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1999 Washington

7–⁠5 (6–⁠2 Pac-10), coached by Rick Neuheisel.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1999, game by game: lost at BYU 28–35; lost vs. Air Force 21–31; won vs. Colorado 31–24; won vs. No. 25 Oregon 34–20; won at Oregon State 47–21; lost vs. Arizona State 7–28; won at California 31–27; won vs. Stanford 35–30; won at Arizona 33–25; lost at UCLA 20–23; won vs. Washington State 24–14; lost vs. No. 7 Kansas State 20–24+26−21Lost 28–35 at BYU-7BYULost 21–31 vs. Air Force-10Air ForceWon 31–24 vs. Colorado+7ColoradoWon 34–20 vs. No. 25 Oregon+14No. 25 OregonWon 47–21 at Oregon State+26Oregon StateLost 7–28 vs. Arizona State-21Arizona StateWon 31–27 at California+4CaliforniaWon 35–30 vs. Stanford+5StanfordWon 33–25 at Arizona+8ArizonaLost 20–23 at UCLA-3UCLAWon 24–14 vs. Washington State+10Washington StateLost 20–24 vs. No. 7 Kansas State-4No. 7 Kansas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9atBYUL 28–⁠3543%
Sep 18vsAir ForceL 21–⁠3140%
Sep 25vsColoradoW 31–⁠2451%
Oct 2vs25OregonW 34–⁠2048%
Oct 9atOregon StateW 47–⁠2149%
Oct 16vsArizona StateL 7–⁠2873%
Oct 23atCaliforniaW 31–⁠2753%
Oct 30vsStanfordW 35–⁠3059%
Nov 6atArizonaW 33–⁠2536%
Nov 13atUCLAL 20–⁠2358%
Nov 20vsWashington StateW 24–⁠1484%
Dec 29Bowls & playoffvs7Kansas StateHoliday BowlL 20–⁠2430%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kansas State 24–⁠20 in the Holiday Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 12: 23

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
7–⁠5
Conference
6–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 23
Points
331–⁠302
Coach
Rick Neuheisel
Elo
1593 +38 this season
SP+ rating
11.6 No. 30 of 114; offense No. 25, defense No. 39
SRS
5.3 No. 40 of 114 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Karl Dorrell
Defensive coordinator
Tim Hundley
Captains
Lester Towns, Jabari Issa and Marques Tuiasosopo
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
Multiple

Drafted in 2000

The 2000 draft
Rd 6Jabari Issa DTArizona Cardinals
Rd 7Lester Towns LBCarolina Panthers

All-Pac-10

6 second 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.