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1999 USC

6–⁠6 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Paul Hackett.

Schedule and results

USC in 1999, game by game: won at Hawai’i 62–7; won vs. San Diego State 24–21; lost at Oregon 30–33; won vs. Oregon State 37–29; lost at Arizona 24–31; lost at Notre Dame 24–25; lost vs. Stanford 31–35; lost at California 7–17; lost vs. Arizona State 16–26; won at Washington State 31–28; won vs. UCLA 17–7; won vs. No. 25 Louisiana Tech 45–19+55−10Won 62–7 at Hawai’i+55Hawai’iWon 24–21 vs. San Diego State+3San Diego StateLost 30–33 at Oregon-3OregonWon 37–29 vs. Oregon State+8Oregon StateLost 24–31 at Arizona-7ArizonaLost 24–25 at Notre Dame-1Notre DameLost 31–35 vs. Stanford-4StanfordLost 7–17 at California-10CaliforniaLost 16–26 vs. Arizona State-10Arizona StateWon 31–28 at Washington State+3Washington StateWon 17–7 vs. UCLA+10UCLAWon 45–19 vs. No. 25 Louisiana Tech+26No. 25 Louisiana Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atHawai’iW 62–⁠781%
Sep 18vsSan Diego StateW 24–⁠2173%
Sep 25atOregonL 30–⁠3344%
Oct 2vsOregon StateW 37–⁠2966%
Oct 9atArizonaL 24–⁠3146%
Oct 16atNotre DameL 24–⁠2542%
Oct 23vsStanfordL 31–⁠3564%
Oct 30atCaliforniaL 7–⁠1757%
Nov 6vsArizona StateL 16–⁠2657%
Nov 13atWashington StateW 31–⁠2861%
Nov 20vsUCLAW 17–⁠758%
Nov 26vs25Louisiana TechW 45–⁠1947%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Louisiana Tech 45–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 81st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 19
  2. Wk 2: 21
  3. Wk 3: 18
  4. Wk 4: 17
  5. Wk 5: 16
  6. Wk 7: 22

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
6–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 6th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
348–⁠278
Coach
Paul Hackett
Elo
1572 −14 this season
SP+ rating
9.2 No. 38 of 114; offense No. 31, defense No. 45
SRS
5.0 No. 41 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Hue Jackson
Defensive coordinator
Bill Young
Captains
David Gibson, Chad Morton and Ifeanyi Ohalete
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 1R. Jay Soward WRJacksonville Jaguars
Rd 2Travis Claridge OTAtlanta Falcons
Rd 5Windrell Hayes WRNew York Jets
Rd 5Chad Morton RBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 6David Gibson DBTampa Bay Buccaneers

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

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.