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1999 Cal State Northridge Matadors football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record6–5 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach
  • Jeff Kearin (1st season)
Home stadiumNorth Campus Stadium
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 8 Montana $^   7 1     9 3  
No. 20 Portland State   6 2     8 3  
Eastern Washington   6 2     7 4  
Cal State Northridge   5 3     6 5  
Sacramento State   3 5     6 5  
Weber State   3 5     4 7  
Idaho State   2 6     4 7  
Montana State   2 6     4 7  
No. 16 Northern Arizona ^   2 6     4 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Portland State games did not count in conference standings.
    Northern Arizona forfeited four conference wins, to Idaho State, Montana State, Weber State, Cal State Northridge.
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1999 Cal State Northridge Matadors football team represented Cal State Northridge during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

Cal State Northridge competed in the Big Sky Conference. The 1999 Matadors were led by first-year head coach Jeff Kearin. Kearin was the fourth head coach in four years for the Matadors. They played home games at North Campus Stadium in Northridge, California. On the field, Cal State Northridge finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 4–4 Big Sky).

After the season ended, Northern Arizona was found to have used an ineligible player in six games and would be required to forfeit four victories.[1] One of those was the game against Cal State Northridge. This bring the adjusted 1999 record to six wins and five losses (6–5, 5–3 Big Sky).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 4Western Oregon*W 38–193,142[2]
September 11at Kansas*L 14–7133,300[3]
September 25at Eastern WashingtonL 41–483,556[4]
October 2Idaho State
  • North Campus Stadium
  • Northridge, California
W 41–273,500[5]
October 9at No. 8 MontanaL 27–4818,874[6]
October 16No. 23 Sacramento State[note 1]
  • North Campus Stadium
  • Northridge, California
W 36–145,183[7]
October 23at Montana StateW 24–2110,007[8]
October 30Weber State
  • North Campus Stadium
  • Northridge, California
W 30–283,208[9]
November 6at No. 15 Portland StateL 21–3410,153[10]
November 13at Southern Methodist (SMU)*L 16–587,494[11]
November 20No. 17 Northern Arizona
  • North Campus Stadium
  • Northridge, California
W 10–30
forfeit win
4,963[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from The Sports Network Division I-AA poll poll released prior to the game

[13]

Team players in the NFL

No Cal State Northridge players were selected in the 2000 NFL Draft.[14][15][16]

Notes

  1. ^ The official name of Sacramento State has been California State University, Sacramento since 1972. However, it is still commonly known as Sacramento State.

References

  1. ^ "Team used ineligible players, professors changed grades". The Associated Press. December 13, 2002. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  2. ^ Vince Kowalick (September 5, 1999). "After False Start, Northridge Wins". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. D17. Retrieved October 27, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  3. ^ Vince Kowalick (September 12, 1999). "Kansas Flawless in Rout of Northridge". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. D13. Retrieved October 27, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  4. ^ Vince Kowalick (September 26, 1999). "Beaten From the Ground Up". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. D19. Retrieved October 27, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  5. ^ Vince Kowalick (October 3, 1999). "Half-Length Victory for Northridge". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. D19. Retrieved October 27, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  6. ^ Vince Kowalick (October 10, 1999). "Matadors Suffer Injury With Insult at Montana". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. D19. Retrieved October 27, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  7. ^ "Hornet Sports.com: Football (CS Northridge)" (PDF). Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  8. ^ Vince Kowalick (October 24, 1999). "Matadors Kick Bad Habit". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. D19. Retrieved October 27, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  9. ^ Vince Kowalick (October 31, 1999). "Pass By Brady Gives Matadors Happy Ending". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. D19. Retrieved October 27, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  10. ^ Vince Kowalick (November 7, 1999). "Big Sky Opens, Portland Pours It On Matadors". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. D17. Retrieved October 27, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  11. ^ Vince Kowalick (November 14, 1999). "Northridge Easy Pickins In Cotton". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. D17. Retrieved October 27, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  12. ^ Vince Kowalick (November 21, 1999). "Northridge Finished Off by Northern Arizona". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. D17. Retrieved October 27, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  13. ^ "1999 - Cal St.-Northridge". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  14. ^ "2000 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  15. ^ "Cal State-Northridge Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  16. ^ "Draft History: Cal State-Northridge". Retrieved March 18, 2017.