1999 Michigan State Spartans football team

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1999 Michigan State Spartans football
Michigan State Spartans script.svg
Florida Citrus Bowl champion
Florida Citrus Bowl, W 37–34 vs. Florida
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 7
Record10–2 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Morris Watts (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Bill Miller (1st season)
Home stadium Spartan Stadium (c. 72,027 AstroTurf)
Seasons
  1998
2000  
1999 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

The 1999 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Spartans played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. This was the last year for head coach Nick Saban, who left the program on December 5 to take the head coaching position at LSU. During the bowl game, the Spartans were coached by interim head coach Bobby Williams, who led the Spartans to a 37–34 victory in the 2000 Florida Citrus Bowl over the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference, with a last second, game-winning field goal by kicker Paul Edinger.

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This Spartan team featured the likes of Plaxico Burress, T. J. Duckett, Julian Peterson, and Renaldo Hill, and goes down as one of the best Spartan teams in the BCS era.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 28:00 p.m. Oregon * ESPN W 27–2072,923
September 111:00 p.m. Eastern Michigan *
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 51–772,569
September 181:30 p.m.at No. 24 Notre Dame * NBC W 23–1380,012
September 253:30 p.m.at Illinois No. 19W 27–1052,417 [1]
October 212:10 p.m. Iowa Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 14
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPN Plus W 49–373,629
October 912:00 p.m.No. 3 Michigan No. 11
ABC W 34–3176,895
October 163:30 p.m.at No. 20 Purdue No. 5ABCL 28–5268,216
October 2312:10 p.m.at No. 16 Wisconsin No. 11 ESPN2 L 10–4078,469
November 612:10 p.m.No. 20 Ohio State No. 19
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPNW 23–774,639
November 131:00 p.m.at Northwestern No. 17W 40–030,045
November 203:30 p.m.No. 13 Penn State No. 15
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI (rivalry)
ABCW 35–2874,231
January 1, 20001:00 p.m.vs. No. 10 Florida *No. 9ABCW 37–3454,866 [2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP RVRVRVRV19141151119191715111097
Coaches Poll RVRV*RVRV21141171320191714111097
BCS Not released15131211109Not released

Game summaries

Oregon

Oregon at Michigan State
1234Total
Oregon7100320
Michigan State70101027

Michigan

#3 Michigan at #11 Michigan State
1234Total
Michigan01002131
Michigan State7614734

Bill Burke threw for a school-record 400 yards and two touchdowns while Plaxico Burress set a new mark with 255 yards receiving. Burke broke Ed Smith's record of 369 against Indiana in 1979 while Burress surpassed Andre Rison's 252 yards against Georgia in 1989. Michigan State was now 6–0 for the first time since the 1966 national championship season. [3]

Roster

1999 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 83 Chris Baker So
QB 16Bill BurkeSr
WR 4 Plaxico Burress Jr
C 51Brian GrantJr
FB 00Ericson RicoSo
OT 74 Tupe Peko Jr
OT 76 Greg Randall Sr
WR 86 Gari Scott Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 3Amp CampbellSr
LB 8 T. J. Duckett Fr
CB 15 Renaldo Hill Jr
DB 9 Aric Morris Sr
LB 98 Julian Peterson Sr
DT 95 Josh Shaw So
DE 91 Robaire Smith Sr
LB 50 Josh Thornhill So
LB 35 T. J. Turner Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 1 Paul Edinger Sr
P 12 Craig Jarrett So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

2000 NFL draft

The following players were selected in the 2000 NFL draft.

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL team
Plaxico Burress 18Wide receiver Pittsburgh Steelers
Julian Peterson 116Linebacker San Francisco 49ers
Gari Scott 499Wide receiver Philadelphia Eagles
Greg Randall 4127Tackle New England Patriots
Aric Morris 5135Strong safety Tennessee Titans
Paul Edinger 6174Kicker Chicago Bears
Robaire Smith 6197Defensive tackle Tennessee Titans

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