1999 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

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1999 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
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Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Record6–5 (4–3 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadium L. T. Smith Stadium
Seasons
←  1998
2000  →
1999 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 11 Tennessee State $^  7 –0   11 –1  
Murray State  5 –2   7 –4  
Eastern Kentucky  4 –3   7 –4  
Western Kentucky  4 –3   6 –5  
Tennessee Tech  4 –3   5 –5  
Southeast Missouri State  2 –5   3 –8  
Eastern Illinois  2 –5   2 –10  
Tennessee–Martin  0 –7   1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1999 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season and were led by head coach Jack Harbaugh. The Hilltoppers rejoined the Ohio Valley Conference as a football only member this year; the school left the OVC in 1982 and had been a football independent since. [1] The team's roster included future NFL players Joseph Jefferson, Rod “He Hate Me” Smart, Sherrod Coates, Mel Mitchell, Bobby Sippio, and Ben Wittman, as well as future NFL coach Jason Michael. [2] Patrick Goodman was named to the AP All American team. The All OVC Team included Goodman, Sippio, Smart, Melvin Wisham, Wittman and Mitchell. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2at Tennessee–Martin
W 34–105,632
September 11 Cumberland (TN) *
W 55–77,350
September 18No. 21 South Florida *
  • L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
L 6–217,500
September 25 Southeast Missouri State
  • L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
W 21–107,700
October 2 Murray State
W 21–159,400
October 9at No. 16 Eastern Kentucky
L 10–319,080
October 16at Tennessee Tech
L 10–234,024
October 23No. 2 Tennessee State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
L 21–2813,100 [4]
October 30at Eastern Illinois
W 38–151,082
November 13at Indiana State *
W 40–34 OT3,412
November 20at Southern Illinois *
L 14–522,400 [5]

References

  1. ↑ 2017 OVC Football Media Guide, retrieved 30 April 2020
  2. ↑ Pro Football Reference, retrieved 30 April 2020
  3. ↑ WKU Football Media Guide retrieved 31 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Western barrles,but falls 28–21". The Courier-Journal. October 24, 1999. Retrieved March 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Cunningham, Steve (November 21, 1999). "Salukis D-rail Hilltoppers". The Southern Illinoisan . p. 1B. Retrieved January 15, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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