1999 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team information
American college football season
1999Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
Conference
Ohio Valley Conference
Record
6–5 (4–3 OVC)
Head coach
Jack Harbaugh (11th season)
Home stadium
L. T. Smith Stadium
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 11 Tennessee State $^
7
–
0
11
–
1
Murray State
5
–
2
7
–
4
Eastern Kentucky
4
–
3
7
–
4
Western Kentucky
4
–
3
6
–
5
Tennessee Tech
4
–
3
5
–
5
Southeast Missouri State
2
–
5
3
–
8
Eastern Illinois
2
–
5
2
–
10
Tennessee–Martin
0
–
7
1
–
10
$ – Conference champion
^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
The 1999 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season and were led by head coach Jack Harbaugh. The Hilltoppers rejoined the Ohio Valley Conference as a football only member this year; the school left the OVC in 1982 and had been a football independent since.[1]
The team's roster included future NFL players Joseph Jefferson, Rod “He Hate Me” Smart, Sherrod Coates, Mel Mitchell, Bobby Sippio, and Ben Wittman, as well as future NFL coach Jason Michael.[2] Patrick Goodman was named to the AP All American team. The All OVC Team included Goodman, Sippio, Smart, Melvin Wisham, Wittman and Mitchell.[3]
^2017 OVC Football Media Guide, retrieved 30 April 2020
^Pro Football Reference, retrieved 30 April 2020
^WKU Football Media Guide retrieved 31 March 2020.
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