1999 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1999 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the first season for new head coach Kirk Ferentz, who replaced Hayden Fry who retired at the end of the 1998 season.[1] The Hawkeyes played their home games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.

1999 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record1–10 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKen O'Keefe (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorNorm Parker (1st season)
Base defense4–3
MVPLadell Betts
Matt Bowen
Home stadiumKinnick Stadium
(Capacity: 70,397)
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
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

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 411:00 amNo. 5 Nebraska*ABCL 7–4270,397
September 116:00 pmat Iowa State*FSNL 10–1750,402
September 185:15 pmNorthern Illinois*
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
ESPN W 24–063,478
October 211:00 amat No. 14 Michigan StateESPN L 3–4973,629
October 911:00 amNo. 2 Penn State
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
ESPN L 7–3166,398
October 1611:00 amat NorthwesternESPN L 21–2333,962
October 231:00 pmIndiana 
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
L 31–3863,777
October 3011:00 amat No. 21 Ohio StateESPN L 11–4193,561
November 61:00 pmIllinois
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
L 24–4061,350
November 132:30 pmat No. 9 WisconsinABCL 3–4179,404
November 2011:00 amNo. 17 Minnesota
ESPN L 21–2555,386
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster

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1999 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 4 Kyle McCann So
QB 18 Scott Mullen Jr
QB 13 Randy Reiners Sr
RB 46 Ladell Betts So
RB 15 Robbie Crockett So
RB 31 Rob Thein Sr
WR 88 Ryan Barton Jr
WR 3 Kahlil Hill So
WR 87 Kevin Kasper Jr
WR 6 Chris Oliver So
WR 5 Bashir Yamini Sr
TE 80 Zeron Flemister Sr
TE 35 Erik Jensen Fr
TE 83 Kyle Trippeer Jr
TE 86 Austin Wheatley Sr
OL 52 A.J. Blazek Jr
OL   Jay Bickford Sr
OL 74 Alonzo Cunningham So
OL 67 Chad Deal Sr
OL 78 Robert Gallery Fr
OL 72 Bruce Nelson   Fr
OL 56 Eric Steinbach Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL 91 Jerry Montgomery So
LB 44 Dallas Clark Fr
LB 54 Aaron Kampman So
LB 56 Vernon Rollins Sr
LB 97 LeVar Woods Jr
DB 9 Matt Bowen Sr
DB 8 Mikkel Brown
DB 2 Tarig Holman Sr
DB 21 Matt Stockdale So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 17 Tim Douglas Sr
P 7 Jason Baker Jr


Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Game summaries

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Nebraska

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Nebraska at Iowa
1 234Total
No. 5 Cornhuskers 0 71421 42
Hawkeyes 0 007 7

[2] [3]

At Iowa State

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Iowa at Iowa State
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 0 073 10
Cyclones 14 003 17

[4]

Northern Illinois

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No. Illinois at Iowa
1 234Total
Huskies 0 000 0
Hawkeyes 0 3021 24

The win over the Huskies marked Kirk Ferentz's first victory as head coach at Iowa.[5]

At Michigan State

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Iowa at Michigan State
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 0 030 3
No. 14 Spartans 21 14140 49

[6]

Penn State

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Penn State at Iowa
1 234Total
No. 2 Nittany Lions 7 7710 31
Hawkeyes 0 070 7

[7]

At Northwestern

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Iowa at Northwestern
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 0 0147 21
Wildcats 3 1307 23

[8] [9]

Indiana

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Indiana at Iowa
1 234Total
Hoosiers 7 17140 38
Hawkeyes 0 14710 31

[10]

At Ohio State

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Iowa at Ohio State
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 8 030 11
No. 21 Buckeyes 7 14146 41

[11]

Illinois

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Illinois at Iowa
1 234Total
Fighting Illini 6 101014 40
Hawkeyes 3 777 24

[12]

At Wisconsin

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Iowa at Wisconsin
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 0 300 3
No. 9 Badgers 13 1477 41

[13]

Minnesota

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Minnesota at Iowa
1 234Total
No. 18 Golden Gophers 7 3510 25
Hawkeyes 0 2100 21

[14]

Awards and honors

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Team players in the 2000 NFL Draft

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Player Position Round Pick NFL club Ref
Austin Wheatley Tight end 5 158 New Orleans Saints [15]
Matt Bowen Defensive back 6 198 St. Louis Rams [15]

References

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  1. ^ "Ferentz to follow Fry" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. December 3, 1998. p. 1A. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  2. ^ "Nebraska 42, Iowa 7". UPI. September 4, 1999. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  3. ^ "Hawks out of Huskers' league" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. September 7, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  4. ^ "State of Embarrassment" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. September 13, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  5. ^ "Runaway Betts" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. September 20, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  6. ^ "Can it get worse?" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. October 4, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  7. ^ "Hawkeye heartbeat" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. October 11, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  8. ^ "Iowa vs. Northwestern". USA Today. October 16, 1999. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  9. ^ "Wildcats deliver late blow" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. October 18, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  10. ^ "Once again, so very close" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. October 25, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  11. ^ "Hawks still slipping" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 1, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  12. ^ "Familiar fate for Hawks" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 8, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  13. ^ "Dayne plows Iowa, earns honor" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 15, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  14. ^ "Iowa lead fizzles, Gophers escape" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 22, 1999. p. 1B. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  15. ^ a b "2000 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com.