1999 Tennessee State Tigers football team

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1999 Tennessee State Tigers football
OVC champion
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record11–1 (7–0 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAdelphia Coliseum
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
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 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fourth-year head coach L. C. Cole, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 11–1, with a conference record of 7–0, and finished as OVC champion. Tennessee State was upset by North Carolina A&T in the first round of the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5Alabama State*No. 8
W 41–831,119[1]
September 11vs. No. 17 Jackson State*No. 14
W 48–3350,723[2]
September 18vs. Florida A&M*No. 12
W 42–2544,812[3]
October 2at Alabama A&M*No. 7
W 36–12[4]
October 9Eastern IllinoisNo. 5
  • Adelphia Coliseum
  • Nashville, TN
W 43–254,184[5]
October 16at Tennessee–MartinNo. 4
W 43–7[6]
October 23at Western KentuckyNo. 2
W 28–2113,100[7]
October 30Eastern KentuckyNo. 2
  • Adelphia Coliseum
  • Nashville, TN
W 33–28[8]
November 6Tennessee TechdaggerNo. 2
  • Adelphia Coliseum
  • Nashville, TN
W 25–1941,132[9]
November 13Murray StateNo. 2
  • Adelphia Coliseum
  • Nashville, TN
W 42–4111,135[10]
November 20at Southeast Missouri StateNo. 1
W 35–28[11]
November 27No. 16 North Carolina A&T*No. 1
L 10–2410,736[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hornets hammered in opener". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 6, 1999. Retrieved March 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Murray, TSU down Jackson St". The Commercial Appeal. September 12, 1999. Retrieved March 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tenn. State tops FAMU in Classic". The Atlanta Constitution. September 19, 1999. Retrieved March 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Unbeaten Tigers quickly show they can overcome deficit". The Tennessean. October 4, 1999. Retrieved March 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "TSU streak reaches lucky 13". The Tennessean. October 10, 1999. Retrieved March 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tenn. St. pastes 'Hawks". The Jackson Sun. October 17, 1999. Retrieved March 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Western barrles,but falls 28–21". The Courier-Journal. October 24, 1999. Retrieved March 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Tennessee State drops Eastern". Lexington Herald-Leader. October 31, 1999. Retrieved March 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "TSU remains perfect at 9–0". The Tennessean. November 6, 1999. Retrieved March 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Tigers' last-second FG burns Racers 42–41". The Courier-Journal. November 14, 1999. Retrieved March 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "TSU survives a scare". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 21, 1999. Retrieved March 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "A&T upsets top seed Tennessee State in I-AA playoffs". Winston-Salem Journal. November 28, 1999. Retrieved March 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
Stub icon

This college football 1990s season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1999_Tennessee_State_Tigers_football_team&oldid=1211504420"