1999 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1999 Kentucky Wildcats football
Music City Bowl, L 13–20 vs. Syracuse
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	6–6 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach	Hal Mumme (3rd season)
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)

1999 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
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
Western Division
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
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	3:30 pm	Louisville*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Governor's Cup)	FSN	L 28–56	70,692
September 11	1:30 pm	Connecticut*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky		W 45–14	63,879
September 18	12:00 pm	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	ESPN	W 44–35	39,146
September 25	7:30 pm	No. 3 Florida	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	ESPN	L 10–38	70,971
October 2	1:30 pm	No. 20 Arkansas	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	PPV	W 31–20	62,602
October 9	1:00 pm	at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	PPV	W 30–10	73,150
October 16	12:30 pm	LSU	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	JPS	W 31–5	67,370
October 23	12:30 pm	at No. 14 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia	JPS	L 34–49	86,117
November 4	8:00 pm	at No. 8 Mississippi State	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi (rivalry)	ESPN	L 22–23	39,149
November 13	9:00 pm	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, Tennessee (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 19–17	41,000
November 20	12:30 pm	No. 7 Tennessee	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel)	JPS	L 21–56	71,022
December 29	4:00 pm	vs. Syracuse*	Adelphia Coliseum Nashville, Tennessee (Music City Bowl)	ESPN	L 13–20	59,221
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time