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1999 Louisiana Tech

8–⁠3, coached by Jack Bicknell Jr.

Schedule and results

Louisiana Tech in 1999, game by game: lost at No. 1 Florida State 7–41; lost vs. No. 6 Texas A&M 17–37; won vs. Sam Houston 55–17; won at No. 18 Alabama 29–28; won at Louisiana 41–31; won vs. Middle Tennessee 42–18; won at UCF 46–35; won at Toledo 34–17; won vs. UL Monroe 58–17; won at UAB 41–20; lost at USC 19–45+41−34Lost 7–41 at No. 1 Florida State-34No. 1 Florida StateLost 17–37 vs. No. 6 Texas A&M-20No. 6 Texas A&MWon 55–17 vs. Sam Houston+38Sam HoustonWon 29–28 at No. 18 Alabama+1No. 18 AlabamaWon 41–31 at Louisiana+10LouisianaWon 42–18 vs. Middle Tennessee+24Middle TennesseeWon 46–35 at UCF+11UCFWon 34–17 at Toledo+17ToledoWon 58–17 vs. UL Monroe+41UL MonroeWon 41–20 at UAB+21UABLost 19–45 at USC-26USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 28at1Florida StateL 7–⁠4119%
Sep 4vs6Texas A&ML 17–⁠3739%
Sep 11vsSam HoustonW 55–⁠1782%
Sep 18at18AlabamaW 29–⁠2832%
Oct 2atLouisianaW 41–⁠3169%
Oct 16vsMiddle TennesseeW 42–⁠1888%
Oct 23atUCFW 46–⁠3545%
Oct 30atToledoW 34–⁠1757%
Nov 6vsUL MonroeW 58–⁠1780%
Nov 13atUABW 41–⁠2063%
Nov 26atUSCL 19–⁠4553%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 45–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 94 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 14: 25

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 nationTim Rattay: passing yards (3,922 yds), total offense per game (381.0)

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked peak No. 25
Points
389–⁠306
Coach
Jack Bicknell Jr.
Elo
1576 +60 this season
SP+ rating
5.4 No. 49 of 114; offense No. 20, defense No. 91
SRS
2.7 No. 47 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Clint Conque
Defensive coordinator
Tom Masella

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 4Joey Chustz OTJacksonville Jaguars
Rd 7Tim Rattay QBSan Francisco 49ers