1999 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 1999 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. This was the final season for defensive coach Jerry Sandusky; it was later found in 2012 that Sandusky had been accused of sexual abuse of young children in 1998, but it was the decision of head coach Joe Paterno, university president Graham Spanier, athletic director Timothy Curley and senior vice president of finance and business Gary C. Schultz to conceal the revelation to the board of trustees and the authorities.[2][3]
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Alamo Bowl champion | |
Alamo Bowl, W 24–0 vs. Texas A&M | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 11 |
| AP | No. 11 |
| 1999 record | 10–3 (5–3 Big Ten) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Fran Ganter |
| Defensive coordinator | Jerry Sandusky |
| Home stadium | Beaver Stadium (Capacity: 93,967) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Wisconsin $ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Michigan % | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Michigan State | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Penn State did not play Big Ten teams Northwestern and Wisconsin this year.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 28 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 4 Arizona* | No. 3 | ABC | W 41–7 | 97,168 | |
| September 4 | 12:00 p.m. | Akron* | No. 2 |
| ESPN+ | W 70–24 | 95,192 |
| September 11 | 12:00 p.m. | Pittsburgh* | No. 2 |
| ESPN | W 20–17 | 96,127 |
| September 18 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 8 Miami (FL)* | No. 3 | CBS | W 27–23 | 74,427 | |
| September 25 | 12:00 p.m. | Indiana | No. 2 |
| ESPN | W 45–24 | 96,416 |
| October 9 | 12:00 p.m. | at Iowa | No. 2 | ESPN+ | W 31–7 | 66,398 | |
| October 16 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 18 Ohio State | No. 2 |
| ABC | W 23–10 | 97,007 |
| October 23 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 16 Purdue | No. 2 | ABC | W 31–25 | 68,355 | |
| October 30 | 3:30 p.m. | at Illinois | No. 2 | ABC | W 27–7 | 50,014 | |
| November 6 | 12:00 p.m. | Minnesota | No. 2 |
| ESPN2 | L 23–24 | 96,753 |
| November 13 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 16 Michigan | No. 6 |
| ABC | L 27–31 | 96,840 |
| November 20 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 15 Michigan State | No. 13 | ABC | L 28–35 | 74,231 | |
| December 28 | 7:30 p.m. | vs. No. 18 Texas A&M | No. 13 | ESPN | W 24–0 | 65,380 | |
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Roster
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Offense
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Special teams
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Post season
NFL draft
Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 2000 NFL Draft, including the first two overall picks.
| Round | Pick | Overall | Name | Position | Team |
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| 1st | 1 | 1 | Courtney Brown | Defensive end | Cleveland Browns |
| 1st | 1 | 2 | LaVar Arrington | Linebacker | Washington Redskins |
| 3rd | 29 | 91 | David Macklin | Cornerback | Indianapolis Colts |
| 4th | 11 | 105 | Brandon Short | Linebacker | New York Giants |
Notes
- Penn State sets a new single season attendance record of 675,503 fans.
References
- "Penn State Yearly Results (1995-1999)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
- Belson, Ken (12 July 2012). "Abuse Scandal Inquiry Damns Paterno and Penn State". The New York Times.
- "Key passages from Penn State internal review report". CNN. July 12, 2012.
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