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1999 Pittsburgh

5–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Big East), coached by Walt Harris.

Schedule and results

Pittsburgh in 1999, game by game: won vs. Bowling Green 30–10; lost at No. 2 Penn State 17–20; won vs. Kent State 30–23; won vs. Temple 55–24; lost vs. No. 18 Syracuse 17–24; lost at Boston College 16–20; won at Rutgers 38–15; lost vs. No. 3 Virginia Tech 17–30; lost vs. No. 22 Miami 3–33; won vs. Notre Dame 37–27; lost vs. West Virginia 21–52+31−31Won 30–10 vs. Bowling Green+20Bowling GreenLost 17–20 at No. 2 Penn State-3No. 2 Penn StateWon 30–23 vs. Kent State+7Kent StateWon 55–24 vs. Temple+31TempleLost 17–24 vs. No. 18 Syracuse-7No. 18 SyracuseLost 16–20 at Boston College-4Boston CollegeWon 38–15 at Rutgers+23RutgersLost 17–30 vs. No. 3 Virginia Tech-13No. 3 Virginia TechLost 3–33 vs. No. 22 Miami-30No. 22 MiamiWon 37–27 vs. Notre Dame+10Notre DameLost 21–52 vs. West Virginia-31West Virginia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsBowling GreenW 30–⁠1050%
Sep 11at2Penn StateL 17–⁠2017%
Sep 18vsKent StateW 30–⁠2381%
Oct 2vsTempleW 55–⁠2475%
Oct 7vs18SyracuseL 17–⁠2429%
Oct 16atBoston CollegeL 16–⁠2041%
Oct 23atRutgersW 38–⁠1561%
Oct 30vs3Virginia TechL 17–⁠3023%
Nov 6vs22MiamiL 3–⁠3336%
Nov 13vsNotre DameW 37–⁠2735%
Nov 27vsWest VirginiaL 21–⁠5257%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to West Virginia 52–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big East.

In program history: The 114th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 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
5–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big East
AP final
Unranked
Points
281–⁠278
Coach
Walt Harris
Elo
1421 +7 this season
SP+ rating
2.8 No. 54 of 114; offense No. 55, defense No. 55
SRS
1.2 No. 55 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Larry Coyer
Offense
West Coast
Defense
Multiple 4–⁠3

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 3Hank Poteat DBPittsburgh Steelers

All-Big East

3 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Kevan BarlowRBCoaches-2
  • Demond GibsonDLCoaches-2
  • Greg DeBoltPCoaches-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 East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Virginia Tech7–⁠011–⁠12
Miami6–⁠19–⁠415
Boston College4–⁠38–⁠4
Syracuse3–⁠47–⁠5
West Virginia3–⁠44–⁠7
Pittsburgh2–⁠55–⁠6
Temple2–⁠52–⁠9
Rutgers1–⁠61–⁠10

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