1999 MicronPC.com Bowl

American college football game August 2023 December 2025 1999 MicronPC.com Bowl 1999 Illinois Fighting Illini University of Illinois Virginia Cavaliers University of Virginia 7–4 Big Ten 7–4 ACC Ron Turner George Welsh 14 28 7 14 7 0 7 7 December 30 Pro Player Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida QB Kurt Kittner (Illinois) Bill Alge (MAC) 31,089 TBS List of announcers of major college bowl games Kevin Harlan (play-by-play), Trev Alberts, Sam Wyche (analysts), and Craig Sager (sideline) 1998 2000 The 1999 MicronPC.com Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Virginia Cavaliers on December 30, 1999.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28920396/illinois_will_go_to_bowl_in_miami/ Illinois will go to bowl in Miami Nick Wishart St. Louis Post-Dispatch F1 November 25, 1999 February 27, 2019 newspapers.com This was the tenth edition of what had originally been the Blockbuster Bowl, and second year of sponsorship by MicronPC. The game was the final contest of the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams, and ended in a 63–21 victory for Illinois. Illinois and Virginia had previously met in the postseason at the 1990 Florida Citrus Bowl, also won by Illinois, 31–21. Game summary The Illini took advantage of the school's first bowl appearance in five years with an impressive 63–21 victory over highly touted running back Thomas Jones and the Virginia Cavaliers. In a game which pitted two evenly matched, 7–4 squads, the Illini dominated with 611 yards total offense and nine touchdowns. On the first drive of the game, Kurt Kittner led the Illini down field 71 yards and scored on a one-yard run. The Illini then rattled off 35 unanswered points, including a flea-flicker pass from wide receiver Brandon Lloyd to Kittner for 30 yards and a halftime score of 42–7. Kittner threw a school record 24th touchdown pass on a one-yard reception to Jameel Cook. The Illini broke 22 Illinois and Micronpc.com Bowl records that night and scored the second-most points in collegiate bowl history. Scoring summary Quarter Team Scoring summary Score Illinois Virginia1 Illinois1-yard touchdown run by Kurt Kittner, kick by Neil Rackers good 7 0 Virginia7-yard touchdown run by Thomas Jones, kick by Todd Braverman good 7 7 Illinois47-yard touchdown run by Rocky Harvey, kick by Neil Rackers good 14 72 Illinois 30-yard touchdown reception by Kurt Kittner from Brandon Lloyd, kick by Neil Rackers good 21 7 Illinois61-yard touchdown reception by Jameel Cook from Kurt Kittner, kick by Neil Rackers good 28 7 Illinois2-yard touchdown run by Steve Havard, kick by Neil Rackers good 35 7 Illinois1-yard touchdown reception by Jameel Cook from Kurt Kittner, kick by Neil Rackers good 42 73 Virginia5-yard touchdown reception by Kevin Coffey from Dan Ellis, kick by Todd Braverman good 42 14 Illinois2-yard touchdown run by Steve Havard, kick by Neil Rackers good 49 144 Illinois9-yard touchdown run by Rocky Harvey, kick by Neil Rackers good 56 14 Illinois1-yard touchdown run by Kirk Johnson, kick by Neil Rackers good 63 14 Virginia55-yard touchdown reception by Will Thompson from David Rivers, kick by Todd Braverman good 63 21 63 21 Statistical summary Team Statistics (Rushing-Passing-Total): UI - 325-286-611; UVA - 172-208-380. Individual Statistical Leaders Rushing (Att.-Yds.-TD): UI—Harvey 10-122-2; Havard 15-75-2; Kittner 4-11-1; Johnson 3-5-1; UVA—Jones 23-110-1. Passing (Att.-Comp.-Int.-TD-Yds.): UI—Kittner 24-14-1-2-254; UVA - Ellis 32-15-1-1-146. Receiving (No.-Yds.-TD): UI—Cook 4-88-2, Lloyd 3-57-0, Dean 2-42-0, Young 1-31-0, Kittner 1-30-1; UVA—Jones 5-31-0, McMullen 3-31-0. References MicronPC.com Bowl Category:Pop-Tarts Bowl Category:Illinois Fighting Illini football bowl games Category:Virginia Cavaliers football bowl games Category:American football competitions in Miami Gardens, Florida MicronPC.com Bowl Category:December 1999 sports events in the United States