1999 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1999 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1999 record	3–8 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Randy Walker (1st year)
Home stadium	Ryan Field (Capacity: 47,130)

1999 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#4 Wisconsin $		7	–	1		10	–	2
#5 Michigan %		6	–	2		10	–	2
#7 Michigan State		6	–	2		10	–	2
#11 Penn State		5	–	3		10	–	3
#18 Minnesota		5	–	3		8	–	4
#24 Illinois		4	–	4		8	–	4
#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 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	11:30 AM	Miami (OH)*	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL		L 3–28	28,108
September 11	11:00 AM	TCU*	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPN+	W 17–7	26,494
September 18	11:00 AM	at Duke*	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	JPS	W 15–12 ^OT	18,720
September 25	11:00 AM	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	ESPN2	L 23–31	58,620
October 2	11:00 AM	Minnesota	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL		L 14–33	24,439
October 9	1:00 PM	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN		L 17–34	30,101
October 16	11:00 AM	Iowa	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPN+	W 23–21	33,962
October 30	11:00 AM	#11 Wisconsin	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPN+	L 19–35	42,292
November 6	11:00 AM	#16 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN+	L 3–37	110,794
November 13	12:00 PM	#17 Michigan State	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL		L 0–34	30,045
November 20	1:00 PM	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL		L 7–29	50,137
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Game notes

Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa	0	0	14	7	21
• Northwestern	3	13	0	7	23

Date: October 16
Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, Illinois
Game attendance: 33,962

Scoring summary

1	8:57	NW	Tim Long 25 yard field goal	Northwestern 3–0

2	14:52	NW	Tim Long 25 yard field goal	Northwestern 6–0

2	9:14	NW	Tim Long 28 yard field goal	Northwestern 9–0

2	1:57	NW	Teddy Johnson 21 yard pass from Zak Kustok (Tim Long kick)	Northwestern 16–0

3	12:13	IOWA	Randy Reiners 3 yard run (Tim Douglas kick)	Northwestern 16–7

3	3:18	IOWA	Scott Mullen 2 yard run (Tim Douglas kick)	Northwestern 16–14

4	11:13	IOWA	Ladell Betts 74 yard run (Tim Douglas kick)	Iowa 21–16

4	:04	NW	Zak Kustok 2 yard run (Tim Long kick)	Northwestern 23–21

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References

Northwestern Wildcats football

Venues	Northwestern Field (1905–1925) Ryan Field (1926–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Illinois (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk, 1945–2008; Land of Lincoln Trophy, 2009–present) Notre Dame (Shillelagh Trophy 1930–c. 1973)

Culture & lore	Willie the Wildcat "Go U Northwestern" Marching band 2006 Michigan State game

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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