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1999 LSU Tigers football team

American college football season

Summary

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1999
team	LSU Tigers
sport	football
conference	Southeastern Conference
division	Western Division
short_conf	SEC
record	3–8
conf_record	1–7
head_coach	Gerry DiNardo
hc_year	5th
hc_games	first 10 games
head_coach2	Hal Hunter
hc_games2	interim, final game
off_coach	Bob McConnell
oc_year	1st
off_scheme	Multiple
def_coach	Lou Tepper
dc_year	2nd
def_scheme	3–4
stadium	Tiger Stadium

The 1999 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Gerry DiNardo in his last year at LSU, the Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LSU fired DiNardo before the final game of the season against conference opponent Arkansas after eight consecutive losses and named Assistant Coach Hal Hunter as interim head coach for the final game. DiNardo was given the opportunity to coach the game vs. Arkansas, but refused (in contrast to his predecessors at LSU, Curley Hallman, who coached the Tigers in their final two games of 1994 after being fired five years to the day prior to DiNardo's dismissal; and Mike Archer, who coached the final two games of 1990 after resigning four years to the day before Hallman's sacking).

In Hunter's only game as the team's head coach, unranked LSU (2–8, 0–7) dominated No. 17 Arkansas (7–3, 4–3) in their lone conference victory over of the season, and won back the Golden Boot. Former Michigan State University head football coach Nick Saban, whose team DiNardo's Tigers defeated in the 1995 Independence Bowl, accepted LSU's offer and took over the team in December 1999.

This was LSU's last losing season until 2021.

Schedule

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Roster

Gerry DiNardo (first 10 games)
Hal Hunter (last game)
Bob McConnell – Offensive coordinator/wide receivers
Michael Haywood – Running backs
David Kelly – Tight ends
Hal Hunter – Offensive line
Lou Tepper – Defensive coordinator/inside linebacker
Joe Cullen – Defensive line
Kenny Carter – Linebackers
Bill Elias Jr. – Outside linebackers
Steve Bernstein – Defensive backs
Charlie Coiner – Special teams coordinator

References

"Lsu Fires Dinardo Before Last Game - Chicago Tribune".
"Arkansas News".
"Bolt to the Bayou - Chicago Tribune".
(September 5, 1999). "Oh, so close; 'Body bag' Spartans scare LSU". Santa Cruz Sentinel.
(September 12, 1999). "LSU humbles punchless, winless North Texas". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
(September 19, 1999). "Bayou beating". The Dothan Eagle.
(October 3, 1999). "UGA survives another close shave". Anderson Independent-Mail.
(October 10, 1999). "Gators win a sloppy one in Death Valley". Florida Today.
(October 17, 1999). "Wildcats sack LSU". Messenger-Inquirer.
(October 24, 1999). "Mississippi State just gets by LSU". The Tennessean.
(October 31, 1999). "LSU's nightmarish season continues". Enterprise-Journal.
(November 7, 1999). "LSU, Booty come one frustrating yard short". Enterprise-Journal.
(November 14, 1999). "Tigers stunned by Houston Cougars". Daily World.
(November 27, 1999). "Tigers give Razorbacks the boot". The Daily Advertiser.
"1999 LSU Fighting Tigers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.

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