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1999 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Alamo Bowl champion
Alamo Bowl, W 24–0 vs. Texas A&M
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 11
Record10–3 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFran Ganter (16th season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorJerry Sandusky (23rd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Wisconsin $   7 – 1     10 – 2  
No. 7 Michigan State   6 – 2     10 – 2  
No. 5 Michigan %   6 – 2     10 – 2  
No. 11 Penn State   5 – 3     10 – 3  
No. 18 Minnesota   5 – 3     8 – 4  
No. 24 Illinois   4 – 4     8 – 4  
No. 25 Purdue   4 – 4     7 – 5  
Ohio State   3 – 5     6 – 6  
Indiana   3 – 5     4 – 7  
Northwestern   1 – 7     3 – 8  
Iowa   0 – 8     1 – 10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 281:00 p.m.No. 4 Arizona*No. 3
ABCW 41–797,168
September 412:00 p.m.Akron*No. 2
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN PlusW 70–2495,192
September 1112:00 p.m.Pittsburgh*No. 2
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
ESPNW 20–1796,127
September 183:30 p.m.at No. 8 Miami (FL)*No. 3
CBSW 27–2374,427
September 2512:00 p.m.IndianaNo. 2
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPNW 45–2496,416
October 912:00 p.m.at IowaNo. 2
ESPN PlusW 31–766,398
October 1612:00 p.m.No. 18 Ohio StateNo. 2
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
ABCW 23–1097,007
October 233:30 p.m.at No. 16 PurdueNo. 2
ABCW 31–2568,355
October 303:30 p.m.at IllinoisNo. 2
ABCW 27–750,014[2]
November 612:00 p.m.MinnesotadaggerNo. 2
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (Governor's Victory Bell)
ESPN2L 23–2496,753
November 1312:00 p.m.No. 16 MichiganNo. 6
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
ABCL 27–3196,840
November 203:30 p.m.at No. 15 Michigan StateNo. 13
ABCL 28–3574,231
December 287:30 p.m.vs. No. 18 Texas A&M*No. 13
ESPNW 24–065,380
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

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1999 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 78 John Blick Sr
FB 36 Mike Cerimele Jr
WR 13 Sam Crenshaw Jr
WR 20 Eddie Drummond So
RB 34 Omar Easy So
WR 2 Chafie Fields Sr
TE 85 John Gilmore So
G 71 Joe Hartings So
WR 24 Bryant Johnson Fr
TE 82 Brad Karson So
OT 67 Kareem McKenzie Jr
TE 89 Tony Stewart Jr
QB 16 Kevin Thompson Sr
RB 22 Kenny Watson Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 11 LaVar Arrington Jr
CB 1 Bruce Branch So
CB 6 James Boyd Jr
DE 86 Courtney Brown Sr
DT 99 Tim Falls Fr
DT 95 David Fleischhauer Sr
SS 4 Derek Fox Sr
DE 96 Bob Jones So
CB 10 Bhawoh Jue Jr
DE 94 Marc Kielmeyer Jr
CB 19 Anthony King Sr
DE 37 Justin Kurpeikis Jr
CB 27 David Macklin Sr
CB 26 Bryan Scott Fr
LB 43 Brandon Short Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 41 Pat Pidgeon Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Rankings

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See also: 1999 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP3 (4)2 (26)2 (26)3 (6)2 (7)2 (5)2 (5)2 (6)2 (6)2 (10)2 (9)61315141311
Coaches Poll4 (8)4*2 (19)3 (7)2 (6)2 (5)2 (6)2 (6)2 (7)2 (16)2 (13)81315171711
BCSNot released22711121311Not released

Post season

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NFL draft

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Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 2000 NFL draft, including the first two overall picks.

Round Pick Overall Name Position Team
1st 1 1 Courtney Brown Defensive end Cleveland Browns
1st 1 2 LaVar Arrington Linebacker Washington Redskins
3rd 29 91 David Macklin Cornerback Indianapolis Colts
4th 11 105 Brandon Short Linebacker New York Giants

Awards

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Chuck Bednarik Award
Dick Butkus Award

Notes

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  • Penn State sets a new single season attendance record of 675,503 fans.

References

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  1. ^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1995-1999)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. ^ Reinmuth, Gary (October 31, 1999). "Penn State leaves Illinois without ghost of a chance". Chicago Tribune. p. 3:7. Retrieved October 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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