1999 Purdue Boilermakers football team

American college football season

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
Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

1999 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e
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

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	10	6	7	0	23
• Purdue	7	7	8	6	28

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Purdue	9	8	6	7	30
Indiana	14	3	7	0	24

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

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

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