1999 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

1999 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	1–10 (1–6 Big East)
Head coach	Terry Shea (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Terry Shea (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Dennis Creehan (2nd season)
Home stadium	Rutgers Stadium
Seasons ←  1998 2000  →

1999 Big East Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Virginia Tech $		7	–	0					11	–	1
No. 15 Miami (FL)		6	–	1					9	–	4
Boston College		4	–	3					8	–	4
Syracuse		3	–	4					7	–	5
West Virginia		3	–	4					4	–	7
Pittsburgh		2	–	5					5	–	6
Temple		2	–	5					2	–	9
Rutgers		1	–	6					1	–	10
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Scarlet Knights were led by fourth-year head coach Terry Shea and played their home games at Rutgers Stadium. They were a member of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 1–6 in Big East play.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	5:30 pm	at California *	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California		L 7–21	35,200
September 11	8:00 pm	No. 23 Texas *	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN2	L 21–38	41,511
September 25	12:00 pm	Boston College	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN+	L 7–27	27,330
October 2	6:30 pm	at Wake Forest *	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, North Carolina		L 10–17	20,772
October 9	6:00 pm	No. 5 Virginia Tech	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey		L 20–58	30,764
October 16	1:00 pm	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, West Virginia		L 16–62	44,223
October 23	12:00 pm	Pittsburgh	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN+	L 15–38	17,325
October 30	1:00 pm	at Temple	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia		L 28–56	16,873
November 6	2:00 pm	Navy *	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey		L 7–34	20,339
November 13	12:00 pm	Syracuse	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN+	W 24–21	17,919
November 20	12:00 pm	at Miami (FL)	Miami Orange Bowl Miami		L 0–55	21,167
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1999 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense 74 B. French OL Sr. 6-4 315 Crossland / Temple Hill, MD 75 S. Mitchell OL So. 6-7 320 Milford Academy / Fort Wayne, IN 76 K. Kaczorowski OL Fr. 6-6 305 Hillside / Hillside, NJ 81 Sean Carty WR Fr. 6-1 190 Somerville, Somerville, NJ 82 Aaron Martin DB Fr. 6-4 195 Bergen Catholic / Ringwood, NJ 83 Josh Hobbs WR Fr. 6-2 190 Somerville / Somerville, NJ 84 Phil Douglas WR So. 5-11 180 Lakewood / Lakewood, NJ Pos. # Name Class QB 17 Mike McMahon Jr OL 63 Mike DeLucia Sr OL 64 Iosefa Puaauli Sr OL 65 Jeremy Womack So OL 66 Shaun O'Hara Sr OL 69 Howard Blackwood So OL 70 Tim Baker Sr OL 71 Randy Smith Sr OL 73 Brian Duffy Fr OL 78 Mike Esposito So WR 80 Errol Johnson Jr TE 85 L. J. Smith So WR 86 Walter King Sr	Defense 44 Roger Wingate OLB Sr. 6-1 200 Hillside / Hillside, NJ 45 Ken Whiteside LB Fr. 6-3 210 Dwight Morrow / Englewood, NJ 51 Jack Bloom DE Jr. 6-4 230 Toms River South / Toms River, NJ 52 R. Crawford DE Jr. Pos. # Name Class LB 41 Gary Brackett Fr S 42 Brian Bender Fr DE 43 Jesse Sullivan Fr ILB 46 Steve Berson Fr LB 47 Tarell Freeney Jr ILB 48 Mike Pridgeon Sr OLB 49 Dax Strohmeyer Sr DL 77 Karl Mayall Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Terry Shea Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

References

1. "Scarlet Knights Football". Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on March 5, 2000. Retrieved September 29, 2015.