1999 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1999 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–6 record. They missed out on their first bowl game since the 1988 team when John Cooper joined as head coach.[1]

1999 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record6–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorFred Pagac (4th season)
MVPAhmed Plummer
Captains
  • Matt Keller
  • Ahmed Plummer
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
(Capacity: 89,841)
1999 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Wisconsin $  7 –1   10 –2  
No. 7 Michigan State  6 –2   10 –2  
No. 5 Michigan %  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  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 292:30 p.m.vs. No. 12 Miami (FL)*No. 9
ABCL 12–2373,037
September 118:00 p.m.No. 14 UCLA*No. 13
ABCW 42–2093,283
September 183:30 p.m.Ohio*No. 12
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ABCW 40–1693,222
September 2512:00 p.m.Cincinnati*No. 12
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ESPN+W 34–2093,407
October 23:30 p.m.WisconsinNo. 12
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ABCL 17–4293,524
October 93:30 p.m.No. 18 PurdueNo. 20
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ABCW 25–2293,766
October 1612:00 p.m.at No. 2 Penn StateNo. 17
ABCL 10–2397,007
October 2312:00 p.m.at No. 24 MinnesotaNo. 22
ESPNW 20–1750,842
October 3012:00 p.m.IowaNo. 21
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ESPN+W 41–1193,561
November 612:00 p.m.at No. 19 Michigan StateNo. 20
ESPNL 7–2374,639
November 1312:00 p.m.IllinoisNo. 25
ESPN2L 20–4693,429
November 2012:00 p.m.at No. 10 Michigan
ABCL 17–24111,575>
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Personnel
1999 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 8 Steve Bellisari So
C 68 LeCharles Bentley So
WR 80 Reggie Germany Jr
QB 15 Scott McMullen Fr
WR 4 Ken-Yon Rambo Jr
TE 89 Darnell Sanders So
C 77 Tyson Walter So
RB 28 Jonathan Wells So
RB 5 Michael Wiley Sr
TE 84 Steve Wisniewski Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S 1 Gary Berry Sr
DT 73 Joe Brown Jr
LB 58 Courtland Bullard So
S 2 Mike Doss Fr
CB 20 Nate Clements So
LB 32 Na'il Diggs Sr
DT 79 Ryan Pickett So
CB 19 Ahmed Plummer Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
LS 87 Kevin Houser Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1999-11-09

Season summary

Vs. Miami (FL)
See also: 1999 Miami Hurricanes football team
Kickoff Classic: Miami (FL) Hurricanes vs. Ohio State Buckeyes
Period 1 2 34Total
Miami (FL) 7 16 0023
Ohio St 9 0 3012

at Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, New Jersey

Game information

UCLA
1 234Total
UCLA 7 373 20
• Ohio State 0 21714 42
  • Source:
Scoring summary
113:02UCLAMatt Stanley 67-yard pass from Drew Bennett (Chris Griffith kick)UCLA 7-0
214:13UCLANate Fiske 35-yard field goalUCLA 10-0
210:58OSUMichael Wiley 3-yard run (Dan Stultz kick)UCLA 10-7
26:54OSUKen-Yon Rambo 2-yard pass from Steve Bellisari (Dan Stultz kick)OSU 14-10
20:56OSUMichael Wiley 5-yard run (Dan Stultz kick)OSU 21-10
310:44UCLADeShaun Foster 7-yard run (Chris Griffith kick)OSU 21-17
30:03OSUJamar Martin 3-yard run (Dan Stultz kick)OSU 28-17
411:41OSUKen-Yon Rambo 8-yard pass from Steve Bellisari (Dan Stultz kick)OSU 35-17
49:30UCLAChris Griffith 33-yard field goalOSU 35-20
46:37OSUJerry Westbrooks 8-yard run (Dan Stultz kick)OSU 42-20

Ohio

Purdue
1 234Total
Purdue 7 609 22
• Ohio St 7 0108 25
Scoring summary
Q112:15OHSTDerek Combs 5 yard run (Dan Stultz kick)OHST 7–0
Q18:03OHSTDrew Brees 12 yard pass from Vinny Sutherland (Travis Dorsch kick)Tie 7–7
Q212:43PURTravis Dorsch 40 yard field goalPUR 10–7
Q2:59PURTravis Dorsch 32 yard field goalPUR 13–7
Q38:45OHSTDarnell Sanders 7 yard pass from Michael Wiley (Dan Stultz kick)OHST 14–13
Q34:24OHSTDan Stultz 45 yard field goalOHST 17–13
Q414:10PURTravis Dorsch 22 yard field goalOHST 17–16
Q413:42PURMontrell Lowe 5 yard run (two-point conversion failed)PUR 22–17
Q45:13OHSTJonathan Wells 2 yard run (Michael Wiley run)OHST 25–22

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Iowa
1 234Total
Iowa 8 030 11
• Ohio State 7 14146 41
Scoring summary
Q112:25IOWAKasper 18 yard pass from Mullen (Thein run)IOWA 8–0
Q17:32OHSTWells 1 yard run (Stultz kick)IOWA 8–7
Q214:48OHSTBellisari 18 yard run (Stultz kick)OHST 14–8
Q28:35OHSTHouser 3 yard pass from Bellisari (Stultz kick)OHST 21–8
Q312:38OHSTWells 3 yard run (Stultz kick)OHST 28–8
Q39:26IOWADouglas 38 yard field goalOHST 28–11
Q32:53OHSTRambo 40 yard pass from Bellisari (Stultz kick)OHST 35–11
Q48:10OHSTProvitt 41 yard pass from Moherman (kick failed)OHST 41–11

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Rankings
Further information: 1999 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP91313131212211822212025—————
Coaches99*14121091917222120——————
BCSNot released———————Not released

2000 NFL draftees
PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL club
Ahmed Plummer124Defensive BackSan Francisco 49ers
Na'il Diggs498LinebackerGreen Bay Packers
Gary Berry4126Defensive BackGreen Bay Packers
Michael Wiley5144Running BackDallas Cowboys
James Cotton7223LinebackerChicago Bears
Kevin Houser7228CenterNew Orleans Saints

References
  1. "Football Falls In Another Classic With Michigan", Ohio State University, November 20, 1999.
  2. 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

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