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 |
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September 4 | 2:30 PM | Arkansas State* | | | 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* | | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | | W 40–24 | 61,350 |
November 13 | 11:00 AM | at No. 25 Ohio State | | 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* | | 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
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Roster[]
1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
Roster
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