1999 Washington Huskies football team

The 1999 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Rick Neuheisel, they played their home games at Husky Stadium. The Huskies finished the regular season at 7–4, tied for second (6–2) in the Pac-10 Conference.

1999 Washington Huskies football
Holiday Bowl, L 20–24 vs. Kansas State
ConferencePacific-10
Record7–5 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKarl Dorrell (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorTim Hundley (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple
Captains
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Stanford $   7 1     8 4  
No. 19 Oregon   6 2     9 3  
Washington   6 2     7 5  
Arizona State   5 3     6 6  
Oregon State   4 4     7 5  
Arizona   3 5     6 6  
USC   3 5     6 6  
California   3 5     4 7  
UCLA   2 6     4 7  
Washington State   1 7     3 9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • Cal later vacated 4 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions.
Rankings from AP Poll

At the Holiday Bowl in San Diego, Washington lost 20–24 to #7 Kansas State of the Big 12 Conference.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 95:00 p.m.at BYU*ESPNL 28–3565,726
September 183:30 p.m.Air Force*FSNL 21–3170,019
September 2512:30 p.m.Colorado*
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
ABCW 31–2472,068
October 27:15 p.m.No. 25 Oregon
FSNW 34–2072,581
October 93:30 p.m.at Oregon StateFSNW 47–2135,470
October 164:00 p.m.Arizona State
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
ABCL 7–2872,789
October 2312:30 p.m.at CaliforniaW 31–2743,000
October 3012:30 p.m.No. 25 Stanford 
  • Husky Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
ABCW 35–3070,308
November 612:30 p.m.at ArizonaABCW 33–2556,614
November 1312:30 p.m.at UCLANo. 23ABCL 20–23 OT55,705
November 2012:30 p.m.Washington State
ABCW 24–1472,973
December 295:30 p.m.vs. No. 7 Kansas State*ESPNL 20–2457,118
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

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Game summaries

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Washington State

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Washington State at Washington
1 234Total
Washington State 0 608 14
Washington 10 707 24

Roster

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1999 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 20 Paul Arnold Fr
C 64 Kyle Benn So
OT 74 Wes Call Jr
RB 29 Braxton Cleman So
OT 69 Kurth Connell Sr
FB 47 Pat Conniff Jr
WR 84 Todd Elstrom So
WR 9 Gerald Harris Jr
WR 4 Ja'Warren Hooker Jr
RB 1 Willie Hurst So
WR 89 Chris Juergens So
RB 21 Joe Jarzynka Sr
WR 80 Dane Looker Sr
G 55 Rock Nelson So
QB 3 Cody Pickett Fr
WR 86 Patrick Reddick So
QB 12 J.K. Scott So
TE 14 Jerramy Stevens Fr
QB 11 Marques Tuiasosopo (C) Jr
OT 68 Elliot Silvers Jr
G 71 Chad Ward Jr
TE 87 Kevin Ware Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
SS 9 Hakim Akbar Jr
CB 10 Toure Butler Jr
LB 24 Derrell Daniels Jr
LB 27 Marques Hairston Sr
DT 95 Jabari Issa (C) Sr
CB 12 Omare Lowe So
LB 4 Jeremiah Pharms Jr
LB 17 Lester Towns (C) Sr
DT 70 Larry Tripplett So
DT 78 Mac Tuiaea Sr
CB 23 Anthony Vontoure So
FS 25 Curtis Williams Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
PK 15 John Anderson Fr
P 16 Ryan Fleming Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster
Last update: 2020-01-30

Source:[3][4]

NFL Draft

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Two Huskies were selected in the 2000 NFL draft, which lasted seven rounds (254 selections).

Player Position Round Overall Franchise
Jabari Issa DE 6th 176 Arizona Cardinals
Lester Towns LB 7th 221 Carolina Panthers

References

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  1. ^ Wilson, Bernie (December 30, 1999). "Huskies fall 24-20 in Holiday". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B.
  2. ^ "1999-2000 Releases". Washington Athletics. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  3. ^ "Game Day". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 2, 1999. p. 4D.
  4. ^ "WSU at Washington". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). November 20, 1999. p. 5B.