1999 LSU Tigers football team

1999 LSU Tigers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Record	3–8 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach	Gerry DiNardo (5th year, 10 games) Hal Hunter (interim, 1 game)
Offensive coordinator	Bob McConnell (1st as OC, 5th overall season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Lou Tepper (2nd season)
Base defense	3-4
Home stadium	Tiger Stadium
Seasons ←  1998 2000  →

1999 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 12 Florida x		7	–	1					9	–	4
No. 9 Tennessee		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 16 Georgia		5	–	3					8	–	4
Kentucky		4	–	4					6	–	6
Vanderbilt		2	–	6					5	–	6
South Carolina		0	–	8					0	–	11
Western Division
No. 8 Alabama x$		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 13 Mississippi State		6	–	2					10	–	2
No. 22 Ole Miss		4	–	4					8	–	4
No. 17 Arkansas		4	–	4					8	–	4
Auburn		2	–	6					5	–	6
LSU		1	–	7					3	–	8
Championship: Alabama 34, Florida 7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Gerry DiNardo in his last year at LSU, the Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LSU fired DiNardo before the final game of the season against conference opponent Arkansas after eight consecutive losses and named Assistant Coach Hal Hunter as interim head coach for the final game. DiNardo was given the opportunity to coach the game vs. Arkansas, but refused (in contrast to his predecessors at LSU, Curley Hallman, who coached the Tigers in their final two games of 1994 after being fired five years to the day prior to DiNardo's dismissal; and Mike Archer, who coached the final two games of 1990 after resigning four years to the day before Hallman's dismissal). ^[1]

In Coach Hunter's only game as the team's head coach, unranked LSU (2-8, 0-7) dominated #17 Arkansas (7-3, 4-3) in their lone victory over a conference opponent that season and won back the Golden Boot. ^[2] Former Michigan State University head football coach Nick Saban, whose team DiNardo's Tigers defeated in the 1995 Independence Bowl, accepted LSU's offer and took over the team in December 1999. ^[3]

This would be LSU's last losing season until 2021.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	7:00 p.m.	San Jose State *	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		W 29–21	76,753	[4]
September 11	7:00 p.m.	North Texas *	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		W 52–0	79,845	[5]
September 18	4:00 p.m.	Auburn	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 7–41	80,562	[6]
October 2	11:30 a.m.	at No. 10 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	JPS	L 22–23	86,117	[7]
October 9	2:30 p.m.	No. 8 Florida	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	CBS	L 10–31	80,255	[8]
October 16	11:30 a.m.	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	JPS	L 5–31	67,370	[9]
October 23	5:00 p.m.	at No. 12 Mississippi State	Scott Field Starkville, MS (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 16–17	41,274	[10]
October 30	7:00 p.m.	No. 25 Ole Miss	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)		L 23–42	80,084	[11]
November 6	11:30 a.m.	at No. 12 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	JPS	L 17–23	83,818	[12]
November 13	7:00 p.m.	Houston *	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		L 7–20	76,671	[13]
November 26	1:30 p.m.	No. 17 Arkansas	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	CBS	W 35–10	77,610	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

1999 LSU Tigers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 3 Jerel Myers Fr FL 4 Reggie Robinson So QB 6 Rohan Davey So RB 7 Rondell Mealey Sr FL 10 LaVar Johnson So QB 13 Will Stelly Fr QB 14 Josh Booty So QB 16 Craig Nall So WR 22 Larry Foster Sr WR 25 Josh Reed So RB 26 Elice Parker Fr F-B 30 Solomon Lee Fr RB 31 Domanick Davis Fr SE 37 Blain Bech Fr FL 38 Andy Stroup Sr FB 39 Reese Angelette Fr SE 39 Roger Williams Jr RB 41 LaBrandon Toefield Fr FB 43 Tommy Banks Jr G 44 Travis Bourgeois Fr TE 47 Eric Edwards Fr DS 50 Brandon Peterson Fr C 56 Jason Cuevas Fr DS 57 Wendell York Fr OL 60 Rodney Reed Fr OT 61 Sam Forehand  Fr OT 63 Tim Donelon Sr C 64 John Compton Jr OT 65 Jason Daire Fr G 66 John Young Fr C 67 Alvin Puckett Jr OT 68 Brandon Winey Jr G 69 Jason Baggett So OT 70 Louis Williams Jr G 71 Alcender Jackson Sr OT 72 Nick Dupuis Fr G 73 Rob Sale  Fr OT 74 Brad Smalling Fr OT 75 Trey Langley Jr G 76 Bob Wynne Fr C 77 Jonathan Autrey Fr G 78 Dwayne Pierce Jr C 79 Jason Underwood So TE 81 Jamal Pack Sr FL 82 Mike Fontenot Fr F-B 82 Michael Lillie Jr TE 85 Kyle Kipps So TE 86 Robert Royal Fr TE 87 Joe Domingeaux So SE 88 Abram Booty Jr FL 89 Ed Dangerfield So TE 90 Terry Phillips Fr F-B 92 Bryce Wyatt Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 Fred Booker Jr DB 2 Ryan Clark So FS 5 Damien James Fr CB 8 Mark Roman Sr CB 9 Robert Davis So LB 11 Bradie James Fr LB 13 Kyle Thompson Fr LB 15 Walter Moreham So LB 17 Bubba Alexander Jr SS 18 Clarence LeBlanc Sr FS 19 Shane O'Toole So SS 21 Matthew Curtis Fr CB 24 Oliver Smith Fr CB 27 Damien Woods Sr LB 28 Lionel Thomas So LB 29 Terrence O'Bryant So LB 32 Jeremy Lawrence Fr DB 33 Demetrius Hookfin Fr LB 34 Trev Faulk Fr CB 34 Tony Vastola So LB 35 Charles Smith Sr DB 36 Norman LeJeune Fr LB 42 Chris Cooper Fr LB 45 Jamal Hill Jr LB 46 Wardell Sykes Jr FS 48 Deryell Patterson Fr LB 51 Jason Green So ILB 52 Thomas Dunson So DE 54 Kenderick Allen So DT 55 Willie Gray Fr LB 58 Derace James Fr DE 59 Jarvis Green So LB 62 Lance Rickner Fr LB 63 Ryan O'Neal Fr NG 91 Muskingum Barnes So LB 93 Theo Williams Sr DT 94 Melvin Richey Fr DT 95 Johnny Mitchell Sr DT 96 Byron Dawson So DE 97 Kareem Mitchell Jr DT 98 Shaun Wynn Fr DE 99 Charles Thomas So NG 99 Trevor Hill Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 12 Kris Kessler So K 13 Chad Lewis Fr P 23 Jeremy Witten Sr P 26 Corey Gibbs Sr K 40 John Corbello Fr P 80 Donnie Jones Fr P 82 Billy Dressler Jr K 83 Danny Boyd Sr K 84 Michael Mitchell Sr	Head coach Gerry DiNardo (first 10 games) Hal Hunter (last game) Coordinators/assistant coaches Bob McConnell –Offensive coordinator/wide receivers Michael Haywood –Running backs David Kelly –Tight ends Hal Hunter –Offensive line Lou Tepper –Defensive coordinator/inside linebacker Joe Cullen –Defensive line Kenny Carter –Linebackers Bill Elias Jr. –Outside linebackers Steve Bernstein –Defensive backs Charlie Coiner –Special teams coordinator Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

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