1999 Temple

2–⁠9 (2–⁠5 Big East), coached by Bobby Wallace. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat Rutgers 56–⁠28Oct 30
By 28 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 2	vsMaryland	L 0–⁠6	52%
Sep 11	at17Kansas State	L 0–⁠40	9%
Sep 18	atAkron	L 15–⁠25	31%
Sep 25	at21Marshall	L 0–⁠34	11%
Oct 2	atPittsburgh	L 24–⁠55	25%
Oct 9	vsBoston College	W 24–⁠14	30%
Oct 23	atWest Virginia	L 17–⁠20	21%
Oct 30	vsRutgers	W 56–⁠28	64%
Nov 6	atSyracuse	L 10–⁠27	12%
Nov 20	vs2Virginia Tech	L 7–⁠62	11%
Dec 4	at23Miami	L 0–⁠55	11%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 55–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big East.

In program history: The 65th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 92 on file).

Players on this team

Mathias NkwentiOffensive tackle

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: 2–⁠9
Conference: 2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big East
AP final: Unranked
Points: 153–⁠366
Coach: Bobby Wallace
Elo: 1328 −30 this season
SP+ rating: -7.1 No. 82 of 114; offense No. 91, defense No. 69
SRS: −9.0 No. 89 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class: —

Offensive coordinator: Tim Stowers
Defensive coordinator: Raymond Monica

All-Big East

1 second team

Second team

Tim LeachOTCoaches-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.