American college football season
The 1999 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season .[1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania .
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source August 28 1:00 p.m. No. 4 Arizona * No. 3 ABC W 41–797,168
September 4 12:00 p.m. Akron * No. 2 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ESPN Plus W 70–2495,192
September 11 12:00 p.m. Pittsburgh * No. 2 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry ) ESPN W 20–1796,127
September 18 3:30 p.m. at No. 8 Miami (FL) * No. 3 CBS W 27–2374,427
September 25 12:00 p.m. Indiana No. 2 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ESPN W 45–2496,416
October 9 12:00 p.m. at Iowa No. 2 ESPN Plus W 31–766,398
October 16 12:00 p.m. No. 18 Ohio State No. 2 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry ) ABC W 23–1097,007
October 23 3:30 p.m. at No. 16 Purdue No. 2 ABC W 31–2568,355
October 30 3:30 p.m. at Illinois No. 2 ABC W 27–750,014 [2]
November 6 12:00 p.m. Minnesota No. 2 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (Governor's Victory Bell) ESPN2 L 23–2496,753
November 13 12:00 p.m. No. 16 Michigan No. 6 Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry ) ABC L 27–3196,840
November 20 3:30 p.m. at No. 15 Michigan State No. 13 ABC L 28–3574,231
7:30 p.m. vs. No. 18 Texas A&M * No. 13 ESPN W 24–065,380
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Roster
1999 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
P
41
Pat Pidgeon
Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking ( ) = First-place votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP 3 (4) 2 (26) 2 (26) 3 (6) 2 (7) 2 (5) 2 (5) 2 (6) 2 (6) 2 (10) 2 (9) 6 13 15 14 13 11 Coaches Poll 4 (8) 4* 2 (19) 3 (7) 2 (6) 2 (5) 2 (6) 2 (6) 2 (7) 2 (16) 2 (13) 8 13 15 17 17 11 BCS Not released 2 2 7 11 12 13 11 Not released
Post season
NFL draft
Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 2000 NFL Draft , including the first two overall picks.
Awards
Chuck Bednarik Award
Dick Butkus Award
Notes
Penn State sets a new single season attendance record of 675,503 fans.
References