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1999 Nebraska

12–⁠1 (7–⁠1 Big 12), coached by Frank Solich, finished No. 3 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Nebraska in 1999, game by game: won at Iowa 42–7; won vs. California 45–0; won vs. Southern Miss 20–13; won at Missouri 40–10; won vs. Oklahoma State 38–14; won vs. Iowa State 49–14; lost at No. 18 Texas 20–24; won at Kansas 24–17; won vs. No. 21 Texas A&M 37–0; won vs. No. 5 Kansas State 41–15; won at Colorado 33–30; won vs. No. 14 Texas 22–6; won vs. No. 6 Tennessee 31–21+45−4Won 42–7 at Iowa+35IowaWon 45–0 vs. California+45CaliforniaWon 20–13 vs. Southern Miss+7Southern MissWon 40–10 at Missouri+30MissouriWon 38–14 vs. Oklahoma State+24Oklahoma StateWon 49–14 vs. Iowa State+35Iowa StateLost 20–24 at No. 18 Texas-4No. 18 TexasWon 24–17 at Kansas+7KansasWon 37–0 vs. No. 21 Texas A&M+37No. 21 Texas A&MWon 41–15 vs. No. 5 Kansas State+26No. 5 Kansas StateWon 33–30 at Colorado+3ColoradoWon 22–6 vs. No. 14 Texas+16No. 14 TexasWon 31–21 vs. No. 6 Tennessee+10No. 6 Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atIowaW 42–⁠772%
Sep 11vsCaliforniaW 45–⁠082%
Sep 18vsSouthern MissW 20–⁠1368%
Sep 25atMissouriW 40–⁠1057%
Oct 2vsOklahoma StateW 38–⁠1482%
Oct 9vsIowa StateW 49–⁠1487%
Oct 23at18TexasL 20–⁠2460%
Oct 30atKansasW 24–⁠1779%
Nov 6vs21Texas A&MW 37–⁠070%
Nov 13vs5Kansas StateW 41–⁠1556%
Nov 26atColoradoW 33–⁠3070%
Dec 4Bowls & playoffvs14TexasBig 12 Championship GameW 22–⁠667%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs6TennesseeFiesta BowlW 31–⁠2154%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tennessee 31–⁠21 in the Fiesta Bowl; No. 3 in the final AP poll; Big 12 champions.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

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

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.

Big 12 champions7–⁠1 in the conference, won the Big 12 Championship Game

Consensus All-AmericanRalph Brown, CB

Record
12–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠1 shared first in Big 12
AP final
No. 3 peak No. 3
Points
442–⁠171
Coach
Frank Solich
Elo
1835 +176 this season
SP+ rating
30.1 No. 2 of 114; offense No. 6, defense No. 1
SRS
25.2 No. 2 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Charlie McBride
Offense
I formation
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 2Mike Brown DBChicago Bears
Rd 3Steve Warren DTGreen Bay Packers
Rd 5Ralph Brown DBNew York Giants

All-Big 12

8 first team, 2 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 12 standings

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.