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1999 Year Summary

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National Champion: Florida State (AP, BCS, FWAA, NFF, USA-ESPN)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Ron Dayne (Wisconsin)
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award: Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)

AP Preseason #1: Florida State ▪ AP Final #1: Florida State

Conference Summary

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			Overall				Bowls				SRS		Polls
Rk	Conference	Schs	G	W	L	Pct	G	W	L	Pct	SRS	SOS	Pre	Final	Champion
1	Big Ten Conference	11	130	77	53	.592	7	5	2	.714	8.40	5.33	5	7	Wisconsin
2	Southeastern Conference	12	142	81	61	.570	8	4	4	.500	7.71	5.22	5	7	Alabama
3	Atlantic Coast Conference	9	105	57	48	.543	5	2	3	.400	4.36	3.20	3	2	Florida State
4	Big 12 Conference	12	142	79	63	.556	6	3	3	.500	4.06	2.02	5	4	Nebraska
5	Pacific-10 Conference	10	118	60	58	.508	5	1	4	.200	2.17	1.94	4	1	Stanford
6	Big East Conference	8	93	47	46	.505	4	2	2	.500	2.01	1.82	2	2	Virginia Tech
7	Mountain West Conference	8	91	50	41	.549	3	1	2	.333	1.19	-0.75	0	0	Brigham Young Colorado State Utah
8	Conference USA	9	102	51	51	.500	3	1	2	.333	0.69	0.29	0	1	Southern Mississippi
9	Western Athletic Conference	8	92	44	48	.478	3	2	1	.667	-4.85	-3.42	0	0	Fresno State Hawaii Texas Christian
10	Independent	7	79	32	47	.405	0	0	0		-5.80	-2.53	1	0
11	Big West Conference	7	79	36	43	.456	1	1	0	1.000	-8.34	-5.69	0	0	Boise State
12	Mid-American Conference	13	146	65	81	.445	1	1	0	1.000	-11.26	-8.68	0	1	Marshall

AP Poll Summary

School	Conf	Pre	8/30	9/6	9/12	9/19	9/26	10/3	10/10	10/17	10/24	10/31	11/7	11/14	11/21	11/28	12/5	Final
Florida State	ACC	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Virginia Tech	Big East	13	11	11	10	8	8	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Nebraska	Big 12	6	5	5	4	6	6	4	3	3	8	9	7	4	3	3	3	3
Wisconsin	Big Ten	10	9	9	9	20		20	17	17	11	10	9	5	4	4	4	4
Michigan	Big Ten	8	7	6	6	4	4	3	10	9	15	16	16	10	10	9	8	5
Kansas State	Big 12	20	19	17	16	15	13	9	9	7	6	6	5	9	9	8	7	6
Michigan State	Big Ten					19	14	11	5	11	19	19	17	15	11	10	9	7
Alabama	SEC	20	20	21	18		21	12	11	10	14	12	11	8	8	7	5	8
Tennessee	SEC	2	3	3	2	7	7	6	6	5	4	4	3	7	6	6	6	9
Marshall	MAC					21	17	15	15	15	13	13	12	11	12	11	11	10
Penn State	Big Ten	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	6	13	15	14	13	11
Florida	SEC	5	4	4	4	3	3	8	7	6	5	5	4	3	5	5	10	12
Mississippi State	SEC					23	16	14	12	12	8	8	8	12	18	16	15	13
Southern Mississippi	CUSA								25	21	20	25	21	18	14	15	16	14
Miami (FL)	Big East	12	8	8	8	9	18	19	24	23	23	22	19			23	23	15
Georgia	SEC	14	12	12	11	11	10	10	14	14	10	14	14	21	16	21	21	16
Arkansas	SEC	22	18	15	15	14	20							22	17	24	24	17
Minnesota	Big Ten							25		24			20	17	13	13	12	18
Oregon	Pac-10						25											19
Georgia Tech	ACC	11	10	10	12	10	9	7	8	8	7	7	13	14	20	17	17	20
Texas	Big 12	17				22	15	23	19	18	12	11	10	6	7	12	14	21
Mississippi	SEC								22	25	25	23	18	16	23			22
Texas A&M	Big 12	7	6	7	7	5	5	13	13	13	22	21		24	24	18	18	23
Illinois	Big Ten																	24
Purdue	Big Ten	23	22	20	14	13	11	17	20	16	18	17	22	19	19	19	19	25
School	Conf	Pre	8/30	9/6	9/12	9/19	9/26	10/3	10/10	10/17	10/24	10/31	11/7	11/14	11/21	11/28	12/5	Final
Air Force	MWC					24
Arizona	Pac-10	4	15	19	19
Arizona State	Pac-10	25	25	25	22
Boston College	Big East													25	22	25	25
Brigham Young	MWC				25	17		24	21	19	16	15	15	19
Colorado	Big 12	15	14
Colorado State	MWC			24	23
East Carolina	CUSA						19	16	23	20	17	18	24	23	21	20	20
Louisiana Tech	Ind														25
North Carolina State	ACC		24	23	20	25
Notre Dame	Ind	18	16	16	24							24
Ohio State	Big Ten	9	13	13	13	12	12	21	18	22	21	20	25
Oklahoma	Big 12						23				24
Southern California	Pac-10	19	21	18	17	16		22
Stanford	Pac-10															22	22
Syracuse	Big East						22	18	16
UCLA	Pac-10	16	17	14	21	18
Virginia	ACC	24	23	22			24
Washington	Pac-10												23

Award Winners

AP Player of the Year Award:	Ron Dayne (Wisconsin)
Bronko Nagurski Award:	Corey Moore (Virginia Tech)
Chuck Bednarik Award:	Lavar Arrington (Penn State)
Davey O'Brien Award:	Joe Hamilton (Georgia Tech)
Dick Butkus Award:	Lavar Arrington (Penn State)
Doak Walker Award:	Ron Dayne (Wisconsin)
Fred Biletnikoff Award:	Troy Walters (Stanford)
Heisman Memorial Trophy:	Ron Dayne (Wisconsin)
Jim Thorpe Award:	Tyrone Carter (Minnesota)
John Outland Trophy:	Chris Samuels (Alabama)
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award:	Chris Redman (Louisville)
Lou Groza Award:	Sebastian Janikowski (Florida State)
Maxwell Award:	Ron Dayne (Wisconsin)
Sammy Baugh Trophy:	Chad Pennington (Marshall)
Vince Lombardi Award:	Corey Moore (Virginia Tech)
Walter Camp Player of the Year Award:	Ron Dayne (Wisconsin)

AFCA Coach of the Year Award:	Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)
AP Coach of the Year Award:	Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award:	Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)
Home Depot Coach of the Year Award:	Frank Solich (Nebraska)
Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year Award:	Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)
Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award:	Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)

Consensus All-America Teams

* unanimous selection

Offense
Joe Hamilton, QB, Georgia Tech
Ron Dayne*, RB, Wisconsin
Thomas Jones, RB, Virginia
Troy Walters, WR, Stanford
Peter Warrick*, WR, Florida State
James Whalen, TE, Kentucky
Cosey Coleman, OL, Tennessee
Ben Hamilton, OL, Minnesota
Chris Mcintosh*, OL, Wisconsin
Rob Riti, OL, Missouri
Chris Samuels*, OL, Alabama
Jason Whitaker, OL, Florida State
Sebastian Janikowski*, K, Florida State
Dennis Northcutt, AP, Arizona

Defense
Courtney Brown*, DL, Penn State
Corey Moore*, DL, Virginia Tech
Corey Simon, DL, Florida State
Lavar Arrington*, LB, Penn State
Brandon Short, LB, Penn State
Mark Simoneau, LB, Kansas State
Ralph Brown, DB, Nebraska
Tyrone Carter, DB, Minnesota
Deon Grant, DB, Tennessee
Deltha O'Neal, DB, California
Brian Urlacher, DB, New Mexico
Andrew Bayes, P, East Carolina

Year Leaders

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Pass Completions

1.	Josh Heupel* (OK)	349
2.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	342
3.	Drew Brees* (PUR)	337
4.	Chris Redman (LOU)	317
5.	Patrick Ramsey (TLN)	310
6.	Dusty Bonner (KY)	303
7.	Dan Robinson (HI)	288
8.	Tim Lester (WMI)	282
9.	Kevin Feterik (BYU)	277
10.	Chad Pennington (MARSH)	275

Pass Attempts

1.	Dan Robinson (HI)	556
2.	Drew Brees* (PUR)	554
3.	Josh Heupel* (OK)	553
4.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	516
5.	Patrick Ramsey (TLN)	513
6.	Chris Redman (LOU)	489
7.	Tim Lester (WMI)	470
8.	Major Applewhite* (TX)	467
9.	Dusty Bonner (KY)	465
10.	Vic Penn (CFL)	455

Pass Completion Percentage

1.	Ben Leard (AUB)	70.7
2.	Chad Pennington (MARSH)	67.9
3.	Joe Hamilton (GATECH)	66.6
4.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	66.3
5.	Billy Volek (FREST)	66.2
6.	Dusty Bonner (KY)	65.2
7.	Chris Redman (LOU)	64.8
8.	Jay Stuckey (TXEP)	64.4
9.	Wes Counts (MIDTN)	63.8
10.	Josh Heupel* (OK)	63.1

Passing Yards

1.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	3922
2.	Drew Brees* (PUR)	3909
3.	Dan Robinson (HI)	3853
4.	Josh Heupel* (OK)	3850
5.	Chad Pennington (MARSH)	3799
6.	Chris Redman (LOU)	3647
7.	Tim Lester (WMI)	3639
8.	Kevin Feterik (BYU)	3554
9.	Patrick Ramsey (TLN)	3410
10.	David Neill (NV)	3402

Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Michael Vick* (VATECH)	11.3
2.	Joe Hamilton (GATECH)	10.0
3.	Chad Pennington (MARSH)	9.4
4.	Ben Leard (AUB)	9.1
5.	Jonathan Beasley (KSST)	8.9
6.	Todd Husak (STAN)	8.7
7.	Jarious Jackson (NDAME)	8.7
8.	Mike Bath (MIAOH)	8.6
9.	Jay Stuckey (TXEP)	8.5
10.	Jay Stoner (WY)	8.4

Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Michael Vick* (VATECH)	11.5
2.	Joe Hamilton (GATECH)	10.3
3.	Ben Leard (AUB)	10.3
4.	Chad Pennington (MARSH)	10.0
5.	Jonathan Beasley (KSST)	8.7
6.	Billy Volek (FREST)	8.5
7.	Todd Husak (STAN)	8.3
8.	Antwaan Randle El (IN)	8.3
9.	David Neill (NV)	8.2
10.	Mike Bath (MIAOH)	8.2

Passing Touchdowns

1.	Chad Pennington (MARSH)	37
2.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	35
3.	Tim Lester (WMI)	34
4.	Josh Heupel* (OK)	33
5.	Billy Volek (FREST)	30
6.	Joe Hamilton (GATECH)	29
	Chris Redman (LOU)	29
8.	Dan Robinson (HI)	28
9.	Dusty Bonner (KY)	26
10.	Drew Brees* (PUR)	25
	Kevin Feterik (BYU)	25
	Patrick Ramsey (TLN)	25
	Chris Weinke (FLST)	25

Passing Interceptions

1.	Patrick Ramsey (TLN)	24
2.	Josh Booty (LAST)	19
3.	Dan Robinson (HI)	18
	Bill Burke* (MIST)	18
5.	Jeff Crosbie (UTST)	17
6.	Josh Heupel* (OK)	16
	Greg Zolman (VAND)	16
8.	Josh Blankenship (TLS)	15
	Chris Kasteler (SJST)	15
	Deontey Kenner (CIN)	15
	Kyle Boller (CA)	15
	Kevin Feterik (BYU)	15

Passing Efficiency Rating

1.	Joe Hamilton (GATECH)	175.0
2.	Chad Pennington (MARSH)	171.4
3.	Michael Vick* (VATECH)	171.1
4.	Ben Leard (AUB)	170.8
5.	Billy Volek (FREST)	152.9
6.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	147.9
7.	Jay Stuckey (TXEP)	146.5
8.	Chris Weinke (FLST)	145.1
9.	Dan Ellis (VA)	145.0
10.	Jeff Kelly (SMS)	143.7

Rush Attempts

1.	Travis Prentice (MIAOH)	354
2.	Ron Dayne (WI)	337
3.	Thomas Jones (VA)	334
4.	Thomas Hamner* (MN)	308
5.	Damien Anderson (NWEST)	306
6.	LaDainian Tomlinson* (TXX)	304
7.	Shaun Alexander (AL)	302
8.	Ken Simonton* (ORST)	294
9.	Darren Davis (IAST)	287
10.	Anthony Thomas (MI)	283

Rushing Yards

1.	Ron Dayne (WI)	2034
2.	LaDainian Tomlinson* (TXX)	1974
3.	Thomas Jones (VA)	1798
4.	Travis Prentice (MIAOH)	1659
5.	Lamont Jordan (MD)	1632
6.	Trung Canidate (AZ)	1602
7.	Demario Brown (UTST)	1536
8.	Ken Simonton* (ORST)	1486
9.	Thomas Hamner* (MN)	1426
10.	Darren Davis (IAST)	1388

Rushing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Levron Williams (IN)	6.9
2.	Bo Carroll (FL)	6.7
3.	Scott McKay (AF)	6.7
4.	LaDainian Tomlinson* (TXX)	6.5
5.	Chester Taylor (TOL)	6.5
6.	Jamel Patterson (OH)	6.5
7.	Dan Alexander (NE)	6.5
8.	Delvon Flowers* (AZST)	6.4
9.	Trung Canidate (AZ)	6.3
10.	Travis Henry (TN)	6.3

Rushing Touchdowns

1.	Ron Dayne (WI)	20
	LaDainian Tomlinson* (TXX)	20
3.	Ken Simonton* (ORST)	19
	Shaun Alexander (AL)	19
5.	Frank Moreau (LOU)	17
	Travis Prentice (MIAOH)	17
7.	Eric Crouch (NE)	16
	Lamont Jordan (MD)	16
	Anthony Thomas (MI)	16
	Travis Zachery* (CLEM)	16
	Thomas Jones (VA)	16

Receptions

1.	Trevor Insley (NV)	134
2.	Chris Daniels* (PUR)	121
3.	Arnold Jackson (LOU)	101
4.	Kwame Cavil* (TX)	100
5.	JaJuan Dawson (TLN)	96
6.	James Whalen (KY)	90
7.	Dennis Northcutt (AZ)	88
8.	Charles Lee (CFL)	87
9.	Drew Haddad (BUF)	85
10.	James Jordan (LATECH)	81

Receiving Yards

1.	Trevor Insley (NV)	2060
2.	Troy Walters (STAN)	1456
3.	Dennis Northcutt (AZ)	1422
4.	Dwight Carter (HI)	1253
5.	Chris Daniels* (PUR)	1236
6.	Arnold Jackson (LOU)	1209
7.	Kwame Cavil* (TX)	1188
8.	Drew Haddad (BUF)	1158
9.	Darrell Jackson (FL)	1156
10.	Plaxico Burress* (MIST)	1142

Receiving Yards Per Reception

1.	Andre Davis* (VATECH)	25.5
2.	Quincy Morgan (KSST)	24.0
3.	Corey Alston (WMI)	22.5
4.	Lavel Bailey (AKR)	22.4
5.	Anthony Lucas (AR)	22.2
6.	Derrick Lewis (SDGST)	21.5
7.	Marcus Knight (MI)	21.3
8.	Raynald Ray (OH)	21.2
9.	Roddy Tompkins* (ORST)	20.7
10.	Todd Pinkston (SMS)	20.4

Receiving Touchdowns

1.	James Williams (MARSH)	13
	Trevor Insley (NV)	13
3.	Plaxico Burress* (MIST)	12
4.	James Jordan (LATECH)	11
	Steve Neal (WMI)	11
	Todd Pinkston (SMS)	11
	Trevor Gaylor (MIAOH)	11
8.	Sean Cangelosi (LATECH)	10
	James Whalen (KY)	10
	Kelly Campbell (GATECH)	10
	Andre Davis* (VATECH)	10
	Justin McCareins (NIL)	10
	Troy Walters (STAN)	10

Plays From Scrimmage

1.	Travis Prentice (MIAOH)	373
2.	Thomas Jones (VA)	356
3.	Ron Dayne (WI)	338
4.	Thomas Hamner* (MN)	329
5.	Shaun Alexander (AL)	327
6.	Damien Anderson (NWEST)	322
7.	LaDainian Tomlinson* (TXX)	320
8.	Ken Simonton* (ORST)	315
9.	Anthony Thomas (MI)	312
10.	Darren Davis (IAST)	308

Yards From Scrimmage

1.	Trevor Insley (NV)	2065
2.	LaDainian Tomlinson* (TXX)	2058
3.	Ron Dayne (WI)	2043
4.	Thomas Jones (VA)	2037
5.	Travis Prentice (MIAOH)	1929
6.	Trung Canidate (AZ)	1855
7.	Lamont Jordan (MD)	1840
8.	Demario Brown (UTST)	1818
9.	Thomas Hamner* (MN)	1731
10.	Shaun Alexander (AL)	1706

Touchdowns From Scrimmage

1.	Shaun Alexander (AL)	23
2.	Travis Prentice (MIAOH)	21
3.	Ron Dayne (WI)	20
	LaDainian Tomlinson* (TXX)	20
5.	Travis Zachery* (CLEM)	19
	Ken Simonton* (ORST)	19
7.	Frank Moreau (LOU)	17
	Lamont Jordan (MD)	17
	Eric Crouch (NE)	17
	Thomas Jones (VA)	17

Total Plays

1.	Drew Brees* (PUR)	633
2.	Dan Robinson (HI)	616
3.	Josh Heupel* (OK)	607
4.	Patrick Ramsey (TLN)	577
5.	Dusty Bonner (KY)	576
6.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	562
7.	Vic Penn (CFL)	555
8.	Kevin Feterik (BYU)	540
9.	Chris Redman (LOU)	532
10.	Tim Lester (WMI)	525

Total Yards

1.	Drew Brees* (PUR)	4086
2.	Chad Pennington (MARSH)	3902
3.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	3810
4.	Joe Hamilton (GATECH)	3794
5.	Tim Lester (WMI)	3793
6.	Dan Robinson (HI)	3762
7.	Josh Heupel* (OK)	3749
8.	David Neill (NV)	3611
9.	Chris Redman (LOU)	3537
10.	Kevin Feterik (BYU)	3477

Total Yards Per Play

1.	Chad Pennington (MARSH)	8.5
2.	Joe Hamilton (GATECH)	8.3
3.	Tim Lester (WMI)	7.2
4.	Jarious Jackson (NDAME)	7.1
5.	David Neill (NV)	6.9
6.	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	6.8
7.	Chris Redman (LOU)	6.6
8.	Bart Hendricks (BOISE)	6.6
9.	Drew Brees* (PUR)	6.5
10.	Kevin Feterik (BYU)	6.4

Total Touchdowns

1.	Chad Pennington (MARSH)	39
2.	Josh Heupel* (OK)	38
3.	Joe Hamilton (GATECH)	35
	Tim Rattay (LATECH)	35
	Tim Lester (WMI)	35
6.	Billy Volek (FREST)	33
7.	Dan Robinson (HI)	32
8.	Bart Hendricks (BOISE)	30
	Antwaan Randle El (IN)	30
	Chris Redman (LOU)	30

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