Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Under Glen Mason - 1999

1999

1999 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Sun Bowl vs. Oregon, L 20–24
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #17
AP #18
1999 record 8–4 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Glen Mason
Home stadium Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
(Capacity: 63,669)
Seasons
« 1998 2000 »
1999 Big Ten football standings
Conf Overall
Team W L W L
#4/4 Wisconsin 7 1 10 2
#5/5 Michigan 6 2 10 2
#7/7 Michigan State 6 2 10 2
#11/11 Penn State 0* 3 0* 3
#18/17 Minnesota 5 3 8 4
#24/25 Illinois 4 4 8 4
#25/NR 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 champion
‡ – BCS at-large representative
  • *All wins for Penn State (10-3, 5-3) vacated due to scandal.
    Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1999 season was the Golden Gophers' third season under head coach Glen Mason. The Golden Gophers won eight games and lost four. Total attendance for the season was 318,086, which averaged out to 45,441 per game. The season high for attendance was against rival Wisconsin.

Tyrone Carter was named an All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Associated Press, The Sporting News, Sportsline.com, American Football Coaches Association, College Football News and Football Writers Association of America. Carter, center Ben Hamilton, running back Thomas Hamner and defensive end Karon Riley were named All-Big Ten first team. Defensive tackle John Schlecht and corner back Willie Middlebrooks were named All-Big Ten second team. Carter was awarded the Jim Thorpe Award, given to the best defensive back in the country. Offensive lineman Akeem Akinwale, linebacker Luke Braaten, Free Safety Jack Brewer, offensive lineman Derek Burns, defensive end Mike Cernoch, punter Preston Gruening, Linebacker Justin Hall, wide receiver Ron Johnson, defensive end Astein Osei, full back Brad Prigge, long snapper Derek Rackley, defensive tackle Dave Sykora and tight end Zach Vevea were named Academic All-Big Ten.

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