1999 Washington Huskies football team

1999 Washington Huskies football
Holiday Bowl, L 20–24 vs. Kansas State
Conference	Pacific-10
1999 record	7–5 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Rick Neuheisel (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Karl Dorrell (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Tim Hundley (1st season)
MVP	None
Captain	Lester Towns (2nd year)
Captain	Jabari Issa
Captain	Marques Tuiasosopo
Home stadium	Husky Stadium (Capacity: 72,500)
Seasons

1999 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Stanford †		7	–	1					8	–	4
#19 Oregon		6	–	2					9	–	3
Washington		6	–	2					7	–	5
Arizona State		5	–	3					6	–	6
Oregon State		4	–	4					7	–	5
Arizona		3	–	5					6	–	6
USC		3	–	5					6	–	6
California		3	–	5					4	–	7
UCLA		2	–	6					4	–	7
Washington State		1	–	7					3	–	9
† – BCS representative as champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Huskies were led by first year head coach Rick Neuheisel and played their home games at Husky Stadium. They played as a member of the Pac-10. They finished the season 7–5, 6-2 in Pac-10 play to finish in a tie for second place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 9	5:00 PM	at BYU*		Cougar Stadium Provo, Utah	ESPN	L 28–35	65,726
September 18	3:30 PM	Air Force*		Husky Stadium Seattle	FSN	L 21–31	70,019
September 25	12:30 PM	Colorado*		Husky Stadium Seattle	ABC	W 31–24	72,068
October 2	7:15 PM	No. 25 Oregon		Husky Stadium Seattle	FSN	W 34–20	72,581
October 9	3:30 PM	at Oregon State		Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	FSN	W 47–21	35,470
October 16	4:00 PM	Arizona State		Husky Stadium Seattle	ABC	L 7–28	72,789
October 23	12:30 PM	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California		W 31–27	43,000
October 30	12:30 PM	No. 25 Stanford		Husky Stadium Seattle	ABC	W 35–30	70,308
November 6	12:30 PM	at Arizona		Arizona Stadium Tucson, Arizona	ABC	W 33–25	56,614
November 13	12:30 PM	at UCLA	No. 22	Rose Bowl Pasadena, California	ABC	L 20–23 OT	55,705
November 20	12:30 PM	Washington State		Husky Stadium Seattle (Apple Cup)	ABC	W 24–14	72,973
December 29	5:30 PM	vs. No. 7 Kansas State*		Qualcomm Stadium San Diego (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	L 20–24	57,118
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Washington State

Washington State at Washington

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Washington State 0 6 0 8 14 • Washington 10 7 0 7 24 Date: Saturday, November 20 Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle Game attendance: 72,973 Source: USA Today Scoring summary 1 5:38 WASH John Anderson 22 yard field goal WASH 3-0 1 0:31 WASH Maurice Shaw 4 yard run (John Anderson kick) WASH 10-0 2 13:45 WSU Rian Lindell 22 yard field goal WASH 10-3 2 6:05 WSU Rian Lindell 28 yard field goal WASH 10-6 2 4:51 WASH Joe Jarzynka 55 yard pass from Marques Tuiasosopo (John Anderson kick) WASH 17-6 4 10:16 WASH Paul Arnold 80 yard run (John Anderson kick) WASH 24-6 4 7:22 WSU Adam Hawkins 19 yard run (Steve Birnbaum to Paul Mencke pass) WASH 24-14

Roster

1999 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 80 Looker, DaneDane Looker 7.0 !Sr QB 3 Pickett, CodyCody Pickett 1.0 !Fr TE 14 Stevens, JerramyJerramy Stevens 1.0 !Fr QB 11 Tuiasosopo, MarquesMarques Tuiasosopo 5.0 !Jr G 71 Ward, ChadChad Ward 5.0 !Jr TE 87 Ware, KevinKevin Ware 1.0 !Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class SS 9 Akbar, HakimHakim Akbar 5.0 !Jr DT 95 Issa, JabariJabari Issa 7.0 !Sr CB 12 Lowe, OmareOmare Lowe 3.0 !So LB 17 Towns, LesterLester Towns 7.0 !Sr DT 70 Tripplett, LarryLarry Tripplett 3.0 !So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 16 Fleming, RyanRyan Fleming 5.0 !Jr	Head coach Rick Neuheisel Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 1999-10-04