1999 Rutgers
1–10 (1–6 Big East), coached by Terry Shea. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Syracuse 24–21Nov 13
By 3 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | at California | L 7–21 | 35% |
| Sep 11 | vs Texas | L 21–38 | 29% |
| Sep 25 | vs Boston College | L 7–27 | 44% |
| Oct 2 | at Wake Forest | L 10–17 | 24% |
| Oct 9 | vs 5Virginia Tech | L 20–58 | 16% |
| Oct 16 | at West Virginia | L 16–62 | 22% |
| Oct 23 | vs Pittsburgh | L 15–38 | 39% |
| Oct 30 | at Temple | L 28–56 | 36% |
| Nov 6 | vs Navy | L 7–34 | 40% |
| Nov 13 | vs Syracuse | W 24–21 | 12% |
| Nov 20 | at Miami | L 0–55 | 9% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Miami 55–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Big East.
In program history: The 144th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 152 on file).
- Record
- 1–10
- Conference
- 1–6 8th in Big East
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 155–427
- Coach
- Terry Shea
- Elo
- 1258 −144 this season
- SP+ rating
- -20.1 No. 104 of 114; offense No. 100, defense No. 105
- SRS
- −17.1 No. 102 of 114 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offensive coordinator
- Terry Shea
- Defensive coordinator
- Dennis Creehan
All-Big East
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Shaun O’HaraOGCoaches-1
Second team
- Wayne HamptonDLCoaches-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
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Tech | 7–0 | 11–1 | 2 |
| Miami | 6–1 | 9–4 | 15 |
| Boston College | 4–3 | 8–4 | |
| Syracuse | 3–4 | 7–5 | |
| West Virginia | 3–4 | 4–7 | |
| Pittsburgh | 2–5 | 5–6 | |
| Temple | 2–5 | 2–9 | |
| Rutgers | 1–6 | 1–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.