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1999 Kentucky

6–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Southeastern Conference), coached by Hal Mumme.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 1999, game by game: lost vs. Louisville 28–56; won vs. UConn 45–14; won at Indiana 44–35; lost vs. No. 3 Florida 10–38; won vs. No. 20 Arkansas 31–20; won at South Carolina 30–10; won vs. LSU 31–5; lost at No. 14 Georgia 34–49; lost at No. 8 Mississippi State 22–23; won at Vanderbilt 19–17; lost vs. No. 7 Tennessee 21–56; lost vs. Syracuse 13–20+31−35Lost 28–56 vs. Louisville-28LouisvilleWon 45–14 vs. UConn+31UConnWon 44–35 at Indiana+9IndianaLost 10–38 vs. No. 3 Florida-28No. 3 FloridaWon 31–20 vs. No. 20 Arkansas+11No. 20 ArkansasWon 30–10 at South Carolina+20South CarolinaWon 31–5 vs. LSU+26LSULost 34–49 at No. 14 Georgia-15No. 14 GeorgiaLost 22–23 at No. 8 Mississippi State-1No. 8 Mississippi Sta…Won 19–17 at Vanderbilt+2VanderbiltLost 21–56 vs. No. 7 Tennessee-35No. 7 TennesseeLost 13–20 vs. Syracuse-7Syracuse
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsLouisvilleL 28–⁠5662%
Sep 11vsUConnW 45–⁠1480%
Sep 18atIndianaW 44–⁠3550%
Sep 25vs3FloridaL 10–⁠3828%
Oct 2vs20ArkansasW 31–⁠2043%
Oct 9atSouth CarolinaW 30–⁠1067%
Oct 16vsLSUW 31–⁠564%
Oct 23at14GeorgiaL 34–⁠4933%
Nov 4at8Mississippi StateL 22–⁠2331%
Nov 13atVanderbiltW 19–⁠1759%
Nov 20vs7TennesseeL 21–⁠5629%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvsSyracuseMusic City BowlL 13–⁠2042%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Syracuse 20–⁠13 in the Music City Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 46th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 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.

Consensus All-AmericanJames Whalen, TE

Record
6–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 6th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
328–⁠343
Coach
Hal Mumme
Elo
1514 −4 this season
SP+ rating
3.1 No. 53 of 114; offense No. 37, defense No. 73
SRS
2.0 No. 52 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tony Franklin
Defensive coordinator
Mike Major
Offense
Air raid
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 5James Whalen TETampa Bay Buccaneers

All-SEC

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • James WhalenTEAP-1; Coaches-1
  • Jeff SnedegarLBCoaches-1
  • Andy SmithPAP-1; Coaches-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 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama7–⁠110–⁠38
Florida7–⁠19–⁠412
Mississippi State6–⁠210–⁠213
Tennessee6–⁠29–⁠39
Georgia5–⁠38–⁠416
Ole Miss4–⁠48–⁠422
Arkansas4–⁠48–⁠417
Kentucky4–⁠46–⁠6
Auburn2–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt2–⁠65–⁠6
LSU1–⁠73–⁠8
South Carolina0–⁠80–⁠11

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