1999 Oregon Ducks football team

The 1999 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Mike Bellotti, the Ducks compiled an overall record of 9–3 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, tying for second place in the Pac-10. Oregon was invited to the Sun Bowl, where the Ducks beat Minnesota. The team played home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon.

1999 Oregon Ducks football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 24–20 vs. Minnesota
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 19
Record	9–3 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Bellotti (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Tedford (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Nick Aliotti (3rd season)
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Autzen Stadium
Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

1999 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	5:00 pm	at Michigan State*		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN	L 20–27	72,923	[1]
September 11	1:00 pm	UTEP*		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	OSN	W 47–28	40,938
September 18	2:00 pm	Nevada*		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		W 72–10	41,374
September 25	7:15 pm	No. 16 USC		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	FSN	W 33–30 3OT	45,660
October 2	7:15 pm	at Washington	No. 25	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FSN	L 20–34	72,581
October 9	7:15 pm	at UCLA		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSN	L 29–34	55,674
October 23	7:15 pm	at Arizona		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FSN	W 44–41	55,251
October 30	3:30 pm	Arizona State		Auzten Stadium Eugene, OR		W 20–17	45,445
November 6	7:00 pm	Washington State		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	FSNNW	W 52–10	44,090
November 13	12:30 pm	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 24–19	38,000
November 20	3:30 pm	Oregon State		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (Civil War)	FSN	W 25–14	46,115
December 31	11:15 am	vs. No. 12 Minnesota*		Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	CBS	W 24–20	48,757
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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Rankings

See also: 1999 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	RV	—	—	—	RV	25	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	19
Coaches Poll	RV	RV*	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	18
BCS	Not released									—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Roster

1999 Oregon Ducks football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 3 Joey Harrington Jr QB 7 A. J. Feeley Sr RB 22 Reuben Droughns Sr WR 82 Sonny Cook So TE 84 Justin Peelle So TE 85 Danny Pulido So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 44 Peter Sirmon Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Mike Bellotti Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 1999-10-05

Game summaries

Michigan State

UTEP

Nevada

USC

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT 3OT Total USC 7 3 0 13 0 7 0 30 • Oregon 10 0 10 3 0 7 3 33 Date: September 25 Location: Autzen Stadium Game attendance: 45,660

Scoring summary 1 USC Chad Morton 1 yard run (David Newbury kick) USC 7–0 1 ORE Nathan Villegas 46 yard field goal USC 7–3 1 ORE Enyi Nwamuo 1 yard pass from A.J. Feeley (Nathan Villegas kick) ORE 10–7 2 USC David Newbury 29 yard field goal Tie 10–10 3 ORE Nathan Villegas 19 yard field goal ORE 13–10 3 ORE Herman Ho Ching 10 yard pass from A.J. Feeley (Nathan Villegas kick) ORE 20–10 4 USC Chad Morton 2 yard run (David Newbury kick) ORE 20–17 4 USC Chad Morton 1 yard run (kick failed) USC 23–20 4 ORE Nathan Villegas 26 yard field goal Tie 23–23 2OT ORE Todd Brooks 1 yard pass from A.J. Feeley (Josh Frankel kick) ORE 30–23 2OT USC R. Jay Soward 4 yard pass from Mike Van Raaphorst (David Newbury kick) Tie 30–30 3OT ORE Josh Frankel 27 yard field goal ORE 33–30

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Washington

UCLA

Arizona

Arizona State

Washington State

California

Oregon State

1 2 3 4 Total Oregon St 0 0 6 8 14 • Oregon 3 13 6 3 25 Date: November 20 Location: Autzen Stadium

Scoring summary Q1 ORE Villegas 33 yard field goal ORE 3–0 Q2 ORE Villegas 22 yard field goal ORE 6–0 Q2 ORE Villegas 23 yard field goal ORE 9–0 Q2 ORE Droughns 26 yard run (Villegas kick) ORE 16–0 Q3 ORE Harrington 5 yard run (two-point conversion failed) ORE 22–0 Q3 ORST Simonton 5 yard run (two-point conversion failed) ORE 22–6 Q4 ORST Simonton 2 yard run (Simonton run) ORE 22–14 Q4 ORE Villegas 20 yard field goal ORE 25–14

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Sun Bowl