1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football
MicronPC Bowl champion
MicronPC Bowl, W 63–21 vs. Virginia
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
APNo. 24
Record8–4 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRon Turner (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorTim Kish (3rd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 70,904)
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

The 1999 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. Their home games were played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. The team's head coach was Ron Turner. This was the first school in 50 years to win road games against both Michigan and Ohio State in the same season. The team earned a MicronPC Bowl berth, and defeated Virginia, 63–21.


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