1999 Northwestern

3–⁠8 (1–⁠7 Big Ten), coached by Randy Walker.

Schedule and results

Northwestern in 1999, game by game: lost vs. Miami (OH) 3–28; won vs. TCU 17–7; won at Duke 15–12; lost at No. 13 Purdue 23–31; lost vs. Minnesota 14–33; lost at Indiana 17–34; won vs. Iowa 23–21; lost vs. No. 11 Wisconsin 19–35; lost at No. 16 Michigan 3–37; lost vs. No. 17 Michigan State 0–34; lost at Illinois 7–29+10−34Lost 3–28 vs. Miami (OH)-25Miami (OH)Won 17–7 vs. TCU+10TCUWon 15–12 at Duke+3DukeLost 23–31 at No. 13 Purdue-8No. 13 PurdueLost 14–33 vs. Minnesota-19MinnesotaLost 17–34 at Indiana-17IndianaWon 23–21 vs. Iowa+2IowaLost 19–35 vs. No. 11 Wisconsin-16No. 11 WisconsinLost 3–37 at No. 16 Michigan-34No. 16 MichiganLost 0–34 vs. No. 17 Michigan State-34No. 17 Michigan StateLost 7–29 at Illinois-22Illinois
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

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 5Jay Tant TEArizona Cardinals

All-Big Ten

3 second 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.