1999 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team

1999 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 5
Record11–2
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumJames M. Shuart Stadium
Seasons
← 1998
2000 →
1999 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 5 Hofstra ^       11 2  
No. 21 Elon       9 2  
Davidson       8 3  
Southern Utah       8 3  
No. 23 South Florida       7 4  
Samford       7 4  
St. Johns (NY)       7 4  
Morehead State       5 5  
Charleston Southern       4 6  
Liberty       4 7  
Jacksonville       3 6  
Cal Poly       3 8  
Austin Peay       3 8  
Saint Mary's       2 9  
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1999 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team represented Hofstra University during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the program's 59th season, and they competed as an Independent.[1][2] The Flying Dutchmen earned a berth into the 16-team Division I-AA playoffs as the #3 seed, but lost in the quarterfinals to Illinois State, 37–20.[1] They finished #5 in the final national poll and were led by 10th-year head coach Joe Gardi.

The 1999 season was the last in which Hofstra went by the nickname "Flying Dutchmen."[3] Toward the end of the end of the 1999–2000 academic year, the school decided to change the nickname for their sports teams to "Pride" effective the following school year.[4]

  1. ^ a b "1999 Hofstra Pride football results". College Football Data Warehouse. William Goodyear. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "2007 Hofstra Pride Football Media Guide: All-Time Results" (PDF). Hofstra.edu. Hofstra University. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 4, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  3. ^ Farmer, Sam (March 13, 2001). "Hofstra Sheds Colorful Name for Meaningful One". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  4. ^ Steven, Marcus (April 20, 2000). "Hofstra's Showing Its Pride / No longer Dutchmen, school adopts new nickname". Newsday. Retrieved September 25, 2019.