1999 Kentucky Wildcats football team

1999 Kentucky Wildcats football
1999 Kentucky Wildcats football
Music City Bowl, L 13–20 vs. Syracuse
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
Record	6–6 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach	Hal Mumme (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Tony Franklin (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Air raid
Defensive coordinator	Mike Major (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Commonwealth Stadium
	Seasons ← 1998 2000 →

1999 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. 12 Florida x	7	–	1	9	–	4
No. 9 Tennessee	6	–	2	9	–	3
No. 16 Georgia	5	–	3	8	–	4
Kentucky	4	–	4	6	–	6
Vanderbilt	2	–	6	5	–	6
South Carolina	0	–	8	0	–	11
Western Division
No. 8 Alabama x$	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 13 Mississippi State	6	–	2	10	–	2
No. 22 Ole Miss	4	–	4	8	–	4
No. 17 Arkansas	4	–	4	8	–	4
Auburn	2	–	6	5	–	6
LSU	1	–	7	3	–	8
Championship: Alabama 34, Florida 7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky during the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Southeastern Conference in the Eastern Division. They played their home games at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. The team was coached by Hal Mumme.

Stadium expansion

During the 1999 season, the beginning of the renovation to Commonwealth Stadium began. With very little seating, the stadium was in desperate need of a renovation that would allow more fans into the stadium to watch the Air Raid offense that was largely started by head coach, Hal Mumme. The renovation of the stadium allowed for forty new suites and approximately 68,000 new seats, costing around 24 million dollars. The new stadium expansion allowed the eager University of Kentucky fans to come watch more games. The fan base had just previously broken a record of attendance in the previous season by selling out the Outback Bowl for the first time in Tampa, Florida.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	3:30 pm	Louisville*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Governor's Cup)	FSN	L 28–56	70,692
September 11	1:30 pm	Connecticut*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky		W 45–14	63,879
September 18	12:00 pm	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana (rivalry)	ESPN	W 44–35	39,146
September 25	7:30 pm	No. 3 Florida	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky (rivalry)	ESPN	L 10–38	70,971
October 2	1:30 pm	No. 20 Arkansas	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	PPV	W 31–20	62,602
October 9	1:00 pm	at South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	PPV	W 30–10	73,150
October 16	12:30 pm	LSU	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	JPS	W 31–5	67,370
October 23	12:30 pm	at No. 14 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia	JPS	L 34–49	86,117
November 4	8:00 pm	at No. 8 Mississippi State	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	ESPN	L 22–23	39,149
November 13	9:00 pm	at Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, Tennessee (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 19–17	41,000
November 20	12:30 pm	No. 7 Tennessee	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky (Battle for the Barrel)	JPS	L 21–56	71,022
December 29	4:00 pm	vs. Syracuse*	Adelphia Coliseum Nashville, Tennessee (Music City Bowl)	ESPN	L 13–20	59,221
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time