1999 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1999 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1999 record	3–8 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Randy Walker (1st season)
Captain	Jeff Dyra
Home stadium	Ryan Field (Capacity: 47,130)
Seasons

1999 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#4/4 Wisconsin †		7	–	1					10	–	2
#5/5 Michigan ‡		6	–	2					10	–	2
#7/7 Michigan State		6	–	2					10	–	2
#11/11 Penn State		0*	–	3					0*	–	3
#18/17 Minnesota		5	–	3					8	–	4
#24/25 Illinois		4	–	4					8	–	4
#25/NR 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 champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative *All wins for Penn State (10-3, 5-3) vacated due to scandal. Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1999 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	11:30 AM	Miami (OH)*	Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois		L 3–28	28,108
September 11	11:00 AM	TCU*	Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois	ESPN+	W 17–7	26,494
September 18	11:00 AM	at Duke*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina	JPS	W 15–12 OT	18,720
September 25	11:00 AM	at No. 13 Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Indiana	ESPN2	L 23–31	58,620
October 2	11:00 AM	Minnesota	Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois		L 14–33	24,439
October 9	1:00 PM	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana		L 17–34	30,101
October 16	11:00 AM	Iowa	Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois	ESPN+	W 23–21	33,962
October 30	11:00 AM	No. 11 Wisconsin	Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois	ESPN+	L 19–35	42,292
November 6	11:00 AM	at No. 16 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	ESPN+	L 3–37	110,794
November 13	12:00 PM	No. 17 Michigan State	Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois		L 0–34	30,045
November 20	1:00 PM	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois		L 7–29	50,137
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

1999 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 20 Anderson, DamienDamien Anderson 3.0 !So C 62 King, AustinAustin King 1.0 !Fr T 73 Roehl, JeffJeff Roehl 1.0 !Fr QB 10 Kustok, ZakZak Kustok 5.0 !Jr WR 32 Simmons, SamSam Simmons 3.0 !So TE 84 Tant, JayJay Tant 7.0 !Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 2 Bentley, KevinKevin Bentley 3.0 !So CB 6 Blackmon, HaroldHarold Blackmon 5.0 !Jr DT 92 Collins, JaviarJaviar Collins 5.0 !Jr LB 8 Harris, NapoleonNapoleon Harris 3.0 !So DE 95 Missouri, DwayneDwayne Missouri 5.0 !Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Randy Walker Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 1999-10-13

Game summaries

Iowa

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Iowa 0 0 14 7 21 • Northwestern 3 13 0 7 23 Date: October 16 Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, Illinois Game attendance: 33,962 Scoring summary 1 8:57 NW Tim Long 25 yard field goal Northwestern 3–0 2 14:52 NW Tim Long 25 yard field goal Northwestern 6–0 2 9:14 NW Tim Long 28 yard field goal Northwestern 9–0 2 1:57 NW Teddy Johnson 21 yard pass from Zak Kustok (Tim Long kick) Northwestern 16–0 3 12:13 IOWA Randy Reiners 3 yard run (Tim Douglas kick) Northwestern 16–7 3 3:18 IOWA Scott Mullen 2 yard run (Tim Douglas kick) Northwestern 16–14 4 11:13 IOWA Ladell Betts 74 yard run (Tim Douglas kick) Iowa 21–16 4 :04 NW Zak Kustok 2 yard run (Tim Long kick) Northwestern 23–21

Team players in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Jay Tant	Tight end	5	164	Arizona Cardinals