

Record
5–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 8th in Big 12
AP final
Unranked
Points
294–⁠354
Coach
Terry Allen
Elo
1442 −21 this season
SP+ rating
-7.7 No. 84 of 114; offense No. 75, defense No. 82
SRS
−7.8 No. 85 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bill Salmon
Defensive coordinator
Ardell Wiegandt

All-Big 12

1 first team

First team

  • Carl NesmithDBCoaches-1

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.