1999 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1999 Purdue Boilermakers football
Outback Bowl, L 25-28 OT vs. Georgia
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 25
Record	7–5 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe Tiller (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Jim Chaney (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Brock Spack (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Adrian Beasley Drew Brees
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

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 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana and were members of the Big Ten Conference.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	6:00 pm	at Central Florida*	No. 22	Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL	ESPN+	W 47–13	40,112
September 11	2:30 pm	No. 16 Notre Dame*	No. 20	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	ABC	W 28–23	69,843
September 18	11:00 am	Central Michigan*	No. 14	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN+	W 58–16	58,349
September 25	11:00 am	Northwestern	No. 13	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN2	W 31–23	58,620
October 2	11:00 am	at No. 4 Michigan	No. 11	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	L 12–38	111,468
October 9	2:30 pm	at No. 21 Ohio State	No. 17	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	L 22–25	93,766
October 16	2:30 pm	No. 5 Michigan State	No. 20	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ABC	W 52–28	68,216
October 23	2:30 pm	No. 2 Penn State	No. 16	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ABC	L 25–31	68,355
October 30	12:00 pm	at Minnesota	No. 18	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	ESPN	W 33–28	48,869
November 6	3:30 pm	No. 10 Wisconsin	No. 17	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ABC	L 21–28	67,308
November 20	12:00 pm	at Indiana	No. 19	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	ESPN	W 30–24	51,344
January 1	11:00 am	vs. No. 21 Georgia*	No. 19	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL (Outback Bowl)	ESPN	L 25–28 OT	54,059
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1999 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 15 Drew Brees Jr OT 77 Brandon Gorin  Jr OT 78 Matt Light  Jr WR 14 Vinny Sutherland Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 13 Akin Ayodele So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Joe Tiller Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total Notre Dame 10 6 7 0 23 • Purdue 7 7 8 6 28 Date: September 11 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN Game attendance: 69,843 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Dan Fouts & Jack Arute Source: USA Today

Scoring summary 1 Notre Dame Sanson 20-yard field goal Notre Dame 3-0 1 Notre Dame Jackson 15-yard run (Sanson kick) Notre Dame 10-0 1 Purdue Brees 9-yard run (Dorsch kick) Notre Dame 10-7 2 Notre Dame Jackson 1-yard run (kick failed) Notre Dame 16-7 2 Purdue Lane 30-yard pass from Brees (Dorsch kick) Notre Dame 16-14 3 Purdue Crabtree 1-yard run (Brees run) Purdue 22-16 3 Notre Dame Brown 7-yard pass from Jackson (Sanson kick) Notre Dame 23-22 4 Purdue Dorsch 38-yard field goal Purdue 25-23 4 Purdue Dorsch 28-yard field goal Purdue 28-23

Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 9 8 6 7 30 Indiana 14 3 7 0 24 Date: November 20 Location: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, IN Game start: 12:00 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:20 Game attendance: 51,344 Game weather: Clear; 46 °F (8 °C); wind 5–10 mph (8.0–16.1 km/h) W Referee: Jim Lapentina TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Barnett, Bill Curry & Dave Ryan

Scoring summary Q1 11:07 IND Graham 36 yard pass from Randle El (Payne kick) IND 7–0 Q1 6:31 PUR Okobi recovered fumble in end zone (Dorsch kick) Tie 7–7 Q1 3:32 IND Randle El 1 yard run (Payne kick) IND 14–7 Q1 1:27 PUR Safety, Randle El tackled by Beasley in end zone IND 14–9 Q2 5:01 PUR Lowe 1 yard run (Sutherland pass from Brees) PUR 17–14 Q2 :15 IND Payne 24 yard field goal Tie 17–17 Q3 11:51 PUR Dorsch 41 yard field goal PUR 20–17 Q3 5:04 IND Hogan 7 yard run (Payne kick) IND 24–20 Q3 1:03 PUR Dorsch 19 yard field goal IND 24–23 Q4 14:32 PUR Sutherland 66 yard punt return (Dorsch kick) PUR 30–24

Rankings

See also: 1999 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	23	22	20	14	13	11	17	20	16	18	17	22	19	19	19	19	25
Coaches Poll	23	23*	16	14	11	10	15T	21	17	22	21	—	25	23	20	20	—
BCS	Not released									—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Awards

• All-Americans: Drew Brees (Playboy, Preseason)
• All-Big Ten: Akin Ayodele (2nd), Adrian Beasley (2nd), Drew Brees (1st), Chris Daniels (1st), Matt Light (2nd), Dave Nugent (2nd), Tim Stratton (1st)
• Team MVP: Chris Daniels