
1999 Northwestern
3–8 (1–7 Big Ten), coached by Randy Walker. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat TCU 17–7Sep 11
By 10 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs | L 3–28 | 34% |
| Sep 11 | vs | W 17–7 | 50% |
| Sep 18 | at | W 15–12 | 50% |
| Sep 25 | at | L 23–31 | 18% |
| Oct 2 | vs | L 14–33 | 46% |
| Oct 9 | at | L 17–34 | 43% |
| Oct 16 | vs | W 23–21 | 57% |
| Oct 30 | vs | L 19–35 | 20% |
| Nov 6 | at | L 3–37 | 12% |
| Nov 13 | vs | L 0–34 | 24% |
| Nov 20 | at | L 7–29 | 23% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Illinois 29–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 102nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 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.
- Record
- 3–8
- Conference
- 1–7 10th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 141–301
- Coach
- Randy Walker
- Elo
- 1359 −78 this season
- SP+ rating
- -8.0 No. 85 of 114; offense No. 104, defense No. 42
- SRS
- −6.7 No. 81 of 114 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinator
- Kevin Wilson
- Captain
- Jeff Dyra
- Offense
- I formation
- Defense
- 4–3
Drafted in 2000
The 2000 draft| Rd 5 | Jay Tant TE | Arizona Cardinals |
All-Big Ten
3 second teamSecond team
Damien AndersonRBMedia-2
Dwayne MissouriDLCoaches-2; Media-2
Kevin BentleyLBMedia-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 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7–1 | 10–2 | 4 | |
| 6–2 | 10–2 | 7 | |
| 6–2 | 10–2 | 5 | |
| 5–3 | 10–3 | 11 | |
| 5–3 | 8–4 | 18 | |
| 4–4 | 8–4 | 24 | |
| 4–4 | 7–5 | 25 | |
| 3–5 | 6–6 | ||
| 3–5 | 4–7 | ||
| 1–7 | 3–8 | ||
| 0–8 | 1–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.