1999 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

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1999 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record6–5 (4–3 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumL. T. Smith Stadium
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 Tennessee State $^   7 – 0     11 – 1  
Murray State   5 – 2     7 – 4  
Eastern Kentucky   4 – 3     7 – 4  
Western Kentucky   4 – 3     6 – 5  
Tennessee Tech   4 – 3     5 – 5  
Southeast Missouri State
   2 – 5     3 – 8  
Eastern Illinois   2 – 5     2 – 10  
Tennessee–Martin
   0 – 7     1 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1999 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season and were led by head coach Jack Harbaugh. The Hilltoppers rejoined the Ohio Valley Conference as a football only member this year; the school left the OVC in 1982 and had been a football independent since.[1] The team's roster included future NFL players Joseph Jefferson, Rod “He Hate Me” Smart, Sherrod Coates, Mel Mitchell, Bobby Sippio, and Ben Wittman, as well as future NFL coach Jason Michael.[2] Patrick Goodman was named to the AP All American team. The All OVC Team included Goodman, Sippio, Smart, Melvin Wisham, Wittman and Mitchell.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2at
Tennessee–Martin
W 34–105,632
September 11
L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
    		• W 55–77,350
    September 18No. 21 South Florida*
    • L. T. Smith Stadium
    • Bowling Green, KY
    		L 6–217,500
    September 25
    Southeast Missouri State
    • L. T. Smith Stadium
    • Bowling Green, KY
    		W 21–107,700
    October 2Murray State
    		W 21–159,400
    October 9at No. 16 Eastern Kentucky
    		L 10–319,080
    October 16at Tennessee Tech
    		L 10–234,024
    October 23No. 2 Tennessee Statedagger
    • L. T. Smith Stadium
    • Bowling Green, KY
    		L 21–2813,100[4]
    October 30at
    O'Brien Field
  • Charleston, IL
    		• W 38–151,082
    November 13at
    Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
    		• W 40–34 OT3,412
    November 20at Southern Illinois*
    		L 14–522,400[5]

    References

    1. ^ 2017 OVC Football Media Guide, retrieved 30 April 2020
    2. ^ Pro Football Reference, retrieved 30 April 2020
    3. ^ WKU Football Media Guide retrieved 31 March 2020.
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