1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football
MicronPC Bowl champion
MicronPC Bowl, W 63–21 vs. Virginia
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
AP	No. 24
Record	8–4 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ron Turner (3rd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 70,904)

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 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Ron Turner. The team earned a MicronPC Bowl berth, and defeated Virginia, 63–21.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	2:30 PM	Arkansas State*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois		W 41–3	34,227
September 11	2:30 PM	San Diego State*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois		W 38–10	35,798
September 18	6:00 PM	at Louisville*	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky		W 41–36	40,332
September 25	2:30 PM	No. 19 Michigan State	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois		L 10–27	52,417
October 2	11:00 AM	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	ESPN2	L 31–34 OT	30,381
October 16	11:00 AM	Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ESPN2	L 7–37	49,152
October 23	11:00 AM	at No. 9 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	ESPN+	W 35–29	110,188
October 30	2:30 PM	No. 2 Penn State	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ABC	L 7–27	50,014
November 6	1:00 PM	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa		W 40–24	61,350
November 13	11:00 AM	at No. 25 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio	ESPN2	W 46–20	93,429
November 20	1:00 PM	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois		W 29–7	50,137
December 30	6:00 PM	vs. Virginia*	Pro Player Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida (MicronPC Bowl)	TBS	W 63–21	31,089
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 34 Jameel Cook Jr G 64 David Diehl Fr QB 15 Kurt Kittner So WR 17 Greg Lewis So WR 86 Aaron Moorehead So OT 59 Marques Sullivan Jr TE 87 Josh Whitman Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 48 Danny Clark Sr CB 6 Brandon Lloyd Fr DE 99 Fred Wakefield Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 51 Nathan Hodel Jr K 98 Neil Rackers Sr	Head coach Ron Turner Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster