1999 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1999 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1999 record 6–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach John Cooper
Defensive coordinator Fred Pagac
MVP Ahmed Plummer
Captain Matt Keller
Captain Ahmed Plummer
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 89,841)
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 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 66 record, failing to go to a bowl game for the first time since the 1988 season, John Cooper's first year as head coach.[1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 29 2:30 PM vs. #12 Miami (FL)* #9 Giants StadiumEast Rutherford, NJ (Kickoff Classic) ABC L 12–23   73,037[2]
September 11 8:00 PM #14 UCLA* #13 Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH ABC W 42–20   93,283[2]
September 18 3:30 PM Ohio* #12 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ABC W 40–16   93,222[2]
September 25 12:00 PM Cincinnati* #12 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ESPN+ W 34–20   93,407[2]
October 2 3:30 PM Wisconsin #12 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ABC L 17–42   93,524[2]
October 9 3:30 PM #18 Purdue #20 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ABC W 25–22   93,766[2]
October 16 12:00 PM at #2 Penn State #17 Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA (Rivalry) ABC L 10–23   97,007[2]
October 23 12:00 PM at #24 Minnesota #22 Hubert H. Humphrey MetrodomeMinneapolis, MN ESPN W 20–17   50,842[2]
October 30 12:00 PM Iowa #21 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ESPN+ W 41–11   93,561[2]
November 6 12:00 PM at #19 Michigan State #20 Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI ESPN L 7–23   74,639[2]
November 13 12:00 PM Illinois #25 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy) ESPN2 L 20–46   93,429[2]
November 20 12:00 PM at #10 Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI (The Game) ABC L 17–24   111,575[2]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Coaching staff

Game notes

UCLA

1 234Total
UCLA 7 373 20
Ohio State 0 21714 42
  • Source:

Purdue

1 234Total
Purdue 7 609 22
Ohio St 7 0108 25

[3]


Iowa

1 234Total
Iowa 8 030 11
Ohio State 7 14146 41

[4]

2000 NFL draftees

Player Round Pick Position NFL Club
Ahmed Plummer 1 24 Defensive Back San Francisco 49ers
Na'il Diggs 4 98 Linebacker Green Bay Packers
Gary Berry 4 126 Defensive Back Green Bay Packers
Michael Wiley 5 144 Running Back Dallas Cowboys
James Cotton 7 223 Linebacker Chicago Bears
Kevin Houser 7 228 Center New Orleans Saints

References

  1. "Football Falls In Another Classic With Michigan", Ohio State University, November 20, 1999.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Park, Jack (2003). The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia. Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 1-58261-695-7.
  3. USA Today
  4. USA Today. Retrieved October 18, 2014
Win/Loss statistics
Draft data
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