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1999 Michigan

10–⁠2 (6–⁠2 Big Ten), coached by Lloyd Carr, finished No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Michigan in 1999, game by game: won vs. No. 16 Notre Dame 26–22; won vs. Rice 37–3; won at Syracuse 18–13; won at No. 20 Wisconsin 21–16; won vs. No. 11 Purdue 38–12; lost at No. 11 Michigan State 31–34; lost vs. Illinois 29–35; won at Indiana 34–31; won vs. Northwestern 37–3; won at No. 6 Penn State 31–27; won vs. Ohio State 24–17; won vs. No. 5 Alabama 35–34+34−6Won 26–22 vs. No. 16 Notre Dame+4No. 16 Notre DameWon 37–3 vs. Rice+34RiceWon 18–13 at Syracuse+5SyracuseWon 21–16 at No. 20 Wisconsin+5No. 20 WisconsinWon 38–12 vs. No. 11 Purdue+26No. 11 PurdueLost 31–34 at No. 11 Michigan State-3No. 11 Michigan StateLost 29–35 vs. Illinois-6IllinoisWon 34–31 at Indiana+3IndianaWon 37–3 vs. Northwestern+34NorthwesternWon 31–27 at No. 6 Penn State+4No. 6 Penn StateWon 24–17 vs. Ohio State+7Ohio StateWon 35–34 vs. No. 5 Alabama+1No. 5 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vs16Notre DameW 26–⁠2266%
Sep 11vsRiceW 37–⁠382%
Sep 18atSyracuseW 18–⁠1348%
Sep 25at20WisconsinW 21–⁠1654%
Oct 2vs11PurdueW 38–⁠1265%
Oct 9at11Michigan StateL 31–⁠3456%
Oct 23vsIllinoisL 29–⁠3589%
Oct 30atIndianaW 34–⁠3174%
Nov 6vsNorthwesternW 37–⁠388%
Nov 13at6Penn StateW 31–⁠2736%
Nov 20vsOhio StateW 24–⁠1775%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs5AlabamaOrange BowlW 35–⁠3452%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Alabama 35–⁠34 in the Orange Bowl; No. 5 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Big Ten.

In program history: The tied 25th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 140 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 8
  2. Wk 2: 7
  3. Wk 3: 6
  4. Wk 4: 6
  5. Wk 5: 4
  6. Wk 6: 4
  7. Wk 7: 3
  8. Wk 8: 10
  9. Wk 9: 9
  10. Wk 10: 15
  11. Wk 11: 16
  12. Wk 12: 16
  13. Wk 13: 10
  14. Wk 14: 10
  15. Wk 15: 9
  16. Wk 16: 8
  17. Final: 5

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
10–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Big Ten
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 3
Points
361–⁠247
Coach
Lloyd Carr
Elo
1739 +73 this season
SP+ rating
24.6 No. 7 of 114; offense No. 9, defense No. 11
SRS
19.0 No. 7 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike DeBord
Defensive coordinator
Jim Herrmann
Captains
Tom Brady, Steve Hutchinson and Rob Renes
Most valuable player
Tom Brady

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 2Ian Gold LBDenver Broncos
Rd 4Aaron Shea TECleveland Browns
Rd 4Josh Williams DTIndianapolis Colts
Rd 6Dhani Jones LBNew York Giants
Rd 6Tom Brady QBNew England Patriots
Rd 7Rob Renes DTIndianapolis Colts

All-Big Ten

6 first team, 3 second team

First 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.