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
Conference	Pacific-10
1999 record	7–5 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Rick Neuheisel (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Karl Dorrell (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Tim Hundley (1st season)
Captains	Lester Towns (2nd year) Jabari Issa Marques Tuiasosopo
Home stadium	Husky Stadium (Capacity: 72,500)

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 9	5:00 p.m.	at BYU*		Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN	L 28–35	65,726
September 18	3:30 p.m.	Air Force*		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FSN	L 21–31	70,019
September 25	12:30 p.m.	Colorado*		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	W 31–24	72,068
October 2	7:15 p.m.	No. 25 Oregon		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)	FSN	W 34–20	72,581
October 9	3:30 p.m.	at Oregon State		Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	W 47–21	35,470
October 16	4:00 p.m.	Arizona State		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	L 7–28	72,789
October 23	12:30 p.m.	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 31–27	43,000
October 30	12:30 p.m.	No. 25 Stanford		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	W 35–30	70,308
November 6	12:30 p.m.	at Arizona		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	ABC	W 33–25	56,614
November 13	12:30 p.m.	at UCLA	No. 22	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	L 20–23 ^OT	55,705
November 20	12:30 p.m.	Washington State		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)	ABC	W 24–14	72,973
December 29	5:30 p.m.	vs. No. 7 Kansas State*		Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	L 20–24	57,118
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Source:[2]

Game summaries

Washington State

Washington State at Washington

1 2 3 4 Total Washington State 0 6 0 8 14 • Washington 10 7 0 7 24 Date: Saturday, November 20 Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle Game attendance: 72,973 Source: USA Today

Scoring summary 1 5:38 WASH John Anderson 22 yard field goal WASH 3-0 1 0:31 WASH Maurice Shaw 4 yard run (John Anderson kick) WASH 10-0 2 13:45 WSU Rian Lindell 22 yard field goal WASH 10-3 2 6:05 WSU Rian Lindell 28 yard field goal WASH 10-6 2 4:51 WASH Joe Jarzynka 55 yard pass from Marques Tuiasosopo (John Anderson kick) WASH 17-6 4 10:16 WASH Paul Arnold 80 yard run (John Anderson kick) WASH 24-6 4 7:22 WSU Adam Hawkins 19 yard run (Steve Birnbaum to Paul Mencke pass) WASH 24-14

Roster

1999 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 20 Paul Arnold Fr C 64 Kyle Benn So T 74 Wes Call Jr RB 29 Braxton Cleman So T 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 T 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 Rick Neuheisel (1st year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Keith Gilbertson (AHC, OL, TE) Tim Hundley (DC, ILB) Karl Dorrell (OC, WR) Steve Axman (QB) Randy Hart (DL) Bobby Hauck (S, ST) Chuck Heater (CB) Wayne Moses (RB) Tom Williams (OLB) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2020-01-30

Source:[3][4]

NFL Draft

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

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 2013-06-30. 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.