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1999 Oregon

9–⁠3 (6–⁠2 Pac-10), coached by Mike Bellotti, finished No. 19 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1999, game by game: lost at Michigan State 20–27; won vs. UTEP 47–28; won vs. Nevada 72–10; won vs. No. 16 USC 33–30; lost at Washington 20–34; lost at UCLA 29–34; won at Arizona 44–41; won vs. Arizona State 20–17; won vs. Washington State 52–10; won at California 24–19; won vs. Oregon State 25–14; won vs. No. 12 Minnesota 24–20+62−14Lost 20–27 at Michigan State-7Michigan StateWon 47–28 vs. UTEP+19UTEPWon 72–10 vs. Nevada+62NevadaWon 33–30 vs. No. 16 USC+3No. 16 USCLost 20–34 at Washington-14WashingtonLost 29–34 at UCLA-5UCLAWon 44–41 at Arizona+3ArizonaWon 20–17 vs. Arizona State+3Arizona StateWon 52–10 vs. Washington State+42Washington StateWon 24–19 at California+5CaliforniaWon 25–14 vs. Oregon State+11Oregon StateWon 24–20 vs. No. 12 Minnesota+4No. 12 Minnesota
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atMichigan StateL 20–⁠2746%
Sep 11vsUTEPW 47–⁠2877%
Sep 18vsNevadaW 72–⁠1074%
Sep 25vs16USCW 33–⁠3056%
Oct 2atWashingtonL 20–⁠3452%
Oct 9atUCLAL 29–⁠3437%
Oct 23atArizonaW 44–⁠4136%
Oct 30vsArizona StateW 20–⁠1763%
Nov 6vsWashington StateW 52–⁠1082%
Nov 13atCaliforniaW 24–⁠1961%
Nov 20vsOregon StateW 25–⁠1463%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvs12MinnesotaSun BowlW 24–⁠2058%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Minnesota 24–⁠20 in the Sun Bowl; No. 19 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 21st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 25
  2. Final: 19

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
9–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Pac-10
AP final
No. 19 peak No. 19
Points
410–⁠284
Coach
Mike Bellotti
Elo
1651 +70 this season
SP+ rating
12.4 No. 27 of 114; offense No. 17, defense No. 57
SRS
8.1 No. 31 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jeff Tedford
Defensive coordinator
Nick Aliotti

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 3Reuben Droughns RBDetroit Lions
Rd 4Peter Sirmon LBTennessee Titans

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Josh BeckettOLCoaches-2
  • Justin WilcoxDBCoaches-2
  • Kurtis DoerrPCoaches-2
  • Dietrich MooreAPBCoaches-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 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford7–⁠18–⁠4
Oregon6–⁠29–⁠319
Washington6–⁠27–⁠5
Arizona State5–⁠36–⁠6
Oregon State4–⁠47–⁠5
Arizona3–⁠56–⁠6
USC3–⁠56–⁠6
California3–⁠54–⁠7
UCLA2–⁠64–⁠7
Washington State1–⁠73–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.