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1999 Ohio State

6–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by John Cooper.

Schedule and results

Ohio State in 1999, game by game: lost vs. No. 12 Miami 12–23; won vs. No. 14 UCLA 42–20; won vs. Ohio 40–16; won vs. Cincinnati 34–20; lost vs. Wisconsin 17–42; won vs. No. 17 Purdue 25–22; lost at No. 2 Penn State 10–23; won at No. 24 Minnesota 20–17; won vs. Iowa 41–11; lost at No. 19 Michigan State 7–23; lost vs. Illinois 20–46; lost at No. 10 Michigan 17–24+30−26Lost 12–23 vs. No. 12 Miami-11No. 12 MiamiWon 42–20 vs. No. 14 UCLA+22No. 14 UCLAWon 40–16 vs. Ohio+24OhioWon 34–20 vs. Cincinnati+14CincinnatiLost 17–42 vs. Wisconsin-25WisconsinWon 25–22 vs. No. 17 Purdue+3No. 17 PurdueLost 10–23 at No. 2 Penn State-13No. 2 Penn StateWon 20–17 at No. 24 Minnesota+3No. 24 MinnesotaWon 41–11 vs. Iowa+30IowaLost 7–23 at No. 19 Michigan State-16No. 19 Michigan StateLost 20–46 vs. Illinois-26IllinoisLost 17–24 at No. 10 Michigan-7No. 10 Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 29vs12MiamiL 12–⁠2365%
Sep 11vs14UCLAW 42–⁠2057%
Sep 18vsOhioW 40–⁠1688%
Sep 25vsCincinnatiW 34–⁠2087%
Oct 2vsWisconsinL 17–⁠4270%
Oct 9vs17PurdueW 25–⁠2259%
Oct 16at2Penn StateL 10–⁠2336%
Oct 23at24MinnesotaW 20–⁠1753%
Oct 30vsIowaW 41–⁠1188%
Nov 6at19Michigan StateL 7–⁠2350%
Nov 13vsIllinoisL 20–⁠4679%
Nov 20at10MichiganL 17–⁠2425%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan 24–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 91st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9
  2. Wk 2: 13
  3. Wk 3: 13
  4. Wk 4: 13
  5. Wk 5: 12
  6. Wk 6: 12
  7. Wk 7: 21
  8. Wk 8: 18
  9. Wk 9: 22
  10. Wk 10: 21
  11. Wk 11: 20
  12. Wk 12: 25

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
6–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 8th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
285–⁠287
Coach
John Cooper
Elo
1573 −127 this season
SP+ rating
15.2 No. 20 of 114; offense No. 31, defense No. 20
SRS
9.9 No. 25 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Jacobs
Defensive coordinator
Fred Pagac
Captains
Matt Keller and Ahmed Plummer
Most valuable player
Ahmed Plummer
Offense
Singleback
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 1Ahmed Plummer DBSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 4Na’il Diggs LBGreen Bay Packers
Rd 4Gary Berry DBGreen Bay Packers
Rd 5Michael Wiley RBDallas Cowboys
Rd 7James Cotton DEChicago Bears
Rd 7Kevin Houser TENew Orleans Saints

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 1 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.