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 in any bowl games after having played in consecutive seasons since the 1988 team when John Cooper joined as head coach.[1]

1999 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1999 record6–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coachJohn Cooper (12th season)
Defensive coordinatorFred Pagac (4th season)
MVPAhmed Plummer
Captains
  • Matt Keller
  • Ahmed Plummer
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
(Capacity: 89,841)
1999 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 4 Wisconsin $  7 1     10 2  
No. 5 Michigan %  6 2     10 2  
No. 7 Michigan State  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. 9ABCL 12–2373,037[2]
September 118:00 p.m.No. 14 UCLA*No. 13ABCW 42–2093,283[2]
September 183:30 p.m.Ohio*No. 12
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ABCW 40–1693,222[2]
September 2512:00 p.m.Cincinnati*No. 12
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ESPN+W 34–2093,407[2]
October 23:30 p.m.WisconsinNo. 12
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ABCL 17–4293,524[2]
October 93:30 p.m.No. 18 PurdueNo. 20
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ABCW 25–2293,766[2]
October 1612:00 p.m.at No. 2 Penn StateNo. 17ABCL 10–2397,007[2]
October 2312:00 p.m.at No. 24 MinnesotaNo. 22ESPNW 20–1750,842[2]
October 3012:00 p.m.IowaNo. 21
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
ESPN+W 41–1193,561[2]
November 612:00 p.m.at No. 19 Michigan StateNo. 20
ESPNL 7–2374,639[2]
November 1312:00 p.m.IllinoisNo. 25
ESPN2L 20–4693,429[2]
November 2012:00 p.m.at No. 10 MichiganABCL 17–24111,575[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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
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
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1999-11-09

Season summary

vs. Miami (FL)

Kickoff Classic: Miami (FL) Hurricanes vs. Ohio State Buckeyes
1 2 34Total
Miami (FL) 7 16 0023
Ohio St 9 0 3012

at Giants StadiumEast Rutherford, New Jersey

UCLA

1 234Total
UCLA 7 373 20
Ohio State 0 21714 42
  • Source:

Ohio

Cincinnati

Wisconsin

Purdue

1 234Total
Purdue 7 609 22
Ohio St 7 0108 25

[3]

Penn State

Minnesota

Iowa

1 234Total
Iowa 8 030 11
Ohio State 7 14146 41

[4]

Michigan State

Illinois

Michigan

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP 9 13 13 13 12 12 21 18 22 21 20 25 NR NR NR NR NR 
Coaches 9 14 12 10 9 19 17 22 21 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR 
BCS Not released NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 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
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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
Win/Loss statistics
Draft data
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