1999 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

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.

1999 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record1–10 (1–6 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTerry Shea (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorDennis Creehan (2nd season)
Home stadiumRutgers Stadium
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Big East Conference football standings
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

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 45:30 pmat California*L 7–2135,200
September 118:00 pmNo. 23 Texas*ESPN2L 21–3841,511
September 2512:00 pmBoston College
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, New Jersey
ESPN+L 7–2727,330
October 26:30 pmat Wake Forest*L 10–1720,772
October 96:00 pmNo. 5 Virginia Tech
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, New Jersey
L 20–5830,764
October 161:00 pmat West VirginiaL 16–6244,223
October 2312:00 pmPittsburgh
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, New Jersey
ESPN+L 15–3817,325
October 301:00 pmat TempleL 28–5616,873
November 62:00 pmNavy*
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, New Jersey
L 7–3420,339
November 1312:00 pmSyracuse
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, New Jersey
ESPN+W 24–2117,919
November 2012:00 pmat Miami (FL)L 0–5521,167

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Roster

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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
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster

References

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  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.