1999 LSU Tigers football team

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1999 LSU Tigers football
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Record3–8 (1–7 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBob McConnell (1st as OC, 5th overall season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinator Lou Tepper (2nd season)
Base defense3-4
Home stadium Tiger Stadium
Seasons
←  1998
2000  →
1999 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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]

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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

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 47:00 p.m. San Jose State *
W 29–2176,753 [4]
September 117:00 p.m. North Texas *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 52–079,845 [5]
September 184:00 p.m. Auburn
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
 ESPN L 7–4180,562 [6]
October 211:30 a.m.at No. 10 Georgia
JPS L 22–2386,117 [7]
October 92:30 p.m.No. 8 Florida
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
 CBS L 10–3180,255 [8]
October 1611:30 a.m.at Kentucky
JPSL 5–3167,370 [9]
October 235:00 p.m.at No. 12 Mississippi State
ESPN2 L 16–1741,274 [10]
October 307:00 p.m.No. 25 Ole Miss
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
L 23–4280,084 [11]
November 611:30 a.m.at No. 12 Alabama
JPSL 17–2383,818 [12]
November 137:00 p.m. Houston *
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
L 7–2076,671 [13]
November 261:30 p.m.No. 17 Arkansas
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
CBSW 35–1077,610 [14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • 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
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 3 Jerel Myers Fr
FL 4Reggie RobinsonSo
QB 6 Rohan Davey So
RB 7 Rondell Mealey Sr
FL 10LaVar JohnsonSo
QB 13Will StellyFr
QB 14 Josh Booty So
QB 16 Craig Nall So
WR 22 Larry Foster Sr
WR 25 Josh Reed So
RB 26Elice ParkerFr
F-B 30Solomon LeeFr
RB 31 Domanick Davis Fr
SE 37Blain BechFr
FL 38Andy StroupSr
FB 39Reese AngeletteFr
SE 39Roger WilliamsJr
RB 41 LaBrandon Toefield Fr
FB 43 Tommy Banks Jr
G 44Travis BourgeoisFr
TE 47 Eric Edwards Fr
DS 50Brandon PetersonFr
C 56Jason CuevasFr
DS 57Wendell YorkFr
OL 60Rodney ReedFr
OT 61Sam Forehand Redshirt.svg  Fr
OT 63Tim DonelonSr
C 64John ComptonJr
OT 65Jason DaireFr
G 66John YoungFr
C 67Alvin PuckettJr
OT 68 Brandon Winey Jr
G 69Jason BaggettSo
OT 70 Louis Williams Jr
G 71 Alcender Jackson Sr
OT 72Nick DupuisFr
G 73 Rob Sale Redshirt.svg  Fr
OT 74Brad SmallingFr
OT 75Trey LangleyJr
G 76Bob WynneFr
C 77Jonathan AutreyFr
G 78Dwayne PierceJr
C 79Jason UnderwoodSo
TE 81Jamal PackSr
FL 82Mike FontenotFr
F-B 82Michael LillieJr
TE 85Kyle KippsSo
TE 86 Robert Royal Fr
TE 87Joe DomingeauxSo
SE 88Abram BootyJr
FL 89Ed DangerfieldSo
TE 90Terry PhillipsFr
F-B 92Bryce WyattFr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 1 Fred Booker Jr
DB 2 Ryan Clark So
FS 5Damien JamesFr
CB 8 Mark Roman Sr
CB 9Robert DavisSo
LB 11 Bradie James Fr
LB 13Kyle ThompsonFr
LB 15Walter MorehamSo
LB 17Bubba AlexanderJr
SS 18 Clarence LeBlanc Sr
FS 19Shane O'TooleSo
SS 21Matthew CurtisFr
CB 24Oliver SmithFr
CB 27Damien WoodsSr
LB 28Lionel ThomasSo
LB 29Terrence O'BryantSo
LB 32Jeremy LawrenceFr
DB 33Demetrius HookfinFr
LB 34 Trev Faulk Fr
CB 34Tony VastolaSo
LB 35Charles SmithSr
DB 36 Norman LeJeune Fr
LB 42Chris CooperFr
LB 45Jamal HillJr
LB 46Wardell SykesJr
FS 48Deryell PattersonFr
LB 51Jason GreenSo
ILB 52Thomas DunsonSo
DE 54 Kenderick Allen So
DT 55Willie GrayFr
LB 58Derace JamesFr
DE 59 Jarvis Green So
LB 62Lance RicknerFr
LB 63Ryan O'NealFr
NG 91Muskingum BarnesSo
LB 93Theo WilliamsSr
DT 94Melvin RicheyFr
DT 95Johnny MitchellSr
DT 96 Byron Dawson So
DE 97Kareem MitchellJr
DT 98Shaun WynnFr
DE 99Charles ThomasSo
NG 99Trevor HillFr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 12Kris KesslerSo
K 13Chad LewisFr
P 23Jeremy WittenSr
P 26Corey GibbsSr
K 40John CorbelloFr
P 80 Donnie Jones Fr
P 82Billy DresslerJr
K 83 Danny Boyd Sr
K 84Michael MitchellSr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

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