1999 Michigan State Spartans football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 7

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 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season season. The Spartans played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. This was the last year for head coach Nick Saban, who left the program on December 5 to take the head coaching position at Louisiana State. During the bowl game, the Spartans were coached by interim head coach Bobby Williams, who led the Spartans to a 37–34 victory in the 2000 Florida Citrus Bowl over the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference, with a last second, game-winning field goal by kicker Paul Edinger.

This Spartan team featured the likes of Plaxico Burress, T. J. Duckett, and Renaldo Hill, and goes down as one of the best Spartan teams in the BCS era.

Schedule

September 28:00 PMOregon*

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, MI

ESPNW 27–20 72,923 September 111:00 PMEastern Michigan*

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, MI

W 51–772,569 September 181:30 PMat No. 24 Notre Dame*

• Notre Dame Stadium
• Notre Dame, IN (Megaphone Trophy)

NBCW 23–13 80,012 September 253:30 PMat IllinoisNo. 19

• Memorial Stadium
• Champaign, IL

W 27–10 52,417 October 212:10 PMIowaNo. 14

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, MI

ESPN+W 49–3 73,629 October 912:00 PMNo. 3 MichiganNo. 11

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)

ABCW 34–31 76,895 October 163:30 PMat No. 20 PurdueNo. 5

• Ross-Ade Stadium
• West Lafayette, IN

ABCL 28–52 68,216 October 2312:10 PMat No. 4 WisconsinNo. 11

• Camp Randall Stadium
• Madison, WI

ESPN2L 10–40 78,469 November 612:10 PMNo. 20 Ohio StateNo. 19

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, MI

ESPNW 23–7 74,639 November 131:00 PMat NorthwesternNo. 17

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

W 40–0 30,045 November 203:30 PMNo. 13 Penn StateNo. 15

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, MI (Land Grant Trophy)

ABCW 35–28 74,231 January 11:00 PMvs. No. 10 FloridaNo. 9

• Citrus Bowl
• Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl)

ABCW 37–34 54,866

Game notes

Michigan

#3 Michigan at #11 Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan 0 10 0 21 31 • Michigan State 7 6 14 7 34 Date: October 9 Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI Game attendance: 76,895 TV announcers (ABC): Tim Brant & Mike Golic

Scoring summary 1 6:55 MSU T.J. Duckett 1 yard run (Paul Edinger kick) MSU 7-0 2 14:55 MICH Hayden Epstein 56 yard field goal MSU 7-3 2 5:28 MSU Paul Edinger 39 yard field goal MSU 10-3 2 3:39 MICH Marcus Knight 81 yard pass from Drew Henson (Jeff Del Verne kick) Tied 10-10 2 1:17 MSU Paul Edinger 43 yard field goal MSU 13-10 3 6:15 MSU Gari Scott 19 yard pass from Bill Burke (Paul Edinger kick) MSU 20-10 3 3:02 MSU Plaxico Burress 15 yard pass from Bill Burke (Paul Edinger kick) MSU 27-10 4 14:23 MICH Anthony Thomas 2 yard run (Jeff Del Verne kick) MSU 27-17 4 12:19 MSU Dawan Moss 14 yard run (Paul Edinger kick) MSU 34-17 4 8:11 MICH David Terrell 19 yard pass from Tom Brady (Jeff Del Verne kick) MSU 34-24 4 2:47 MICH Aaron Shea 8 yard pass from Tom Brady (Jeff Del Verne kick) MSU 34-31

Bill Burke threw for a school-record 400 yards and two touchdowns while Plaxico Burress set a new mark with 255 yards receiving. Burke broke Ed Smith's record of 369 against Indiana in 1979 while Burress surpassed Andre Rison's 252 yards against Georgia in 1989. Michigan State was now 6-0 for the first time since the 1966 national championship season.

2000 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 2000 NFL Draft.

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Team
Plaxico Burress	1	8	Wide Receiver	Pittsburgh Steelers
Julian Peterson	1	16	Linebacker	San Francisco 49ers
Gari Scott	4	99	Wide Receiver	Philadelphia Eagles
Greg Randall	4	127	Tackle	New England Patriots
Aric Morris	5	135	Strong Safety	Tennessee Titans
Paul Edinger	6	174	Kicker	Chicago Bears
Robaire Smith	6	197	Defensive Tackle	Tennessee Titans