1999 Stanford Cardinal football team

1999 Stanford Cardinal football
Pac-10 Champions
Rose Bowl, L 9–17 vs. Wisconsin
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
1999 record	8–4 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Tyrone Willingham (5th year)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium (Capacity: 85,500)

1999 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Stanford $		7	–	1					8	–	4
#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

The 1999 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. In head coach Tyrone Willingham's fifth season at Stanford, the Cardinal won the Pacific-10 Conference championship for the first time since 1971, earning its first Rose Bowl appearance since 1972, and its first-ever BCS appearance.^[1][2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	9:00 a.m.	at No. 17 Texas*		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	ABC	L 17–69	80,654
September 11	7:15 p.m.	Washington State		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	FSN	W 54–17	36,592
September 18	7:15 p.m.	at No. 19 Arizona		Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	FSN	W 50–22	47,273
September 25	2:00 p.m.	No. 21 UCLA		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA		W 42–32	47,432
October 2	2:00 p.m.	San Jose State*		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Rivalry)		L 39–44	38,261
October 16	2:00 p.m.	Oregon State		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA		W 21–17	37,419
October 23	12:30 p.m.	at USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry)	ABC	W 35–31	57,494
October 30	12:30 p.m.	at Washington		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	ABC	L 30–35	70,308
November 13	3:30 p.m.	at Arizona State		Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	FSN	W 50–30	53,663
November 20	12:30 p.m.	California		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (102nd Big Game)		W 31–13	80,746
November 27	5:00 p.m.	Notre Dame*		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Legends Trophy)	ABC	W 40–37	57,980
January 1, 2000	2:00 p.m.	vs. No. 4 Wisconsin*	No. 22	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	ABC	L 9–17	93,731
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Pacific Time.

Awards and honors

• Troy Walters, 1999 consensus All-American and Fred Biletnikoff Award winner as college football's best wide receiver

References

1. "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1999–2003". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
2. "1999 AP Football Poll". CollegePollArchive.com. Retrieved November 2, 2011.