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 legendary Iowa coach 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
1999 record1–10 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKen O'Keefe (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorNorm Parker (1st season)
MVPLadell Betts
Matt Bowen
Home stadiumKinnick Stadium
(Capacity: 70,397)
1999 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Wisconsin $  7 –1     10 –2  
No. 5 Michigan %  6 –2     10 –2  
No. 7 Michigan State  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
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 State
ESPN+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 Northwestern
ESPN+L 21–2333,962
October 231:00 pmIndiana
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
L 31–3863,777
October 3011:00 amat No. 21 Ohio State
ESPN+L 11–4193,561
November 61:00 pmIllinois
  • Kinnick Stadium
  • Iowa City, Iowa
L 24–4061,350
November 132:30 pmat No. 9 Wisconsin
ABCL 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
1999 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
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

Nebraska
Nebraska at Iowa
1 234Total
• No. 5 Cornhuskers 0 71421 42
Hawkeyes 0 007 7
See also: 1999 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Iowa–Nebraska football rivalry


[2] [3]

Iowa State
Iowa at Iowa State
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 0 073 10
• Cyclones 14 003 17
See also: 1999 Iowa State Cyclones football team and Iowa–Iowa State football rivalry


[4]

Northern Illinois
No. Illinois at Iowa
1 234Total
Huskies 0 000 0
• Hawkeyes 0 3021 24
See also: 1999 Northern Illinois Huskies football team


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

Michigan State
Iowa at Michigan State
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 0 030 3
• No. 14 Spartans 21 14140 49
See also: 1999 Michigan State Spartans football team


[6]

Penn State
Penn State at Iowa
1 234Total
• No. 2 Nittany Lions 7 7710 31
Hawkeyes 0 070 7
See also: 1999 Penn State Nittany Lions football team


[7]

Northwestern
Iowa at Northwestern
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 0 0147 21
• Wildcats 3 1307 23
See also: 1999 Northwestern Wildcats football team


[8] [9]

Indiana
Indiana at Iowa
1 234Total
• Hoosiers 7 17140 38
Hawkeyes 0 14710 31
See also: 1999 Indiana Hoosiers football team


[10]

Ohio State
Iowa at Ohio State
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 8 030 11
• No. 21 Buckeyes 7 14146 41
See also: 1999 Ohio State Buckeyes football team


[11]

Illinois
Illinois at Iowa
1 234Total
• Fighting Illini 6 101014 40
Hawkeyes 3 777 24
See also: 1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football team


[12]

Wisconsin
Iowa at Wisconsin
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 0 300 3
• No. 9 Badgers 13 1477 41
See also: 1999 Wisconsin Badgers football team


[13]

Minnesota
Minnesota at Iowa
1 234Total
• No. 18 Golden Gophers 7 3510 25
Hawkeyes 0 2100 21
See also: 1999 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team


[14]

Awards and honors
See also: 1999 All-Big Ten Conference football team

Team players in the 2000 NFL Draft
Main article: 2000 NFL Draft
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL ClubRef
Austin WheatleyTight end5158New Orleans Saints[15]
Matt BowenDefensive back6198St. Louis Rams[15]

References
  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. "2000 NFL Draft". pro-football-reference.com.
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