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Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 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*

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*

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

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

  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI

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

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

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

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

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

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

ABCW 37–34 54,866

Template:CFB Schedule End

Game notes

Michigan

#3 Michigan at #11 Michigan State
1 234Total
Michigan 0 10021 31
• Michigan State 7 6147 34
Scoring summary
16:55MSUT.J. Duckett 1 yard run (Paul Edinger kick)MSU 7-0
214:55MICHHayden Epstein 56 yard field goalMSU 7-3
25:28MSUPaul Edinger 39 yard field goalMSU 10-3
23:39MICHMarcus Knight 81 yard pass from Drew Henson (Jeff Del Verne kick)Tied 10-10
21:17MSUPaul Edinger 43 yard field goalMSU 13-10
36:15MSUGari Scott 19 yard pass from Bill Burke (Paul Edinger kick)MSU 20-10
33:02MSUPlaxico Burress 15 yard pass from Bill Burke (Paul Edinger kick)MSU 27-10
414:23MICHAnthony Thomas 2 yard run (Jeff Del Verne kick)MSU 27-17
412:19MSUDawan Moss 14 yard run (Paul Edinger kick)MSU 34-17
48:11MICHDavid Terrell 19 yard pass from Tom Brady (Jeff Del Verne kick)MSU 34-24
42:47MICHAaron 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. [1]

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

References

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