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1999 Texas

9–⁠5 (6–⁠2 Big 12), coached by Mack Brown, finished No. 21 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1999, game by game: lost vs. NC State 20–23; won vs. Stanford 69–17; won at Rutgers 38–21; won vs. Rice 18–13; won at Baylor 62–0; lost vs. No. 13 Kansas State 17–35; won vs. Oklahoma 38–28; won vs. No. 3 Nebraska 24–20; won at Iowa State 44–41; won at Oklahoma State 34–21; won vs. Texas Tech 58–7; lost at No. 24 Texas A&M 16–20; lost vs. No. 3 Nebraska 6–22; lost vs. No. 24 Arkansas 6–27+62−21Lost 20–23 vs. NC State-3NC StateWon 69–17 vs. Stanford+52StanfordWon 38–21 at Rutgers+17RutgersWon 18–13 vs. Rice+5RiceWon 62–0 at Baylor+62BaylorLost 17–35 vs. No. 13 Kansas State-18No. 13 Kansas StateWon 38–28 vs. Oklahoma+10OklahomaWon 24–20 vs. No. 3 Nebraska+4No. 3 NebraskaWon 44–41 at Iowa State+3Iowa StateWon 34–21 at Oklahoma State+13Oklahoma StateWon 58–7 vs. Texas Tech+51Texas TechLost 16–20 at No. 24 Texas A&M-4No. 24 Texas A&MLost 6–22 vs. No. 3 Nebraska-16No. 3 NebraskaLost 6–27 vs. No. 24 Arkansas-21No. 24 Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 28vsNC StateL 20–⁠2359%
Sep 4vsStanfordW 69–⁠1773%
Sep 11atRutgersW 38–⁠2171%
Sep 18vsRiceW 18–⁠1377%
Sep 25atBaylorW 62–⁠077%
Oct 2vs13Kansas StateL 17–⁠3548%
Oct 9vsOklahomaW 38–⁠2861%
Oct 23vs3NebraskaW 24–⁠2040%
Oct 30atIowa StateW 44–⁠4168%
Nov 6atOklahoma StateW 34–⁠2163%
Nov 13vsTexas TechW 58–⁠776%
Nov 26at24Texas A&ML 16–⁠2047%
Dec 4Bowls & playoffvs3NebraskaBig 12 Championship GameL 6–⁠2233%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs24ArkansasCotton BowlL 6–⁠2763%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arkansas 27–⁠6 in the Cotton Bowl; No. 21 in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big 12.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 17
  2. Wk 5: 22
  3. Wk 6: 15
  4. Wk 7: 23
  5. Wk 8: 19
  6. Wk 9: 18
  7. Wk 10: 12
  8. Wk 11: 11
  9. Wk 12: 10
  10. Wk 13: 6
  11. Wk 14: 7
  12. Wk 15: 12
  13. Wk 16: 14
  14. Final: 21

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.

Big 12 South champions6–⁠2 in the conference

Record
9–⁠5
Conference
6–⁠2 3rd in Big 12
AP final
No. 21 peak No. 6
Points
450–⁠295
Coach
Mack Brown
Elo
1616 +25 this season
SP+ rating
16.2 No. 18 of 114; offense No. 22, defense No. 34
SRS
10.0 No. 24 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Greg Davis
Defensive coordinator
Carl Reese

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 6Cedric Woodard DTBaltimore Ravens

All-Big 12

6 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Major ApplewhiteQB
  • Hodges MitchellRBCoaches-1; Media-1
  • Roger RoeslerOGCpaches-1; Media-1
  • Kwame CavilWRCoaches-1; Media-1
  • Casey HamptonDLCoaches-1; Media-1
  • Shaun RogersDLCoaches-1

Second team

  • Leonard DavisOGCoaches-2
  • Aaron HumphreyDLCoaches-2
  • Kris StocktonKCoaches-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 12 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠112–⁠13
Kansas State7–⁠111–⁠16
Texas6–⁠29–⁠521
Texas A&M5–⁠38–⁠423
Colorado5–⁠37–⁠5
Oklahoma5–⁠37–⁠5
Texas Tech5–⁠36–⁠5
Oklahoma State3–⁠55–⁠6
Kansas3–⁠55–⁠7
Missouri1–⁠74–⁠7
Iowa State1–⁠74–⁠7
Baylor0–⁠81–⁠10

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