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1999 Mississippi State

10–⁠2 (6–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Jackie Sherrill, finished No. 13 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1999, game by game: won vs. Middle Tennessee 40–7; won vs. Memphis 13–10; won vs. Oklahoma State 29–11; won vs. South Carolina 17–0; won at Vanderbilt 42–14; won at Auburn 18–16; won vs. LSU 17–16; won vs. Kentucky 23–22; lost at No. 11 Alabama 7–19; lost at No. 22 Arkansas 9–14; won vs. No. 23 Ole Miss 23–20; won vs. Clemson 17–7+33−12Won 40–7 vs. Middle Tennessee+33Middle TennesseeWon 13–10 vs. Memphis+3MemphisWon 29–11 vs. Oklahoma State+18Oklahoma StateWon 17–0 vs. South Carolina+17South CarolinaWon 42–14 at Vanderbilt+28VanderbiltWon 18–16 at Auburn+2AuburnWon 17–16 vs. LSU+1LSUWon 23–22 vs. Kentucky+1KentuckyLost 7–19 at No. 11 Alabama-12No. 11 AlabamaLost 9–14 at No. 22 Arkansas-5No. 22 ArkansasWon 23–20 vs. No. 23 Ole Miss+3No. 23 Ole MissWon 17–7 vs. Clemson+10Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsMiddle TennesseeW 40–⁠788%
Sep 11vsMemphisW 13–⁠1079%
Sep 18vsOklahoma StateW 29–⁠1160%
Sep 25vsSouth CarolinaW 17–⁠083%
Oct 2atVanderbiltW 42–⁠1465%
Oct 9atAuburnW 18–⁠1654%
Oct 23vsLSUW 17–⁠1677%
Nov 4vsKentuckyW 23–⁠2269%
Nov 13at11AlabamaL 7–⁠1943%
Nov 20at22ArkansasL 9–⁠1444%
Nov 25vs23Ole MissW 23–⁠2057%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvsClemsonPeach BowlW 17–⁠757%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Clemson 17–⁠7 in the Peach Bowl; No. 13 in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 11th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 23
  2. Wk 6: 16
  3. Wk 7: 14
  4. Wk 8: 12
  5. Wk 9: 12
  6. Wk 10: 8
  7. Wk 11: 8
  8. Wk 12: 8
  9. Wk 13: 12
  10. Wk 14: 18
  11. Wk 15: 16
  12. Wk 16: 15
  13. Final: 13

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 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 13 peak No. 8
Points
255–⁠156
Coach
Jackie Sherrill
Elo
1631 +79 this season
SP+ rating
10.0 No. 35 of 114; offense No. 95, defense No. 3
SRS
10.1 No. 23 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Sparky Woods
Defensive coordinator
Joe Lee Dunn
Offense
Multiple I formation
Defense
3–⁠3 stack

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 4Alvin McKinley DTCarolina Panthers
Rd 5Robert Bean DBCincinnati Bengals
Rd 6John Hilliard DTSeattle Seahawks
Rd 7Wes Shivers OTTennessee Titans

All-SEC

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Barrin SimpsonLBAP-1; Coaches-1
  • Robert BeanCBAP-1; Coaches-2
  • Fred SmootCBAP-1; Coaches-2
  • Ashley CooperSAP-1; Coaches-1

Second team

  • Wes ShiversOGAP-2
  • Scott WesterfieldKAP-2; Coaches-2
  • Jeff WalkerPAP-2; Coaches-2

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.