1999 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1999 Georgia Bulldogs football
Outback Bowl champion
Outback Bowl, W 28–25 OT vs. Purdue
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 16
Record	8–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach	Jim Donnan (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Joe Kines (5th season)
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium (86,117)

1999 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 12 Florida x		7	–	1					9	–	4
No. 9 Tennessee		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 16 Georgia		5	–	3					8	–	4
Kentucky		4	–	4					6	–	6
Vanderbilt		2	–	6					5	–	6
South Carolina		0	–	8					0	–	11
Western Division
No. 8 Alabama x$		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 13 Mississippi State		6	–	2					10	–	2
No. 22 Ole Miss		4	–	4					8	–	4
No. 17 Arkansas		4	–	4					8	–	4
Auburn		2	–	6					5	–	6
LSU		1	–	7					3	–	8
Championship: Alabama 34, Florida 7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with an 8–4 record. During the 1990s, the Bulldogs compiled a record of 72–43–1 under Coaches Donnan and Ray Goff for a .625 winning percentage. Georgia's cumulative record through 1999 was 633–358–54, a .632 winning percentage.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	6:00 p.m.	Utah State*	No. 12	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	PPV	W 38–7	86,117
September 11	5:00 p.m.	South Carolina	No. 12	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 24–9	86,117
September 25	1:00 p.m.	UCF*	No. 11	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		W 24–23	86,117
October 2	11:30 a.m.	LSU	No. 10	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	JPS	W 23–22	86,117
October 9	7:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Tennessee	No. 10	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	ESPN	L 20–37	107,247
October 16	2:00 p.m.	at Vanderbilt	No. 14	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN (rivalry)		W 27–17	39,210
October 23	12:30 p.m.	Kentucky	No. 14	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	JPS	W 49–34	86,117
October 30	3:30 p.m.	vs. No. 5 Florida	No. 10	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry) (College GameDay)	CBS	L 14–30	84,397
November 13	6:00 p.m.	Auburn	No. 14	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	ESPN2	L 21–38	86,117
November 20	6:00 p.m.	at No. 16 Ole Miss	No. 21	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	ESPN2	W 20–17	50,876
November 27	1:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Georgia Tech*	No. 16	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	ABC	L 48–51 OT	46,450
January 1, 2000	11:00 a.m.	vs. No. 19 Purdue*	No. 21	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL (Outback Bowl)	ESPN	W 28–25 OT	54,059
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

See also: 1999 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	14	12	12	11	11	10	10	14	14	10	14	14	21	16	21	21	16
Coaches Poll	13	13*	12	11	9	11	9	14	14	10	16	16	23	21	23	24	16
BCS	Not released									—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Personnel

• K Hap Hines, Sr.