1999 Kentucky Wildcats football team
1999 Kentucky Wildcats football | |
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Music City Bowl, L 13–20 vs. Syracuse | |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Eastern Division | |
Record | 6–6 (4–4 SEC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Tony Franklin (1st as OC, 3rd overall season) |
Offensive scheme | Air raid |
Defensive coordinator | Mike Major (3rd season) |
Home stadium | Commonwealth Stadium (Capacity: 67,530) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1999 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Southeastern Conference in the Eastern Division. They played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. The team was coached by Hal Mumme.
Stadium Expansion
During the 1999 season, the beginning of the renovation to Commonwealth Stadium began. With very little seating, the stadium was in desperate need of a renovation that would allow more fans into the stadium to watch the Air Raid offense that was largely started by head coach, Hal Mumme. The renovation of the stadium allowed for forty new suites and approximately 68,000 new seats, costing around 24 million dollars. The new stadium expansion allowed the eager University of Kentucky fans to come watch more games. The fan base had just previously broken a record of attendance in the previous season by selling out the Outback Bowl for the first time in Tampa, Florida.[1]
Hal Mumme
Every great team is led by a great head coach. For the University of Kentucky, it was Hal Mumme. He had an impressive coaching career working with many different schools during his time of coaching. He coached at schools such as the University of Kentucky, Iowa Wesleyan College, Valdosta College, Southeastern Louisiana College, New Mexico State University, and McMurry University. Throughout his college coaching career, he finished with a record of 142-152-1. He became known for spreading and making the “Air Raid Offense” popular in college football. He was able to persuade college football into this new and creative offensive scheme because of his large coaching tree. A coaching tree begins when an assistant coach from one team leaves and joins another team, and then implements what he/she learned on the previous team.[2]
Before Mumme and the 1999 Season
Before Mumme, the University of Kentucky football team was run by Bill Curry. Once Hal Mumme took over the football program in 1996, he was able to lead the Wildcats to multiple school records, as well as NCAA and SEC records. The program also had a hard time making it to their qualifiers, but with the addition of Hal Mumme, they were able to immediately make it to their qualifiers. Coming into the 1999 football season, the program only had one returning senior wide receiver, Jimmie Johnson. They were also coming into a season where they had just lost Tim Couch to the NFL draft after he had a standout career at the University of Kentucky and was drafted as the first overall pick.[2]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 4 | 3:30 pm | Louisville* | FSN | L 28–56 | 70,692 | |
September 11 | 1:30 pm | Connecticut* |
| W 45–14 | 63,879 | |
September 18 | 12:00 pm | at Indiana* | ESPN | W 44–35 | 39,146 | |
September 25 | 7:30 pm | No. 3 Florida |
| ESPN | L 10–38 | 70,971 |
October 2 | 1:30 pm | No. 20 Arkansas |
| PPV | W 31–20 | 62,602 |
October 9 | 1:00 pm | at South Carolina | PPV | W 30–10 | 73,150 | |
October 16 | 12:30 pm | LSU![]() |
| JPS | W 31–5 | 67,370 |
October 23 | 12:30 pm | at No. 14 Georgia | JPS | L 34–49 | 86,117 | |
November 4 | 8:00 pm | at No. 8 Mississippi State | ESPN | L 22–23 | 39,149 | |
November 13 | 9:00 pm | at Vanderbilt | ESPN2 | W 19–17 | 41,000 | |
November 20 | 12:30 pm | No. 7 Tennessee |
| JPS | L 21–56 | 71,022 |
December 29 | 4:00 pm | vs. Syracuse* | ESPN | L 13–20 | 59,221 | |
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References
- ^ "The 1999 University of Kentucky Football Media Guide". University of Kentucky.
- ^ a b "Hal Mumme Bio: Football, Coaching Career & Family [2022 update]". 13 July 2021.